Message from Magnus
Welcome to our September newsletter. As you will see from the stories below, the UCI Samueli School continues to fire on all cylinders with some remarkably innovative research and educational breakthroughs to show for it.
UCI is scheduled for an in-person fall quarter, and many of our students will be returning to campus shortly. However, we are still in the middle of an evolving pandemic. What looked so promising and encouraging a few weeks ago has taken a troubling turn, and we are back to an indoor mask mandate on campus, with uncertainty about where things will end up. This makes planning tricky. But I am encouraged by UC’s vaccine policy requiring all students, staff and faculty, with few exceptions, to be fully vaccinated, as getting vaccinated is the most important thing we can do to protect ourselves and those around us.
We are approaching the fall quarter by keeping our core mission in mind. We educate students and do research! That means we need to support our research endeavors and meet our students’ needs whether they are attending remotely or in person. We will be here to ensure that their educational experience is rich, meaningful and safe. Beyond that, we should be flexible, compassionate and patient with each other as we begin the new academic year.
Stay safe, connected and engaged!
Magnus Egerstedt, Ph.D.
Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering
