March 27 - Hair loss research; a dancing data scientist
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An osprey scans the horizon at San Joaquin Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary, located along Campus Drive near UCI and operated by the Irvine Ranch Water District. (Photo: Steve Zylius/UCI)
UCI ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS
Hunting for cures to hair loss
In their quest to reverse baldness, UCI biologist Maksim Plikus and dermatologist Dr. Natasha Mesinkovska have pondered hair mysteries (such as what makes locks curly versus straight?), grappled with research obstacles and encountered various dubious remedies. Their promising research has garnered national attention.
UCI’s dancing data scientist
Talk about a disparate double major. Emily Truong is studying both dance and data science at UCI, hoping for a career in healthcare (she recently finished a data analytics internship with Kaiser Permanente). “It’s kind of hard to dance at a data science job,” Truong concedes, so she intends to pursue that passion during off-hours after graduation.
UC NEWS
Charts show UC admission rates for every California high school
About a quarter of public school seniors applied to the UC system last year, according to an analysis by the San Francisco Chronicle. Of those, about two-thirds were admitted (66%), and slightly less than half of that group (48%) enrolled. Private school seniors were much more likely to apply (52%), but their admission and enrollment rates (60% and 36%, respectively) were lower. At the other end of the equation, UCI is now the third most selective UC, having admitted just 18% of in-state freshman applicants in 2022, the paper reports.
EVENTS
Free GRE Test Strategy Workshop
Wednesday, 6 p.m. (sponsored by Division of Continuing Education)
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Alumni spotlight
From left, Linda Mills, Shannon Eusey and Laura Huang.
Linda Mills ’79, history and social thought, is set to become the first woman president of New York University in June.
Shannon (Flint) Eusey ’92, social sciences, is CEO of Beacon Pointe Advisors, the nation’s largest female-led registered investment advisory firm.
Laura Huang, Ph.D. ’12, management, is an author, consultant and Distinguished Professor and faculty director of the Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative at Northeastern University.
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