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Our Simpsonologist

Karma Waltonen’s first-year seminar on The Simpsons isn’t about watching cartoons. Students discuss themes explored on the show, write their own scripts and talk about how the show reflects the time in which it was made. A lecturer in the University Writing Program, Waltonen is also adding to the joy of this year’s Campus Community Book Project. Read more about her in this profile on the UC Davis Magazine’s new website. [ More… ]

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Advisory on labor action, Oct. 23-26

Kelly Ratliff, vice chancellor of Finance, Operations and Administration, tells the campus community: “We have contingency plans in place to ensure that critical health care, educational and research functions continue unimpeded. UC Davis Health will remain open, but there will be disruptions in Sacramento, just as there will be disruptions on the Davis campus.” [ More… ]

Ready, set, OPEN! As in open enrollment

It starts this Thursday (Oct. 25) and continues until 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, two days before Thanksgiving. Human Resources presentations and help desks start next week. [ More… ]

Chancellor’s Colloquium hosts Evicted author

Matthew Desmond, who earned a Pulitzer Prize for Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, will give an address in the Chancellor’s Colloquium Distinguished Speaker Series on Monday, Nov. 5. A reception and book signing will follow. The program is open to the campus community and the general public. Admission is free, but tickets are required. [ More… ]

Biotech Program’s ‘Dr. Judy’ wins Meyer award

The Academic Federation’s highest honor goes to Judith A. Kjelstrom, who devoted her career to UC Davis, the Biotechnology Program, DEB graduate students and students of all ages. [ More… ]

11 Hellman Fellows in program’s 11th year

Academic Affairs Vice Provost Phil Kass recently named UC Davis’ 11th class of Hellman Fellows: 11 assistant professors who received a total of $244,000 in grants for research in a wide range of disciplines. [ More… ]

We’re 11th in ‘Top 50 Green Colleges’

Roll out the green carpet: UC Davis is ranked 11th among The Princeton Review’s “Top 50 Green Colleges” for 2018. [ More… ]

RESEARCH: A cosmic titan in the early universe

UC Davis scientists are part of international team reporting its discovery of a galaxy proto-supercluster, nicknamed Hyperion, the largest and most massive structure yet found at such a remote time and distance. [ More… ]

NEWS BRIEFS: Forum on our ‘Hispanic Serving’ status

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and the Hispanic Serving Institution Task Force have scheduled a Nov. 1 campus forum on the topic, “What Does It Mean for UC Davis to Be Hispanic-Serving?” Plus …

THE DOWNLOAD: Goat dairy, Huggie the dog, healed hawk

UC Davis holds a groundbreaking ceremony for a facility that will allow us to make and sell goat cheese. … Huggie lives up to his name among patients at the Comprehensive Cancer Center. … Veterinary resident Kyra Berg releases a red-tailed hawk, her first patient at the California Raptor Center. [ More, with video… ]

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