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Future Forward, investiture, recruitments — 9.12.17
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 Waterway: Ready, set, flowBy the end of this month, we expect the new weirs to be completed in the eastern half of the Arboretum Waterway, and to see water going through the weirs over a 15-inch drop in elevation — creating a gentle flow to Lake Spafford. See the latest update from the waterway steward. [ More… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
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SAVE THE DATES!
- Future Forward: Chancellor's fall welcome event, Sept. 25 (please RSVP)
- Gary S. May's investiture as our 7th chancellor, Oct. 27 (tickets are required and free)
- Aggie Tradition No. 11: Pajamarino, Oct. 27
- Homecoming football vs. Cal Poly, Oct. 28
Recruiting for 2 VCs, chief campus counsel
Chancellor Gary S. May launches national searches for two vice chancellors (Human Health Sciences and Office of Research) and chief campus counsel. [ More… ]
Chancellor, UC system fight back on DACA
"Turning our backs on (DACA) students is not who we are," Chancellor Gary S. May says, referring to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that the Trump administration says it will end. UC President Janet Napolitano also speaks out and joins with the Board of Regents in a lawsuit to preserve the program. Meanwhile, Napolitano and all the chancellors urge DACA students to file renewal applications. [ More… ]
Consortium takes on California's $14 billion killer
The UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center and UC's four other academic cancer centers have formed the UC Cancer Consortium to better address a disease that is poised to overtake heart diseases as the leading cause of death in California. This year alone, 176,000 state residents will be diagnosed with cancer and nearly 60,000 will die from it. The estimated cost burden of cancer in California is $14 billion annually. [ More… ]
UCNET: Survey results show improved staff engagement
A record number of responses — more than 10,500 — show significant improvements from 2015 in a number of areas, including supervision and performance management, and an increase in overall engagement. [ More… ]
The Mays host 1st Breakfast With the Chancellor
Staff Assembly leaders and others talk with Gary and LeShelle May about TGFS (they're ready to sign up for the 5K), the chancellor's current focus, his "listening tour," national politics and his thoughts on current events. [ More… ]
BACK TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- Amid ethnic diversity, 6th-graders earn better marks
- On a mission to diversify the state's 4th-grade history
- Students learn Constitution through Japanese internment lesson
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
- One Health approach targets spina bifida, first in puppies
- Keeping cows cool with less water and energy
TRANSITIONS: New directors, new chief, new counsel
Katharina Ullmann, Ph.D. '14, returns to campus as the new director of the Student Farm. Plus … Kent Pinkerton, director of the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety; Kimberley McAllister, director of the Center for Neuroscience; Shondella Reed, senior campus counsel; and Joseph A. Farrow, sworn in as the campus's new police chief. [ More… ]
BOOKS: The blues, shadows and mythopoetic cinema
Julia Simon, a professor of French, writes about music in Time in the Blues, an interdisciplinary analysis of the forms of temporality produced by and reflected in the blues within the historical context of Jim Crow segregation, sharecropping, racist violence and migration. Plus … Sasha Abramsky's Jumping at Shadows: The Triumph of Fear and the End of the American Dream, and Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli's Mythopoetic Cinema: On the Ruins of European Identity. [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: WHA, UC Davis Medical Group still options
UC says Western Health Advantage will remain a benefit choice for employees and retirees in 2018, and that those who choose WHA will have access to UC Davis Medical Group. Plus …
- 'We're looking for your healthy ideas'
- 'Retirement 101 Short Course': Oct. 3
- Celebrating Betty Irene Moore Hall
- Contributing to the 'public good' — that's us!
- Blood drive collects 239 pints
THE DOWNLOAD: Sun power & stars, small screen & big screen
See UC Davis' entry in the U.S. Department of Energy's 2017 Solar Decathlon before it heads to Colorado. … Coach Jim Les is a featured guest at a Sacramento Kings coaching clinic. … UC Davis is featured on the small screen, in a new Netflix movie. … Aggie Stadium has a new big screen. [ More, with video… ]
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- "Organic Electronic Gizmos" — Science Café with Professor Adam Moulé, Department of Chemical Engineering, UC Davis. (Sept. 13)
- "Behavioral Contributions to Cognitive Health in Old Age" — The Alzheimer's Disease Center presents this talk by Professor Robert Wilson of Rush University in the center's Community Engagement Learning Series. (Sept. 14)
- Summer Institute on Teaching and Technology — For UC Davis faculty. Advance registration advised (space is limited, so priority will be given in order of response). Academic Technology Services announced this year's theme as "Painting on a New Canvas," referring to the campus's new learning management system. (Sept. 15)
- Fulbright Scholar Workshop — For administrators, faculty members and professionals who are interested in going abroad through a Fulbright award. (Sept. 18)
- "Looking Ahead to the 2018 Midterm Elections: How Changing Demography Will — or Won't — Influence Outcomes" — Mindy Romero, founder and director, California Civic Engagement Project, UC Davis, gives this talk in the Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series sponsored by the School of Law's Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies. (Sept. 19)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Administrative Officers for the Future — Application deadline extended to 5 p.m. Sept. 22.
- GloCal Health Fellowships — For UC advanced graduate students, post-docs (M.D., D.V.M. and Ph.D.) and junior faculty. Application deadline: Nov. 1.
- Arboretum Drive closure between Mrak Hall Drive and Nelson Hall — This section of road is already closed to most cars and trucks, but, from Sept. 18 to Oct. 27, during underground utility construction, the road will be closed to all automobile traffic, and access to parking at Environmental Horticulture and Nelson Hall will be blocked. The road doubles as a pathway for pedestrians and bicyclists, and they will still be able to get through.
EVENTS
FALL EXHIBITIONS: Lots to see and hear
The visual includes photographic exhibitions; and a multidisciplinary installation that explores and celebrates the biology, beauty and bounty of the Pacific Flyway. And, for listening, we have 33 1/3, the composer John Cage's first participatory work, which he debuted at UC Davis nearly 50 years ago, in Freeborn Hall. The Manetti Shrem Museum, featuring the Cage exhibition and Dimensions in Black, reopens to the public this Sunday (Sept. 17). [ More… ]
Editor's Picks from the online calendar:
- Lunchtime Makeover Challenge
Mondays, Sept. 18-Oct. 23: You'll receive tips, recipes and more — by weekly email — to encourage you to eat healthier, to change the way you lunch, to make your midday break a priority. Brought to you by the Staff and Faculty Health and Well-Being Program. - Gentle Yoga
Wednesdays, Sept. 20 and 27, and Oct. 11; and Tuesday, Oct. 3: For all levels and abilities, with a focus on breathing, stretches and poses. 12:10-1 p.m. - Los Tigres Del Norte
Thursday, Sept. 21: San Jose's Los Tigres Del Norte, one of the most famous Norteño bands in the world.