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NEWS SUMMARY
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Davis campus launches new voluntary separation program
The Organizational Excellence initiative is off to a running start in 2011, including the announcement today (Jan. 14) that the UC Office of the President has approved a new voluntary separation program for the Davis campus — open to almost the entire campus, subject to eligibility and management approval. [ More… ]
Katehi, Yudof react to Brown's budget proposal
Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi and other top administrators wasted no time Monday (Jan. 10) in strategizing for the predictable bad news in Gov. Brown's 2011-12 budget. "We must do a better job of informing the governor and the Legislature about the true value and contributions of UC Davis and our entire world-class UC system to the state, the nation and the world," the chancellor said. "But let's be clear: In the weeks and months ahead, there will be difficult — extraordinarily difficult — choices to be made." [ More… ]
Transfer applications fuel record numbers
More than 59,000 students have applied for fall 2011 admission to UC Davis — a record high for the campus. For the second year in a row, applications from transfer students jumped more than 20 percent. [ More… ]
$40M to lead major multistate ag research programs
UC Davis this week received $40 million in federal grants to develop climate-change-tolerant plants and new bioenergy sources. The U.S. Department of Agriculture grants will fund two projects in which UC Davis scientists will lead research teams from more than 50 universities in more than 20 states. [ More… ]
10 professors elected as new fellows in the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Ten professors are among 503 new fellows elected this year to the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science. [ More… ]
Food pantry featured on local news
Sacramento TV station KCRA aired a news story about the new student-run UC Davis food pantry aired on Jan. 12. The pantry aims to provide up to three free meals a day to financially strapped students, many of whom choose to skip meals to save money. [ View video clip … ]
E-mails express concern; the chancellor responds to vet med class issue
Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi sent a letter on Jan. 13 in response to e-mails that she received earlier in the day concerning a class at the School of Veterinary Medicine. She is sharing the letter with the campus community. [ More… ]
In brief: Career Management Academy, blood drive, copy cards, annual report
Staff Development and Professional Services is once again offering its Career Management Academy, Jan. 28. ... Blood and marrow drive set for Jan. 19-20. ... Your campus copy card may need to be re-encoded. ... Applications for staff adviser to the regents will be accepted starting Jan. 18. ... Orders due for 2010 annual report. [ More… ]
DIRECTIVES
Rights and privileges of emeriti/ae professors
This directive replaces an earlier version that was announced in Friday Update on Dec. 23. It summarizes the rights and privileges of retired faculty members afforded by Systemwide Academic Senate bylaws, the UC Davis Policy and Procedures Manual, and current campus customs and practice. [ More… ]
EVENTS
BAG (Bags Across the Globe): Designing to Reduce Waste
Jan. 18-March 11, Design Museum, 145 Walker Hall
Tuesday is opening day for the Design Museum's BAG exhibition, with a lecture and opening reception set for Sunday, Jan. 23. Curator Ann Savageau is showing reusable cloth bags (made from textile waste), and promoting their use as an alternative to single-use plastic bags. Also, the "new" Nelson Gallery (in the old University Club) opens to the public tomorrow (Saturday, Jan. 15), with two exhibitions for winter quarter. [ More… ]
Crisis in Euroland: A Roundtable Discussion
Wednesday, Jan. 19, 12:10 p.m., 360 Shields Library
Panel discussion with economics professors Paul Bergin, Christopher Meissner and Wing Thye Woo. Sponsored by the Institute of Governmental Affairs. [ More… ]
Mind Body Wellness Challenge
Jan. 21-March 11
Two weeks into January seems like a good time to ask: How are you doing on those New Year's resolutions? Don't have any? Then how about joining other people in the UC Davis community in this year's Mind Body Wellness Challenge? [ More… ]