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Very special Homecoming

We start the weekend with the investiture of Gary S. May as the seventh chancellor of UC Davis. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. Friday (Oct. 27); admission is free, but tickets are required. Pajamarino is Friday night, and the Homecoming football game is Saturday against Cal Poly. See our calendar of events for time and ticket information. [ More… ]

NEWS SUMMARY

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Chancellor May in D.C., speaking on DACA

He will join top congressional Democrats at a Capitol Hill news conference Wednesday (Oct. 25) in support of “Dreamers” and legislation under which they could stay in the United States to continue their education and contribute to society without fear of deportation. More on DACA: A UC Davis student writes an op-ed and Police Chief Joe Farrow posts an open letter to the campus community. [ More… ]

Campus provides refuge for 33 koi from fire zone

Rescued by the UC Davis Veterinary Emergency Response Team, which is more accustomed to saving horses and other livestock, and housed at the Center for Aquatic Biology and Aquaculture. [ More… ]

UC zeroes in on environmental goals

The Davis campus’s solar farm is a major factor in the UC system’s winning an EPA award for leadership in green power, in furtherance of UC’s goal to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. UC also is striving for zero waste, which is the subject a new campaign: #MyLastTrash. [ More… ]

Welcome to UC Davis’ new Arts Blog

Produced by the Office of Strategic Communications, the blog features stories about visual, performing, graphic and other arts on campus and around the region. The blog strives to consolidate arts information at UC Davis into one place, with links to additional arts stories, information and websites. [ More… ]

Staff member ushers in free online tool: ImaginePhD

It’s for doctoral students and postdocs in the humanities and social sciences, to help them in career exploration and planning, says Teresa Dillinger of the Division of Graduate Studies, who led the tool’s development for the national Graduate Career Consortium. [ More… ]

LAURELS: Simine Vazire wins prize for open social science

International award recognizes her efforts to advance reproducibility, openness and credibility — through the courses she teaches and by co-founding the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science. Plus, honors for other faculty members and the Immigration Law Clinic. … And the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences presents its Awards of Distinction. [ More… ]

RESEARCH: Antarctic fish have nowhere to go

Oceans are warming, and the concentration of carbon dioxide in the waters is rising — so what will become of polar fish? Preliminary research by Anne Todgham, assistant professor in the Department of Animal Science, shows that some of them have acclimated to warmer water or to higher CO2, but not to both. [ More… ]

Open enrollment starts Thursday, runs to Nov. 21

Information booklets are arriving, the website is up and running, and UC Davis Human Resources will have presentations and help desks next Tuesday, Oct. 31, on the Davis campus, and Nov. 1, 2 and 7 on the Sacramento campus. [ More… ]

NEWS BRIEFS: Smoke-tobacco-free survey open 1 more week

Steering committee wants to hear from everyone — students, staff and faculty — about our nearly 4-year-old Smoke and Tobacco Free policy. Plus …

THE DOWNLOAD: Order with app, pick up at the CoHo

And delivery is coming soon. … The UC Davis Army ROTC ventures into the wilderness. … The men’s soccer team breaks two records as it earns a tournament slot. [ More, with video… ]

FEATURED COLLOQUIA

Gary and LeShelle May go first in Leading & Breaking Barriers series

New series from Undergraduate Education aims to inspire students to get involved in STEM research, and to overturn stereotypes and misperceptions about what research is and who can participate. [ More… ]

OTHER COLLOQUIA

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EVENTS

Shields Library exhibitions: Aggie front pages and Vine to Wine

See UC Davis history through the eyes of student reporters, on the front pages of The California Aggie (and its predecessor, The Weekly Agricola), and learn about the library’s project to digitize the entire archive. … Special Collections presents From Vine to Wine, featuring research materials from some of the university’s pioneering viticulture and enology faculty, plus photographs and rare books, and vintage wine labels. [ More… ]

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