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Photo: Gary Cooper and Lauren Tait embrace

'House' call at 30,000 feet

Lauren Tait, a resident at the Comprehensive Cancer Center, has a joyful reunion with Gary Cooper a few weeks after having come to his aid when he fell ill on a cross-country flight. [ More… ]

NEWS SUMMARY

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OPEN ENROLLMENT: Town halls and other presentations, Oct. 22-Nov. 14

Open enrollment town halls are scheduled next Tuesday (Oct. 22) on the Davis and Sacramento campuses (and online, too, in a live webcast). Then, two days later, UC Davis' Health Care Facilitator Program will launch a series of presentations and help desk sessions running through mid-November. [ More… ]

Police oversight forums Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

A proposal to establish an oversight board for the UC Davis Police Department will be presented at open forums this week on the Davis and Sacramento campuses. The proposal is drawn in part from a consultant's report, now available online. [ More… ]

Please, put a password and timeout on that smartphone!

IET launches the "PIN it" campaign across the campus, in a continuing effort to improve campus cybersecurity. [ More… ]

Pathologist featured in PBS documentary on chronic brain trauma

Mike Webster's death a decade ago still reverberates today, the result of an autopsy that revealed, for the first time, the devastating neurological disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy in an NFL player's brain. Last week, forensic pathologist Bennet Omalu, who made the discovery and has since joined the UC Davis faculty, appeared in the Frontline documentary "League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis." Watch the documentary or the extended interview with Omalu. [ More… ]

'Land sickness' more likely as people live longer

As human life expectancy increases, so does the percentage of invasive and endangered birds and mammals, according to research from the Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology. "It's not a random pattern," says lead author Aaron Lotz, a postdoctoral scholar when the study was conducted. [ More… ]

UC Davis joins cybersecurity research alliance

Computer scientists at UC Davis are taking part in a new research alliance with the Army Research Laboratory and four other universities aimed at detecting, modeling and responding to cyberattacks on networks in real time and in some cases without human intervention. The five-year funding for the core and enhanced program is $23.2 million, with an additional $25 million for an optional five-year extension. [ More… ]

Childhood injuries: Gunshots more severe, deadly and costly

A research team led by Oregon Health & Science University and UC Davis reveals that childhood gunshot injuries, while uncommon, are more severe, require more major surgery, have greater mortality and higher per-patient costs than any other mechanism for childhood injury — particularly among adolescent males. [ More… ]

LAURELS: Charley Hess inducted into Horticulture Hall of Fame

The emeritus dean and professor joins the likes of Gregor Mendel and Luther Burbank. … Also, Professor Randy Dahlgren more than doubles his friendship with China, music professor Kurt Rohde wins a Barlow commission, and, in the School of Veterinary Medicine, honors for Cheryl Cobbs, senior director of development, and Dean Michael Lairmore. ... The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences presents seven Awards of Distinction. [ More… ]

NEWS BRIEFS: Unitrans launches H Line around central campus

Unitrans has a new route serving the perimeter of the central campus. … Hutchison Drive in the campus core will be closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 19) for asphalt work. … Sign-ups are being taken for the next offering of "Understanding Religious Differences in the Workplace," presented by the Diversity Education Program. [ More… ]

FEATURED COLLOQUIA

ANNOUNCEMENTS

EVENTS

'Conflict: How Did It Happen? What Can I Do About It?'

Wednesday-Friday, Oct. 16-18, Hamilton Room, Heitman Staff Learning Center

The Ombuds Office presents this workshop for staff (two sessions, Wednesday and Friday), and academics (Thursday). [ More… ]

'Connected by a Thread'

Wednesday, Oct. 16, 6-8 p.m., opening reception, Design Museum

Fashion designers Rongrong Xu and Rui Xu from China address the position of the body as an agent between nature and the industrial world, exploring how nature can provide a calmness of spirit. Curated by design professor Susan Taber Avila. Exhibition runs through Dec. 6. [ More… ]

Half the Sky documentary (in two parts)

Wednesdays, Oct. 16 and 23, 5-7 p.m., 1001 Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility

This presentation by the Women in Leadership Seminar Series dovetails with the 2013-14 Campus Community Book Project. [ More… ]

It's a bird, it's a plane … it's both, at 2 open houses

Saturday, Oct. 19

At the California Raptor Center, come see Stella the bald eagle, a new resident, and other raptors. Hawk Walk, 8 a.m.; open house, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; special presentations, 10 a.m. and noon. ... Open house at the University Airport (10 a.m.-2 p.m.) will feature planes, of course, plus helicopters, bikes and unique cars, as well as flight simulator rides and aerospace engineering presentations. [ More… ]

Last chance! Arboretum plant sale

Sunday, Oct. 20, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Arboretum Teaching Nursery

The second of two sales this fall, focusing on "The New Front Yard," referring to plants that will substitute nicely for your lawn. [ More… ]

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