Day: June 18, 2020

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UCI Podcast: Jessica Millward on the meaning and importance of Juneteenth

June 19 — Juneteenth — marks the day in 1865 that the Union Army announced in Texas that the African American slaves were free. Black Americans since then have honored the day, even as it has gone unnoticed by many others. But in 2020, with protesters filling the streets over the death of George Floyd, […]

Orange County’s Coronavirus death, hospitalization rates now higher than San Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino counties

Voice of OC, June 18, 2020

COVID-19 case clusters offer lessons and warnings for reopening

Science News, June 18, 2020

University of California campuses plan to offer most classes online this fall

EdSource, June 18, 2020

Sunny Jiang
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UCI Podcast: Civil engineers research coronavirus in the bathroom and sewage systems

Can coronavirus be spread with the flush of a toilet? Can it be detected in municipal waste water treatment facilities? Sunny Jiang, professor and chair in UCI’s Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, is working two simultaneous projects to answer these questions, which she discusses in this episode of the UCI Podcast. To get the […]

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UCI Podcast: Melissa Mazmanian on work and parenting in the digital age

“Dreams of the Overworked: Living, Working & Parenting in the Digital Age” is a new book by Melissa Mazmanian, UCI associate professor of informatics, and Christine Beckman, professor of public policy at the University of Southern California. In this episode of the UCI Podcast, Mazmanian, who holds appointments in the Donald Bren School of Information […]