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 Ags play tonight in NITDon't miss this one! Head to Stanford or watch the game on ESPN2 — 8 o'clock tonight, when the Aggie men's basketball team makes its first postseason appearance as a Division I program. It'll be the Aggies (25-6) vs. the Stanford Cardinal (19-13) in the opening round of the National Invitation Tournament. [ More… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
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Museum's last beam signed, sealed, delivered
About 250 people attend the "topping out" ceremony for the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art. People sign a steel beam and then see it hoisted into place where it will be visible when the museum is completed. [ More, with slideshow… ]
Victory for Hong Yen Chang and law students
California Supreme Court grants him posthumous admission to the state bar, 125 years after he was kept out by laws that discriminated against Chinese immigrants. Students in the law school's Asian Pacific American Law Students Association petitioned the court last year to "right this historic wrong." [ More… ]
Achievements in diversity and community
One works with future doctors and nurses; others work with grade-schoolers, underrepresented groups in STEM, and undocumented students and other marginalized communities and vulnerable populations. They are this year's recipients of the Chancellor's Achievement Awards for Diversity and Community. [ More… ]
UC leaders condemn anti-Semitism, bigotry
President Janet Napolitano and Board of Regents Chair Bruce D. Varner underscore the university's bedrock values of respect, inclusion and civility. [ More… ]
UC looks for support in Sacramento, Washington, D.C.
- UC Davis delegates participate in UC Day at the Capitol
- President Napolitano outlines federal appropriations priorities
LAURELS: Music award, opera premiere for composer Rohde
The month of March is sounding pretty good to composer Kurt Rohde. First he learned he's the recipient of a music award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and later this week his first opera, Death with Interruptions, will have its premiere performances. Plus … honors for the Center for Regional Change and its director, Jonathan London; David Horton; Jesús De Loera; Chen-Nee Huah; Dan Gusfield; Karl Levitt and Barbara Allen-Diaz. [ More… ]
RESEARCH
- Milk protein comparison unveils nutritional gems for developing babies
- Cosmic lens splits supernova into four images
ONE WORLD, ONE UC DAVIS: The algorithm of mentorship
Mathematics professor Jesús De Loera specializes in optimization, using math to find the best ways to solve problems. Similarly, he's optimized his role as a mentor, demonstrating math's playful and inquisitive elements, its relevance and beauty — encouraging students like Corina Putinar to experiment with new forms of research. As a member of De Loera's undergraduate research team, Putinar has grown passionate about being on the front line of problem solving and applying new algorithms to continually improve solutions. [ More… ]
Out with the games (for $35,164), in with the e-waste (for free)
Aggie Surplus sells off 29 of the Memorial Union's arcade games and billiards tables for $35,164 in preparation for the MU renewal project that includes a revamping of the basement, including the Games Area. Sale proceeds in part will pay for console-based gaming to replace pinball and other arcade attractions like "The Fast and the Furious Super Bikes." … Today, Aggie Surplus is collecting e-waste for free, from campus units only. [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: UC Davis in top 50 worldwide for reputation
The good rankings keep on coming! UC Davis is 44th in Times Higher Education's World Reputation Rankings 2015, released March 11. Plus …
- Open house next week at Shared Services Center
- Smoke-tobacco survey deadline Friday
- Health system's 'Inspire' campaign in Phase 3
TRENDING: Red dresses, pink flowers and green leaves
Maria Shriver tweets: "UC Davis Chancellor @lindakatehi's students are using fashion design 2 bring awareness to heart disease in a cool way." … UC Davis Facebook: The Student Fashion Association crafts colorful crowns. … Instagram: "Happy #St. Patrick's Day, Aggies! #GoGreen."
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
Sage Days 64: Algebraic Combinatorics
The Department of Mathematics is hosting this conference (today through March 20) for developers in algebraic combinatorics, Lie theory and representation theory, for the purpose of discussing needed features and developing code for Sage, a free, open-source mathematics software system. [ More… ]
- Town hall to discuss UC Davis' effort to establish a School of Population and Global Health (March 18)
- "Pregnant Teachers and Unintended Offspring" — Yale Law School's Linda Greenhouse discusses the Supreme Court's approach to pregnancy and sex discrimination. Her talk is this year's Brigitte M. Bodenheimer Lecture on Family Law. (March 18)
- RISE Symposium — Exploring new approaches to solving today's scientific grand challenges through interdisciplinary research at UC Davis. (March 30)
- UC Global Health Day — Early-bird registration deadline March 20. (Conference to be held Saturday, April 18, at UCLA.)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Orders due for commencement attire for spring
- Call for nominations/applications for 2015 Larry L. Sautter Award program — Recognizing innovative use of information technology in support of the university's mission. Webinar, 10-11 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, will provide an overview of the application process.
- Deadline for nominations March 23: Citations of Excellence, individual and team (Staff Assembly)
- Deadline for nominations: Staff and Staff Dependent scholarships (Staff Assembly)
EVENTS
St. Patrick's Day at the Mondavi
Today, March 17
Music by One-Eyed Reilly, accompanied by beer tasting, in the Corin Courtyard, starting at 5:30 p.m. Free (21 and up, with a ticket to the Danú concert.) Danú plays at 7 p.m. in Jackson Hall. [ More… ]
FIRST Robotics regional competition
Thursday-Saturday, March 19-21, The Pavilion at the ARC
It's "Robotic Rush" this year, with teams using their robots to stack totes, cap the stacks with recycling containers and properly dispose of swimming pool noodles, representing litter. Free. [ More… ]
AT THE MONDAVI: EarFilms
Thursday-Saturday, March 19-21, 7 p.m., Vanderhoef Studio Theatre
These "films" comprise only audio and each listener's imagination. Audience members are blindfolded, "the better to be fully immersed in the three-dimensional sound and cinematic musical score used to create a hyperreal aural experience." [ More… ]
CONCERTS: Lang Lang and Classical Revolution Sacramento
Wednesday, March 25, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
6:30 p.m. in the Corin Courtyard: Free concert by Classical Revolution Sacramento. Food and drink available. 8 p.m. in Jackson Hall: Pianist Lang Lang (tickets required). [ More… ]
5K fundraisers: Stride for Aggie Pride and Genius Run/Walk
Sunday, April 26, and Sunday, May 3, Quad
Registration now open for both. April 26: Third annual Stride for Aggie Pride, benefiting student scholarships and We Are Aggie Pride, which provides emergency funding to students. May 3: First Genius Run/Walk, to raise funds for summer undergraduate research scholarships. [ More… ]