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Reflection, HIP, westward woe — 5.27.14
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 Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi asks students, faculty and staff to pause from our studies or work at 4 p.m. today (May 27), to “stand together in the spirit of unity with our sister campus in Santa Barbara” at the same time a memorial service begins on that campus. Read the chancellor’s message. … A student-organized candlelight vigil is scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday (May 29) on the Quad. |
NEWS SUMMARY
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HIP funds OK’d for 9 proposals, 25 faculty
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter has announced the first of three rounds of new-faculty funding under the Hiring Investment Program, or HIP, aimed at taking UC Davis in new and creative directions. The provost approved nine proposals on topics that include Fundamental Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Solidifying a National Leadership Role in Poverty, Digital Humanities and Media Ecologies, and Neuroengineering and Medicine, and assigned them a total of 25 full-time-equivalent faculty positions. [ More… ]
FIX 50: Stage 2 is (west)bound to pose problems
My commute to campus is relatively quick and straightforward: I get on U.S. Highway 50 at 59th Street in east Sacramento, move to the far left lane (or one lane in, depending on which lane has fewer potholes) and stay there all the way to the UC Davis exit, usually 20 to 25 minutes. All that changed this morning (May 27) when Fix 50’s Stage 2 (westbound) got underway. [ More… ]
Medical device earns alum the big prize in Big Bang!
Benjamin Wang, who earned his B.S. at UC Davis and then went to medical school, wins the 2014 UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition for his innovation-in-progress: an improved tracheal device intended to help in the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Other UC Davis students also won shares of the $28,000 in prize money. [ More… ]
Memorial Day ceremony closes with taps and hugs
UC Davis gave its military casualties — and the mother of one of them — a loving embrace Thursday (May 22), at an early Memorial Day ceremony. [ More, with slideshow… ]
Staff Assembly: Breakfast with chancellor; communications survey
Fifteen staff members participated in Staff Assembly’s first Breakfast with the Chancellor on May 9 — and you could have a spot at the table in the future. ... Staff Assembly is conducting a communications survey, with responses due by Friday (May 30). The survey stems from the 2012 Staff Engagement Survey, revealing that many at UC Davis believe communications on campus need improvement. [ More, with slideshow… ]
Athletics news on the ground, in the water, in the classroom
Construction officially begins on a stadium for women’s field hockey; the Schaal Aquatics Center prepares for an international match, USA vs. Serbia, Thursday, June 5; and Aggie teams make the grade. [ More… ]
Senior VP Stobo addresses the future of UC Health
John Stobo, senior vice president of UC Health, says UC’s five academic medical centers must pick up the pace in their working together to improve quality and reduce costs. [ More… ]
Health Happens Here, with hammocks, hydration and more
Hammocks on the Quad will beckon UC Davis students to relax; hydration stations will offer a healthy beverage alternative (water!); and peer health advocates will work with students from underserved communities, to help the students make the most of their health care. Student Affairs is doing all this and more to help students make healthy choices and access the health care they need. The California Endowment is supporting the effort as a pilot project that could expand to other colleges. [ More… ]
WHAT'S NEW ON UCNET?
NEWS BRIEFS: Reception to honor all new retirees
Registration is open for the New Retirees Reception, honoring all staff and faculty who have retired, or will retire, during the 2013-14 academic year. Plus …
- Farm to College dinner June 5
- Eye expertise goes global
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- “Federal Policy Impacts on Farmworkers’ Wages, Working Conditions and Immigration Status” — Bruce Goldstein, president, Farm Worker Justice Organization, in the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety’s monthly seminar series. (June 2)
ANNOUNCEMENT
EVENTS
CONCERT: Korean Percussion Ensemble
Thursday, May 29, 12:05 p.m., Main Theatre
With guest Gamin Hyosun Kang, p’iri (double reed instrument). Free. [ More… ]
Main Stage Dance
Thursday-Saturday, May 29-31 and June 5-7, 8 p.m.; and Sunday, June 1, 2 p.m., Main Theatre
New choreographies devised by graduate and qualifying undergraduate students. Tickets. [ More… ]
Art History M.A. Theses Symposium
Friday, May 30, 3 p.m., 217 Art Building
Presentations by Nicole Budrovich, Erin Dorn, Alicia Guerra, Megan Kuehn, Margaret Larimer, Mariana Moscoso and Amanda Roth. [ More… ]
FILM: Elite Squad
Friday, May 30, 7-9 p.m., 26 Wellman Hall
A Brazilian crime story, shown here by the Hempispheric Institute on the Americas. Free. [ More… ]
STUDIO ART M.F.A. EXHIBITION: for future reference
May 31-June 21, Nelson Gallery
Brett Davis, Jamie Dunn, Daniel Harano, Rachel Gelenius, Jacob Greenlund, Jeff King, Alyssa Lempesis and Joyce Nojima 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.” … Emma Thorne-Christy, this year’s lone M.F.A. candidate in design, presents Filed Away: the undocumented experience, through June 5 at the LGBTQIA Resource Center. … First-year M.F.A. students have a show called Dumpstir Dive, which runs through June 24 at the Pence Gallery in downtown Davis. [ More… ]
ARBORETUM: Yoga and Bugtopia 3.0
Saturday-Sunday, May 31-June 1
Two free programs, open to the public: Yoga for all skill levels, 1:15-2:15 p.m. May 31, on the grassy area east of Putah Creek Lodge, with certified instructor Loshan Ostrava. Dress comfortably, and please bring a towel or yoga mat, and a bottle of water. … Entomology Club members and Arboretum Ambassadors present Bugtopia 3.0: Discover Everyday Insects, 1-3 p.m. June 1 at the gazebo. Learn about the arboretum’s hidden insect wonders. [ More… ]
MORE CONCERTS: Music to end the year by
June 1-6, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
The Symphony Orchestra (Love and the “Apotheosis of the Dance”), June 1; Empyrean Ensemble (Often Seen, Rarely Heard), June 2; Concert and Campus bands, June 4; and the University Chorus, June 6. [ More… ]