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Walking, brewing contest, seaweed — 5.29.18
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 Made for walkingThis campus was made for walking, and that’s just what we’ll do, on four 1-mile loops newly marked with colorful buttons on pavement and concrete, one loop in each campus district: Quad, Pavilion, Health Sciences and Gateway. So, start walkin’. [ More… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
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Memorial Day Ceremony honors sacrifice
Every time the United States has faced a threat around the world, UC Davis students and alumni have been among those who took up arms to defend it — even if it cost them their lives, Army veteran Jake Smith ’03 told a crowd of about 150 people outside the Memorial Union during the campus’s annual Memorial Day Ceremony. [ More… ]
Chancellor launches staff awards program
Gary S. May asks for nominations of staff members “who consistently go above and beyond in the workplace while exhibiting our core values as affirmed in our Principles of Community.” Program is for PSS and MSP employees (policy-covered/nonrepresented) and represented employees in the Clerical Unit (CX). [ More… ]
Best brews come from cross-campus collaboration
A team with no name swept the beer awards in this year’s Staff Brewing Competition and did so with a remarkable demonstration of cross-campus collaboration — with members coming from five departments and units. [ More… ]
Parking app, ‘digital medicines’ make the ‘biggest bangs’
Two undergraduates claim the Big Bang! Business Competition’s $10,000 first prize with their Japa parking app, while Professor Tony Simon and his Cognivive team take second place for “digital medicines.” [ More… ]
LAURELS: TechHub wins Excellence in Retail Award
UC Davis Stores’ TechHub receives the 2018 Excellence in Technology Retail Award from the National Association of College Stores. … Tom Buckley moves up to chief editor of AoB Plants. … Caitlin Patler receives NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship. … Bruce Linquist shares Distinguished Rice Research and Education Award. … Plus, awards for academic advisors and entomologists. [ More… ]
RESEARCH: With seaweed in diet, cows emit less methane
Animal science professor and Sesnon Endowed Chair Ermias Kebreab reports on early results from a study he’s conducting with 12 Holstein cows in the campus’s Dairy Barn. [ More, with video… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: Celebrate at Student Disability Drop-In Center
The Student Disability Drop-In Center in the Memorial Union will have a grand opening at 1 p.m. Wednesday (May 30). All are welcome to stop by and celebrate this wonderful new resource on campus. Plus …
- Student-athletes on academic roll
- Wildland fire training at Russell Ranch
THE DOWNLOAD: CPR, colloquium, commencement
Learn about the PulsePoint app the UC Davis Fire Department uses to alert bystanders if they’re in the vicinity of a person in distress and might be able to help. … Hip-hop royalty visits campus for the Chancellor’s Colloquium. … Commencement season begins — and so does our annual grad cap decorating contest. [ More, with video… ]
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- “Addressing the Problem of School Violence: From Schoolyard Bullying to Mass Shootings” — Capitol Insights Panel Discussion at UC Center Sacramento. Panelists: Professor Amy Barnhorst, UC Davis; Professor Michael Furlong, UC Santa Barbara; and Tom Herman, manager of the Coordinated School Health and Safety Office, California Department of Education. (May 30)
- “Building Power: Designing for Democracy Involving Communities in Design” — Damon Rich (urban designer and visual artist) and Rosten Woo (artist, designer and writer), founders of the Center for Urban Pedagogy, in the Alberini Family Speaker Series in Design. (May 30)
- “Social Influence in Cyber Space” — Kathleen M. Carley of Carnegie Mellon University gives the 2018 Sheffrin Lecture in Public Policy. (May 30)
- “Contemporary African Science Fiction” — Moradewun Adejunmobi, associate professor, Department of African American and African Studies, UC Davis, gives this talk in the African Perspectives series sponsored by International House Davis. (May 31)
- World Food Center Food for Thought Showcase — Hear elevator pitches from UC Davis programs, research centers and institutes about their work in all aspects of the food system. Showcase and networking will follow, with refreshments provided. (June 4)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Management Skills Assessment Program — Applications must be submitted online by 5 p.m. Thursday, June 28.
- Global Affairs’ Curriculum Internationalization — Call for applications from faculty in all fields to participate in this program during the 2018-19 academic year. Deadline: May 30.
- Imagining America — Invitation for proposals for the organization’s 18th annual national gathering. The theme is “Transformative Imaginations: Decarceration and Liberatory Futures.” Deadline: June 22.
EVENTS
ARTS BLOG: Many disciplines, 1 big graduate student show
Students from art, design, art history, music, theater, creative writing and French will take part in UC Davis’ second annual Arts and Humanities Graduate Exhibition, opening Wednesday (May 30) and continuing through June 17 at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art. … First-year MFAs have exhibition in Sacramento. [ More… ]
Editor’s Picks from the online calendar:
- Music Department Finales
Thursday, May 31: Jazz Combos at 2 p.m. (free), Jazz Bands at 7 p.m.
Friday, June 1: Concert Bands, “Rhapsody in Blue,” 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 2: Symphony Orchestra, “Scheherezade,” 7 p.m.
Sunday, June 3: Early Music and Baroque Ensembles, Bach’s “St. John Passion,” 7 p.m. - Mondavi Center 2018-19
Friday, June 1: New subscriptions go on sale. - Wild Family Day
Sunday, June 3: Student organization presents this all-ages event in the arboretum. - Farewell Reading
Wednesday, June 6: In the arboretum, by master’s graduates in Creative Writing.