UC Davis: Dateline

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Gong sounds for museum This is it, UC Davis! The ceremonial groundbreaking for the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art will begin at 3 p.m. Saturday (March 1) at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, kitty-corner from the construction site at the campus's south entry. The public program includes art in action, plus the presentation of a massive gong as a new piece of public art for the campus. William T. Wiley, a founding member of the Department of Art, created Gong in 1986 — and he will be here to play it on Saturday. [ More… ]

Spotlight on…

Gong sounds for museum

This is it, UC Davis! The ceremonial groundbreaking for the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art will begin at 3 p.m. Saturday (March 1) at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, kitty-corner from the construction site at the campus's south entry. The public program includes art in action, plus the presentation of a massive gong as a new piece of public art for the campus. William T. Wiley, a founding member of the Department of Art, created Gong in 1986 — and he will be here to play it on Saturday. [ More… ]

NEWS SUMMARY

We Are Aggie Pride celebrates student engagement, philanthropy

The students-helping-students organization presents Chalk for Change, today, Memorial Union Plaza; "Hump Day" Hot Dogs, Wednesday, Silo Patio; and a celebration on the Quad, noon-1 p.m. Thursday, officially International Student Engagement and Philanthropy Day. [ More… ]

Amazon delivers in more ways than one

In its first three months, UC Davis' partnership with Amazon.com reaped $82,000 for student services and programs, thanks to orders that came through the davis.amazon.com portal. And speaking of orders, soon you'll have a convenient new way to receive them — in 68 Amazon lockers that are due to be installed on campus later this week. [ More… ]

Chickpea research: Feeding the Future in Ethiopia

On behalf of the U.S. government's Feed the Future Initiative, UC Davis launches a five-year, $4 million research project to improve chickpea production in Ethiopia, where the legume is a crucial source of income, food security and nutrition to poor farmers, particularly women. [ More… ]

'Nurses can lead the charge to improve LGBT health care'

Bobbie Berkowitz, a nationally recognized expert in nurse leadership and health policy, urges her audience at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing to look past societal beliefs and popular culture when addressing health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. "The place to start is here, asking each other difficult questions to expose our own biases and educate ourselves so we may educate others," she says. [ More… ]

Chancellor honors 7 for achievement in diversity and community

The 2014 Chancellor's Achievement Awards for Diversity and Community are presented to seven people in seven categories: Barbara Horwitz, Academic Senate; Wetona Suzanne Eidson-Ton, Academic Federation; Kriti Garg, undergraduate; Cristian Heredia, graduate student; Carolina Balazs, post-doctoral scholar; Tanya Whitlow, staff; and Georgia West, community member. [ More, with slideshow… ]

STAGE PLAY AND SYMPOSIUM: The Grapes of Wrath

Granada Artist-in-Residence Miles Anderson directs this adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel (celebrating its 75th anniversary this year) about tenant farmers who flee the Dust Bowl in pursuit of jobs, dignity and a future. With original and traditional folk music and spirituals. Ticketed production, March 6-16. … In the symposium (free, March 7), UC Davis scholars explore Steinbeck's work as well as the larger social, cultural and historical issues that it raises. [ More… ]

Gunrock hits the trail on his centennial

Actually, it was the real Gunrock's centennial, the 100th anniversary of his birth, Feb. 19, 1914, the real Gunrock being the Army studhorse who spent 10 years at the University Farm, 1921-31, and who gave his name to today's UC Davis mascot. Check out his big day via social media. [ More… ]

WHAT'S NEW ON UCNET?

