The world of ‘Minecraft’ is getting taller (and deeper) with its latest update
The Washington Post
Quoted: Kurt SquireThe Promise and Perils of Master’s Degrees
Inside Higher Ed
Re: by Gillian HayesMultidisciplinary team from UCI publishes new guidance for neuroscience statistical analysis
UCI School of Medicine
Quoted: Zhaoxia YuMeet the teens making the digital world a kinder and gentler place
CNN
Quoted: Mimi ItoPing. Ding. Chirp. Notifications Are Driving Us Crazy.
The Wall Street Journal
Quoted: Gloria Mark5 Ways to Make Edtech More Inclusive
Tech & Learning
Quoted: Gillian HayesStudent-Founded Startup Streamlines the Internship Hunt
UCI Beall Applied Innovation
Computer science student Hannan Hussain, a recent recipient of the Creativity & Entrepreneurship Scholarship, developed what would become Intern Guys during his time in the ANTrepreneur Center’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Internship program.
Mixed Majors
UCI News
Scholarship recipient Joseph Wong pursues a unique academic combo of music and computer science
UCI informatics professors relaunch center on computer games, learning and society
UCI News
Research to focus on interactive media in politically tumultuous, post-pandemic time
UCI’s Stacy Branham highlighted on Popular Science Brilliant 10 list
UCI News
Informatics innovator creates useful technologies with and for people with disabilities
The Brilliant 10: The Most Innovative Up-and-Coming Minds in Science
Popular Science
Mentioned: Stacy Branham90 ICS students and 6 faculty and staff to attend 2021 Virtual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference
Female students attend on BRAID Initiative funding award.
A Bad Solar Storm Could Cause an ‘Internet Apocalypse'
Wired
Quoted: Sangeetha Abdu JyothiUCI-led study finds disparities in O.C. rates of COVID-19 infection, mortality
UCI News
Mentioned: Vladimir MininHow Has Social Media Impacted Our Mental Health
Gizmodo
Quoted: Mimi ItoNew Policy Aims to Help Transgender Researchers Update Names on Old Work
The New York Times
Quoted: Theresa Jean TanenbaumOC Coastal Cities See Covid Spike
Voice of OC
Quoted: Vladimir MininLos Angeles, Orange County region sees biggest tech-talent gain in North America
Los Angeles Daily News
Virtual Reality Teaching: Successes and Challenges
Tech & Learning
Quoted: Crista LopesNo, Facebook and Google Are Not Public Utilities
Wired
Quoted: Scott JordanCartoon Network Partners With Raising Good Gamers to Promote Positive Online Gaming
ComicBook
Re: Connected Learning LabComputer Science Researchers Win ‘Article of the Year’ Award
Re: Computer Science Ph.D. student Jordan OttCNBC: "TikTok insiders say social media company is tightly controlled by Chinese parent ByteDance"
CNBC
Quoted: Bryan CunninghamDo Chance Meetings at the Office Boost Innovation? There’s No Evidence of It.
The New York Times
Quoted: Judith OlsonBeyond Zoom: Virtual reality classrooms
UCI News
Quoted: Crista LopesUCI’s cybersecurity club makes history
Irvine Standard
Biden weighs direct action against Russian targets following cyberattacks
KABC
Quoted: Bryan Cunningham‘It’s just human dignity.’ Trans writers and journalists struggle to get old bylines corrected
CNN Business
Mentioned: Theresa TanenbaumMedium: “Epic Women in Cyber — Saltanat Mashirova”
Medium
Re: ICS alumnaThese companies were hybrid before the pandemic. Here’s how they make it work
CNN Business
Quoted: Judith OlsonEfforts to treat COVID-19 patients chronicled in UC Health medications data
UCI News
Mentioned: Bin NanAn artificial neural network joins the fight against receding glaciers
Phys.org
Mentioned: Computer Science Ph.D. student Daniel ChengIs digital citizenship the most important takeaway from distance learning?
eSchool News
Re: by Katie SalenRisk to reward: One alum’s journey
UCI News
Rosario Cammarota, who left ‘respectable job’ in Italy to earn Ph.D. at UCI, now leads cutting-edge research project at Intel Labs
Played: What Today’s Generation Of Gamers Get Right
WUNC Embodied Podcast
Quoted: Tess TanenbaumCelebrate Women’s History Month by Sharing Your Stories
ACM
Mentioned: Judith OlsonA digital prosthetic eye for the 21st century
UCI Health
Mentioned: Ian HarrisToo Much Focusing Is Draining. Here’s A Better Strategy
NPR
Quoted: Gloria MarkHow one intern’s research had real-world impact for Twitch moderators
Amazon Science
Re: Informatics PhD candidate Amanda CullenCelebrating Women in Statistics 2021
Amstat News
Mentioned: Annie QuWomen in STEM you should know
Advanced Science News
Mentioned: Theresa TanenbaumMany ‘Long Covid’ Patients Had No Symptoms From Their Initial Infection
The New York Times
Re: Nikil Dutt and Yong Huang referencedPlaying Video Games May Be Good for Your Mental Health, Experts Say
Lifewire
Quoted: Mimi ItoUCI researchers join forces to tackle challenges in human health and the environment
UCI News
Newest building on campus is designed from the ground up to foster collaboration
Bored With Zoom, Professor Teaches Computer Programming In A Virtual World, And Streams It To Her Twitch — Here’s Her Advice For Other Educators
New World Notes
Quoted: Crista LopesTrump’s tweets linked to changes in Americans’ beliefs about the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic
PsyPost
Quoted: Sean YoungUCI Institute for Future Health to harness technology to build personalized health model
UCI News
Interdisciplinary group to combine research, clinical care to empower people
Acknowledging, Assessing And Addressing Racism Within The Fantasy Genre
KPCC AirTalk
Re: Aaron Trammell interviewedD&D Must Grapple With the Racism in Fantasy
Wired
Re: Aaron Trammell citedHere’s Why Your Kid Will Literally Not Stop Talking About Roblox
Romper
Quoted: Mimi ItoUCI Cybersecurity Group To Help Counter Threats
Orange County Business Journal
Faculty Innovation Fellowship Program Welcomes Second Cohort
UCI Beall Applied Innovation
Re: Theresa Tanenbaum namedUC Irvine Receives $10.4 million for art history, inclusive computing
Philanthropy News Digest
UC Irvine receives $10.4-million donation for art history, center for inclusive computing
The Los Angeles Times
Re: ICS alumnus Vincent StecklerUCI Gets $10.4M for Computer Sciences, Art
Orange County Business Journal
Re: ICS alumnus Vincent StecklerAlumnus Vincent Steckler ’80 and his wife donate $10.4 million to UCI
UCI News
Gift will support art history students, create ICS center promoting inclusiveness
Neil Sahota of UC Irvine: “As leaders,we are responsible for the inclusion of our employees. “
Thrive Global
Re: ICS AlumnusUCI researchers use deep learning to identify gene regulation at single-cell level
UCI News
Quoted: Xiaohui XieIEEE Computer Society Announces 2021 Fellows
IEEE
Re: Sharad Mehrotra namedACM Recognizes 2020 Distinguished Members for Contributions that Propel the Digital Age
Re: Gillian Hayes and Shahrad Mehrotra namedExpanding Technology Access to Support People with Visual Disabilities During the Pandemic
UCI researchers collaborate with Toyota to provide Aira, a visual interpreter service, to local community members.
Where the Teens Are Hanging Out in Quarantine
Bloomberg
Quoted: Mimi Ito
ICS News
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