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Gunrock beer, platinum bikes, Causeway rivalry — 11.14.17
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 What’ll it be? Beer or wine?Cheers to UC Davis and our new beer! Yes, indeed, as a world leader in brewing science and education, we are rolling out a UC Davis-branded beer. It’s a light-bodied lager, brewed by Sudwerk. [ More… ]
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NEWS SUMMARY
More stories at UC Davis News & Information
Chancellor responds to provocative fliers
“UC Davis has been and should continue to be a forum for wide-open dialogue on an unlimited range of ideas, including those that many find disturbing,” he says in op-ed published in The California Aggie. [ More… ]
We’re still platinum on 2 wheels!
Four years after first earning the award, UC Davis receives renewed status as a Platinum Bicycle Friendly University, so honored by the League of American Bicyclists. UC Davis “continues to be one of the most bicycle friendly campuses in the country,” the league says. [ More… ]
ACHIEVE UC: Staffer visits her alma mater
Ana Garcia ’12, assistant regional director of UC Davis’ Early Academic Outreach Program, shares her inspiring story at Galt High School. [ More… ]
UC Davis and professor receive innovation awards
Chancellor Gary S. May accepts the Sacramento Region Innovation of the Year Award on behalf of the UC Davis community. XTB Laboratories, co-founded by Professor Cristina Davis, receives the Innovation Award in the food and agribusiness category. [ More… ]
LAURELS: 5 academic advisors earn global honors
Beth Floyd of the College of Letters and Science leads the way, named by NACADA as outstanding advising administrator. … Plus honors for other faculty members and a photographer. [ More… ]
A scientific revolution, all because of basic research funding
UC news story and video tell the story of green fluorescent protein, or GFP, now used in studies of disease, including UC Davis research on HIV. The development of GFP as a research tool took decades of work that would have been impossible without sustained federal funding, according to the video, which cites GFP as an example of why people should ask Congress to protect research funding. [ More, with video… ]
RESEARCH: A tale of biological thievery
Distinguished Professor J. Clark Lagarias and his colleagues in the College of Biological Sciences publish a paper on a moment in evolutionary history that marked the origin of chloroplasts, the cellular structures in plants responsible for photosynthesis. [ More… ]
- UC Davis, Leibniz Institute establish biophotonics alliance
- Dozens of new wildlife corridors identified for African mammals
- EGGHEAD: Exploring role of fish oil derivatives in kidney injury
HOLIDAY HELPING: Coats and sweaters for Mercer Clinic pets
Staff and retirees of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital are once again taking up a collection to provide holiday treats, including all-important coats and sweaters, to dogs and cats seen at the Mercer Clinic for the Pets of the Homeless in Sacramento. [ More, with video… ]
- Mail Services’ Holiday Food Drive ends this Friday (Nov. 17)
- Join physics team in Turkey Day run to benefit Yolo Food Bank
One Causeway Classic down, one to go
UC Davis came out on top of the 10th annual Causeway Classic Blood Drive, and one more contest remains: the 54th Causeway Classic, kicking off this Saturday (Nov. 18) at Hornet Stadium. [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: Chancellor names strategic plan committee
He’s asking the members to assist him “in energizing and organizing our entire community — faculty, students, staff and supporters everywhere — to come together and contribute creative and bold ideas that will propel us to accomplish things we’ve only dreamed of in the past.” Plus …
- Open enrollment: 1 week left
- UCOP seeks applications: free speech and Title IX
- Police: Man caught with bicycle frame
THE DOWNLOAD: Unitrans at 50, runner at NCAAs, innovators at Mondavi
Unitrans celebrates its 50th anniversary by re-creating a bus christening ceremony held in 1967. … A graduate student qualifies for the NCAA cross-country championships. … Chancellor Gary S. May participates in a panel discussion on innovation, held at the Mondavi Center and sponsored by Toyota and Popular Science magazine. [ More, with video… ]
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- “Humanizing Deportation/Humanizando la Deportación” — Official launch of digital storytelling project by faculty and students from UC Davis and El Colegio de la Frontera Norte in Tijuana, Mexico. (Nov. 14)
- “The Andean Ascent: How Humans First Settled the High Altitudes of Peru Over 7,000 Years Ago” — Randy Haas, assistant professor of anthropology. (Nov. 15)
- “Loving’s Legacy: Decriminalization and the Regulation of Sex” — Melissa Murray, law professor and faculty director of the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice, UC Berkeley, gives the Brigitte M. Bodenheimer Lecture on Family Law. (Nov. 16)
- LASER — Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous, featuring Beth Ferguson, assistant professor of design; Petr Janata, Center for Mind and Brain faculty member; and Michael Arcega, assistant professor of art, San Francisco State University. (Nov. 16)
- “Vinous Exceptionalism … Is Wine Really Different: A View From Other Parts of the Consumer World” — Jean-Michel Valette, chairman of Vinfolio, San Francisco, gives this talk in the Walt Klenz Lectureship Series. (Nov. 17)
- ONE Climate Workshop — The John Muir Institute of the Environment and the Office of Research unveil “a cross-cutting UC Davis initiative that combines faculty, students and staff from all colleges and professional schools into a global problem solver.” (Nov. 30)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Call for nominations for the Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Diversity and Community — Honoring UC Davis faculty, staff and students, and local community members. Deadline: Nov. 27.
- Call for nominations for Academic Senate awards — Faculty Distinguished Research Award (formerly the Faculty Research Lecture Award), deadline Dec. 1; Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Awards, deadline Dec. 8; and Distinguished Teaching Awards, deadline Dec. 20.
- Call for proposals for Seed Grants for International Activities — Faculty members are invited to apply for funding of $5,000 to $15,000 per proposal. The Office of Global Affairs encourages proposals that foster international research collaborations, create innovations in internationalizing the curriculum, and build new interdisciplinary, international partnerships. Deadline: Nov. 30.
EVENTS
Thursday concert: Selections from long-lost opera
History professor Sally McKee wrote a book about Edmond Dédé and his 1888 opera, Morgiane, or The Sultan of Ispahan, and now the Department of Music has transcribed some of the work’s arias for performance, in French, in this week’s Shinkoskey Noon Concert (Nov. 16). The composition is the oldest known complete opera score by an African American. [ More… ]
Editor’s Picks from the online calendar:
- 1-Day Commencement Regalia Sale
Wednesday, Nov. 15: $100 off blue-and-gold UC doctoral regalia and 25 percent off black doctoral gown packages. - “Parasitoid Palooza”
Saturday, Nov. 18: Open house for all ages at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. - Natural Tie-Dye
Sunday, Nov. 19: The Arboretum Ambassadors will explain how to make plant- and food-based, eco-friendly dyes, and help you use them on T-shirts, socks, shorts, pillowcases (bring one white item). - JUST ADDED: John Cleese at the Mondavi Center
Wednesday, March 28: Staff and faculty have a head start on tickets, through noon this Friday (Nov. 17). Show includes a screening of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.