Oct. 18 - Open enrollment coming, state of emergency ending
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The hustle and bustle of fall quarter on Ring Road. Photo by Steve Zylius/UCI
UCI ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS
Flutist is flying high
Savanna Nygard is a third-year student pursuing a bachelor’s degree in music, with a concentration in flute performance. Nygard holds the principal chair as first flute in the UCI Symphony Orchestra and is the recipient of the Alice Lowell Memorial Scholarship. The funding supports undergraduate scholars of 18th and 19th century classical music, which Nygard has studied extensively under Patricia Cloud, a lecturer in the Department of Music.
Raising standards through new grading practices
In this latest installment, Vice Provost Michael Dennin discusses specifications grading and how this alternative grading system gives students more control over their grades, time and effort, and is critical for their success.
UC NEWS AND GENERAL NEWS
Open enrollment opens Oct. 27
Information on open enrollment is now available at UCnet (in English and Spanish), with a preview of this year’s open enrollment highlights. Take control of your health: open enrollment begins Oct. 27. The open enrollment website will be live on Oct. 24.
California to end COVID-19 state of emergency
California’s COVID-19 state of emergency will end on Feb. 28, 2023. As it is phased out, the SMARTER Plan will continue to guide California’s strategy to protect people from COVID-19.
Yankee candles and COVID
After seeing Twitter threads pointing out a potential link between negative candle reviews and spikes in COVID cases, one professor sought to determine if there was a relationship between the two. The results of his analysis were clear. When COVID cases surged, there was a corresponding rise in reviews complaining about scentless candles, perhaps because COVID-19 had wiped out some people’s sense of smell. The professor found similar trends for perfume reviews, suggesting it wasn't a Yankee Candle-specific phenomenon.
EVENTS
The Marvelous Molecule, RNA
Thursday, 7 p.m. (sponsored by School of Medicine)
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
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Don't Go Here Even if It's Open, Says COVID Expert
Eat This, Not That!, Oct. 15
Cited: Bernadette Boden-Albala, director and founding dean, Program in Public Health
Worsening inflation will pressure Fed to keep raising rates
AP, Oct. 12
Cited: Eric Swanson, professor of economics
'Rings of Power' series reveals another underdiscussed aspect of representation
NBC News, Oct. 14
Cited: Tiara Na’puti, assistant professor, global and international studies
#UCICONNECTED
UCI global and international studies assistant professors Yatta Kiazolu and Fantasia Painter have been selected for support by the Mellon Foundation/UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program UC-HSI Humanities Initiative for the 2022-23 academic year. Established in July 2021, the initiative assists young scholars whose research, teaching and service contribute to diversity and equal opportunity at UC. The initiative offers early career faculty startup funding, mentorship and career training.
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