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 Crops and compassionStudents are leveraging UC Davis' leadership in agriculture, food science and sustainability — and their own abilities — to address locally what is the growing national concern of food insecurity among college students and others. [ More, with video… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
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Pokémon brings Aggies closer together
Wild creatures are lurking all over campus, and they can be seen only through a mobile app that's taking the world by storm. Pokémon GO may be bringing about a resurgence in popularity for the Japanese franchise created in the 1990s, but here it's an excuse for Aggies to build a tighter community. [ More… ]
Mandela Fellows tap our energy expertise
Upon going home to Botswana, Sarah Mulwah aims to set up a lending library of solar lanterns for rural schoolchildren whose families are too poor to connect to the power grid. Mulwah is among 25 young African leaders attending a six-week institute here. [ More, with video… ]
Meet our Aggie Olympians Seth Weil and Kim Conley
Seth proudly says he's rowed for UC Davis for more than half of his career to date, spanning 11 years. After another memorable trials experience, Kim is going back to the Olympics in the 5,000-meter run. [ More, including the schedule of their events… ]
- Professor David Hawkins on 'What is the key to rowing speed?'
- ASAP's Rory Osborne had a marshal's view of Conley
- 'Babe' Slater rugby exhibition and program at library, July 30
He did it! Hoftyzer completes English Channel swim
With his 12-hour crossing today (July 26), staff member achieves "triple crown" on the open water, having previously swum the Catalina Channel and circumnavigated Manhattan Island. [ More… ]
LAURELS: Glenn Young feted for work in Vietnam
The government of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, presents a Medal of Honor to Professor Glenn Young of the Department of Food Science and Technology, in recognition of his work with the city's Nong Lam University. Plus … honors for Ellen Zagory (UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden); Joy Mench and Huaijun Zhou (Department of Animal Science); Isabel P. Montanez (Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences); and Diane Barrett, Brad Hanson and Frank Zalom (Agriculture and Natural Resources). [ More… ]
RESEARCH: Paper brings network science to Capone's Chicago
Chris Smith, assistant professor of sociology and an Institute for Social Sciences fellow, is co-author of a study that explores the intersection of criminal, legitimate and personal networks where organized crime takes place. [ More… ]
- LUX dark matter experiment ends run; still no dark matter
- Using urban pigeons to monitor lead pollution
Appreciating our police and firefighters
The acting chancellor and provost pay a visit to the Police Department to say "thank you," acknowledging that "these are trying times for law enforcement." The campus leaders also are wishing our firefighters well — those injured in a fire last week and others assigned to the Sand Fire in Southern California. [ More… ]
WATERWORKS: Pipeline going in, waterway drawdown
As a new water supply makes its way to campus, workers are preparing to flush all the existing lines — and the flushing will be accomplished with almost zero water loss. In the arboretum, campus staff lowered the waterway a couple of feet in preparation for Phase 1 of a maintenance and enhancement project. [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: Campus Store, so cool and colorful!
The newly renovated Campus Store is offering exclusive tours for faculty and staff, starting Tuesday (Aug. 2) — the same day the store celebrates National Coloring Book Day! Plus …
- Add your events to the Fall Welcome calendar
- Caregiver resources and support group
- Workshops on dialogue, daunting discussions
- TechNews: Canvas update, EdTech Commons
- Bodega lab is looking for you!
- From UCOP and the campuses
- UC Davis Extension information sessions
DATELINE DOWNLOAD: Making math fun, water balloons, engineering showcase
A curriculum developed at UC Davis uses robots to make math fun for K-12 students. … Faculty, staff and students celebrate a successful year of research with an annual water balloon battle. … Meet some of the students behind the projects in this year's Engineering Design Showcase … See what's "Trending" on social media. [ More, with video… ]
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- Global Forums with Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows — Presentations by mid-career professionals from around the world who are participating in the U.S. government's Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program at UC Davis. (July 26 and 27)
- "The Great Experiment: Realigning Criminal Justice in California and Beyond" — UC Irvine's Carole Seron (professor and dean, School of Social Ecology) and Charis Kubrin (professor of criminology, law and society), in UC Center Sacramento's Summer Speaker Series. (July 28)
- "Physician Participation in Medi-Cal is Not Keeping Pace with Growth in Enrollment" — Janet Coffman, associate professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, UC San Francisco, in UC Center Sacramento's Summer Speaker Series. (Aug. 4)
- "Rubber Tires, Residents and Gentrification in Los Angeles" — Anne Brown, recipient of an Emerging Scholars Award for Excellence in Research and Public Policy, presented by UC Center Sacramento, gives this talk in the center's Summer Speaker Series. Brown is a doctoral student in the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA. (Aug. 11)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Call for nominations and applications for dean, School of Education
- Road closure — Tercero Hall Circle is closed just east of Dairy Road through Friday, Sept. 2, for underground construction. Detours will be posted for alternate routes via Hutchison Drive and Bioletti Way. Cars and trucks are permitted temporary access to Tercero Hall Circle off Bioletti Way.
- Road closure — Kleiber Hall Drive is closed to all traffic between Hutchison Hall and California Avenue through Sept. 16, for utility and street replacement.
EVENTS
Editor's Picks from the online calendar:
- Folk Music Jam Sessions
Fridays, July 29, and Aug. 12 and 26: Play or listen, on the Wyatt Deck. - "Celebrate Moths!" Nighttime Open House
Saturday, July 30: At the Bohart Museum of Entomology. - Davis Farmers Market Double-Decker
Saturday, Aug. 6: Ride for free between campus and downtown.