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Color change, vigil, 'One' fun run — 6.3.14
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 Gowns go blue and greenGraduation gowns have turned from black to blue and gone green. The blue comes with gold trim (and the "UC Davis" logo on baccalaureate gowns). The green refers to the gowns' construction and care: made from 100 percent recycled material (about 75 plastic bottles in each gown), and the environmentally friendly solvent that is used to clean the rental gowns. [ More… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
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Our campus grieves with another for lives lost
We sat and stood on the Quad, around 2,000 of us, holding candles and listening intently as the UC Santa Barbara victims' names rang out. Students heard the names of fellow UC students, sorority sisters and high school classmates. Faculty and staff heard the names of students just like the ones we work with every day. We all heard the names of our UC family members, struck down on that tragic night in Isla Vista, May 23. [ More, with video… ]
Mondavi Center, new museum will report to provost
The Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts and the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art will formally report through the Office of the Provost effective July 1, according to an announcement from Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi and Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter. [ More… ]
The endangered vs. invasive conundrum
UC Davis scientists tackle the problem of saving one species (in this case, the California clapper rail, found only in San Francisco Bay) while eradicating an invasive species (salt marsh cordgrass, hybrid Spartina) that the endangered species has come to depend on. [ More, with video… ]
California brown pelicans' breeding rates dismal
In areas that typically host hundreds or thousands of nesting pairs, surveyors find only a few hundred at most, and in some cases zero nesting pairs. "That's what we call a failure, a bust," says wildlife biologist Dan Anderson, a professor emeritus, who has been monitoring the pelicans for the past 46 years. "The bottom dropped out." The low nesting rates this spring could indicate that an El Niño event could occur sooner than expected, or that other factors are imperiling the once-endangered species. [ More… ]
APPOINTMENTS: HR veterans named executive directors
Human Resources veterans Steve Chilcott and Irene Horgan-Thompson have been named executive directors of the HR units on the Sacramento and Davis campuses, respectively; each director reports to Associate Chancellor Susan Gilbert. … Deborah Agee from the University of Texas, Austin, has been appointed director of Financial Aid and Scholarships, effective June 16. … Professor Susan Ebeler is the new associate dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. [ More… ]
LAURELS: Hildreth elected to Harvard's Board of Overseers
Dean James Hildreth of the College of Biological Sciences has been elected to the Board of Overseers at Harvard University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978. … Plus, honors for other faculty members and several Cooperative Extension specialists, and UC Davis Stores and the California Lighting Technology Center. [ More… ]
Citations of Excellence and Staff Scholarships
Staff Assembly presents Citations of Excellence to employees and employee teams, and scholarships to staff and staff dependents. Staff Voice has the recipients' names and photos. [ More… ]
Meat Lab students, manager are the stuff of champions
The students cut, grind, mix and stuff their way to multiple awards, including the championship cup, in a recent cured meat show. The Meat Lab manager, Caleb Sehnert, takes second place in the commercial division, for UC Davis Meat Lab Cheddar Hot Link Sausage. If you're interested, you can buy some at the Meat Lab during its weekly public sales. [ More… ]
'One' way to beat Fix 50: Running for fun!
He isn't doing it because of Fix 50 (although he'll beat the traffic, for sure). He isn't doing it simply for the exercise (although he'll get plenty). And he isn't in a marathon (he'd have to go 6.2 miles more). Scott Yates of Human Resources is running 20 miles from the Sacramento campus HR office to the Davis campus HR office to show how they are closer together than people may realize and connected under the new banner "One HR Community," inspired by One UC Davis. "And," Yates says, "I'll be running for the fun of it" on National Running Day. [ More… ]
Aggie softball field set for major renovations
La Rue Field, home to the UC Davis softball team and site of several NCAA Division II Regional Championships, will undergo a multimillion-dollar renovation in 2015 to create a much-improved facility for the Aggies and a better gameday experience for fans. [ More… ]
WHAT'S NEW ON UCNET?
