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Veterinary school breaks ground for $58.5 million research building
A ceremonial groundbreaking was held today at the School of Veterinary Medicine for a new four-story, 76,000-square-foot research building that will be dedicated to protecting and improving the health of animals, people and the environment. The building is being constructed in the campus's Health Sciences district, northeast of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. [ More… ]
UC Davis named a top-10 biomedical research center
UC Davis this week was named by The Hartwell Foundation as one of the nation's top-10 centers for biomedical research. Three UC Davis researchers have secured Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards over the last three years, with the most recent award coming earlier this month. [ More… ]
Geologist, historian win Guggenheim fellowships
Two UC Davis professors — a geologist who studies ancient climate change and an expert in the history of the Old West — have been awarded fellowships by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Also, the National Science Foundation has given an early career development award to biofuels innovator Tina Jeoh, an assistant professor of biological and agricultural engineering. [ More… ]
$4.8 million study will fight child obesity in Central Valley
Professor Adela de la Torre, a national expert on Latino health issues, this week received a five-year, $4.8 million federal grant to discover the best ways to help Mexican-heritage children in California maintain healthy weights. The study, called "Niños Sanos, Familia Sana" (Healthy Children, Healthy Family), will take place in two Central Valley towns. [ More… ]
'Explosive' evolution in pupfish
Two groups of small fish, one from a Caribbean island and one from the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, exhibit some of the fastest rates of evolution known in any organism, according to a new UC Davis study. [ More… ]
Art student wins first place award in de Young competition
Third-year art studio major Stephanie Lin scored first place with Burn, a wood-and-glue sculpture, in a recent Student Showcase at San Francisco's de Young Museum, one of the nation's leading art institutions. The one-night-only show, Where To? The Call of the Times, comprised more than 70 works — visual art, films, performances, gallery talks and artist demonstrations — by students from California universities and colleges. [ More… ]
Conferences all around this weekend, for our undergrads and visitors
UC Davis presents its undergraduates in a scholarly conference this weekend, while also making room for college students from across California; other conferences serve grade school and high school students. The 22nd Undergraduate Research Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference starts today (April 29) with a poster session from 3 to 5:30 p.m. in Freeborn Hall, and continues with oral presentations from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday (April 30) in Wellman Hall. Also this weekend: C-STEM Day, the ARISE Research Symposium and the Spring Sustainability Convergence. [ More… ]
New at Shields Library: The academic side of nuevo Latin or Pan-Latin cuisine
The University Library is giving us a taste of the academic side of Nuevo Latin or Pan-Latin cuisine — and a real taste, too. The academic material is in a new exhibition running through summer in the lobby of Shields Library. An afternoon program with lunch and speakers is set for Monday, May 9. Plus, more exhibitions, on campus and off. [ More… ]
DIRECTIVES and ANNOUNCEMENTS
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EVENTS
At the Mondavi: Beyond Tango — to the music of 'nuevo' tango
Friday, April 29, 8 p.m., Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center
Tonight the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts goes "beyond tango" to the tango without the dance — to the music of tango, and, specifically, the classical element. Latin Grammy-winning pianist Pablo Ziegler calls his show Beyond Tango. [ More… ]
Culture Days: Mixed Heritage Week
May 2-6
Next week brings the seventh annual Mixed Heritage Week, with the theme "Remix: Redefining the Mixed Experience." Highlights include the Mixed Photo Exhibit, Bone Marrow Drive and the Mixed Experiences Panel, a showing of the documentary Crossing the Line: Multiracial Comedians, plus the Sick Spits Performance Night and the Singing with the STARS lip-sync contest, open to everyone. [ More… ]
Seminars: 'Kuravanji' women and revolution in the Arab world
Thursday, May 5, 5 p.m., Putah Creek Lodge (Indian Studies Lecture)
Wednesday, May 11, 5 p.m., Technocultural Studies Building (Faris Saeed Lecture Series in Arab Studies)
A lecture and panel discussion in the upcoming weeks explore "the lovesick lady and the wandering 'kuravanji' fortune-teller," from the Tamil culture, and revolution in the Arab world. Both events are free and open to the public. Indira Viswanathan Peterson of Mount Holyoke College will deliver the Indian Studies Lecture, "The Lovesick Lady and the Wandering Kuravanji Fortune-Teller: Representing Women in an Indian Dance-Drama Genre." The Faris Saeed Lecture Series in Arab Studies will be a panel featuring Susan Miller, associate professor of history, speaking on the topic: "Libya: Failed Revolution?" [ More… ]
Green thumbers' delight: Arboretum plant sale; rose sale and tour
Saturday, April 30, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Arboretum Teaching Nursery, Garrod Drive (arboretum plant sale)
Saturday, May 7 (rose sale and tour)
Gardeners, take note: You have an opportunity this weekend to buy Arboretum All-Stars and more at an arboretum plant sale, and an opportunity next weekend to buy amazing roses at Foundation Plant Services. Tomorrow's arboretum sale, "Gardening for the Senses," features plants for color, texture and fragrance. Next Saturday (the day before Mother's Day), the Center for Urban Horticulture presents its fourth annual rose sale and tour (and a workshop). [ More… ]