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In the fall, our attention turns to benefits
UCOP announced modest increases in health plan costs for 2012, as detailed in a news release and in open enrollment packets that are due to go in the mail Oct. 24. See the new rates and a schedule of open enrollment presentations and help desk hours. Want to hear about your benefits from the man in charge? Join a Web chat next week with Dwaine Duckett, vice president of Human Resources. [ More… ]
UC Davis West Village: Model for sustainability and innovation
In her Common Sense blog, Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi shares her thoughts on last weekend's UC Davis West Village grand opening: "UC Davis West Village personifies the university that we are and that we want to become. It is proof that it can be done." [ More… ]
The Constitution and civility
Separate programs Thursday (Oct. 27) will focus on the Constitution (specifically, the First Amendment) and campus civility. The constitutional program (4 p.m. at the law school) features Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, talking on "The First Amendment in the Age of Information Overload." The Civility Project, part of the Building a More Inclusive Community initiative, presents its launch event, starting at 5 p.m. with an exhibition opening and a reception, and continuing at 7 with the premiere of an original theatre work: (Un)Civil (Dis)Obedience. [ More… ]
Book project: Faculty talks, museum curator, film
Many faculty members are lined up to give presentations during the next few weeks in the Campus Community Book Project: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie. Other events in the next few weeks include a recent documentary film, Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian; and a presentation by P. Christiaan Klieger, cultural anthropologist and curator at The California Museum, where one of the featured exhibitions now under way is the 100th Anniversary of Ishi's Discovery, referring to "California's best known and most misunderstood native." [ More… ]
Pomeroy, Conrad elected to the Institute of Medicine
Health sciences leader Claire Pomeroy and Professor Patricia Conrad are elected to the Institute of Medicine, bringing to 11 the number of UC Davis members — twice as many as a year ago. … Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi carries on a tradition dating back to 1780, when she signs the Book of Members as a new inductee to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. [ More… ]
Laurels: Women Chemists Committee designates Franz a Rising Star
The American Chemical Society's Women Chemists Committee has named its first group of Rising Stars, and Assistant Professor Annaliese Franz is one of them. … Plus more honors for faculty, staff, a former post-doc and the UC Davis Medical Center. [ More… ]
News briefs: Calendars, scam, athletics, BOI, blood drive, open house and more
Repro Graphics is once again offering free, personalized wall calendars to staff and faculty. … Telephone scam reported. … Athletics town hall Oct. 26. ... Extended deadline for Business Officer Institute nominations. … UC Davis competes Nov. 1 and 2 in the Causeway Classic Blood Drive. … Open house Oct. 22 at the Department of Anthropology. … See who's joining the Quarter Century Club. … Brown bag can help you understand your dreams. [ More… ]
DIRECTIVES and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Appointment and compensation of graduate student researchers
The Office of Graduate Studies has issued a new policy that supersedes procedures and processes described in Directive 02-098. [ More… ]
Announcements: Senate awards; fall commencement regalia
Academic Senate committees are seeking nominations for Faculty Research Lecture and Distinguished Scholarly Public Service awards. Also, it's time to get in your orders for caps and gowns, etc., for fall commencement. [ More… ]
EVENTS
Focus on Film: Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Monday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m., Vanderhoef Studio Theatre
Hailed as "brilliant and transfixing," by The New York Times, this innovative film offers a multidimensional look at the life of piano prodigy Glenn Gould. A series of 32 vignettes paints a portrait of Gould's bizarre genius weaving together interviews with those who knew him and a spell-binding performance by Colm Feore. [ More… ]
Honoring UC Davis' prized writers
Wednesday, Oct. 26, 5-7:30 p.m., Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center
The University Writing Program will honor the 22 winners and 10 honorable mention recipients of the 2010-11 Prized Writing contest, which selects and publishes the best expository writing produced by UC Davis undergraduates. [ More… ]
Public forum: Envisioning graduate education of the future
Friday, Oct. 28, 1 p.m., Ballroom B, Conference Center
A UC Davis task force is bringing in a panel of outside experts to help prepare a vision for graduate education here. Everyone in the campus community is invited to attend this public forum with the visitors: Frances Leslie of UC Irvine; Steve Matson of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and Joel Michaelsen of UC Santa Cruz. [ More… ]