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Little creek, big impactFrom dry ditch and dumping ground to gem of a green oasis: UC Davis’ Putah Creek Riparian Reserve is today rich in wildlife, including a plethora of birds, 20 years after the Putah Creek Accord mandated year-round water flow. [ Multimedia feature… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
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U.S. News releases new graduate program rankings
Graduate programs in the biological sciences, medicine and agricultural engineering are ranked among the top 20 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 graduate school rankings, released Monday night (March 19). [ More… ]
Chancellor’s task forces ask for feedback
Chancellor Gary S. May’s task forces on affordable student housing, food security and mental health care ask for the campus community’s feedback, as each task force develops reports that are due to the chancellor by June 30. [ More… ]
HOUSING: Regents hear update, OK new Emerson
Regents hear an update on the most ambitious student housing and dining plan in the campus’s history, and approve an element of that plan: the Emerson Hall replacement project, housing 809 students, compared with 500 in the 50-year-old Emerson in the Cuarto residence area. [ More… ]
Founding dean opts for new role at nursing school
Heather M. Young plans to leave office in July and return after a sabbatical to contribute to the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing in a new way — championing research that aligns with her interests in family caregiving and healthy aging for older adults. [ More… ]
Stephen Hawking: Our special guest in 2003
He came here for the Davis Meeting on Cosmic Inflation, organized by faculty in the cosmology group of the Department of Physics. As well as attending and speaking at the meeting, Hawking gave two public lectures at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts and attended a lunch for local schoolteachers hosted by Chancellor Larry N. Vanderhoef. [ More… ]
LAURELS: Vega and team honored for biomedical tattoos
Katia Vega is an associate professor of design, the inventor of “beauty technology” and a member of the team behind biomedical tattoos — body art as interactive display — winner of the “Scifi No Longer” Award at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference. … Plus, Kalindi Vora wins prize from the Society for Social Studies of Science, M. Saif Islam is elected a fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics, and law professor Dennis J. Ventry Jr. has an “interesting year” ahead as chair of the IRS Advisory Council. [ More, with video… ]
Research Expo shows ‘Pathways to Impact’
Resources for researchers — services, facilities and programs — will be showcased during the annual Research Expo the first week of April. The sponsoring Office of Research has selected “Pathways to Impact” as this year’s theme, and, along that line, the program will include a panel discussion on “Maximizing Your Impact.” [ More… ]
A break for finals, then back to basketball
Even in the middle of a national tournament, schoolwork comes first for the student-athletes of the women’s basketball team. They returned to campus early Monday from Laramie, Wyoming, for the start of finals week, and will depart Thursday for Manhattan, Kansas, to take on Kansas State in a Friday night game in the Round of 16 [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: ‘Connect’ with First-Year Aggies
First-Year Aggie Connections invites staff and faculty and graduate students to be fall quarter “Connection” facilitators, volunteers who meet regularly with first-year students to assist them in transitioning to UC Davis. Plus …
- Ethics training rolls out week of April 2
- Commission sets accreditation visit, April 5-6
- IN MEMORIAM: Joe Singleton, former athletics director
THE DOWNLOAD: Matching, wishing, singing
Medical students are “matched” with their residency programs, where they’ll spend the next three to five years. … A good luck wish for students as they take on their finals. … Student singers will compete with groups from other UCs and the University of Oregon in an annual a cappella competition. [ More, with video… ]
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- The UC Davis Forums on the Public University and the Social Good — UC Davis alumnus Francisco Rodriguez, chancellor, Los Angeles Community College District, the largest such district in the nation (and the former president of Cosumnes River College, Sacramento) will speak on the topic, “Community Colleges: Modern Day Engines for Economic and Social Mobility.” (April 9; RSVPs requested)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Road closure — Kleiber Hall Drive will be closed to all except emergency traffic, Tuesday, March 27, between California Avenue and the gate behind Hutchison Hall, for construction activity related to the large lecture hall.
- Call for proposals for the Campus Research Core Facilities Pilot and Feasibility Program — For funding of short-term pilot projects or feasibility studies, available to UC Davis researchers for use at Campus Research Core Facilities, to encourage new use or the trial of new technology or approaches. Deadline: March 23.
- More calls for nominations and applications — Sautter IT awards, UC Davis Library Lang Prizes and staff advisor to the Board of Regents.
EVENTS
Editor’s Picks from the online calendar:
- Stride for Aggie Pride 5K: Early Bird Registration
Through April 15: Reduced fees for philanthropic run to be held April 29.
- FIRST Robotics Sacramento Regional
Thursday-Saturday, March 22-24: High school teams put their robots to the test. Free and open to the public.
- Woodland Professors and Ph.D.s
Friday, March 23: Last day of the quarter, a time to celebrate grade submission! - Staff Assembly General Meeting
Tuesday, March 27: Agenda includes a Thank Goodness for Staff preview.