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 'Keep Calm and Walk On'The fifth annual UC Walks is Wednesday (May 21). Thirty-minute group walks will depart at 12:15 p.m. from five locations: Quad (east side), Mrak Hall (north side), Health Sciences District (in front of Scrubs Café), Cousteau Place and Research Park Drive (courtyard between the UC Davis Extension and Accounting and Financial Services buildings). Show up at 11:45 a.m. for free T-shirts while supplies last! [ More, with video… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
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Chancellor to form advisory group for third campus idea
Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi announces plans to create an advisory group of deans, faculty, staff and students to help UC Davis explore the academic program for a possible new campus in Sacramento. She says ideas and visions for this third campus should be based on three activities and ideas that best fit UC Davis' strengths and priorities: policy orientation, food and health, and clinical activities and outreach focusing on healthy living and wellness. [ More… ]
Charles Hess named recipient of 2014 UC Davis Medal
The campus's premier accolade goes to a former longtime dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, recognizing him for the very highest levels of distinction, personal achievement and contributions to the ideals of higher education on which UC Davis was founded. [ More… ]
THURSDAY CEREMONY: Honoring the 135th fallen Aggie
UC Davis holds a Memorial Day service this Thursday (May 22) on the north side of the Memorial Union, a building that stands in tribute to Aggies who died in military service back to World War I. Each of them has a page in the Golden Memory Book, to be rededicated this year with an additional page, for Lt. Col. Mark D. Taylor '86, an Army surgeon killed in Iraq in 2004. [ More, with slideshow… ]
Carmichael confirmed as campus police chief
As acting police chief the last two years, Matt Carmichael "has earned wide respect on and off campus and made significant changes to strengthen the department and its relations with the rest of the campus," Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi says in confirming Carmichael's permanent status as police chief, culminating a national search and competitive recruitment process. [ More… ]
Introducing our new Police Accountability Board
UC Davis' two-year pilot project for civilian review of the campus Police Department begins in earnest at a campus forum next week. You'll meet the board members and alternates — all students, faculty and staff from the Davis and Sacramento campuses — and have the opportunity to ask questions. The program also includes remarks on how the board came to be and how it will work. [ More… ]
Powell heads Livermore-Los Alamos Science and Tech Committee
Professor Robert Powell, former chair of the Division of the Academic Senate and the systemwide Academic Senate, has been named chair of the joint Science and Technology Committee for the UC-affiliated corporations that run Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory. [ More… ]
Projecting drought's costs: $1.7 billion and 14,500 jobs
The California drought could cost the Central Valley's agricultural industry $1.7 billion and more than 14,500 jobs, according to preliminary results of a new study by the Center for Watershed Sciences. … Here on campus, the new Water Dashboard shows how we've cut our water use by 22 million gallons (comparing 2014 to 2013, year to date). [ More… ]
Lions have reason to dance, their killers not so much
Villagers in Tanzania are snubbing lion killers instead of rewarding them these days in what anthropology professor Monique Borgerhoff Mulder describes as a surprisingly rapid change in a long-standing cultural practice. The change has positive implications for lion conservation. [ More… ]
FIX 50: Westbound work starts a week from today
Keep alternate transportation in mind, including the intercampus shuttle, running more frequently — and, at no charge! — during Stage 2: May 27-June 25. (Shuttle rides are also free during this interim period between stages, but there is no added service.) Amtrak's Capitol Corridor is another option, and discount tickets are still available. Yolobus has discontinued its added service, and Unitrans will start collecting fares again on Monday (May 26). [ More… ]
Audiovisual upgrade planned in 203 Mrak
The audiovisual system in 203 Mrak is shot (not to mention outdated). A 21st-century research university deserves, well, a 21st-century system. And we're getting one, in work that is scheduled from July 30 to Aug. 31. [ More… ]
WHAT'S NEW ON UCNET?
