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Photo: Chancellor Gary S. May rides in new fire engine, with Kyle Dubs driving

‘Thank you,’ fire crew!

Chancellor Gary S. May and his wife, LeShelle, host a breakfast to recognize and thank the campus firefighters who spent two weeks on the Thomas Fire in Southern California in December. Some of the guests rolled up to the Chancellor’s Residence in the Fire Department’s brand-new fire engine — and guess who ended up going for a ride? [ More, with video… ]

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No longer interim: Ratliff leads FOA

Chancellor Gary S. May today (Feb. 6) announced his appointment of longtime UC Davis administrator Kelly Ratliff to the position of vice chancellor of Finance, Operations and Administration. She had been serving as the interim leader since May 2016. [ More… ]

Visioning forums continue for strategic plan

Two sessions this Thursday (Feb. 8): one for students (noon-2 p.m.) and the other for the Academic Federation (2:10-3 p.m.). And, speaking of students, check out our new student-produced video featuring students and THEIR bold ideas for our university’s future. [ More, with video… ]

Diversity unit split off from Student Affairs

With Vice Chancellor Adela de la Torre’s appointment as president of San Diego State University, Chancellor Gary S. May is dividing the duties of her office — recruiting one VC for Student Affairs and one for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. [ More… ]

Chancellor’s ‘Chancell-ing’ column debuts

In his first monthly column in The Davis Enterprise, Chancellor May discusses the movie Lady Bird and its poke at UC Davis. “I understand Lady Bird’s angst (about attending school in her hometown),” he says. But, for him and his wife, “We have no doubts that this community was meant for us.” [ More, with video… ]

UC Davis Humanities Institute shares in $10M Mellon award

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation makes its single biggest award to UC: $10 million to the UC Humanities Network, including the UC Davis Humanities Institute. [ More… ]

TRANSITIONS: Jim Carroll, architect; Matt Okamoto, controller

UC Davis has a new university architect and associate vice chancellor in charge of Design and Construction Management: Jim Carroll, from Auburn University. … And a new controller and assistant vice chancellor for Accounting and Financial Services: Matt Okamoto, from Intel. [ More… ]

NEWS BRIEFS: Aggie freeskier off to 2nd Olympics

Brita Sigourney, once an Aggie, always an Aggie, is off to her second Winter Olympics. She is a freestyle skier, ranked third in the world in halfpipe. Plus …

THE DOWNLOAD: Dip in here for dip, double OT and ‘doing the Les’

See the winning dips from Staff Assembly’s Dip-Off (and read the recipes). … Blogs from the Horse Barn. … The men’s basketball team wins a thriller and Coach Les dances. [ More, with video… ]

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Aggie Innovation and Startup Symposium

Daylong program on the topic, “Entrepreneurship Impacting People, Products and Planet,” Thursday (Feb. 8). Free and open to the community with a focus on the undergraduate population, particularly women and people of color. UC Davis Facebook will live-stream the symposium’s panel discussion on “Creating a New Normal: Increasing Diversity in the Start-Up Community,” noon-1:20 p.m. [ More… ]

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