Day: December 8, 2020

Humanities dean Tyrus Miller establishes endowment for distinguished lecture series

Tyrus Miller, dean of the School of Humanities, has pledged $60,000 to establish a new endowment for a distinguished lecture series. The school regularly hosts conversations around today’s grand challenges, ranging from environmental change to advances in medicine and biology and the evolution of powerful new technologies. The Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series will feature events […]

Megan Peters receives TWCO grant to help consciousness researchers secure funding

Megan Peters, associate professor of cognitive sciences, has received a three-year, $234,000 grant from the Templeton World Charity Organization to enhance and accelerate National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation funding opportunities for consciousness researchers. “This is a complex concept and writing a compelling proposal can be challenging,” Peters says. The project will involve […]

Study offers new approach for more accurate epidemic modeling

Medical Xpress, Dec. 8, 2020

Pacific Symphony Working With UCI Public Health Experts On COVID-19 Plan

Broadway World, Dec. 8, 2020

Will Coronavirus Patients Push Orange County Hospitals to the Edge?

Voice of OC, Dec. 8, 2020

COVID-19: FDA Says Pfizer Vaccine Is Effective, How Hospitals Are Handling Limited Capacity

KPCC, Dec. 8, 2020 (Audio)

Voice of OC to host live video coronavirus discussion with Orange County’s top experts Dec. 10

Voice of OC, Dec. 8, 2020

Researchers develop rapid antibody generation technology

Technology, Dec. 8, 2020

California releases smartphone virus tool as cases soar

AP, Dec. 8, 2020

UCI-led study offers new approach for more accurate epidemic modeling

Researchers say using fractional exponents could improve predictions of disease spread