April 12 - Guggenheim Fellow named, student government elections
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Can you identify this structure on campus? Check #UCIConnected below for the correct answer. Photo by Steve Zylius/UCI
UCI ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS
Is the classroom a team?
In this week’s #DenninInsights, Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning Michael Dennin discusses the collective nature of coaching a sports team or directing an arts performance and considers how to bring this competitive, collective experience to the classroom.
Art professor named 2022 Guggenheim Fellow
Bruce Yonemoto, a video and digital media installation artist, educator, writer, curator and professor of art has been awarded a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship. He joins 179 American and Canadian scientists, scholars, writers and artists in 51 fields receiving the prestigious grants.
UCI Podcast: Oceans Melting Greenland mission ends
The six-year, NASA-funded Oceans Melting Greenland mission concluded at the end of 2021. OMG Deputy Principal Investigator Eric Rignot, professor of Earth system science, provided guidance to teams as they used aircraft, small boats and an array of instruments to study the impact of warming ocean water on Greenland’s land ice. In this episode of the UCI Podcast, Rignot talks about the key findings of the project and how it will help scientists make better projections about the future of polar ice under a changing climate.
Student government elections
Student government elections take place this week through Friday. Students can vote on both elected student government positions and student fee referendums at the ASUCI/AGS elections website.
UCI Community Safety Survey
Extended through April 29, this anonymous 15-minute survey offers campus constituents an opportunity to voice feedback on policy decisions specific to UCI. Students, staff and faculty are encouraged to weigh in.
UC NEWS AND GENERAL NEWS
Seven ways COVID science has evolved since 2020
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the scientific understanding of its transmission and prevention has evolved. This video by The Wall Street Journal explains which strategies worked to stem the spread of the virus and which are outdated.
Poll: Most Americans say COVID is no longer a crisis
Fewer than one in 10 Americans now describes COVID-19 as a crisis — with about three in four calling it a manageable problem and one in six saying it's no problem at all — according to the latest Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index.
EVENTS
Pause, Rest, Be
Thursday, 12:30 p.m. (sponsored by UCI Wellness, Health and Counseling Services)
Mental health in a time of pandemic: Tastes Like War
Thursday, 4 p.m. (sponsored by School of Humanities)
Music Lecture Series: Bernard Gordillo
Thursday, 4 p.m. (sponsored by UCI Music)
Revisiting the Tet Offensive
Thursday, 4 p.m. (sponsored by School of Humanities)
Dance Escape 2022
Thursday-Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. (sponsored by Department of Dance)
Visit today.uci.edu to see and submit event listings. Events of general interest will be shared in UCI Digest two days before they occur.