Staff Spotlight: Owen Schimizu

Staff Spotlight: Owen Schimizu

UCI alumnus Owen Shimizu has been appointed the new Academic Graduate Coordinator for the School of Biological Sciences. As the new coordinator, he will manage the logistics of the teaching labs. He will also work alongside professors and teaching assistants to...

Penetrating Long Covid’s Brain Fog

Penetrating Long Covid’s Brain Fog

While most people with COVID-19 get better within two to three weeks, it has become
clear that a number experience lingering symptoms. The condition is known as
“post-acute COVID-19 syndrome” or “long COVID,” referring to issues that manifest more than
four weeks after patients have recovered from their initial diagnosis.

Pandemic Doesn’t Stop Students Environmental Fight

Pandemic Doesn’t Stop Students Environmental Fight

While COVID-19 has dominated public awareness over the past year and a half,
climate change, pollution, invasive species, fire and more continue to threaten
the world’s future. Fortunately, a group of graduate students could carry out
critical environmental investigations despite pandemic protocols limiting much
scientific activity at UCI in 2020.

What You Need to Know About the Delta Variant

What You Need to Know About the Delta Variant

For more than 40 years, UCI infectious disease researcher Michael Buchmeier has studied coronaviruses, and he’s one of the leading experts on SARS-CoV-2, the version of the virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic. As a more lethal mutation of the virus, called the delta variant, sparks another wave of cases, he offers his expertise about this threat.