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Budget forum, bookstore, virginity scholar — 4.8.11
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NEWS SUMMARY
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Budget forum for staff and faculty, April 15
Last month, Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi sat down for a budget forum with undergraduates. Next Friday, April 15, the chancellor will do the same with staff, faculty and interested members of the public. The forum is scheduled from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the AGR Room at the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center. A live webcast is planned. Look for the link that morning on the UC Davis home page. [ More… ]
Shared service center: Decision day Sept. 8
At brown bag meetings and in e-mail updates, the Shared Services Implementation Team is providing answers as quickly as they become available about the shared service center that is now being developed. At a March 30 brown bag, the first in a monthly series, Associate Vice Chancellor Karen Hull gave an update on the project timeline, which she said now includes a Sept. 8 town hall meeting where Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi and other campus leaders will announce decisions about the center's design — including the staffing model and the business processes that the center will handle. [ More… ]
Virginity scholar gets prestigious $60,000 fellowship
Margaret Ferguson, distinguished professor of English, has received a $60,000, yearlong fellowship to support the writing of her book, Missing the Maidenhead: Cultural Debates About the Hymen in the Early Modern Period. The award from the American Council of Learned Societies fellowship is one of the nation's most prestigious fellowships for the humanities. [ More… ]
Laurels: Charles Hess named distinguished professor emeritus
The Emeriti Association selected Charles E. Hess as the 2010-11 distinguished professor emeritus. He stepped down from regular teaching in 1994 — he is a professor in the Department of Environmental Horticulture — but has never stopped working for his profession, his college and the university community. … Plus other honors for faculty and staff. [ More… ]
Campus bookstore branches into downtown
Our 103-year-old town and gown relationship is headed into a new phase. But, instead of town and gown, let’s call it town and T-shirt. And sweatshirt. And hat. And olive oil. These are among the university-branded products that the UC Davis Bookstore plans to sell in its new downtown shop, scheduled to open by mid-June at Second and F streets (near the Varsity Theatre). [ More… ]
Taking us to the Edge — and beyond (to Rocky Horror land)
A new festival from the Department of Theatre and Dance is all about the edge: the edge of drama, overlapping with the edge of dance, overlapping with other artistic forms — all culminating in the cult phenomenon The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the ultimate example of blurred lines between film and theatre, audience and performer. [ More… ]
Testicular cancer patients cautioned about frequent CT scans
Older men with early testicular cancer who opt for surveillance with regular CT scans rather than surgery are at risk for secondary cancers, according to new research from UC Davis. The findings, published online in the journal Cancer, indicate that physicians should consider the risk of new cancers from CT scans when discussing treatment options with patients. [ More… ]
News briefs: Blood bank, brief downtime for computing services, med center appointment, Miller memorial service
Come to the ASUCD Blood and Marrow Drive next week and you can walk out wearing a “Blood Donor” T-shirt. … IET announced a brief downtime for several computing services the evening of Thursday, April 14, while the campus improves its Central Authentication Service. … The UC Davis Medical Center announced the appointment of Gerald Birk as regional affiliations officer. … A campus memorial service will be held April 11 for Professor Marion Miller. [ More… ]
DIRECTIVES and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Possible government shutdown, Sautter IT awards
Research Vice Chancellor Harris A. Lewin, anticipating a possible government shutdown, provides an initial guide for federally funded awards (contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and subawards). … UC is seeking applications for the Larry L. Sautter Awards for Innovation in Information Technology. [ More… ]
EVENTS
Bioengineering hosts Russ Prize recipient Leroy E. Hood
Friday, April 15, 4 p.m., Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility
The Department of Biomedical Engineering is hosting Leroy E. Hood, who made genome sequencing possible, as the 2011 Maroney-Bryan lecturer. Hood received this year’s Russ Prize, the bioengineering profession’s highest honor and one of three engineering awards likened to Nobel Prizes. … Plus, more lectures next week. [ More… ]
The write stuff: Author events and biannual writing conference
Wednesday, April 13, noon-1 p.m.
Decisions, decisions: two events at the same time. The arboretum presents Aung Aung Taik in Poetry in the Garden. Over at the Memorial Union, English professor Elizabeth Freeman gives a talk about her new book, Time Binds: Queer Temporalities, Queer Histories. … Plus, Conversations with Writers (Ryan Van Meter) and another author event (Amy Block Joy). … And the University Writing Program is inviting all faculty members to the fourth biannual Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. [ More… ]
Gold Coast Trio to perform twice, including once for free
Thursday, April 14, 12:05 p.m., 115 Music Building; and Friday, April 15, 8 p.m., Mondavi Center
Susan Lamb Cook (faculty affiliate in cello), Rachel Vetter Huang (violin) and Hao Huang (piano) perform Brahms and Zwilich in a free Noon Concert, and add Beethoven and Martinu for a Friday night concert. … Plus, the Symphony Orchestra performs a free concert on Picnic Day, and the Empyrean Ensemble presents Meanwhile in Europe, on Sunday, April 17. [ More… ]