[Ucrfacultyandstaff] Inside UCR: Celebrating Earth Week, and more cyberattack resources

Wed Apr 14 16:24:28 PDT 2021

[Inside UCR Weekly]
April 14, 2021
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Celebrating Earth Week
UCR is expanding the ways students, staff, and faculty members can get informed and take action during Earth Week with several planned activities and campaigns.

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UCR joins collaboration for microbiome research
The UC Riverside Microbiome Initiative is partnering with General Automation Lab Technologies to advance five research projects.

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Updated FAQs on cyberattack
The UC Office of the President has released updated information and responses to an FAQ about the international cyberattack against Accellion.

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Lab capacity increase, vaccine tracking discussed
Five working groups are continuing to plan for returning to in-person operations on campus. The latest issues discussed include allowing more staff in labs and considering how to track vaccinations if needed.

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[Events]

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Virtual Riverside Insect Fair
4/14-18/2021
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Third Thursday Talks: Mikael Owunna
4/15/2021 | 6 p.m.
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Facilities Services Earth Week panel
4/20/2021 | 11 a.m.
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[Awards and Honors]

Entomologist wins NSF CAREER grant
Hollis Woodard, an assistant professor of entomology, has won a $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study bumblebee queen genes.

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Biogeographer receives Distinguished Landscape Ecologist Award
Biogeographer Janet Franklin has been named a recipient of the Distinguished Landscape Ecologist Award, the highest honor bestowed by the North American Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology.

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Physicist helps prepare report for new particle accelerator
Physicist Kenneth Barish is a key member of a team of international scientists that prepared a report on the Electron-Ion Collider, a particle accelerator that will help scientists better understand the building blocks of matter.

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Labs may increase to 50% occupancy
The Research Ramp-Up working group has approved all campus laboratories with an updated work site specific plan to increase personnel capacity up to 50% of maximum occupancy.
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State law regarding union COVID-19 notifications
A new state law requires the University of California to notify union representatives of the names of employees who have tested positive for COVID-19 and worked on-site during the infectious period. Employees may request their names not be included in such notifications.
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UCR procedure on employment references
UCR's chief compliance office focuses on the campus policy regarding giving employment references as part of its monthly spotlight series on UCR policies.
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