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Boosting diversityWhen she came to the United States from Mexico at the age of 15, she didn’t speak English, but she did understand numbers. She breezed through her math classes, and wound up studying mathematics and focusing in biostatistics. Miriam Nuño is one of three new CAMPOS faculty scholars, a growing group that focuses on building diversity in STEM. The program is now in its fifth year, and has recruited 21 faculty members. [ More, with video… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
More stories at UC Davis News & Information
‘Grad students are right to protest’
Chancellor Gary S. May wholeheartedly supports the “Grad Tax Walkout” scheduled for Wednesday (Nov. 29), labeling the House of Representatives-approved tax bill “an attack on higher education in the name of reform.” Read the chancellor’s op-ed in The Sacramento Bee. [ More… ]
- Graduate Studies addresses potential impact of the proposed tax law changes
- UC President Napolitano and student regents issue joint statement
- UC Advocacy Network (UCAN) launches call-to-action campaign
Poet Snyder to enter California Hall of Fame
Professor Emeritus and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gary Snyder will be inducted into the California Hall of Fame next week, acknowledged for, among other achievements, influencing a generation of writers at UC Davis. [ More… ]
Athletics will add a women’s team in 2018-19
Intercollegiate Athletics is taking action to ensure women and men have participation opportunities that are substantially proportional, in accordance with Title IX. The sport to be added has not been determined. [ More… ]
RESEARCH: Exploring the food-brain axis
When it comes to understanding and preventing age-related cognitive dysfunction, Professor Raymond Rodriguez of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences, looks to food for answers. [ More… ]
Giving to others (and to your own well-being)
We’ve got ideas on where to give (Toys for Tots, Mercer Clinic Holiday Pet Baskets and Swipe Out Hunger), and ideas on what and where to buy (in our Holiday Gift Guide, and at two sales this week at UC Davis Stores). And we have recommendations just for you: a Holiday Self Care Workshop and the Well-Being Ticket Deal for December: Handel’s Messiah, performed by the American Bach Soloists. [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: Global Entry interviews to be held here
Global Entry is coming back to campus, by popular demand. The “trusted traveler program” of U.S. Customs and Border Protection will hold three days of interviews on campus. Plus …
- Foundation and Corporate Giving says, ‘Let us help’
- Focus on HIV and World AIDS Day
- Behind-the-scenes email ‘hygiene’ getting an upgrade
- Police offer Community and Cadet academies
THE DOWNLOAD: No drivers, no losses, no fences
See how driverless cars can impact climate change. … The women’s basketball team is undefeated in its first six games. … Construction fences have come down around the Arboretum Waterway as crews prepare for the next phase. [ More, with video… ]
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- “Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Inform State Policy” — Jeffrey Hoch, professor of public health sciences and associate director of the UC Davis Center for Health Care Policy and Research, presents this special workshop at UC Center Sacramento. (Nov. 30)
- Stable Isotope Facility Celebrates 20 Years of Service — This facility today supports more than 190,000 analyses annually from academic, government and private clients. Open house with tours, light refreshments and door prizes. (Dec. 1)
- “Managed Relocation Under a Changing Climate: An Interdisciplinary Perspective Symposium” — Convened by the Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute and the Delta Stewardship Council: Delta Science Program. (Dec. 4)
- “Star Trek/Human Rights: To Boldly Go to Human Rights for All” — The 2017-18 Human Rights Lecture Series begins with this program featuring Chancellor Gary S. May and Human Rights Studies Director Keith David Watenpaugh. (Dec. 4)
- Sustainable Research and Training Program Lunch Lecture Series — Alan Meier of the UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center and Nermin Dessouky of the American University in Cairo discuss their research into life in a net-zero energy sustainable development in Dubai. (Dec. 5; advance registration appreciated)
- UC Davis Humanities Institute Book Chat — Edward Ross Dickinson, professor and chair, Department of History, discusses his book Dancing in the Blood: Modern Dance and European Culture on the Eve of the First World War. (Dec. 5)
- “Dilemmas of European Integration Following Brexit” — Bronisław Komorowski, historian and former president of Poland, who now runs the Bronisław Komorowski Institute, dedicated to the promotion of freedom, dialogue and security. Sponsors include the Office of Global Affairs, Department of Political Science and School of Law. (Dec. 7)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Call for nominations for Academic Federation awards — Excellence in Research, Excellence in Teaching, Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching (new), and Distinguished Service Award (new). Deadline for all: Jan. 19.
- Call for nominations for Academic Senate awards — Faculty Distinguished Research Award (formerly the Faculty Research Lecture Award), deadline Dec. 1; Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Awards, deadline Dec. 8; and Distinguished Teaching Awards, deadline Dec. 20.
- Call for proposals for Seed Grants for International Activities — Faculty members are invited to apply for funding of $5,000 to $15,000 per proposal. The Office of Global Affairs encourages proposals that foster international research collaborations, create innovations in internationalizing the curriculum, and build new interdisciplinary, international partnerships. Deadline: Nov. 30.
EVENTS
Editor’s Picks from the online calendar:
- Theatre Auditions: Pippin
Continuing today and Wednesday, Nov. 28-29: All roles open, to students, staff and faculty. - Basketball and our new beer
Wednesday-Thursday, Nov. 29-30: The men play Wednesday night, the women play Thursday night — and Gunrock Lager makes its debut in The Pavilion at the ARC. - Stand-Up Comedy Benefit Show
Friday, Dec. 1: UC Davis club puts on a free show; donations welcome for victims of recent wildfires. - Weekend Concerts
Saturday, Dec. 2: Early Music Ensemble
Sunday, Dec. 3: Empyrean Ensemble