Month: April 2021

Kim Kanatani, director of UCI’s Institute and Museum of California Art, admires “Tree of Life,” by Carlos Almaraz, a pioneer in the Chicano art movement.

Keeping up appearances

Works at UCI’s Institute and Museum of California Art are restored in anticipation of reopening gallery

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy begins to fade, but stubborn resistance remains among evangelicals

Orange County Register, April 11, 2021

The pandemic isn’t over, but its emissions reduction is

Forbes, April 11, 2021 (Senior contributor)

Covid-19: … Beyond the pandemic’s upheaval, a racial wealth gap endures

The New York Times, April 11, 2021

Sports and other large outdoor events are finally returning but experts say they shouldn’t be an ‘unregulated free-for-all’

Business Insider, April 10, 2021

Column: A doctor left her family for a year to protect them from COVID-19. Now, she’s back home

Los Angeles Times, April 10, 2021 (Column)

Pharmaceutical sciences researcher gets NIH award for drug discovery tech development

The National Institutes of Health has granted $2 million to researchers in UCI’s School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences. The new Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award will fund drug discovery technology development in the laboratory of Brian Paegel, UCI professor of pharmaceutical sciences. “The NIH has generously supported my laboratory over the years in reaction miniaturization […]

UCI professor emerita and trustee recognized as Assembly District 74 Women of Distinction

Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, UCI Distinguished Professor emerita of chemistry, and UCI Foundation trustee Carol Choi have been named Assembly District 74 Women of Distinction 2021 by Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris. The awards, announced in March in honor of Women’s History Month, annually recognize six Orange County women for their extraordinary work, mentorship and leadership in the community. […]

An L.A. faith group believes prayer can help COVID patients, despite scientific skeptics

Los Angeles Times, April 9, 2021

Beyond Pandemic’s Upheaval, a Racial Wealth Gap Endures

The New York Times, April 9, 2021