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Response, safety walk, summer investment — 3.1.16

Dateline UC Davis

3.1.2016

News and information for faculty and staff


One of a Kind:

Raissa D'Souza

Photo: Raissa D'Souza

Math before fashion

Professor Raissa D'Souza builds abstract models to understand how network structure and function interact. Growing up, she would always finish her math homework before taking up another passion, designing and sewing, and she'd stay up doing that until the wee hours of the morning. "The 18-year-old me might not have agreed (on college over a career in fashion design) but now I look back and see all the richness and depth that comes from a scientific career." Her profile (with video) is among several you can see here. [ More… ]

NEWS SUMMARY

More stories at UC Davis News & Information

Chancellor responds to #blackunderattack demands

"We stand united with our students in our knowledge that diversity and inclusion are the foundations of our shared success, and that there are immediate actions we can take which will move us forward," Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi says in response given to students on Feb. 29 and posted on her website today (March 1). [ More… ]

Safety Walk March 9: Checking our night lights

Teams of volunteers and police officers will see the light, or not see the light, on a safety walk next week in the campus core. Students, staff and faculty are invited to participate. [ More… ]

The state of things to come

Amid "Envision UC Davis" last week and four days before "Reimagining Our Work," Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi uses her State of the Campus address to tie all the forecasting and thinking together, as part of her vision of UC Davis as the University of the 21st Century. [ More, with video… ]

Summer study financial aid pot hits record high

The campus adds $1.9 million in grants, for a total of $10.5 million, and guarantees almost 300 courses against cancellation, in moves aimed to help students take advantage of summer study and thereby reduce their time to degree and overall cost of education. [ More… ]

Search underway for new athletic director

Recruitment advisory committee is in place and a search firm has been hired. The new AD is expected to be named by July 1. [ More… ]

LAURELS: Geochemical Society fetes 3 professors

Alexandra Navrotsky wins award for geochemistry or cosmochemistry, and William Casey wins award for environmental geochemistry, while Isabel Montañez attains fellow status. Plus, other faculty honors and an award for the campus and its trees. [ More… ]

RESEARCH: How the brain handles teleportation

Technology may not have caught up to the teleportation devices of science fiction, but now we have some idea of how the brain "beams up" from one location to another, thanks to research involving some specially wired volunteers. [ More… ]

WHAT'S NEW ON UCNET?

NEWS BRIEFS: Meet new executive director of UG Admissions

Ebony Lewis previously served as associate director of admissions at UC Santa Cruz for eight years. Come meet her at a reception this Friday (March 4). Plus …

  • Intellectual property licensing academies
  • Rio Olympics: Who's going?
  • IN MEMORIAM: Celebrating 'Coach V,' March 13

TRENDING: Student cow costumes, student help, student welders

Instagram: When the men's basketball game is going to be televised on ESPN2, some festive body paint is in order. … Facebook: We Are Aggie Pride is tracking the progress of its fundraising campaign on its new website. … YouTube: The UC Davis team prepares for the annual Baja SAE, a design competition for off-road vehicles.

FEATURED COLLOQUIA

New Yorker critic to give Thiebaud art lecture

In second annual Betty Jean and Wayne Thiebaud Endowed Lecture, March 10, Peter Schjeldahl will discuss "The Critic as Artist: Updating Oscar Wilde." [ More… ]

More Featured Colloquia

ANNOUNCEMENTS

EVENTS

These are the Editor's Picks, taken from the online calendar:

  • Principles of Community Week
    Programs include a panel discussion, "Intersections of Judaism" (March 2); "Dialogue on Faith, Nonfaith and Community" (March 2); a workshop with UC Berkeley's Interactive Theatre Program (March 2); and a Combined Destinies book discussion and interactive activity (March 3).
  • CONCERTS: Early Music and Baroque ensembles, plus Jazz Bands
    Wednesday, March 2: Early Music at Davis Community Church.
    Friday, March 4: Baroque at the Episcopal Church of Saint Martin.
    Wednesday, March 9: Jazz in Vanderhoef Studio Theatre.
  • WorkLife and Wellness: "Yoga for the Hip"
    Thursday, March 3: All are welcome, regardless of experience. Dress for movement and bring your mat!

More calendar listings…