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The beginning of boldChancellor Gary S. May launches UC Davis’ “To Boldly Go” strategic planning process: “I’m asking the collective community to come together and contribute creative and bold ideas that will propel us to accomplish things we’ve only dreamed of in the past.” See how you can participate, and subscribe for weekly updates. [ More, with video… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
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Offering refuge to Puerto Rican scholars
About 175 faculty and others have expressed willingness to host displaced graduate students and faculty from the University of Puerto Rico for the fall, winter and/or spring quarters, in the wake of Hurricane Maria’s devastating blow to the island. [ More… ]
Mourning Michelle Vo, Class of 2007
Alumna slain in Las Vegas remembered for her drive, friendliness and compassion. “When she spoke with you, she made you feel like you’d known her for 100 years,” says one of her sisters. “She just had that gift.” [ More… ]
Campus hosts Imagining America conference
This national organization, and its conference, embody much of what UC Davis has long embraced: interdisciplinary cooperation that is transformed into community action. [ More, with video… ]
Horticulture Innovation Lab hosts World Food Day event
Everyone’s invited to an outdoor reception Monday (Oct. 16) at the lab’s demonstration center, to see how UC Davis research helps reduce poverty and nourish the world. [ More… ]
BOOKS: Dewees publishes A Life Among Fishes
Christopher M. Dewees, marine fisheries specialist emeritus, combines his career and recent stories and poems, with his 50 years of Japanese fish printing (“gyotaku”), in a volume that he says should be of interest to scientists as well as artists. … Richard Kim, associate professor, edits the prison memoirs of Chol Soo Lee, and Professor Travis Bradley co-edits Fonología generativa contemporánea de la lengua española (or, in English, Contemporary Generative Phonology of the Spanish Language). [ More… ]
RESEARCH: A win-win for spotted owls and forest management
Malcolm North leads study that finds the endangered owl may not need as much forest canopy as previously thought, thus allowing foresters to reduce tree density through fire and thinning. [ More… ]
160 news members in Quarter Century Club
The UC Davis Quarter Century Club will soon welcome 160 staff and faculty members into the club and honor 114 others who have reached the 50-year mark. They will be feted at the club’s 78th annual gathering, a dinner event that will feature remarks by Chancellor Gary S. May. [ More… ]
For your (and our students’) health and well-being
A survey is coming this week to all faculty, staff and students, asking for our opinions on UC Davis’ Smoke and Tobacco Free policy. Plus we have news about free flu shots and the first Well-Being Ticket Deal of the year, and “gatekeeper training” for faculty and staff to help them assist students with mental health concerns. [ More… ]
Aggie Surplus partners with GovDeals to reach new markets
The campus surplus store returned $214,000 to departments and units last year, but finding the right buyers for some of the university’s eclectic mix of surplus property is no easy task. So, Aggie Surplus is now working with GovDeals, an online auction site, to reach a bigger audience, especially for big-ticket specialty items — like, for example, a firetruck and a football scoreboard. [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: ‘Next step’ in vet school story
A news conference is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday (Oct. 13) to “announce the next major step in the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine’s story.” Plus …
- Police board to hold public meetings
- Duty calls on front lines and at home
- Banner project will impact some services
- Save the date: Oct. 27 deadline for free calendars
- UCnet: Understanding benefits for domestic partners
THE DOWNLOAD: Clinton, H2Ouse, eggs
See what Hillary Clinton talked about Monday night at the Mondavi Center, the sole California stop on her book tour. … Take a live tour of UC Davis’ entry in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. … Want to be an egg taste-tester? [ More, with video… ]
SYMPOSIA
3 not to miss: Disability Awareness, Accessible Technology, Scholarly Publishing
- Disability Awareness Symposium and Accessible Technology Fair — Psychologist Emilio Licea of Student Health and Counseling Services will speak on “Anxiety: When Striving Keeps You From Thriving.” (Oct. 11)
- Scholarly Publishing Symposium — Davis campus. (Oct. 16)
- Scholarly Publishing Symposium — Medical school edition. (Oct. 17)
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- “Paths to Carbon Neutrality: Lessons from California” — Professor Juliann Allison, UC Riverside, gives this talk in UC Center Sacramento’s Wednesday Speaker Series. (Oct. 11)
- “What’s So Super About Supersymmetry?” — Science Café with John Terning, professor of physics, UC Davis. (Oct. 11)
- “Libel and Invasion of Privacy in the Internet Age” — Eugene Volokh of UCLA gives the eighth annual Central Valley Foundation/James B. McClatchy Lecture on the First Amendment. (Oct. 16)
- “Disruptive Energy Futures” — Amory Lovins, co-founder and chief scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute, Energy Efficiency Center (Oct. 18, RSVPs due Oct. 16)
- “A Theology of Malcolm X: Protest, Prayer and the Stranger” — Martin Nguyen, associate professor of Islamic Studies, Fairfield University, gives the Department of Religious Studies’ Fall Castelfranco Lecture. (Oct. 19)
- Law Review Symposium — “Immigration Law and Resistance: Ensuring a Nation of Immigrants,” with keynote speaker Paul C. Lo, Merced County Superior Court Judge. (Oct. 20)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Town halls to assist in the recruitment for vice chancellor of Human Health Sciences — Join in discussions of the qualifications the university should be looking for in filling this position. Four town halls will be held this Thursday (Oct. 12): three on the Sacramento campus and one on the Davis campus. See the search webpage for more information.
- 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.
- Arboretum Drive closure between Mrak Hall Drive and Nelson Hall — Through Oct. 27, for underground utility construction. This section of road doubles as a path for pedestrians and bicyclists, and they can still get through.
EVENTS
Marya Welch + volleyball = Women in Sports Day
The new Marya Welch Initiative for Women’s Athletics will host an indoor tailgate before the Aggie volleyball match against UC Santa Barbara next Tuesday, Oct. 17. [ More, with video… ]
Editor’s Picks from the online calendar:
- MFA Open Studios
Friday, Oct. 13: See art in the making and catch a performance. - Bicycle Auction
Saturday, Oct. 14: Viewing, 7:30 a.m.; auction starts at 9 in the Pavilion Parking Structure. - Concert: Amrinder Gill
Saturday, Oct. 14: One of the most recognizable voices in Punjabi music.