Faculty-Staff Edition - May 13, 2021
A campus search committee has identified three candidates for the new senior vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion position. Plan to attend virtual open sessions for students, faculty and staff to meet each finalist through June 3.
Campus Community
COVID-19 campus updates: May 13 edition
Through the spring semester, campus officials are providing weekly updates. In this issue: Operational updates from the Pandemic Response Office, changes to COVID-19 requirements, updated summer event guidance and more.
Common curriculum listening tour wraps up: Get updates
A successful series of conversations has concluded and the assembly of a steering committee is underway. See more of what’s in store as the campus’s common curriculum development continues.
Pac-12 Conference names sports business exec George Kliavkoff commissioner
The Pac-12 Conference on Thursday named sports business executive George Kliavkoff as the league’s new commissioner. The Pac-12 presidents and chancellors voted unanimously to support the hiring of Kliavkoff, who starts in the role July 1.
Research News
From Rodney King to George Floyd, how video evidence can be differently interpreted in courts
Video evidence can be powerful at a trial––but it does not always lead to a fair rendering of justice. Media studies professor Sandra Ristovska shares on The Conversation.
To prevent next pandemic, scientists say we must regulate air like food and water
A group of 39 researchers from 14 countries say we need to change how we regulate the air we breathe inside buildings, like we do the food we eat and the water we drink, in order to reduce disease transmission and prevent the next pandemic.
What the history of camping can tell us about inclusion, homelessness and protest culture
Professor Phoebe Young’s new book encourages those heading to the great outdoors this summer to reflect on the long history of camping and its implications on inclusion, homelessness and protest culture.
Crashing Chinese rocket highlights growing dangers of space debris
In this Q&A, aerospace engineer Hanspeter Schaub says that the odds of people getting hit by debris falling from space are astronomically low. But collisions in orbit around Earth could still pose a threat to satellites and astronauts.