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NEWS SUMMARY
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Law school team aids detainees
Friday started out like a normal day for the faculty and students of UC Davis' Immigration Law Clinic, teaching a "know your rights" clinic at an immigration detention facility in Marysville. But when they stepped outside, their phones erupted with news of President Donald Trump's executive order barring citizens of seven countries from entering the country, and with calls for help. [ More… ]
- Interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter affirms our staunch support
- UC Davis Global Affairs, the UC Office of the President and the mayor of Davis also respond to President Trump's executive order
- Thursday conversation (Feb. 2): Join Global Affairs Vice Provost Joanna Regulska, Interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter and others at a public forum on President Trump's executive order on immigration
Regents OK tuition increase to boost student services
The first tuition increase in seven years will provide for academic improvements that are needed to accommodate rising California enrollment. [ More… ]
Interim chancellor addresses student housing
Ralph J. Hexter delivers video message on campus housing plans, including: Tercero 4 residence halls, opening this fall; and Webster Hall, demolition and rebuild starts this summer. [ More… ]
Historian's impact: A new national monument
Barack Obama, one week before he left the presidency, designated the nation's first monument to Reconstruction. UC Davis' Gregory Downs and colleagues had been waging an effort for such a designation for years, calling Reconstruction "the most misunderstood period in U.S. history." [ More… ]
LAURELS: Professor Gail Goodman wins 2 career honors
On the same day during winter break, the psychology professor learns that she will receive not just one prestigious career award but two. … Statistics professor Hans-Georg Müller will receive the Gottfried E. Noether Senior Scholar Award, and Global Affairs' Jennie Konsella-Norene has one of the Fulbright Scholar Blog's 10 best posts. Also, UC Davis earns a Seal of Distinction for the fifth consecutive year, for initiatives that go beyond salary to create a positive work environment. [ More… ]
McClellan nuclear reactor still relevant
Even at the mature age of 27, McClellan remains the newest research reactor in the country — a unique and powerful resource for nuclear science and engineering, available to the campus and the nation. [ More… ]
RESEARCH: Scientists see hints of 'new physics'
Astronomers have just made a new measurement of the Hubble constant, the rate at which the universe is expanding, and it doesn't quite line up with a different estimate of the same number. [ More… ]
Update contact information for WarnMe test Feb. 8
The test will go out by email, text, voice and pager on all your registered devices. Your work contacts are already in the system, but you are encouraged to add (or update) your personal email, and home and mobile phones. [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: Group Mentoring Program doubles in size
This professional development opportunity has room for 60 mentees this year; the application deadline is Feb. 10. There's an application for mentors, too. Plus …
- Career Tracks information sessions in February
- TGFS tasters needed
- Lighting problems under repair
- New water supply due in March
- Student volunteers offer help with tax preparation
- 10,000 students say, 'So long, SmartSite'
THE DOWNLOAD: Winning mule team, popular worms
UC Davis animal science students were honored for their first place win in last year's Intercollegiate Packing Competition. … See a ring being made at the Craft Center. … A display of worms was popular during the Bohart Museum of Entomology's "Parasite Palooza" open house. … See a special pep talk by men's basketball coach Jim Les. [ More… ]
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- Storer Lectureship in the Life Sciences: Scott Edwards — Wednesday-Thursday, Feb. 1-2: The Harvard professor of zoology gives a public lecture, "The Transition from Dinosaurs to Birds: A DNA Perspective" (Feb. 1), and a scientific lecture, "Convergent Regulatory Evolution and the Origin of Flightlessness in Paleognathous Birds" (Feb. 2).
- Art Studio Visiting Artist Lecture Series — Adrian Forty, retired professor of architectural history, University College London (Feb. 1); and Briony Fer, professor of art history, University College London (Feb. 2).
- "Combating International Human Rights Abuses Using U.S. Courts and International Mechanisms" — The law school's Journal of International Law and Policy Symposium. (Feb. 3)
- The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement — Lecture and book signing by UC Davis history professor Andrés Reséndez. His book was a National Book Award finalist in 2016. (Feb. 5)
- Documentary: Terms and Conditions May Apply — Our lives online are not as private as we probably think. (Feb. 6)
- Documentary: No Más Bebés — This 2016 documentary recounts the case of 10 Mexican immigrant mothers who were sterilized at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center in the late 1960s and early '70s, and subsequently filed a federal lawsuit saying that they had been coerced or forced into undergoing the procedure. (Feb. 7)
- "The Sustainocene: A New Epoch" — Harvard chemist Daniel Nocera, in this talk for a general audience, discusses his vision for a future where billions of people produce their own energy by artificial photosynthesis. This talk is the second annual in a series endowed by Dean Emeritus Winston Ko of the Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences. (Feb. 9)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Call for applications for staff advisor to the Board of Regents — Deadline March 10.
- Call for nominations for Soaring to New Heights Diversity and Principles of Community Achievement Awards — Honoring staff (individuals and teams) for their commitment to diversity and the Principles of Community. Deadline Feb. 28.
- Call for nominations for Calvin E. Handy Leadership Award — Honoring leadership in crime prevention and public safety. Deadline Feb. 28.
- Applications available for Staff Assembly scholarships — Awards last year for staff and their dependents totaled nearly $20,000. Deadline March 27.
- Call for nominations for Staff Assembly Citations of Excellence — For individuals and teams. Deadline March 27.
- Call for applications for Diversity and Inclusion Innovation Grants — Awards of up to $5,000 to students, faculty and staff in support of their ideas to promote and enhance diversity and inclusion at UC Davis. Deadline Feb. 13.
- Call for nominations/applications for police chief — Nationwide recruitment is underway.
- Call for nominations for the Charles P. Nash Prize — For exceptional and extended commitment to shared governance, as demonstrated by promoting faculty interests, especially as realized through the equitable treatment of faculty and advocacy on behalf of others. Deadline Feb. 3.
EVENTS
A sweetheart of a ticket deal for February
Staff and faculty: February's well-being ticket deal might be the perfect Valentine's Day gift for you and your sweetheart! Each month's deal is for a selected show at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts — and the February show will be jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves' concert on Valentine's Day. [ More… ]
More Editor's Picks from the online calendar:
- Noon Concert: Debussy Curiosities
Thursday, Feb. 2: Emeritus D. Kern Holoman conducts part of the program. - Exhibition Opening: Homenaje Al Maestro Juan Fuentes
Friday, Feb. 3: At Taller Arte del Amanacer (TANA) in Woodland. - Davis Farmers Market Double-Decker
Saturday, Feb. 4: It comes round once a month — free rides for everyone! - Empyrean Ensemble: Spectral Music
Saturday, Feb. 4: Genre relies heavily on computers and math. - WorkLife and Wellness Caregiver Education Series
Tuesday, Feb. 7: An overview of VA family caregiver support programs.