NEWS BRIEFS: Fix 50 and commencements
With family and friends coming for commencement, remember to tell them about the Fix 50 highway repair project in Sacramento — otherwise they might be late! Plus …
- Deadline extended for communications survey
- Book nominations due on "structural inequality" theme
FEATURED COLLOQUIUM
A conversation with Pultizer Prize-winning historian
The University Writing Program presents UC Davis history professor Alan Taylor, recipient of two Pulitzer Prizes, including one given in April for The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832. (June 5) [ More… ]
MORE COLLOQUIA
- Engineering Design Showcase 2014 — Engineering majors present their senior-year projects, including a robot to assist in strawberry harvesting; a collapsible, mobile dog kennel that makes it easier for veterans hospitals to accommodate patients who bring their dogs to appointments; environmental sustainability projects based on proposed housing developments in the city of Davis; and a Google Glass application that helps in diagnosis of sepsis, a leading cause of death in intensive care units. (June 5)
- "Mechanisms and Adult Treatments for Neurodevelopmental Disorders" — UCLA's Alcino J. Silva, professor of neurobiology, psychiatry and psychology, and director of the Integrative Center for Learning and Memory, in the MIND Institute Distinguished Lecturer Series. (June 11)
- "Lactation: The Importance of Feeding Babies and Bacteria" — A conversation with Professor Bruce German, director of the Foods for Health Institute, in the "Science Café" series hosted by Jared T. Shaw, assistant professor of chemistry. (June 11)
ANNOUNCEMENT
- Public forums with candidates for the position of dean, UC Davis Extension, June 3, 5 and 9 (the dates have been revised since last week)
EVENTS
Concert and Campus bands, University Chorus
Wednesday and Friday, June 4 and 6, Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
Concert and Campus bands, 7 p.m. June 4; and the University Chorus, 7 p.m. June 6. [ More… ]
Hindustani Vocal Ensemble and Samba School
Thursday, June 5
The Hindustani Vocal Ensemble presents a free noon concert in the Yocha Dehe Grand Lobby, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. The Samba School performs a free concert at 5 p.m. on the Wyatt Deck. [ More… ]
Tasty showcase: Farm to College
Thursday, June 5, 4:30-7:30 p.m., outdoors, Segundo residential complex
Mmmmmm: Wild Oregon Shrimp Bruschetta, Beef Barbacoa, Seitan Fajitas, Cage-Free Egg Frittata, Summer Citrus Free-Range Chicken Salad ... these are some of the entree options you'll have when Dining Services serves up its biannual Farm to College meal. Plus, crafts, games and entertainment. Open to the public. [ More… ]
International water polo: USA vs. Serbia
Thursday, June 5, 7 p.m. Schaal Aquatics Center
The U.S. senior men's national team takes on the country that won bronze in the 2012 Olympics. Tickets. [ More… ]
Main Stage Dance: Penumbra
Continues Thursday-Saturday, June 5-7, 8 p.m., Main Theatre
New choreographies devised by graduate and qualifying undergraduate students. Tickets. [ More… ]
CLOSING RECEPTION: Ink + Paper
Friday, June 6, 5-7 p.m., Craft Center Gallery
The artist, Daniel Friedman, a senior genetics major, says his works "serve as catalyst to abstract thought, scientific understanding and transpersonal connections." [ More… ]
TANA Spring Open House and Graduation Show: Fruición del Amenecer
Friday, June 6, 5-7:30 p.m., 1224 Lemen Ave., Woodland
Featuring artwork from the latest community screen-printing workshop, and by Eddie Lampkin, Andrew Ruiz and Devika Sen, who have participated in TANA's quarterly workshops, and interned and worked at TANA. With food, music and dance (Kalpulli Telpochkalli). TANA is Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer, a community-based art center managed by the Department of Chicana/o Studies. [ More… ]
OPENING RECEPTION: for future reference
Friday, June 6, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Nelson Gallery
Studio art M.F.A. exhibition by Brett Davis, Jamie Dunn, Daniel Harano, Rachel Gelenius, Jacob Greenlund, Jeff King, Alyssa Lempesis and Joyce Nojima. They can be classified as painters, sculptors and ceramicists, or installation, performance and video artists, but their work defies boundaries, much like this exhibition's bureaucratic title "aptly conjures processes that invite chance and change." The exhibition runs through June 21. [ More… ]
ARBORETUM: Farewell Reading and a Walk with Warren
Tuesday-Wednesday, June 10-11
Creative writing M.A. students, just about to graduate, read from their theses, 7 p.m. June 10 on the Wyatt Deck. … Warren Roberts, arboretum superintendent emeritus, leads a noontime walk in the west end gardens, noon to 1 p.m. June 11 (meet at the gazebo). [ More… ]
New Retirees Reception
Wednesday, June 25, 5-7 p.m., Conference Center Ballroom
Honoring all staff and faculty who have retired, or will retire, during the 2013-14 academic year. The reception, with hors d'oeuvres and entertainment, is sponsored by the Retiree Center, the Retirees Association and the Emeriti Association. Registration requested by June 10, and may be arranged online (click on "Event Registration") or by calling the Retiree Center, (530) 754-7105. [ More… ]