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2011-12 budget decisions and update
The chancellor and provost announced today that they have exempted the Academic and Staff Assistance Program from budget reductions and agreed to maintain child care subsidies for at least one more year. Today's update also states that the campus is on target to meet its goals for nonresident tuition and summer session revenue, and is making good progress on efficiencies. [ More… ]
UC presses its message in D.C. and Sacramento
Government relations executives Marj Dickinson of the Davis campus and Bob Waste of the UC Davis Health System took part this week in UC Day in D.C., where UC leaders met with members of Congress and their staffs to talk up the importance of UC's partnerships with the federal government. On the state front, Russell Gould, outgoing chair of the Board of Regents, called on California lawmakers to find the political will to make support for UC a priority. [ More… ]
Roundabout to be built along Old Davis Road
The campus's south entry is getting a roundabout, to be built this summer to ease traffic congestion and improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety at Old Davis Road and California Avenue. A detour is planned during the project's first phase, July 5 to Aug. 14, and drivers should continue to expect delays for another month after that. See maps of the project site and detour. [ More… ]
Clinical and Translational Science Center awarded $20 million
The UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center, which has advanced research and provided critical training to UC Davis scholars and students during the past five years, has received renewed grant funding of $20 million from the National Center for Research Resources, part of the National Institutes of Health. [ More… ]
General Mills grant will help vanilla farmers and tropical forests
A UC Davis scientist will receive $200,000 from General Mills, a global food company, in support of genomic research for crop improvement of vanilla and its sustainable cultivation in Madagascar. [ More… ]
Catch a glimpse — and a whiff — of rare, giant flower
If you've always wanted to see one of the campus's rare corpse flowers in bloom, today is your day. "Ted the Titan's" giant bloom opened yesterday, releasing a stinky odor that attracts pollinating flies and curious visitors alike. The UC Davis Botanical Conservatory plans to stay open today until 9 p.m. so people can see and smell the plant before it fades. You can also see photos and read the latest about Ted at the conservatory's website and on Facebook. [ More… ]
UC Davis testing new stem cell procedure for bone fractures
A method for producing a type of natural stem-cell "grout" that can be used to treat patients whose fractured bones fail to fully heal is being tested as part of a clinical trial by UC Davis orthopaedic surgeons. And a national study led by UC Davis researchers has shown that a gel that creates a watertight seal to close surgical wounds provides a significant advance in the treatment of patients following spinal procedures. [ More… ]
News briefs: Cow-in-the-dorm prank; pension advisory board; goodbye, Distauth; blood drive; Band-uh! Summer Jam-uh!
Cow-in-the-dorm prank called "legendary." Are you impressed or disappointed? … Election results for pension advisory board. … IET will retire the Distauth authentication service. … Give some blood June 29-30, get some ice cream. … The Band-uh! invites you to the Summer Jam-uh! [ More… ]
DIRECTIVES and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Announcements: Vet med dean candidate forums conclude next week, whistleblower notification
The last of three public forums will be held next week in the search for a new dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine. … Annual notification on how to file whistleblower reports. [ More… ]
EVENTS
New at the Gorman: Visual Transparencies
Through Sept. 9, C.N. Gorman Museum, 1316 Hart Hall
Visual Transparencies, the C.N. Gorman Museum's summer exhibition, opened this week, featuring works by 55 printmakers from around the world. … Plus, more summer exhibitions across campus. [ More… ]
Stem Cell Dialogues: 'The Promise of Cord Blood'
Wednesday, June 29, 6 p.m., Education Building, 4610 X St., Sacramento
Stem Cell Dialogues continue next week at the UC Davis Health System, with the public invited to hear three scientists discuss their latest research and the lifesaving attributes of umbilical cord blood, and talk about a future cord-blood collection effort. [ More… ]
At the Mondavi: Pink Martini
Tuesday, July 5, 8 p.m., Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center
Pink Martini, described as "genre-hopping and über-hip," draws inspiration from jazz, classical and pop music as well as romantic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and '50s. The Mondavi Center has announced that Storm Large, who shot to national prominence as a finalist on CBS Television's Rock Star: Supernova in 2006, will substitute as the band's featured vocalist. [ More… ]