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NEWS SUMMARY
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$5M commitment to establish new institute for innovation and entrepreneurship
UC Davis is launching a new interdisciplinary institute devoted to education, research and outreach in innovation and entrepreneurship, with the help of a $5 million commitment from alumni Mike and Renée Child. The Child Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, will help to integrate innovative and entrepreneurial thinking and actions across the university, and strengthen UC Davis' role as a vital player in catalyzing economic development in the region, state and beyond. [ More… ]
Yudof outlines state funding needs for 2012-13
In preparing UC's 2012-13 budget, President Mark G. Yudof says the university needs additional state funding of $411 million, at a minimum, to preserve access for eligible Californians while maintaining academic excellence. As for tuition, Yudof says a midyear fee increase (2011-12) is off the table, and the regents will not take up 2012-13 fees until March. [ More… ]
UC Davis, Dutch institution collaborate on environmental quality, food production
UC Davis and the Netherlands' Wageningen University and Research Centre sign an agreement to coordinate scientific research and implement business connections on major issues related to global food security, human nutrition, water and renewable energy. [ More… ]
Librarian Borg to receive James H. Meyer award tonight
Axel Borg knows his food and wine, as a subject specialist at Shields Library. And he knows his Academic Federation, as a long-standing member of the Executive Council and the Committee on Committees. Tonight, his interests come together at a dinner in his honor, as the recipient of the federation's James H. Meyer Distinguished Achievement Award. [ More… ]
Laurels: Trauernicht next in line to lead state fire chiefs association
The campus Fire Department's Nathan Trauernicht has been installed as president-elect of the California Fire Chiefs Association. … Plus accolades for faculty, the UC Davis Medical center and the UC Davis Health System. [ More… ]
Network of rice genes to speed development of biofuel crops
The first genome-scale model for predicting the functions of genes and gene networks in a grass species has been developed by an international team of researchers that includes a UC Davis rice geneticist. The new systems-level model of rice gene interactions, called RiceNet, is expected to help speed the development of new crops for the production of advanced biofuels, as well as help boost the production and improve the quality of one of the world's most important food staples. [ More… ]
UC pays zero for Mondavi Center repair work
The construction you see at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, to fix the exterior waterproofing, is a big job. But UC's cost is zero, under the terms of a $7.1 million mediated settlement with the builder and others. The repair work is under way, with most of the performing arts center sheathed in white plastic. Inside, the center's 10th anniversary season goes on, unaffected. [ More… ]
News briefs: Managing millions of personal identities
Davis-Sacramento IT units launch Identity and Access Management initiative. ... UCOP announces a labor deal with CUE. ... Cal State Sacramento wins its first Causeway Classic Blood Drive, even though the Aggies gave more blood. ... A workshop on sexual harassment prevention is scheduled for Nov. 29. ... The Aggies go for a repeat win in the EPA's Game Day Challenge. ... The future course of UC Davis Intercollegiate Athletics will be the topic of one more forum, Wednesday (Nov. 16). [ More… ]
DIRECTIVES and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Announcements: Call for nominations for teaching, sustainability leadership awards
The Davis Division of the Academic Senate invites nominations for the 2011-12 Distinguished Teaching Awards; the deadline is 5 p.m. Jan. 13. The Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis is calling for nominations for the 2012 Eric Bradford and Charlie Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award; nominations are due by Jan. 2. [ More… ]
EVENTS
International Education Week
Nov. 14-20
A series of speakers, films, workshops and other activities are scheduled across campus to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. On Nov. 19, don't miss cultureSHOCK, a night of entertainment to benefit educational initiatives for youth in South Asia, featuring performances by The Spokes, Mobility, Popping Club, Fiesta Dance N' Fitness, Lashkara, 3D, Na Keiki 'O Hawai'i and many more. [ More… ]
Growing Up in India
Film series, Monday-Tuesday, Nov. 14-15, Vanderhoef Studio Theatre
Photographic exhibition, Nov. 14-Dec. 18, Yocha Dehe Grand Lobby, Mondavi Center
Children take center stage in the Mondavi Center's exploration of Indian culture. The film lineup: Pink Saris, Udaan and Salaam Bombay! Elsewhere on campus, the Department of Theatre and Dance presents Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Nov. 17-Dec. 3. [ More… ]
Documentary film: Green Fire
Friday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30), UC Davis Conference Center
Join the John Muir Institute of the Environment and USDA Forest Service Experimental Forest and Range Network for a screening of Green Fire, the first full-length, high-definition documentary film ever made about legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold and his environmental legacy. RSVP to reserve a seat. [ More… ]