COVID-19

Community members, local companies, philanthropists, students and alumni have rallied around UCI Health with donations of funds and personal protective equipment

Anthropology professor teaches class on digital cultures by creating his own virtual community – where COVID-19 isn’t a threat

Tom Boellstorff, UCI anthropology professor, has been awarded a one-year, $195,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study how COVID-19 has reshaped online social interactions and the role virtual worlds may play in social relationships post-pandemic. An unprecedented number of people have been socializing online due to the coronavirus crisis. Boellstorff and his team […]

[soundcloud url=https://soundcloud.com/theucipodcast/uci-podcast-the-race-for-covid-testing /] In March, the UCI Medical Center became the first hospital in Orange County to provide COVID-19 testing. In the UCI Podcast, Dr. Ed Monuki, chair of pathology who leads UCI Health’s testing efforts, discusses how the campus came together to address this community need and how future testing for the coronavirus and […]

Graduating class faces curtailed rotations, crises of confidence and commencement questions with grace, generosity and ingenuity

UCI virologist and her pulmonologist husband balance pandemic response with parenthood

UCI-developed machine learning tool aids doctors’ decision-making

Scientists who normally study how human activities impact the planet have been given a rare opportunity over the past few months to observe what happens when industry, transportation and other sources of carbon emissions are curtailed. Steve Davis, UCI associate professor of Earth system science, is part of an international cohort of researchers measuring the […]

Low-cost technology could be employed in hand-held devices and ventilation systems

Dr. Sahar Osman uses video calls to keep families in contact with hospitalized loved ones during COVID-19 lockdown