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AAAS fellows, solar farm, holiday gifts — 11.24.15
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One of a kind:Fadi Fathallah |
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 Happy with 2 careers in 1"My mom always thought I'd be a great (medical) doctor," Professor Fathallah says. "I was more interested in engineering, which is what I ended up pursuing. Still, the idea of a career that combined the two lurked in the back of my mind." Fadi's profile (with video) is among several you can see here. [ More… ] #UniquelyAggie: Share your One of a Kind UC Davis story for a chance to win a $200 gift card. |
NEWS SUMMARY
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4 faculty members elected as AAAS fellows
Four UC Davis faculty members — Peter A. Barry, Xi Chen, Jan W. Hopmans and Chih-Ling Tsai — are newly elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The AAAS membership elected 347 fellows this year, recognizing their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. [ More… ]
Chancellor welcomes new CAMPOS scholars
Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi welcomes UC Davis' newest faculty members recruited here as CAMPOS scholars: Rebecca Calisi Rodríguez, Natalia Caporale, Juliana Maria Leite Nóbrega de Moura Bell, Fernanda Ferreira and Alexis Patterson. [ More, with slideshow… ]
Solar farm is up and running
UC Davis dedicates solar farm that's providing 14 percent of the campus's electricity and cutting our carbon footprint by 9 percent. The panels tilt to follow the sun, and they're cleaned by robots! Check it out in our Vine video. [ More, with slideshow… ]
RESEARCH: Pastured Poultry Farm opens
Students, researchers and 150 laying chickens hope to develop innovative solutions benefiting pasture-based poultry farms, integrative crop-and-poultry farms and backyard flocks. [ More, with video… ]
- GMO food: Judge the product, not the process, scientists say
- Pigeons distinguish cancerous from normal breast tissue
- Your sweat will open vents in this new fabric
UC president cites Kenney, Johnson for leadership
Two UC Davis faculty members, Martin Kenney and Kevin Johnson, are among 10 faculty members around the system who received awards last week for outstanding leadership on UC President Janet Napolitano's initiatives. [ More… ]
Regents streamline oversight of UC Health
Amendments cut the number of voting regents on the Committee on Health Services and add the expertise of new nonvoting members, as well as give the committee expanded authority in certain situations to help improve efficiency in decision-making. [ More… ]
HOLIDAY GIFTS: New, improved, 'ugly'
Presenting our new and improved Holiday Gift Guide! Gifts for the Aggie Family, Aggie Athlete and the Little Aggie, plus Student Essentials, Holiday Décor, Stocking Stuffers and more. UC Davis Stores has this new item: the UC Davis Ugly Sweater in red or blue. For the record, we think any Aggie will look good in one! … [ More… ]
HOLIDAY HELP: For families, food bank and pets
Departments and other units are adopting STEAC families for the holidays; Team Physics is in the Running of the Turkeys and asking others to join in helping the Yolo Food Bank; and your help is also sought to provide a bit of warmth and other comforts to the pets of homeless people. [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: All-Staff Town Hall set for Dec. 7
Topics for the All-Staff Town Hall, Monday, Dec. 7, include results of the 2015 CUCSA Engagement Survey, Career Tracks and pay for performance. Attend in person or watch online. Plus …
- Shared Services Center offers 'SSC 101'
- Staff Assembly Cookie Bake-Off
- Drivers in the core campus: STOP for class breaks!
TRENDING: Olives, Therapy Fluffies and a letter to the future
Facebook: Go behind the scenes with an olive harvest on campus. … Instagram: Therapy Fluffies take away students' stress after midterms (and the dogs take all the pets they can get)! … Twitter: Professor and retired astronaut Stephen Robinson writes a letter to future generations about climate change.
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- Re-Weaving the Web: Amazonian Dark Earth — Anthropologist Frederique Apffel Marglin presents her documentary film, then discusses her nonprofit organization, Sachamama, and its work to revitalize the cultivation of the fertile dark soils of Peru. Sponsored by the Indigenous Research Center of the Americas, Department of Native American Studies and Hemispheric Institute on the Americas. (Nov. 24)
- "Agroecology: A Solid Path to Feeding a Planet in Crisis" — UC Berkeley's Miguel Altier presents this special program in the Plant Sciences Seminar Series. (Dec. 1)
- Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous — This month's program has artists; a writer and cancer physician; and UC Davis physics chair Andres Albrecht, who asks, "What Is Time?" (Dec. 1)
- Food, Ag and Health Solution Summit — Including a sustainable agriculture tour, Apps for Ag Hackathon, Mixing Bowl Idea Hack and all-day summit to foster uncommon collaborations around ideas and technology to better feed the world. Presented by the Innovation Institute for Food and Health. (Dec. 1-3)
- "Insect Invasion Biology and California Landscapes" — UC Riverside's Timothy Paine gives the Thomas and Nina Leigh Distinguished Alumni Seminar. He has three degrees from UC Davis: two bachelor's, history and entomology, 1973; and Ph.D. in entomology, 1981. (Dec. 2)
- UC Davis Equity Summit — Featuring keynote by Pedro A. Noguera. (March 8)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Call for nominations: Academic Federation awards for Excellence in Research and Excellence in Teaching — Deadline Jan. 22.
- Call for nominations: Faculty Research Lecture, Distinguished Scholarly Public Service and Distinguished Teaching awards (all Academic Senate)
- Call for nominations: Chancellor's STAR awards — Recognizing staff members who go "above and beyond" in support of the campus's core values. Deadline Nov. 30.
- Call for proposals: Seed Grants for International Activities — Funding offered by the Office of Global Affairs. Deadline extended to Dec. 8.
EVENTS
These are the Editor's Picks, taken from the online calendar:
- Men's basketball vs. Sacramento State
Wednesday, Dec. 2: A Causeway Classic in The Pavilion. - Walking in the Woods with Chemistry
Through Monday, Dec. 7: Learn how molecules produced by plants are used in daily life. - Matt Wilson Christmas Tree-O
Wednesday-Saturday, Dec. 2-5: The jazz drummer and his bandmates put their imaginative stamp on Christmas staples.