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For music and moreLike Professor Ross Bauer's song title suggests, the new Ann E. Pitzer Center is "in the midst of it all" — a building not only for music majors but for other students from across the campus who will take classes here, Interim Dean Susan Kaiser says at the dedication ceremony last week. [ More… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
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Inspirational start to new academic year
At Fall Convocation, Interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter has the backing of faculty, staff, students and the chief justice of the California Supreme Court in urging civil discourse in contentious times. [ More… ]
Plant scientist Siobhan Brady named Hughes scholar
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Faculty Scholars Program will provide five years of support for Brady's research on gene networks that regulate the growth of plant roots. [ More… ]
- Reséndez's The Other Slavery on longlist for National Book Award
- Thomas, McFarlane write on 'Advocating for Academic Advising'
Meet our new Humphrey Fellows
Eleven midcareer professionals from around the world will formally introduce themselves to the campus community from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. this Friday (Sept. 30). During this public forum, the fellows will talk about how they will use their time at UC Davis to help them in their work back home in the fields of natural resources, agriculture and environmental science. [ More… ]
Fine writing: By students, faculty and visitors
Davis shows off its writing chops at all levels with the Prized Writing awards ceremony for undergraduates tonight (Sept. 27) and "Opening Night" with creative writing faculty members next week. [ More… ]
RESEARCH: Climate change among worries in wine industry
In annual surveys, Professor Robert Smiley finds optimism over millennials' thirst for more and higher value wines, and concern over water availability and climate change — so much so that some executives are looking outside of California to Oregon and Washington for vineyard development, and to Chile, Argentina and Australia for sourcing bulk wine. [ More… ]
Emergency teams to participate in tabletop exercise
Campus leaders and emergency personnel will participate in a tabletop training exercise this Thursday (Sept. 29). The exercise builds on a field drill held last month at Dutton Hall. [ More… ]
Students! Forget about your hair, wear helmets!
There are a few things Aggies can count on every fall: A lot of new students, a lot of bicycles, and not very many bike helmets. Student Health and Counseling Services, the campus unit that provides medical services to students and operates the on-campus urgent care clinic, wants to change that. [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: Science Friday, from UC Davis, this Friday
UC Davis scientists are featured in this week's Science Friday radio show, an episode recorded at the Mondavi Center last weekend. Plus …
- Campus Store grand opening, Oct. 4-7
- Canvas course count exceeds 1,000
- Open houses on campus development plan update
- TANA silkscreen demo precedes fall workshop
- Davis Neighbors Night Out, Oct. 16
THE DOWNLOAD: Buzz, Bodega, flashback, football
See a recap of The Buzz, the musical kickoff to the academic year. … The UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory celebrates its 50th anniversary. … The first day of school looked very different 100 years ago. … See the festivities leading up to and including Saturday's football game. [ More, with video… ]
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- "From Haiti to California: Challenges and Opportunities for Reducing Earthquake Risks" — Reginald DesRoches, professor and chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. Sponsored by the College of Engineering. (Sept. 28)
- "My, How the Campus Has Grown" — The campus in question is the UC Davis Health System in Sacramento, and the speaker is Mike Boyd, retired chief of Facilities Planning, Design and Construction there. This is a Brainfood Talk sponsored by the UC Davis Retirees Association and open to all. (Sept. 29)
- "California's Latin-Asian Majority: What Does It Mean for Civic Engagement?" — Karthick Ramakrishnan, professor of public policy and political science, UC Riverside, in UC Center Sacramento's Speaker Series. (Sept. 29)
- "Newest Election Information, Data and Results" — Mindy Romero, founder and director of the California Civic Engagement Project at the UC Davis Center for Regional Change, in UC Center Sacramento's Speaker Series. (Oct. 4)
- "Pulses: The Heroes of Nutrition and Agricultural Sustainability" — UC Davis Professor Douglas Cook discusses the edible seeds of plants in the legume family, including chickpeas, dry beans, dry peas and lentils. The UC Davis World Food Center co-sponsors this lecture, to be delivered at the World Bank and carried live on the web. (Oct. 5)
- Africa Rising Speaker Series — Shawn Baker, director of the nutrition team, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. (Oct. 5)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Recruitment for associate vice chancellor, academic diversity — UC Davis is conducting a national search to fill this senior leadership position focused on building the inclusive excellence of our faculty and academic appointees and their pivotal role in nurturing a positive campus climate, the quality of the UC Davis student experience, and enhancing diversity within the pathways through higher education.
- Recruitment for chancellor — Information on the UC Office of the President's global search to fill this position.
- Recruitment for faculty director, Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life — National search conducted by UC Davis and Imagining America, which will operate out of UC Davis starting next summer. Imagining America is a national consortium of nearly 100 academic institutions and cultural organizations dedicated to advancing civic engagement, democratic culture and equity within higher education, through the approaches of the arts, humanities and design.
- Call for nominations for Distinguished Emeritus/a Award — Deadline 5 p.m. Nov. 23.
EVENTS
'India in the Artist's Eye' — a yearlong celebration
Music, theatre and dance, exhibitions, lectures and workshops, presented by the Department of Religious Studies and the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. This week brings a photo exhibition and a kolam/rangoli women's art demonstration, plus a concert by Bickram Ghosh's Drums of India. [ More… ]
Editor's Picks from the online calendar:
- UC Davis Farmers Market
Wednesday, Sept. 28: Season opener for this market that will be open every Wednesday through Nov. 2. - Theatre: Gospel According to First Squad
Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 29-Oct. 1 and Oct. 6-8: The Department of Theatre and Dance presents this play about men at war in a distant land, and the stories the soldiers tell to get themselves home. - 'Planting the Bee Garden' and 'Life After Lawn'
Saturday, Oct. 1: Christine Casey of UC Davis' Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven teaches a class on "Planting the Bee Garden."
Saturday, Oct. 1: The arboretum's first of three fall plant sales, all of them ideal to help you with "Life After Lawn."