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UC at 150, ‘To Boldly Go,’ Healthy UC Davis — 1.9.18

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1.9.2018

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Photo: Tilapia skin being applied to a mountain lion's burned paw

Caring for injured cub

UC Davis veterinarians are using tilapia skin and a salve made from honey, olive oil, coconut oil and beeswax, to treat a 5-month-old mountain lion‹s injured paws, badly burned in the Thomas Fire in Southern California. [ More, with 360° video… ]

NEWS SUMMARY

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UC at 150: Look at what we’ve done!

The University of California celebrates its sesquicentennial by producing a digital timeline with 40 Davis highlights, including the Division of Animal Husbandry’s move from Berkeley to Davis (1908); Maynard Amerine’s hiring in 1935 (he would become the father of American wine); and the development of the KiloCore, the first microchip containing 1,000 independent programmable processors (2016). Plus: the first Picnic Day and the first “Pajama Rally,” and the 1969 “art happening” that would turn into the Whole Earth Festival. [ More… ]

‘To Boldly Go’: Submit your goals and strategies!

UC Davis’ strategic planning effort invites your input, via an online form. We’re asking for your suggestions for our high-level, universitywide goals, and one or more strategies to achieve those goals. [ More… ]

2 from Puerto Rico will continue their studies here

Two University of Puerto Rico students will get a warm welcome, to be sure, when they arrive here soon to continue their studies. And one of their hosts, Lilian Cruz-Orengo, assistant professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine, will make that welcome even warmer, by providing a taste of home in such dishes as “sofrito” and “adobo.” [ More… ]

Hooves for Heroes: New program for student veterans

“Horses make you forget about everything,” says Edgar Garcia, one of our student veterans who is participating in a new program — pairing veterans with horses at the UC Davis Equestrian Center — aimed at getting the veterans involved in campus life, and helping them with relaxation. [ More… ]

The quantitative and computational future of plant biology

In a commentary in Plant Physiology, UC Davis’ Siobhan Brady and three dozen other plant biologists from around the world call for universities to integrate more quantitative and computational techniques into biology-oriented academic curriculums. [ More… ]

NEH backs ‘Texts-in-Performance’ studies, book on Islam

The National Endowment for the Humanities recently awarded grants to two faculty members and an alumna for three wide-ranging projects: developing tools for analyzing sound recordings by Orson Welles and other performers, writing a history of six centuries of Islam, and creating an animated atlas of California farming history. [ More… ]

RESEARCH: Insuring the poor against climate change

UC Davis-led study shows insurance can be the most effective way to increase the resilience of poor households in the face of climate change while also preventing other households from falling into poverty. [ More… ]

9 programs for your health, 1 great tool for your career

  • Healthy UC Davis and other units start the year strong with programs for staff, faculty and students on bodyweight, diabetes prevention, smoking cessation (retirees welcome), mindfulness, physical activity and overall well-being, including a Mondavi Center show and Plan Your Vacation (with Gunrock) Month!
  • UC launches ‘My UC Career,’ an online, self-directed career development portal with a personal assessment center, and modules covering job search; résumé; pitch statements, cover letters and references; network and research; and pre- and post-interview.

NEWS BRIEFS: Health VC search update

Public forums are being arranged for finalists for the position of vice chancellor of Human Health Sciences. Plus …

  • No. 1 in enrolling California resident undergrads
  • Simple precautions for flu season
  • Join the Safety Lighting Walk, Jan. 23
  • Campus hosts Saudi firefighters
  • Marijuana generally prohibited on campus, still
  • Look for changes in your January paycheck
  • Trailer is now ‘Orchard House,’ with new tenant

THE DOWNLOAD: Student-created plays, solar house, tweets

See what led to the creation of a club for Chinese students to perform theatre productions in their native language. … You can own your very own Solar Decathlon home for $100,000. … Memorable tweets from 2017. [ More, with video… ]

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The new year brings new exhibitions

It’s Bugged: Insects’ Role in Design, as inspiration for makers and artists, and as producers of raw materials (Design Museum); storytelling by Holly Wilson, multimedia artist (C.N. Gorman Museum); and a major showing of works by painter and professor emeritus Wayne Thiebaud, focusing on his early years (one of three new exhibitions at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art). [ More… ]

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