NEWS BRIEFS: Volunteers can sign up for new Event Observer Service
Students, faculty, staff and retirees are eligible to volunteer for UC Davis' new Event Observer Service, set to launch in the fall. Plus …
- Faculty can get WordPress websites with 'ucdavis.edu'
- Big Bang! finale Thursday night
- Fundraiser for 'invisible children'
- Celebration of life for Professor Jungerman
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- Remote Sensing and the California Drought of 2013-14 — A regional program of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, hosted here by Professor Susan Ustin, environmental and resource sciences, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources. (May 20)
- "Creating More Effective Public Health Safety Nets During Economic Recession" — Sanjay Basu, assistant professor of medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center, co-author of The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills. Part of the Levine Family Fund Lecture Series (Department of Economics). (May 20)
- Storer Lectureship in Life Sciences — Entomologist May Berenbaum of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign gives a public talk, "Bees in Crisis: Colony Collapse, Honey Laundering and Other Problems Bee-Setting American Apiculture" (May 20), and a scientific lecture, "Sex and the Single Parsnip: Coping with Florivores and Pollinators in Two Hemispheres." (May 21)
- "Everyone's a Target: How America Lost Control of the National Security Agency, and Can It Be Reined In?" — James Bradford addresses the agency's secret programs tracking U.S. citizens' communications and private data, in this lecture sponsored by the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society. (May 22)
- American Winter — This documentary, which premiered on HBO last year, follows eight families struggling in the wake of the recent recession. The evening program also includes a Q&A discussion panel, and a resource fair with information on local food assistance and other programs. Free. (May 22)
- "String Theory: Past, Present and Future" — John Schwarz, one of the founding fathers of String Theory — the leading candidate for a physical "Theory of Everything" — will present a public lecture giving a historical overview of the subject as well as a discussion of problems yet to be overcome. (May 24)
WORKSHOP
- Planning Your Legacy — The Retiree Center hosts this program with Laura Stodden Parker, an estate planning attorney; Brian Casey, executive director of UC Davis planned giving; and Janet Berry, senior director of development for student support at UC Davis. (May 27)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
No announcements were issued this week.
EVENTS
NEW EXHIBITION: Ink + Paper
Through June 6, Craft Center Gallery, South Silo
Works by Daniel Friedman, a senior genetics major. Closing reception, 5-7 p.m. Friday, June 6. [ More… ]
CONCERTS: Jazz Ensembles and Gamelan Ensemble
Wednesday-Thursday, May 21-22, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
The Jazz Ensembles perform tunes by Benny Carter, Freddie Green, Christian McBride, Gordon Goodwin, Menza Menza, Oliver Nelson and Mary Lou Williams, 7 p.m. May 21, Vanderhoef Studio Theatre (ticketed event). … The Gamelan Ensemble presents the Thursday concert, May 22, starting at 12:05 p.m., Yocha Dehe Grand Lobby (free admission). [ More… ]
UC Davis Film Festival
Wednesday-Thursday, May 21-22, 10 p.m., Varsity Theatre, 616 Second St., Davis
Undergraduate and graduate students from all over campus present their works in comedy, drama, animation, documentary and all things in between. $7 per night, $10 for a two-night pass. Find out more in this Aggie Voices blog post and video, challenging everyone to go out and create. [ More… ]
CAREER CATALYST: Improve Your LinkedIn Profile and Grow Your Career
Thursday, May 22, noon-1 p.m., Meeting Room D, Student Community Center
Do you have a LinkedIn profile but you're not sure what to do with it? Or maybe you've never created a LinkedIn profile. Either way, you're missing out on a great online resource. A brown bag presentation. Free; no preregistration. [ More… ]
Family Activities Night
Thursday, May 22, 5-7 p.m., Quad
The Women's Resources and Research Center invites student, faculty and staff families to come out for a fun evening of community-building: connect with one another, share resources and relax in a family-friendly atmosphere, with games and crafts for the children, and pizza, too! Free. [ More… ]
Isabella's Dream
Thursday-Sunday, May 22-25, 8 p.m., patio, Nelson Hall
A new work choreographed and directed by Henry Daniel (a Granada artist in residence) as part of his Project Barca: Going West to Find East/Going East to Find West. Students from a wide range of disciplines make up the cast of Isabella's Dream, in which they offer their personal narratives to link the historic events of 1492 to today. "In doing so," Daniel says, "their actions raise questions concerning the human urge to discover, to adventure and subsequently to colonize, take hold of, and/or occupy various new territories, physical, psychological and otherwise." Suggested donation $10. [ More… ]
SmartSite showcase: Planning for the future
Friday, May 23, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., MU II, Memorial Union
Meet three potential vendors of new SmartSite software, ask questions and provide feedback. Light refreshments included. This is the only showcase planned before the campus chooses a software to power SmartSite going forward. You're also invited to take a survey. [ More… ]