NEWS BRIEFS: 12 courses on cross-campus schedule for spring

Faculty and staff, here's something to keep in mind when talking with students about spring quarter classes: Don't forget online courses offered by other UC campuses — courses anyone in the UC system can take for regular UC credit. Plus …

New hours, new knowledge base for IT Express
Staff Assembly announces Breakfast with the Chancellor
TGFS: Vendors and sponsors (and a logo for next year)
Early signups advised for Bamforth's Brewery Tours

FEATURED COLLOQUIA

"Institutions, Technology and Wealth Inequality: From Prehistory to Future" — Samuel Bowles, Santa Fe Institute, in the Levine Family Fund Lecture Series (Department of Economics). (Feb. 25)
CHANCELLOR'S COLLOQUIUM: "Confessions of a Motion Addict" — Stephen Petronio, artistic director of the Stephen Petronio Company, a New York City-based dance studio, gives a talk about his unique language of movement. Reception immediately following. RSVPs requested. (Feb. 26)
"The Case of Methyl Bromide Alternatives: Progress Toward a Fumigation Independent Future" — Daniel Kluepfel, Crops Pathology and Genetics Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety Monthly Seminar Series. (March 3)
Alvin Roth, Nobel Prize-winning economist (2012) — The Stanford professor addresses "Computer-Assisted Smart Markets: From Labor Markets to Kidney Exchange," in the Department of Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series. Roth event co-hosted by the Department of Economics. (March 6)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

No announcements were issued this week.

EVENTS

Principles of Community Week

Through Thursday, Feb. 27

Events include Social Justice 101 (today, Feb. 25); Soul Speaks (Feb. 26); film, Brother Outside: The Life of Bayard Rustin (Feb. 27); and Dialogue on Religious Diversity (Feb. 27). [ More… ]

Study Abroad and Internship Day

Thursday, Feb. 27, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Freeborn Hall

UC Davis Study Abroad and the Internship and Career Center host this event, open to the campus community. [ More… ]

'The Art of Interviewing'

Thursday, Feb. 27, noon-1 p.m., Meeting Room E, Student Community Center

A workshop to help you build your confidence and make a convincing case to be hired. In the Career Catalyst Brown Bag Series. No pre-enrollment. [ More… ]

ARBORETUM: Acacia tour and Storytime Through the Seasons

Saturday-Sunday, March 1-2

All Things Acacia, a guided tour to see the early spring display of yellow blossoms in the Eric E. Conn Acacia Grove, featuring more than 50 different acacias from around the world (2 p.m. Saturday). Expedition to Africa, a family reading program in the Acacia Grove (1-3 p.m. Sunday). [ More… ]

Vagina: Our Stories

Saturday-Sunday, March 1-2, Veterans Memorial Center, 203 E. 14th St., Davis

In the spirit of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues, students and other community members demonstrate the struggles of marginalized genders, as well as their resilience and survival — aiming to raise awareness of the need to end gendered violence. Proceeds benefit the Oakland-based Justice Now. 2 and 6 p.m. Saturday, and 5 p.m. Sunday. [ More… ]

'The Return of ESPN2'

Saturday, March 1, 5 p.m., The Pavilion and ESPN2

Aggie men's basketball team plays in its second nationally televised home game, one year after the first. Wear Aggie blue for a "Blue Out" in the gym. [ More… ]

Bohart Museum of Entomology open house: 'Garden Heroes!'

Sunday, March 2, 1-4 p.m., 1124 Academic Surge

An all-ages events, all about such insects as lady beetles (better known as ladybugs), lacewings, bigeyed bugs, assassin bugs, damsel bugs and soldier beetles. You can also learn how to make a bee condo! Free. [ More… ]

10th annual Mixed Heritage Week

Monday-Friday, March 3-7

Events include "Mixed Peoples Past and Present" (discussion, 1-2:30 p.m. March 4) and Maya Lilly's Mixed (one-woman show, March 4). All events free and open to the public. [ More… ]

Prized Writing: Winter Reading

Monday, March 3, 4-5:30 p.m. 126 Voorhies Hall

Featuring student authors whose works appeared in the 2013 edition of the University Writing Program's annual anthology: Annika Cunningham, "Stepping on Butterflies: Shakespeare Tourism on the Screen"; Molly Hetherington-Rauth, "Natural Attenuation Bioremediation: Indigenous Bacterial Communities Respond to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill"; and Thomas Reeder, "My Little Brony: Feminism Is Magic." [ More… ]

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