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Game to play, future to plan — 1.26.16
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 'Stayin' Alive' at heart fairReem Fatayerji's friend died of a heart attack in high school — so Reem knows all too well that heart disease can strike at any age. Now the fourth-year student has joined up with UC Davis Wears Red Day, expanding its program to include a series of hands-only CPR training sessions. This year's event is set for Friday, Feb. 5, on Hutchison Field. [ More… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
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Envisioning and reimagining
Get your game face on for 36 hours of rapid-fire ideas, thoughts and responses, Feb. 24-25, as we "Envision UC Davis" 10, 20, 30, 40 years down the road. Then, on Feb. 29, staff members across the Davis campus will engage in "Reimagining Our Work," or ROW. It's a Staff Assembly-led exercise to foster employee engagement as we consider new ways of doing our work. [ More… ]
Reaching out to our neighbors
Vice Chancellor-Chief Financial Officer Dave Lawlor, in a letter to the editor of The Davis Enterprise, invites the university's neighbors to take a look at initial planning concepts and the process the university is following to build capacity in a responsible way. [ More… ]
REGENTS: President launches housing initiative
UCOP team is visiting the campuses to help advance a housing initiative aimed at supporting the existing student population and future enrollment growth. [ More… ]
- UCSB's Witherell to head Lawrence Berkeley lab
- Nonvoting student advisor to join the board
- Staff advisor applications due by March 4
Forums, webinars address new retirement tier
President Janet Napolitano is asking for feedback by Feb. 15 on the recommendations of the Retirement Options Task Force. The new "2016 Tier" would apply only to employees hired on or after July 1, 2016. [ More… ]
RESEARCH: An intentional flood, in the rain
We recharged the aquifer under a Modesto almond orchard, to see how all that extra water in winter might affect the trees. [ More, with video… ]
- Monarchs' wings yield clues to their birthplaces
- Photonics technology helps shrink telescopes
- Zebra stripes not for camouflage, new study finds
- Researchers decipher stem cell messages in blood vessel formation
UC Davis named global leader on environment
The annual GreenMetric rankings place UC Davis as a world leader in environmental sustainability in teaching, research and campus lifestyle. [ More… ]
LAURELS: Scientist named 'Public Engagement Fellow'
Tessa Hill, associate professor of earth and planetary sciences, is among the first 15 Public Engagement Fellows named by the Leshner Leadership Institute at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Other Laurels include an award for the King Hall Outreach Program, recognized by the American Bar Association for successful efforts in "pipeline diversity." [ More… ]
Summer strategy: More courses, more enrollment
The campus plans to increase its summer course offerings by as much as 10 percent as one way to increase Summer Sessions enrollment and help students earn their degrees more quickly. [ More… ]
Surge III renamed The Grove
Fifty years after it came to campus to help accommodate the surge of students from the School of Medicine, Surge III has a new name, chosen for the pine and redwood trees in the building's courtyard and for the newest and largest department to take residence in the space. [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: Help harvest a field, help Yolo Food Bank
Volunteers are being sought to help with a Friday morning harvest in a student-planted, educational-use field, from which the bounty will go to the Yolo Food Bank. Plus …
- Ombuds office issues midyear report
- 1st campuswide Shop Safety Manual
- ARC to open 1 hour earlier on weekdays: 5 a.m.
- Aggie builders to return to Solar Decathlon
- Students offer tax preparation assistance
IN MEMORIAM: Poet Francisco X. Alarcón
His writing, like his personality, was all embracing, addressing social and political issues, love and sex and nature. "He lived his poetry every day," says Cecilia Colombi, chair of the Spanish and Portuguese department, where Alarcón was a lecturer for many years. [ More… ]
TRENDING: Fog and a pair of Aussies visit campus
Facebook: The geology department greets the tule fog. … Instagram: An Australian cattle dog visits Aggie Stadium. … Twitter: An Australian member of Parliament visits campus (and meets our squirrels).
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- "Modern Iranian Women Writers: Shaping the Cultural Imaginary" — UC Irvine's Nasrin Rahimieh gives this lecture in celebration of the establishment of the Bita Daryabari Presidential Chair in Persian Language and Literature. (Jan. 26)
- Book Project: Sociology Presentations — Ryken Grattet (professor), Bill McCarthy (professor), Chris Smith (assistant professor) and Angela Carter (graduate student) address issues related to this year's Campus Community Book Project, The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap. (Jan. 27)
- The Mesoamerican Diet: Origins — The Plant Breeding Center presents its second annual community film screening. (Jan. 28)
- "Disjointed Regulation: State Efforts to Legalize Marijuana" — UC Davis Law Review's annual symposium. (Jan. 29)
- "One Health: How Global Issues of Water Quality, Environmental and Food Safety, and Zoonotic Disease Impact Health and the Economy in California" — Michael Lairmore, dean, and Patricia Conrad, associate dean for Global Programs, School of Veterinary Medicine, in the UC Davis Capitol Speaker Series. (Jan. 29)
- "Convergent Cultures/Convergent Image" — The annual Templeton Art History Colloquium addresses how various art forms move around the world and take on unique forms. (Jan. 29)
- "Gaming Metrics: Innovation and Surveillance in Academic Misconduct" — Have we moved from "publish or perish" to "impact or perish"? If so, are metrics of evaluation now creating new incentives for misconduct? (Feb. 4-5)
- "Mechanisms of Genome Maintenance" — Symposium honoring Stephen Kowalczykowski, UC Davis distinguished professor, for his four-decade-long career in science and his seminal contributions. (Feb. 12-13)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Call for nominations: Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award — Nominations welcome from any member of the campus community, provided that each nominator has direct experience with the nominee's teaching. Deadline: March 1.
- Call for letters of intent to apply for funding for UC Global Health Institute Centers of Expertise, new or existing — Award pool totals $400,000 per annum, to be divided between two centers. Deadlines: letter of intent, Feb. 19; full proposals, April 1.
- Call for applications: Provost's Fellowship for Diversity in Teaching — Open to Academic Senate members (all) and Academic Federation members with instructional titles, in any discipline. Deadline: Feb. 1.
EVENTS
These are the Editor's Picks, taken from the online calendar:
- Blood and Marrow Drive
Today and Wednesday, Jan. 26 and 27: Look for the bloodmobiles on the Quad. - Police Accountability Board Quarterly Meeting
Wednesday, Jan. 27: This quarter's meeting is on the Sacramento campus. - "Resumes That Work"
Thursday, Jan. 28: Career Catalyst Brown Bag Series - STEM-tastic Sunday
Sunday, Jan. 31: Preview the School of Education's Adventures in Enrichment summer camps.