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 Putting an 'H' in 'wheekend'We've got Homecoming and Harvest and Heliotropium curassavicum, commonly known as salt heliotrope, one of dozens of beauties you'll find at the arboretum's first plant sale of the fall season. Homecoming activities include the 102nd annual Pajamarino, Friday night (Oct. 10) at the train station, and, of course, the Saturday football game: Aggies vs. Montana State, 4 p.m. kickoff (preceded by Wine Tasting with the Aggies). The plant sale runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, and Harvest: A Gathering of Food, Wine, Beer and the Arts rounds out the weekend, starting at 1 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 12). [ More… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
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Year's gift total: $165.7 million
Donors committed $165.7 million to UC Davis during the 2013-14 fiscal year, surpassing the previous year's total of $149.1 million and marking the eighth consecutive year that philanthropic gifts and pledges to UC Davis have exceeded $100 million. The 2013-14 total reflects the best year ever for student support, and includes gifts to the multiyear, $1 billion Campaign for UC Davis that ended successfully on May 31 with more than $1.13 billion raised from nearly 110,000 donors. [ More… ]
'Diversity leads to success in higher education'
Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi writes this blog post for The Huffington Post and addresses the same subject, diversity in education, as a panel participant at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's Hispanic Heritage Month 2014 Public Policy Conference, held Sept. 30 in Washington, D.C. [ More… ]
Mental health research center coming to Sacramento campus
The UC Davis Health System and state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg announce the founding of a unique academic research center designed to improve mental health in California and serve as a national model for advancing innovative research in neuroscience, as well as the prevention of and early interventions in mental illness. The Behavioral Health Center of Excellence will be located on the Sacramento campus. [ More… ]
Student conference opens doors to health care professions
The 12th annual UC Davis Pre-Medical and Pre-Health Professional National Conference is set for this weekend (Oct. 11-12), drawing leading health professionals and some 8,000 students from around the country. [ More… ]
FOOD DAYS: Panel, food drive, farmers market and more
UC Davis observes World Food Day (Oct. 16) with a panel discussion on keeping the world's population healthy and fed. The student-run Pantry does its part by holding a campus food drive starting Oct. 13. Also, the UC Davis Farmers Market returns Oct. 8 for the fall quarter, and Dining Services holds its annual Farm-to-Fork Dinner, Oct. 23, in three dining commons, open to everyone. [ More… ]
- World Food Center assists Gates foundation 'Grand Challenge'
- Harvest: A Gathering of Food, Wine, Beer and the Arts
Faculty and staff: Look for new, improved myucdavis on Oct. 15
After 14 years, myucdavis for faculty and staff is getting a major face lift, giving users new features and an overall enhanced experience. The upgrade follows similar improvements to myucdavis for students. Myucdavis consolidates several UC Davis Web applications and online services into one location. The Web address is the same — my.ucdavis.edu — but, for faculty and staff, the look will be entirely new on Oct. 15. [ More… ]
Online and Hybrid Learning Showcase: Oct. 17
The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning presents this event on Oct. 17, celebrating the work of innovative faculty who designed or taught online and hybrid courses during the 2013-14 academic year. The showcase also provides a venue for interested members of the campus community to see recent developments in online and hybrid learning, participate in a workshop about teaching online and hybrid courses, and discuss the future of online learning at UC Davis. Registration is underway. [ More… ]
Travel advisory for Ebola-affected regions
Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi urges the campus community to heed federal warnings regarding travel to West Africa. And, for people who decide to go to the region to help in relief efforts, she points out that UC Davis has implemented exit and reentry protocols, as outlined on the campus's Ebola Advisory website. [ More… ]
WHAT'S NEW ON UCNET?
BOOK PROJECT: Thinking about disability
Temple Grandin's Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism is giving everyone at UC Davis something to think about this year — disability and disability issues — in the 2014-15 Campus Community Book Project. The book project includes lectures, panel discussions, films and other events — on autism and the UC Davis MIND Institute (a leader in autism research) and many other topics, including ADHD and ADD, Down syndrome, special education placement, fashion for women who use wheeled chairs and wheelchairs, and even disability in comics. [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: Clery Act report released for 2013
UC Davis' security data for 2013 show that the university continues to be a relatively low-crime community. Plus …
- Bargain Barn has a new name: Aggie Surplus
- E-waste collection next week
- 400 bikes going up for auction
- Voter registration deadline: midnight Oct. 20
- 'Understanding Religious Differences in the Workplace'
- Repro Graphics offers free, customized calendars
TRENDING: Aggie Googlers, Egg(head) over easy, lecture then and now
UC Davis ranks in top 20 for having the most alums at Google. … Eye on Mrak goes right-side up? … Throwback Thursday: Recognize that lecture hall?
