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Achieve UC, Catalyst Award, bake-off — 12.6.16
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 Work hard to Achieve UCInterim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter meets up with about 200 juniors and seniors at Woodland's Pioneer High School, encouraging them to strive for admission to the University of California. [ More, with photos… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
More stories at UC Davis News & Information
Post-election positions and resources
Ever since the Nov. 8 election, UC and UC Davis leaders have been reiterating their support for all members of the university community. We've launched a webpage where you can find all of these messages, including:
- Statement of Principles: UC "will vigorously protect the privacy and civil rights of the undocumented members of the UC community and will direct its police departments not to undertake joint efforts with any government agencies to enforce federal immigration law."
- UC Academic Council, which includes the Academic Senate divisional chairs from each campus, endorses the UC Principles in Support of Undocumented Members of the UC Community.
Fall commencement Saturday for 700-plus
Ceremony is for undergraduates from the university's four colleges: Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering, and Letters and Science. [ More… ]
World Food Center realignment announced
Programmatic oversight is being transferred to the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, where Dean Helene Dillard will consult with faculty, staff and others to discuss the center's future vision and determine a long-term strategic framework. Three affiliated programs are also on the move. [ More… ]
$14M federal grant for sustainable transportation research
Award from the U.S. Department of Transportation solidifies UC Davis' prominence as the nation's leading university on sustainable transportation, where researchers develop scientific solutions for today's most daunting transportation problems. [ More… ]
Sollman receives UC President's Research Catalyst Award
Janet Napolitano allocates more than $2 million for three projects, one of them by UC Davis' Rahel Sollman, a quantitative ecologist, who will analyze how megafires disrupt the forest ecosystem and food web and pollination networks. [ More… ]
Cross-disciplinary approach to climate change
Ben Houlton, who became the director of the John Muir Institute of the Environment in August, is mapping out strategies for a very ambitious goal: Using the institute's resources to help UC Davis become a key player in solving the challenges of global climate change. [ More… ]
Students and others lend a hand to olive harvest
The UC Davis Olive Center makes olive oil, to be sure, but also researches other facets of the olive industry — from growing, harvesting and processing, to olive oil storage and quality. Read about all this and the fall harvest in which students and other volunteers helped out in campus orchards. [ More… ]
Classes get discounted admission to Mondavi performances
A reminder to faculty: When you connect with the Mondavi Center's Curriculum Connections program, your students can get $5 tickets for performances associated with classwork. [ More… ]
Russell Field housing dropped from LRDP
Campus planners have removed all proposed student housing from Russell Field, in the latest draft of the 2017 Long-Range Development Plan. [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: Career Tracks topic for staff forum
The Dec. 15 forum will provide an update on the University of California's new job classification system for nonrepresented staff across the system. Plus …
- Football season tickets on sale
- Refresher training due for cyberawareness
- Management Skills Assessment Program
- Holiday Helping update: Toys for Tots, gift baskets for pets
- Asbestos removal at construction site
THE DOWNLOAD: Landscape architecture, Aggie Pride profile, Sting
See the parts of campus that have been beautified by landscape architecture majors. … Hear why an animal science major has Aggie Pride. … See the new football coach make stops around campus. … Rock 'n' roll artist Sting credits KDVS and one other U.S. radio station with pushing The Police's first single, "Roxanne," into the mainstream. [ More, with videos… ]
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- "Dealing With the (D)Evil Enemy: Interdisciplinary Perspectives" — Keynote speakers and a UC Davis panel will address the politics, psychology and other factors behind people's demonizing their enemies. Presented by the Student Academic Success Center and the University Library in conjunction with the Shields Library exhibition "Dealing with the (D)Evil: A Historical Perspective." (Dec. 7)
- Chancellor's Colloquium With Florian Idenburg — One of the architects of the newly opened Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art addresses "Museum-Building in Unpredictable Times." (Dec. 8, RSVPs requested)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Call for nominations for the position of vice provost of Academic Affairs — This is an internal recruitment. More information, including the nomination and application process, are available online. Deadline Dec. 16.
- Public forum with finalist for the position of faculty director, Imagining America — Candidate C (Dec. 9).
- Call for nominations for Academic Federation awards — Excellence in Research and Excellence in Teaching, deadline for both Jan. 20.
- Call for nominations for Academic Senate's Faculty Research Lecture Award — Deadline Dec. 9.
EVENTS
Editor's Picks from the online calendar:
- Staff Assembly Holiday Bake-Off
Calling all bakers! Sign up by Dec. 7; contest is Monday (Dec. 12). - Music for the Holidays
Saturday, Dec. 10: Handel's Messiah (American Bach Soloists)
Sunday, Dec. 11: Brandenburg Concertos (The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center)
Tuesday, Dec. 13: Holiday Show by The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - University Farm Circle's Holiday Home Tour and Boutique
Sunday, Dec. 11: Proceeds benefit UFC scholarship program for UC Davis students. - Women's Basketball vs. St. Mary's
Sunday, Dec. 11: The 5-2 Aggies take on the 4-4 Gaels.