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UC Davis to drop four teams due to financial crisis
UC Davis will discontinue four of its 27 intercollegiate sports, and its athletics department will absorb another $400,000 in annual operational cuts as the campus continues to struggle through an unprecedented financial crisis. Women's rowing, men's wrestling, men's swimming and diving, and men's indoor track and field will be discontinued as of July 1. The loss of the teams directly affects 73 female student-athletes and 80 male student-athletes and the coaching staffs. [ More… ]
Start a family or go for tenure? Work-life policies let you do both
If a baby boom among assistant professors in the School of Law is any indication, faculty members are more inclined than ever to start families while pursuing tenure. Academic work-life balance policies — time off after having children, reduced teaching workloads and tenure clock extensions — may be the reason. [ More… ]
Psychologist awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
Petr Janata, associate professor at the Center for Mind and Brain and the Department of Psychology at UC Davis, has been awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, as well as a Fulbright Scholarship sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. [ More… ]
Admissions: Fewer than half make it
UC Davis is inviting 19,460 people to join the freshman class in the fall — fewer than one in two who applied — and offered an additional 5,000 applicants the opportunity to place themselves on a wait list. The university is aiming for a freshman class of 4,415. [ More… ]
Graduate student puts down roots in Haiti
As the UC system prepares to host a Haiti Summit on April 24, Dateline presents this essay by Department of Plant Sciences graduate student Starry Sprenkle, who survived the Jan. 12 earthquake and continues with her research on reforestation in Haiti. Sprenkle describes life after the quake and her research into sustainable tree farming. [ More… ]
In brief: Blood drive, telehealth, Rec pool, career academy
The next ASUCD blood and marrow drive is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 20 and 21 in Freeborn Hall ... A telehealth partnership led by the UC Office of the President and the UC Davis Health System has selected AT&T to build a secure, medical-grade telecommunications system ... The Rec Pool's new season is almost here, with opening day set for April 24 ... Staff Development and Professional Services is taking sign-ups for a Career Management Academy to be held May 14. [ More… ]
Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work: April 22
Departments still have time to sign up as hosts for Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day — and parents still have time to check out the list of activities to see what might interest their children on April 22. [ More… ]
Grant for helping disabled kids use machines
A new grant from The Hartwell Foundation will help UC Davis robotics engineer Sanjay Joshi develop machine interfaces that will help severely disabled children control computers, wheelchairs or other devices, and that adapt as they grow. [ More… ]
UC Davis study confirms DNA repair model after 26 years
UC Davis researchers have confirmed a central idea about chromosome repair, more than a quarter century after it was first proposed. The finding is important to scientists who seek to understand DNA repair, a vital process in preventing cancer and birth defects. [ More… ]
DIRECTIVES
No new directives were issued this week.
EVENTS
Asian Pacific Culture Week
April 19-23
A week of activities dedicated to increasing cultural awareness and celebrating diversity within the Asian Pacific American community. Events include workshops, discussions, performing arts and an April 23 culture night that highlights the diversity within the community. [ More… ]
Focus on Film: Persepolis
Monday, April 19, 6 p.m., Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center
The Mondavi Center's winter-spring Graphic Novel film series concludes with Persepolis, directed by Vincent Parannaud and Marjane Satrapi (2007), rated PG-13, 96 minutes. This is the English version of the beautifully animated French film about growing up in prerevolutionary and revolutionary Iran. Admission: adults $10, students $5. [ More… ]
Lecture: Henrietta Lacks, aka HeLa
Friday, April 23, 4 p.m., Activities and Recreation Center Ballroom
Author Rebecca Skloot is due on campus to give a talk titled The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (aka HeLa): The History and Ethics of Research on Human Biological Materials. The subject of Skloot's book died of cancer in 1951, and tissue samples — taken without her consent — led to important medical breakthroughs. [ More… ]