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Academic Affairs, new MU, design contest — 5.16.17
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 Commencement seasonThe first ceremony is this Friday (May 19), for the School of Medicine, and the School of Law goes next, May 20, with an address by Sister Simone Campbell (pictured), who became a national celebrity after authoring the "nuns' letter" in support of the Affordable Care Act and helped spearhead the "Nuns on the Bus" tours for social justice. See our schedule of all commencements through June 18. [ More… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
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Phil Kass to move up in Academic Affairs
A professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine, he has been the associate vice provost for going on four years, and come July 1, he will succeed Maureen Stanton, who is retiring. [ More… ]
Napolitano town hall and the latest from UCnet
UC President Janet Napolitano holds a town hall with Office of the President staff to discuss the recent state audit and other topics (watch the video). … Plus, UCnet announces a systemwide staff engagement survey for nonrepresented staff (please don't mistake the survey email as spam) and reports on updates to the Family Member Eligibility Recertification project. [ More… ]
A student's view: Happy to have the MU back
UC Davis' bowling alley helped convince Daniela Gamez to attend UC Davis, but she wasn't able to see it until the Memorial Union reopened earlier this month. The communication major shares her first impressions of the building and its new features. Plus, a preview of the MU's grand opening Thursday (May 18). [ More… ]
UC Davis joins Healthier Campus Initiative
UC Davis has joined the Partnership for a Healthier America, and will meet 23 criteria to help students, faculty and staff make better food choices and be more physically active. Among them: creating a comprehensive wellness program, and a 2.4-mile walking and running path through the arboretum. [ More… ]
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS: Memoir explores professor's depression
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so we have produced a series of stories about our research, treatment and recognition of mental health issues. Today we focus on English professor Yiyun Li's recent memoir, which explores her love of writing, as well as her battle with suicidal depression. [ More… ]
Students invited to design 2 rooms for Chancellor's Residence
Before Chancellor-designate Gary May and his wife, LeShelle, move into their official residence, they're inviting students to submit designs for two of the public rooms. [ More… ]
UC Davis earns high marks in NCAA's latest APR report
Eight Aggie teams score the highest in their respective conferences in the NCAA's latest Division I academic progress report. [ More… ]
LAURELS: Here's who takes us Soaring to New Heights
Diversity and Principles of Community Awards, Calvin Handy Leadership Award, and Disability Awareness Awards, among other Laurels. [ More… ]
RESEARCH: Mystery solved — 19th-century toddler identified
DNA analysis conducted by professors and students at UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz helped give clues to how a 19th-century toddler found buried in San Francisco might have spent her final days, and have identified her and a living relative. [ More… ]
- Nearly half of California's native salmon, steelhead and trout on track to be extinct in 50 years
- Climate change will cut cereal yields, model predicts
- UC Davis joins initiative to fight malaria in Africa
NEWS BRIEFS: Remembering our Aggies lost in war
UC Davis' fifth annual Memorial Day Ceremony next week will include the unveiling of a memorial wall inside the Memorial Union, which in and of itself is a memorial to our Aggies lost in war. The campus and surrounding community are invited to the ceremony to be held from 5 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 25. Plus …
- Reminders for Wednesday: E-waste drop-off, Police Accountability Board
- IET sends alerts on 'WannaCry' and phishing
- IN MEMORIAM: Bob Chason, retired Student Affairs and medical center administrator
THE DOWNLOAD: Wheels, water polo, Big West wins
Watch the men's basketball team's take on the popular "carpool karaoke" series. … Women's water polo club wins national title. … Athletes earn five titles at Big West championship. … More than 400 bicycles are auctioned. [ More, with video… ]
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- Feminist Research Across the Disciplines — The Feminist Research Institute presents its spring symposium with a program that includes presentations on projects that received seed grants from the institute. Read more about the symposium and two of the featured research projects. (May 17).
- Undergraduate research conferences — The Department of Religious Studies has a two-day event, Friday through Sunday (May 20-21), and the Department of Chemistry presents a one-day conference, Saturday (May 20).
OTHER COLLOQUIA
- Reading: Chiapas Maya Awakening — With Ph.D. student Sean Sell, who translated the poems and short stories in this volume, and Professor Inés Hernández-Avila, who wrote the introduction. (May 17)
- "Leveraging Computational Social Science to Address Grand Societal Challenges" — Noshir Contractor of Northwestern University gives the Gerald P. Mohrmann Memorial Lecture. (May 18)
- ESTEME 2017 Biotechnology Colloquium: Diversity and Inclusion in the STEM Fields — ESTEME (Equity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, and Entrepreneurship), an organization of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and undergraduates, presents its second annual colloquium. The program includes speakers and panelists from industry and academia. (May 19)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Call for nominations for Larry L. Sautter Award program — Recognizing innovation in information technology in the UC system. Deadline: May 19.
- Call for nominations for Chancellor's International Engagement Achievement Award — Recognizing a faculty or staff member whose research, teaching or public service have contributed to the internationalization of campus. Deadline: May 22.
- Public forums with the candidates for chief of police — Candidate A, May 25; Candidate B, May 30; and Candidate C, June 5. Each candidate's CV will be posted 48 hours in advance of his or her forum.
EVENTS
Editor's Picks from the online calendar:
- UC Walks
Wednesday, May 17: 30-minute walks depart at 12:15 and 12:30 p.m. from six locations. Free T-shirts while they last. - Film Fest @ UC Davis
Wednesday-Thursday, May 17-18: Two nights of short, student-produced films. - ARBORETUM: Open Mic Night Under the Stars
Thursday, May 18: Students and community members are welcome as performers and spectators. - Black Family Day
Saturday, May 20: Music and other performances, food, Children's Fair and more. - CAREER CATALYST: Career Journeys
Tuesday, May 23: Words of wisdom from a panel of retirees.