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What a ride it’s been!Unitrans turns 50 this week! An anniversary celebration with Chancellor Gary S. May and ASUCD leaders past and present is set to begin at 11 a.m. Friday (March 2) at the Memorial Union Terminal. Meanwhile, a throwback fare of 15 cents is in effect all week long. [ More… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
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Librarian and ‘VP of Digital Scholarship’
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter adds “vice provost of digital scholarship” to University Librarian MacKenzie Smith’s title, acknowledging her national expertise in the field and recognizing the evolution of scholarly communications in the 21st century and concomitantly of her role at UC Davis. [ More… ]
Reflections on race: Chancellor May and his mother
We connect Black History Month (February) and Women’s History Month (March) with this video of Gary S. May, UC Davis’ first African American chancellor, and his mother, Gloria May, who was one of nine African American students to integrate the University of Missouri in 1950. [ More… ]
Coffee House veteran goes for Top Chef title
From the CoHo kitchen to the Final 3 of the hit Bravo TV cooking competition — that’s our Aggie alumnus Joe Sasto! He’s the “cheftestant” who fondly recalls the Coffee House meat loaf (and glaze), the nachos and the chicken tetrazzini. [ More… ]
RESEARCH: Bringing an end to pandemics
The UC Davis-led PREDICT, which has so far found 1,000 unique viruses in animals and humans, provides proof of concept for the proposed Global Virome Project — ambitious but doable — to identify and halt the spread of the majority of the planet’s unknown viruses. [ More… ]
- Every fish counts: Genetic tools aid in ID accuracy
- EGGHEAD: No dark matter, but no false positives, either
BOOKS BLOG: A pair of volumes on wine
Jim Shackelford, distinguished professor emeritus of materials science, and his wife, Penelope, an arts writer and blogger, blend the history, science and culture in The Glass of Wine. And John Buechsenstein ’78, who has taught in the UC Davis Extension winemaking program for almost 40 years, co-edits Wine and Place: A Terroir Reader. [ More, with podcast… ]
Basketball: Women repeat as Big West champions
And Aggie Pride Outlet is selling special T-shirts to celebrate! The men’s team has a shot at its own conference title, with two games remaining. One is at home, Thursday night, and there’s a $2 ticket deal for staff and faculty. [ More… ]
IN MEMORIAM: Susanne Rockwell told the UC Davis story
The Aggie alumna worked 30 years in UC Davis communications, successfully transitioning from print (as editor of Dateline UC Davis) to web (developing and editing the UC Davis home page) and social media — all the while supporting her UC Davis colleagues in their work and embracing them as family. [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: Chancellor to deliver 1st State of the Campus
Gary S. May will address the Representative Assembly of the Davis Division of the Academic Senate, this Thursday (March 1). Plus …
- Update: Faculty and Staff Satisfaction Survey
- Call for applications for staff advisor to regents
- ‘New Gradebook’ in Canvas includes ‘Late Policies’
THE DOWNLOAD: Many songs, many facets, many exhibits
The artist in residence at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts pays tribute to Leonard Bernstein in new album. … Find out what major is “the whole enchilada.” … The campus’s museums and exhibits wow on Biodiversity Museum Day. [ More, with video… ]
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- “Addressing the Opioid Crisis in California” — Capitol Insights Panel at UC Center Sacramento. (Feb. 28)
- “Is the United States a ‘White’ Country? The Problem of Immigration Policy” — Law professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin gives the Edward L. Barrett Jr. Endowed Lecture. Chin is the Edward L. Barrett Chair of Law, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law and director of Clinical Legal Education, UC Davis School of Law. (March 1)
- “The Delirious Sorrow of Cheerful Things: The Art of Wayne Thiebaud” — Alexander Nemerov, professor and chair, Department of Art and Art History, Stanford University, meditates on the pathos of even the brightest of Thiebaud’s paintings. (March 1)
- Visiting Artist Lecture Series — Sarah Roberts, associate curator of painting and sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. (March 2)
- International Connections Reception — Global Affairs hosts this event for faculty, staff and scholars who are internationally engaged, offering them the opportunity to make connections with others who are working in similar world regions. (March 2)
- Bee Symposium — For beekeepers of all experience levels, this daylong program will address bee health and best practices to help sustain bee populations. (March 3; last day to register online, Feb. 28)
- Law in the Information Age — With Simon Tam, musician, author and activist, founder of the all-Asian American dance-rock band The Slants, who fought the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark his group’s name, and ultimately won his case in the Supreme Court. (March 5).
- “Cannabis and Farmworker Health and Safety” — Diane Mitchell and Farzaneh Khorsani give this talk in the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety Monthly Seminar Series. (March 5)
- “Leading for Equity in Higher Education” — Oscar Dubón, vice chancellor for Equity and Inclusion, and professor of materials science and engineering, UC Berkeley, in Undergraduate Education’s Leading & Breaking Barriers series. (March 5)
- “California’s Indigenous Languages: Documentation, Archives and Revitalization” — Hemispheric Institute on the Americas Noon Talk with Justin Spence, assistant professor, Department of Native American Studies. (March 6)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Calls for nominations and applications
- Soaring to New Heights and Calvin E. Handy awards
- Staff Assembly scholarships and Citations of Excellence
- Student awards, including UC Davis Library Lang Prizes
- Staff advisor to the Board of Regents
EVENTS
ON SCREEN: West Side Story, Almost Sunrise, Latino Film Fest
- Friday, March 2 — West Side Story, 50 percent ticket discount available for staff, faculty and students.
- Saturday, March 3 — Almost Sunrise: Hope Is on the Horizon, two Iraq War veterans, fighting depression, trek across the country. Free admission.
- Friday-Saturday, March 2-3 — Latino Film Festival, eight films, free admission. Part of Principles of Community Week.
Editor’s Picks from the online calendar:
- Well-Being Ticket Deal for March
March 1-14: $10 tickets for staff and faculty, to see Yamato: The Drummers of Japan, Sunday, March 18.
- ARBORETUM: Botanic Fanatics and Spring Surprises
Sunday, March 4: Two free events, Botanic Fanatics, noon-2 p.m.; and Spring Surprises in the Garden, a tour beginning at 2.
CORRECTION
The Dateline UC Davis article on the Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Diversity and Community, posted Feb. 16, gave an incorrect name for one of the award-winning units. It is the Information Technology Division at UC Davis Health. We apologize for the error.