Aug. 4 - New COVID test IDs variants; new law dean video
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Anteater Time Machine: A street lamp glows in Aldrich Park sometime between 1976 and 1988. Plans are afoot to update the lights, which date to the campus’ beginnings.
UCI ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS
UCI team creates COVID test that IDs specific variants
In a study, the researchers’ nasal swab test correctly identified the alpha, gamma, delta, epsilon and omicron strains of the coronavirus. The results were published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society and the team has applied for a patent.
Video greetings from UCI Law’s new dean
UCI IN THE NEWS
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Does Home Ownership Help or Harm One’s Opportunity to Advance Their Career?
NASDAQ TradeTalks, Aug. 1 (video)
Guest: Ed Coulson, professor of economics and director at the Center for Real Estate
Preventing Suicide Using Biomarkers
The Academic Minute, Aug. 4 (podcast)
Guest: Adolfo Sequeira, associate researcher in psychiatry & human behavior
The next extreme floods could be even worse, a new study shows. But there's a way to prevent that
CNN, Aug. 3
Cited: Amir AghaKouchak, professor of civil and environmental engineering
#UCICONNECTED
@UCIrvine tweets: Congrats to a team of UCI graduate students for taking 1st place in the EPA Environmental Justice Video Challenge for students! Unearthing Lead: The Power of Historical Maps, chronicles lead soil contamination in Santa Ana.
(Read more about the award in today’s press release.)
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