June 13 - Commencement check-in rules; environmental literacy gift
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Ready to par-tay: Balloons on Ring Road near the Student Center. Photo by Ian Parker
UCI ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS
Angel Stadium of Anaheim check-in rules for commencement ceremony
Because UCI and Angel Stadium want Wednesday’s commencement ceremony to go off safely and without a hitch, the following check-in rules have been established:
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Plan extra time to walk through the metal detector screening and bag check
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Please do not bring unnecessary items. Wallets, cell phones and medically necessary items are permitted
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All bags will be checked. Large bags and backpacks are not allowed
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Purses or bags that are 12 x 12 inches or smaller with a single zipper closure/flap are allowed
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So are clear bags (plastic or vinyl) with no obscured interior pockets and are no larger than 12.75 x 6.5 x 12.75 inches
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Students must bring a valid photo ID
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Be prepared to show the QR code from your registration dashboard for check-in
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Please apply sunscreen and stay hydrated
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See these FAQs for more information.
Philanthropist pledges $3 million for School of Education environmental literacy project
A $3 million gift from longtime UCI supporter Stacey Nicholas will advance the School of Education’s ambitious projects for improving environmental and climate change literacy in California’s classrooms. A new $2 million fund for the Stacey Nicholas Endowed Chair in Environmental Education will support the teaching, research and service activities of the chair holder. The other $1 million from the gift will provide startup funding and operations support to establish a bipartisan advisory board and organize an annual summit on environmental education.
Informatics professors Constance Steinkuehler and Kurt Squire joined the Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences in 2017. They relaunched the Games+Learning+Society Center last September, and three months later, announced that UCI would host GLS 2022. Photo by Steve Zylius/UCI
Building a community that’s got game
The Games+Learning+Society Conference (GLS 2022) is being presented at UCI for the first time Wednesday through Friday, but it is not a brand-new event. Constance Steinkuehler and Kurt Squire – who are professors of informatics, co-directors of UCI’s Games+Learning+Society Center and married to one another – started the conference to bring the world’s gaming community together in 2005, when both were teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UC NEWS AND GENERAL NEWS
FDA says Pfizer vaccine effective in children under 5
Some public health experts expect the Food and Drug Administration to authorize the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, offering parents a choice between the two. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must also weigh in with its recommendations. Roughly 18 million children younger than 5 are the only Americans who are not yet eligible for shots.
EVENTS
Games+Learning+Society Conference
Wednesday-Friday, 9 a.m. (sponsored by Information and Computer Sciences)
Campus-wide Commencement
Wednesday, 3:30 p.m. (sponsored by UCI)
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.
UCI IN THE NEWS
Note: Some news sites require subscriptions to read articles. The UCI Libraries offer free subscriptions to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Orange County Register and The Washington Post for students, faculty and staff.
Anaheim Event Honors Pandemic Heroes
Orange County Business Journal, June 13
Cited and honored: Phil Felgner, director of Vaccine Research and Development Center
Top research universities commit to boost number of Latino Ph.D.s, professors
NBC News, June 10
Cited: Chancellor Howard Gillman
What the gun control movement can learn from the antiabortion movement
The Washington Post, June 10
Author: David S. Meyer, professor of sociology, political science and planning, policy, and design
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