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Our big weekendChancellor May and his wife, LeShelle May, crisscross the campus on their first Picnic Day, taking in various events and being part of various events (think Fashion Show and marriage proposal). Come along to see some of what they saw. [ More… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
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Achieve UC: ‘Keep dreaming big,’ May says
Chancellor Gary S. May, Gunrock and other campus ambassadors encourage Natomas High School students to set their sights on a university education. The event was part of Achieve UC, a systemwide effort to expand the number and diversity of California students enrolled at UC campuses. [ More… ]
Nursing school’s interim dean: Deborah Ward
Chancellor May appoints founding faculty member and former associate dean for academics to serve as the interim dean of the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing effective Aug. 1 when Heather M. Young steps down. [ More… ]
Welcome our new university registrar
Erin Morgan comes to UC Davis from Seattle University, where she served as the registrar and director of Enrollment Services. The campus community is invited to a welcome reception this Thursday (April 26). [ More… ]
Senate, federation to present awards
A procedural error led to the Academic Federation’s not including Peter Green in its original announcement of award winners for 2018. So we are reposting our academic awards story to include the research engineer as the recipient of an award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching. The awards program for Academic Senate and Academic Federation is Monday (April 30). [ More… ]
‘Sequencing Life for the Future of Life’
In a paper published this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, UC Davis’ Harris Lewin and colleagues provide a compelling rationale for why the Earth BioGenome Project should go forward and outline a roadmap for how it can be achieved. [ More, with podcast… ]
RESEARCH: Paleontologists ask, ‘Why whales?’
Geerat Vermeij and Ryosuke Motani report on their inquiry into why mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians returned to the sea. [ More… ]
Trees with tags, plants for sale — it’s all about Mother Earth!
Ahead of Earth Day last weekend, student interns with the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden installed large tags on 50 trees across campus to remind people of how trees contribute to the environment — like data on how much carbon dioxide they pull from the atmosphere. [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: Staff workshop on ‘Free Speech on Campus’
The Office of Campus Dialogue and Deliberation presents a workshop for staff this week on “Understanding Free Speech on Campus.” Plus …
- Grad student dies in Shasta County crash
- Food trucks are rolling in for TGFS
- ‘Asparagus Fest 2018’ at campus eateries
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- Crossings — The UC Davis Mellon Initiative in Comparative Border Studies presents this program featuring talks by UC Davis faculty members Elisa Joy White, associate professor; and Cristina Jo Pérez, visiting assistant professor. (April 24)
- Documentary: Stink! — About potentially harmful chemicals listed simply as “fragrance” in consumer products. Presented by Fragrance Free UC Davis, a collective of “scent-sitive” university faculty, staff and students. (April 24)
- “The Delicate Dance of Translation” — Stanford University Professor Joseph “Jody” Puglisi delivers this year’s David L. Weaver Endowed Lecture in Biophysics and Computational Biology. (April 25)
- “Guns and America After Parkland” — The Campus Conversation with faculty experts Amy Barnhorst (psychiatry), Alan Brownstein (law), Bob Faris (sociology), Justin LeRoy (history), Kathy Olmsted (history) and Garen Wintemute (emergency medicine). (April 26)
ANNOUNCEMENT
- Public forums with candidates for vice chancellor, Office of Research — Forums continue April 26 and 30, and May 2 (all forums are being livestreamed).
EVENTS
Staff Brewing Competition: For brewers and tasters!
Come on out the evening of Friday, May 11, to sample 14 specialty IPAs, eight brown ales and five ciders in this fourth annual competition. Tickets must be purchased in advance. [ More… ]
Editor’s Picks from the online calendar:
- Denim Day
Wednesday, April 25: In observance of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Post your photos with hashtag #AggieDenimDay. - Transferable Talent: Thinking Outside the Box
Thursday, April 26: Career Catalyst brown bag program; no RSVPs necessary. - ‘Sketchcrawl’ in the Arboretum
Saturday, April 28: Family-friendly event, open to all, sponsored by Let’s Draw Davis! - Stride for Aggie Pride 5K
Sunday, April 29: Register online or at the event; proceeds support students in need.