News in this week’s Inside UTMB column: In celebration of the holidays, UTMB schools, business areas and administrative offices will close Dec. 24 through Jan. 1. John Sealy Hospital and the Trauma Center never close; Galveston’s 21st annual Christmas tree Recycling Drive will run through Jan. 19; UTMB’s holiday blood drive that runs through Jan. 10 will take a hiatus Dec. 24, 25, 26, 31 and Jan. 1, reopening its doors Jan. 2; The Newborn Nursery staff seeks contributions for its ninth annual New Year’s Baby Shower; The Sealy Center for Vaccine Development is seeking healthy adult volunteers 65 and older to participate in a clinical trial of a new bird flu vaccine.