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Photo: Andy Engilis, curator, Museum of Fish and Wildlife Biology, handles one of the condor specimens, with wings spread.

Biodiversity Museum Day

Come visit 13 UC Davis museums and collections this Saturday (Feb. 17) to see what we study from the natural world. Biodiversity Museum Day is free and open to the public. Parking is free, too. See all the locations and other details. [ More… ]

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Housing, food security, mental health care

“How can we continue to provide the resources our students need effectively and efficiently?” Chancellor Gary S. May asks in establishing task forces of students, faculty and staff to examine issues “that have tremendous impact on our community.” [ More… ]

Survey to evaluate administrative services

Replacing about a dozen other surveys, the new Faculty and Staff Satisfaction Survey comes out next week to measure the effectiveness of the university’s administrative units. In return for answering, you’ll be entitled to a gift (while supplies last) from UC Davis Stores, and you’ll be entered in drawings for gift cards. [ More… ]

LAURELS: May and Lund elected to academy

Gary S. May, who was dean of engineering at Georgia Tech before becoming UC Davis chancellor last August, and Jay Lund, distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. [ More… ]

RESEARCH: Big step forward in cow genetics

Pablo Ross reports on his discovery of an efficient technique for isolating embryonic stem cells in cows, a breakthrough that could lead to genetically superior cattle in fewer generations, while also offering a better model for human stem cell therapies. [ More… ]

Alan Alda workshop: Connect to communicate

Kat Kerlin, a UC Davis public information representative for environmental research, writes about participating in a three-day workshop on how to better communicate science to the public. The training for faculty and staff began the day after Alda spoke on the same subject to some 1,200 people at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. [ More… ]

Toward holistic review in graduate admissions

UC Davis leads a project to develop holistic review methods for graduate admissions in selected humanities programs on two UC campuses to increase equity and inclusivity for all applicants. [ More… ]

More Aggie Pride at the Olympics

Here’s another Aggie connection to the Winter Games: Aliyah Cohen ’15, a design major, textiles minor and guide with Outdoor Adventures. See her connection to our Aggie Olympian, Brita Sigourney. [ More… ]

NEWS BRIEFS: Campus to host 3rd Mandela institute

UC Davis will host its third summer institute for the Mandela Washington Fellowship, the flagship of the U.S. government’s Young African Leaders Initiative. Plus …

THE DOWNLOAD: Love the sea, love the view, love the bugs

See some pun-filled valentines from the Bodega Marine Laboratory. … Google Street View updates several campus locations. … Chancellor Gary S. May visits nearly 8 million specimens (and the state Capitol). [ More… ]

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