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- "Cognitive Deficits in Down Syndrome: The Underlying Molecular Concepts" — Katheleen Gardiner, University of Colorado, Denver, presents the first installment of the 2014-15 MIND Institute Distinguished Lecturer series. (Oct. 8)
- "Simple and Yet Unsolved Problems in Geometry" — A conversation with mathematics professor Jesus De Loera, hosted by Jared Shaw, associate professor of chemistry. This program is part of the "Science Café" series, presented by the Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences. (Oct. 8)
- Book event: Corner of the World — The Hemispheric Institute on the Americas presents this program with author Mylene Fernández-Pintado. (Oct. 9)
- "What Can the Rain (or Lack of It) in Spain Teach Us About Adaptation to Climate Change Under Water Scarcity and Severe Drought?" — UC Riverside's Ariel Dinar, speaking at UC Center Sacramento. (Oct. 9)
- Provost's Forum — "STEM, Immigration and Controversy: Does the U.S. Have Enough STEM Workers?" First program in the 2014-15 Provost's Forums on the Public University and the Social Good. (Oct. 9)
- "Transgender Health: What's Law Got to Do with It?" — Jamison Green presents the 13th annual Bill Smith Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the LAMBDA Law Students Association. (Oct. 9; RSVPs requested by today, Oct. 7)
- Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) — Including two speakers affiliated with UC Davis: ecologist Rick Karban ("Plant Communication") and postdoc Cody Ross ("Art Is Offensive: Integrative Art and Social Justice"). Two other speakers will address "The Molecular Elusive" and "Analog Bodies." (Oct. 9)
- ChileUCD Conference: 50 years of Cooperation, Academic and Scientific Exchanges — Organized by the Chilean Students Association and co-sponsored by ChileGlobal, Hemispheric Institute on the Americas, Department of Plant Sciences, and College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. (Oct. 11)
- Viet Nam 1993: A New Beginning — Louis Grivetti, a nutritional geographer and professor emeritus in the Department of Nutrition, presents his newest book — a journal from his visit to Vietnam, at the invitation of its government, to explore opportunities for agricultural and nutritional research. (Oct. 16)
ANNOUNCEMENT
Putah Creek Parkway closure through Oct. 13
For construction between West Olive Drive and the tunnel under the Union Pacific railroad tracks (this is the section of the parkway that connects the arboretum and south Davis. Bicyclists and pedestrians are being detoured to the Richards Boulevard undercrossing. [ More… ]
EVENTS
ARBORETUM: Walk with Warren
Wednesday, Oct. 8, noon-1 p.m., meet at the gazebo
The arboretum's superintendent emeritus, Warren Roberts, begins another year of noontime walks on the second Wednesday of the month. Free. [ More… ]
EXHIBITIONS: 'Feeling the spirit' at galleries and museums
Receptions Oct. 9-14
Design Museum (If A Tree Fell: Sustainable Wood Design), Oct. 9; Craft Center Gallery (Feeling Spirit), Oct. 10); Nelson Gallery (Lake Tahoe Sonification Project and MAKE: A New Museum for UC Davis), Oct. 12; and C.N. Gorman Museum (Te Ahikaroa/Home Fires Burning), Oct. 14. The Buehler Alumni Center is also hosting an exhibition: Lessons from the Tuolumne. Off campus: Annabeth Rosen, Bryce Vinokurov and the UC Davis art studio program. [ More, with slideshow… ]
Strategic Sourcing Vendor Fair
Thursday, Oct. 9, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., ARC Ballroom
"Meet the partners with whom Strategic Sourcing has local and systemwide agreements, which could significantly lower your departmental purchasing costs." Free admission, with door prizes and refreshments. [ More… ]
Children's hospital benefit: Northern California Premium Sake Fest
Thursday, Oct. 9, 6-9 p.m., Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel
Sake, schochu and Japanese beer (100 beverage selections in all), food (from local restaurants), sushi chef contest and more. $60 advance, $70 at the door; proceeds to the UC Davis Children's Hospital Pediatric Heart Center. [ More… ]
Opening Night: Readings by the Creative Writing Faculty
Thursday, Oct. 9, 7 p.m., Wyatt Deck (rain location 126 Voorhies Hall)
Award-winning fiction writers and poets from the Creative Writing Program read from their work: Joshua Clover, Lucy Corin, Yiyun Li, Katie Peterson, Margaret Ronda and Joe Wenderoth. Co-sponsored by the arboretum and the Department of English. Free. [ More… ]
Davis Neighbors Night Out
Sunday, Oct. 12, noon-7 p.m.
Faculty, staff and students who live in the Davis community are invited to join their neighbors for block parties and potlucks — a way to get to know one another at the start of the new academic year. Sponsored by the city, UC Davis and the ASUCD. [ More… ]