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How Disneyland subtly served as one of society’s first introductions to automation
“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible” is a quote attributed to Walt Disney. An artist, entertainer and master of innovation, he was always thinking ahead. As Disney sought financing to develop his new theme park, he turned his eyes to the small screens starting to populate the family rooms of American homes in…
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Follow COGR on LinkedIn 6/10/26Science ‘Weird and capricious’: Experts struggle to understand new list of political jobs at science agencies The list is “weird and capricious,” says Carrie Wolinetz, a lobbyist with Lewis-Burke Associates and former chief of staff to Francis Collins when he was director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). One…
Read MoreForthcoming Revisions to NASA Disclosure Forms
Dear Colleagues: I am forwarding the update from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) below regarding a new Research Security Training attestation. Beginning August 5, 2026, an attestation will be required, to be completed by signing a certification included in the updated NASA Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support forms. Advance copies…
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Follow COGR on LinkedIn 6/8/26Inside Higher Ed Police Remove Researchers From Diabetes Conference Police removed five researchers from the annual American Diabetes Association meeting in New Orleans on Friday as they distributed copies of an editorial criticizing the Trump administration for decimating America’s biomedical research enterprise, MedPage Today first reported . Washington PostSee also Diabetes…
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Follow COGR on LinkedIn 6/5/26Nature Europe is ditching US tech — what does this mean for researchers? European governments are choosing European digital tools — and some universities and researchers are doing the same….Several European countries have already been moving away from US technologies, and some researchers are feeling the effects of these shifts. 6/5/26Axios…
Read MoreJune 7, National Animal Rights Day – PLEASE SHARE WITH ALL LABORATORY STAFF
Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) June 7th, National Animal Rights Day This coming Sunday, June 7th, is National Animal Rights Day. (This annual event is observed worldwide on the first Sunday of June.) – currently there is no information about any planned animal rights activities targeting UCI, however the IACUC office is sending…
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Follow COGR on LinkedIn 6/3/26NPR President Trump seeks control of science funding Published in the Federal Register on May 29, experts say the proposed changes would both codify the administration's strategies to dismantle certain fields of study in the U.S. and lend it new authority to "advance the President's policy priorities." New York TimesSee…
Read MoreDWQuery – BACK ONLINE
Dear Colleagues, The fix for DWQuery has been deployed – the system is back up and running. Thank you for your patience! The ERA Team From: OR – Electronic Research Administration <era@research.uci.edu> Sent: Monday, June 1, 2026 2:21 PM To: ‘Google Groups’ via Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research –…
Read MoreDWQuery – Unavailable
Dear Colleagues, DWQuery is currently unavailable – OIT discovered a serious security flaw in its code base. When trying to access any query link in DWQuery, users are seeing a prompt from “polyfill.io” asking them to enter in their credentials. Please DO NOT enter in your login information in this prompt. Cancel out…
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Follow COGR on LinkedIn 6/1/26Inside Higher Ed NSF Reverses Funding Freeze for Duke, Harvard and Yale The National Science Foundation has reversed its recent freeze on new grant funding for Duke, Harvard and Yale Universities, Nature reported . Limitations on new grants for Princeton University, however, remain in effect. The reversal took place on May…
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