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Leading and learningWithout adjusting their busy calendars, campus leaders recently made room for lengthy appointments with students in the university’s new Leadership Job Shadow Program. We’ve gathered some of the students’ reflections, from a blog post and social media, including a video. [ More… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
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Aggie Square’s new advisory council
The Aggie Square Partnership Advisory Council has been asked to offer guidance on economic and community development opportunities that will create job growth and new businesses, while keeping in mind beneficial outcomes for the university, local neighborhoods and the greater Sacramento region. [ More… ]
Graduation rites: 2 schools, 4 colleges, Grad Studies
Ten ceremonies to be held at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts and The Pavilion at the ARC from June 14 to 18. See the calendar and read about three alumni speakers. [ More… ]
Sweet! A rankings gain and 2 prestigious scholarships
- 47th in Times Higher Education World Reputation rankings
- Juniors Osamu Yasui and Joleen Cheah win Goldwater awards
LAURELS: Michael Lairmore joins NIH Council of Councils
The dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine has a five-year term on interdisciplinary board that advises the director of the National Institutes of Health. … Dean Jennifer Sinclair Curtis of the College of Engineering is recognized for her work in developing computer aids for engineering education. … The College of Engineering presents Outstanding Staff Awards. … The U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology pays tribute to Professor John Iacovelli, a scenic designer. [ More, with video… ]
Caviar and lettuce: Closing the loop on sustainable agriculture
Credit UC Davis for the work that led to sturgeon farming (and sustainably produced caviar) in California, and now the university is helping one of those farmers take another eco-friendly step: using wastewater to grow lettuce — another example of UC Davis’ efforts to feed a growing population. [ More… ]
RESEARCH: 2-year-olds sleep through brain study
Very young children when awake are not ideally suited for functional MRI studies, so Simona Ghetti and team at the Center for Mind and Brain came up with a sleeptime protocol — thus enabling Ghetti’s lab to get the data it needs for research into how memory and cognition develop in children. [ More… ]
New policy requires registration of international travel
UC Davis has enacted a new policy on international travel, laying out the campus’s registration requirement for trips abroad and setting rules for “high-risk” travel. [ More… ]
Fire Department goes mini for large events
The campus Fire Department has a new way to squeeze through campus crowds on its way to medical emergencies: a pint-sized ambulance. [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: Professor presses for ag funding
Neil McRoberts, associate professor of plant pathology, will be on Capitol Hill on Wednesday (June 6) to participate in an exhibition demonstrating the need for continued federal funding of agricultural research. Plus …
- JUMP Bikes implements yearly discount
- Fees council gives undergrads greater voice
- Stanford game kicks off at 11, will be on TV
- Remembering retired administrator Robert E. Chason
THE DOWNLOAD: Walkers, survivors, travelers
Hundreds hit their stride during UC Walks. … UC Davis Health honors cancer survivors. … In a travel piece, The New York Times says this campus site is worth a visit. [ More, with video… ]
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- “Shockwaves: Immigration and Its Racial Reverberations on the Contemporary Spanish Stage” — Jeffrey Coleman, assistant professor, Marquette University, discusses the ways Spanish migration theatre elucidates a necropolitical hierarchy based on race. (June 6; RSVPs required)
- Art Studio Visiting Artist Lecture Series — Kevin B. Chen, curator, writer and visual artist, and lecturer in art at San Francisco State University and Stanford University. (June 7)
- “Using Big Data to Understand How Dengue and Zika Virus Replicate” — A conversation with Priya Shah, assistant professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, UC Davis, in the Davis Science Café. (June 13)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Call for proposals for Campus Research Core Facilities (CRCF) Pilot and Feasibility Program — For funding of short-term pilot projects and feasibility studies at Campus Research Core Facilities. Awards available to UC Davis researchers to encourage new use and trials of new technology or approaches. Deadline: June 15.
- Call for proposals for third annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference — To be held Nov. 30. Organizers with the Center for Educational Effectiveness are seeking talks, posters and resource tables that address the use of research to inform teaching practices and pedagogical innovations. Deadline: July 31.
- Call for proposals for Imagining America’s 18th National Gathering — To be held Nov. 19-21 in Chicago. This year’s theme: “Transformative Imaginations: Decarceration and Liberatory Futures.” Deadline: June 22.
- Call for applications for Management Skills Assessment Program — For the fall session, Oct. 8-11. Deadline: June 28.
- Call for nominations for Chancellor’s Staff Excellence Awards — For PSS and MSP employees (policy-covered/nonrepresented) and represented employees in the Clerical Unit (CX). Deadline: July 12.
EVENTS
EXHIBITIONS: TANA, bugs and design, and more
Off campus, Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer, or TANA, has two new exhibitions opening over the next two weeks. On campus, a student exhibition combining entomology and design will be presented Wednesday night (June 6). The Arts and Humanities Graduate Exhibition and three other art shows are still open — but you have only until around mid-month to see them. [ More… ]
Editor’s Picks from the online calendar:
- Farewell Reading
Wednesday, June 6: In the arboretum, by master’s graduates of the Creative Writing Program. - The Recipe for Being Happy
Thursday, June 7: Lunchtime WorkLife and Wellness workshop; no preregistration. - University Chorus: “American Songs and Spirituals”
Friday, June 8: Jeffrey Thomas conducts for the last time before his retirement.