Dear Community, Today, our hearts are broken. As two members of a small number of African-American faculty in the UCI School of Medicine, we find ourselves in tears yet again. We are filled with sadness, anger, and frustration. Emotions that truly are not served well by these words alone as we reflect on painful thoughts [...]
UCI Health is committed to equality Dear colleagues, Over the weekend, our nation was shaken by the violence following the senseless death of George Floyd. His death, and the deaths of others, are sad reminders that bigotry and racism are more prevalent in our society than we would like to admit. Racism is contrary [...]
The Office of Inclusive Excellence is proud to bring to (virtual) campus: Awaken's Challenging Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia during COVID-19 Webinar Rising cases of COVID-19, global shutdown, stock market crash, mass layoffs… there is no doubt many of our lives have been turned upside down in just a few short weeks. With 24/7 news [...]
Dear Campus Community This spring quarter is like no other. COVID-19 has demanded more from each of us than we imagined at the start of 2020. Greater courage in the face of uncertainty; will to adjust to new learning and working conditions; and faith in the indomitable human spirit to rise to new challenges. These [...]
Dear Campus Community, The Office of Inclusive Excellence solicits proposals from all Senate faculty to explore “Are We in This Together? Advancing Equity in an Age of COVID-19.” Complete proposals must be submitted no later than 5 p.m. (Pacific time) on Friday, May 15, 2020 at: https://inclusion.uci.edu/confronting-extremism/advancing-equity-covid-19/. The current pandemic has profoundly [...]
As part of your UCI Human Resources Wellness Program, ComPsych Guidance Resources®, your Employee Assistance Program (EAP), is available to you and your family 24 hours a day, seven days a week to assist with virtually any issue, including support in coping with raised anxiety levels and uncertainty surrounding the Coronavirus. In addition, ComPsych [...]
Why you should stop obsessing about coronavirus news, and how to do it https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-03-11/how-to-stop-stressing-about-coronavirus March 11, 2020 5 AM It’s 1 in the morning and you can’t stop reading about the coronavirus. Maybe you want to know if you should cancel your trip to Hawaii over spring break or whether your kid’s school will be [...]
A message from Chancellor Howard Gillman Dear UCI community, Since my last message, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has increased significantly across the U.S. We expect this number will continue to climb with more widespread testing. It is also reasonable to assume that, at some point, there will be a confirmed case within [...]
The Coronavirus pandemic is a global event affecting more than 25 countries. As you have read in recent campus messages from Dr. Albert Chang, medical director of the Student Health Center, there is still much that is unknown clinically about the novel virus. Knowledge is critical in informing how we respond, and it is [...]