Aug. 18 - UCI’s monkeypox plan; how talking was ‘invented’
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Anteater Time Machine: Horses take a break on campus property in 1969.
UCI ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS
Video: Campus strategy for monkeypox
In today’s “UCI Minute” video, David Souleles, director of the Campus Public Health Response Team, outlines UCI’s monkeypox strategy and discusses vaccine eligibility and availability.
How humans ‘invented’ talking
Birds chirp, dogs bark, cats meow. But animal communication pales in comparison to the complexity of human language. Richard Futrell, associate professor of language science, discusses how talking began and evolved – and the possible ways that people communicated before spoken language.
Reminder: Reader survey for UCI Magazine
Aug. 31 is the last day to give feedback and suggest improvements to UCI’s alumni magazine in a short, online reader survey. You’ll also have the chance to enter an Amazon gift card drawing.
UC NEWS AND GENERAL NEWS
Citing botched COVID response, CDC chief orders overhaul
The shakeup follows an internal review that criticized the agency. “To be frank, we are responsible for some pretty dramatic, pretty public mistakes, from testing to data to communications,” said Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
If at first you don’t test positive, try, try again
If you take an at-home COVID-19 antigen test and get a positive result, that’s typically accurate, health officials say. But false negatives are more common. Some people don’t test positive with rapid tests until four or five days after they start to show symptoms, according to one expert. So keep testing, officials advise.
UCI wins tech award
In this year’s UC Tech Awards, UCI’s Future of Work Program placed second in the IT Security category. The program “transformed how the university functions in the hybrid world” and “modernized systems to support cyber security improvements.”
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.
Does decades-old smallpox vaccination protect against monkeypox?
Medical Xpress, Aug. 17
Cited: Andrew Noymer, associate professor of population health and disease prevention
YouTubers have moved from true-crime storytelling to trying to solve cases. and it's led to a complicated relationship with police
Business Insider, Aug. 16
Cited: Brandon Golob, assistant professor of criminology
Study: Restoring overstocked forests yields benefits
Western Farm Press, Aug. 16
Cited: Benis Egoh, assistant professor of Earth system science
#UCICONNECTED
Brett Sanders from UCI’s Flood Lab tweets: “The southwestern U.S. has experienced massive expansion of impervious surfaces over recent decades, and with steep topography and more intense rainfall, dangerously deep and fast moving floods can move through streets.” The post is accompanied by a 20-second video from Las Vegas.
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