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Startups, champions, celebration of life — 10.27.15
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One of a kind:Sanjay Joshi |
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 'Joy and purpose'Joshi, an associate professor in engineering, says: "The most important things I want (my children) to remember when they see me in my lab or hear me talking about work are joy and purpose. That I enjoy what I do every day, and hope that it's meaningful." Joshi's profile (with video) is among several you can see here. [ More… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
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Celebration of life: Larry N. Vanderhoef
UC Davis administrators past and present, and a former ASUCD president are among the speakers who will offer reflections of Chancellor Emeritus Larry N. Vanderhoef at next week's celebration of his life (Nov. 4). The UC Davis Symphony Orchestra will perform works by Mozart and Beethoven. [ More… ]
African diaspora center at hub of student initiatives
UC Davis' new center for African diaspora students is at the heart of a new model for supporting the recruitment and academic achievement of students who are historically underrepresented in higher education. [ More… ]
Fostering discovery and innovation
Cardiac Motion, Chirp Microsystems, EncapSolutions, Inserogen … these are among the 13 startups that UC Davis assisted in the last fiscal year. [ More… ]
UC Davis chemistry goes green
By signing the Green Chemistry Commitment, the UC Davis chemistry department joins more than 25 schools and universities in adding the principles of green chemistry to its formal curriculum. [ More… ]
Pulling together for success in sustainability
We've got a whole year of environmental successes to share with you in UC Davis' annual sustainability report. It reflects the hard work of people all over campus: students, staff and faculty. [ More… ]
RESEARCH: Bending the curve on climate change
Fifty academics and researchers from across the UC system are participating in UC's two-day Summit on Carbon and Climate Neutrality. [ More… ]
LAURELS: Prizes for Britt in chemistry, Pines in physics
R. David Britt is named the recipient of the Royal Society of Chemistry's 2016 Bruker Prize, while David Pines will receive the American Physics Society's 2016 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize. Plus, honors for James Carey, JoAnne Engebrecht and Louise Ferguson. Also, Roy Bellhorn, Nicole Woolsey Biggart, John "Jack" Meeks and Dennis Wilson receive Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professorships. [ More… ]
Be a champion of the Principles of Community
Tell us how you create a welcoming and inclusive environment that fosters respect for diversity in the workplace or classroom, or in campus activities and organizations — so we all can learn from one another. Each quarter we will recognize up to five individuals and one team as Chancellor's Principles of Community Champions. [ More… ]
Opening Thursday: Open enrollment
Open enrollment is … almost … open! It starts at 8 a.m. Thursday (Oct. 29) and ends at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, two days before Thanksgiving. As you will learn from UC's open enrollment website, or the booklet mailed to your home, the university has made few changes in benefit offerings for 2016, compared with this year. Still, there are changes YOU can make, and, for certain benefits, action you MUST take. [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: See 'Campus Tomorrow' at LRDP open houses
Three open houses this week offer a look at "Campus Tomorrow," the launching point for an update of the Davis campus's Long-Range Development Plan, or LRDP. Plus …
- Hazmat team cleans small spill in Young Hall
- Cybersecurity training module now available
- Online Q&A: Undocumented immigrants and higher education
- Mini Medical School: Registration opens Nov. 3
- Costume rentals at The Enchanted Cellar
TRENDING: 'D' for Davis, 'B' for Blue Angels, 'S' for 'Super Smash Bros.'
All-video edition: How many D's can you see in our new public art? … Engineering professor Jean-Pierre Delplanque goes flying! … Cal Aggie Marching Band-uh has Sports Illustrated's attention.
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- Big Bang! Business Competition Kickoff — Celebrating 15 years of entrepreneurship. Keynote by Matt Flannery, co-founder of Kiva.org and founder of Branch International. (Oct. 27)
- Disability Awareness Symposium and Accessibility Tech Fair — "New Frontiers: Working Dogs, Service and Medicine," featuring a talk by Dina Zaphiris, who recently began a project for the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center — training two dogs to detect cancer in people. (Oct. 28)
- "Cultivating Resilient Learners for the 21st Century" — John Seely Brown, visiting scholar and adviser to the provost, University of Southern California, and former chief scientist at Xerox Corp. and director of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. In the Chancellor's Colloquium Distinguished Speaker Series. (Oct. 28)
- "Life-Cycle Perspectives to Help Us Build, Move and Eat Within Our Environmental Means" — Alissa Kendall, associate professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, in the Industrial Ecology Seminar Series. (Oct. 29)
- Innovation Institute for Food and Health: Challenge Definition Workshop — First step in a uniquely open collaboration to generate possible solutions to today's most critical challenges in food, agriculture and health. (Oct. 29)
- "The Campaign Revolution Will Not Be Televised: The Legal Implications of Politics On Demand" — Nathaniel Persily, the James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, gives this year's Central Valley Foundation/James B. McClatchy Lecture on the First Amendment. (Oct. 29)
- "Giving Corporate Bodies Their Due — and Only Their Due" — Princeton University's Philip Pettit gives this year's Sheffrin Lecture in Public Policy. (Oct. 29)
- "GMOs: All Facts, No Fiction" — Two UC Davis scientists (Josette Lewis of the World Food Center and Belinda Martineau of the Institute for Social Sciences) join two from UC Riverside on this panel. (Nov. 3)
- Alzheimer's Research Symposium — Presented by the Alzheimer's Research Center. (Nov. 5, on the Davis campus)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Call for nominations: Faculty Research Lecture, Distinguished Scholarly Public Service and Distinguished Teaching awards (all Academic Senate)
- Call for applications: Administrative Officers for the Future Program — Cultivating a diverse pool of highly talented and motivated staff interested in pursuing administrative officer positions. Deadline Nov. 18.
- Call for nominations: Chancellor's Achievement Awards for Diversity and Community — For faculty, staff, students and members of the community, honoring their achievements that contribute in substantial ways to the development and well-being of our diverse and evolving community. Deadline Nov. 20.
EVENTS
These are the Editor's Picks, taken from the online calendar:
- Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Friday, Oct 30: Jones, a soul survivor and a soul reviver, performs at the Mondavi Center. - Storytime Through the Seasons: "Under the Redwood Tree"
Sunday, Nov. 1: The Arboretum Ambassadors (student interns) present this program. - Causeway Classic Blood Drive
Tuesday-Wednesday, Nov. 3-4: Eighth annual competition with Sac State! Look for the bloodmobiles on the Quad. Free T-shirts!