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Campus secures $1.5 million for basic needs
The Basic Needs Oversight Committee reports continued progress in the areas of mental health care, food access and security, and affordable housing. Significantly, the university secured $1.5 million from UC’s Mortgage Origination Program for emergency housing, emergency meals and basic needs support. [ More… ]
- Stride for Aggie Pride 5K, Sunday, April 28, proceeds benefit the ASUCD Awards Endowment (providing tuition support) and Aggies Helping Aggies (formerly We Are Aggie Pride), providing emergency funding to students to cover the cost of food, rent and other essentials not covered by other programs. Run or walk in this event, on campus, or make a donation.
CHANCELL-ING: Enjoying the sunny side of Davis
Now that spring is starting to warm up, it’s “go time” once again with sports and outdoor fun on campus and in Davis. [ More… ]
Susan Catron appointed divisional dean
Chancellor Gary S. May and Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter liked what they saw in this 20-year veteran of Continuing and Professional Education who had served as interim dean since last July. [ More… ]
BOOK PROJECT: Another Day of gun violence
With its 2019-20 selection, Another Day in the Death of America, the Campus Community Book Project is inviting everyone to delve into the issue of gun violence in the United States, in part by reading the stories of every child and teenager who died in a single day in 2013 — a total of 10. [ More… ]
LAURELS: Lorgan wins national retailing award
Jason Lorgan, executive director of Campus Recreation, Memorial Union and UC Davis Stores, is the recipient of the National Association of College Stores’ Aspen Award, given annually to a leader in collegiate retailing who has raised the level of professional practice in the industry and served as a mentor to staff and colleagues. … New fellows: Ricardo Castro, American Ceramic Society; Jesús De Loera, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics; and Veronika Hubeny, International Society for General Relativity and Gravitation. … Entomological Society of America’s Pacific Branch honors faculty members Joanna Chiu and Neal Williams, a doctoral candidate and a Ph.D. graduate. [ More… ]
UC Davis, Disney, littleBits aim to ‘Snap the STEM Gap’
The Walt Disney Company puts $1.1 million into enrichment program that will provide mentoring and hands-on STEM education tools to 11-year-old girls in California. [ More… ]
RESEARCH: Automated transit has test run in West Village
Company’s all-electric shuttle can operate autonomously but in this test there’s a driver on board. Benefit for UC Davis affiliates is the opportunity to conduct perceptional and behavioral surveys among residents and shuttle riders at no cost to the university. [ More… ]
- Clams and pumping explain phytoplankton decline in SF Estuary
- UC Drug Discovery Consortium announces first partnership
NEWS BRIEFS: MU earns LEED Gold — how cool is that?
Amid the Cool Campus Challenge, we’ve received word that the Memorial Union has become UC Davis’ 31st building project to meet criteria set by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. See what else we’re doing for sustainability. Plus …
- Due for Duo? Please sign up by May 31
- When your unit opts for 2 wheels …
- Cancer care center opens in Chico
- Medical plan satisfaction survey
THE DOWNLOAD: Picnic Day preview
See a preview from around social media of some of the events to look forward to before and on Picnic Day: music on the Quad, Beach volleyball, free solar-powered pancakes, a petting zoo and more. … Alumna-turned country star Cam visits UC Davis for the annual showcase hosted by the a cappella group she co-founded. [ More, with video… ]
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- “Butterflies as Heralds of the Apocalypse” — A conversation with Art Shapiro, professor of evolution and ecology, UC Davis, in the Davis Science Café. (April 10)
- “The Earth BioGenome Project” — UC Davis Professor Harris Lewin, chair of the working group behind this project that is sometimes referred to as biology’s “moonshot,” provides an overview in this Brainfood Talk presented by the Retiree Center and open to all. (April 11)
- “Transformations of History in Fiction” — Author John Crowley (Little, Big, the Aegypt series and other novels) gives this year’s Eugene Lunn Memorial Lecture. (April 11)
- “Printed Guns: 3D Capability Adds to Friction Between Safety and Freedom” — This forum (postponed from an earlier date) includes a panel of experts from engineering, law and law enforcement, with time for questions from the audience. Moderated by Marc Tancredi Facciotti, associate professor of biomedical engineering, who proposed the forum. (April 12)
- UC Davis Forums on the Public University and the Social Good —Professor Judith Butler of the Department of Comparative Literature and the program in Critical Theory, UC Berkeley, will speak on “Scholars at Risk: What Are the Obligations of Universities?” (April 16)
- Campus Conversation: Global Rise in Extremism — The UC Davis Humanities Institute presents this panel comprising faculty members from the Department of History. (April 16)
- “Natural Foods Politics: Critical Perspectives on Movements, Markets and Public Imaginaries” — Half-day open symposium. Presented by the Jewish Studies Program, Department of Sociology and Israel Institute. (April 24)
- Aligning the Food System for Improved Nutrition in Animal Source Foods — Two-day conference presented by the Department of Animal Science, Program in International and Community Nutrition, and World Food Center. (May 14-15)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Academic regalia for faculty for spring commencements — Caps, gowns and UC Ph.D. hoods are available at no charge through Supply Chain Management; order deadline April 12. Non-UC hoods and UC hoods for degrees other than Ph.D. are available for rent through UC Davis Stores; order deadline April 24 for June ceremonies, late fee applies for May ceremonies.
- Traffic controls on Hutchison Drive — Eastbound lane between Surge II and the Silo, April 15-21, for preliminary work associated with forthcoming construction projects, including the Teaching and Learning Center. Auto and bus traffic will be permitted, but pedestrian and bicycle along the south side of Hutchison will be prohibited.
EVENTS
Mondavi Center 2019-20: The wonder of it all
The Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts’ new season promises a wondrous year ahead in music, dance and theatre, including two free concerts, from September to June. The center’s 18th season also has insightful speakers (including the author of the 2019-20 selection in the Campus Community Book Project) and a free film series (also related to the book project). [ More… ]
Editor’s Picks from the online calendar:
- How to Get Started on Taking Care of Your Finances and Yourself
April 10: Presented by WorkLife during Financial Literacy Month - ARBORETUM: Midday Stroll and Weekend Talk Over Tea
Wednesday, April 10: Walk With Warren, the arboretum superintendent emeritus.
Sunday, April 14: Tea and Conversation on the Wyatt Deck. - ‘Sketch Crawls’ With Pete Scully
Wednesday and Friday, April 10 and 12: Sustainability is the theme amid the Cool Campus Challenge.
Sunday, April 14: Let’s Draw Davis! crawls through the arboretum. Free and open to everyone. - Take Back the Night
Wednesday, April 10: With remarks by LeShelle May and a keynote address by Shena Young, a psychologist, yogi, dancer, poet and co-healer, speaking on empowerment and healing. - Well-Being Ticket Deal: Twisted Pine
Wednesday-Saturday, April 17-20: String ensemble with an “upbeat, poppy vibe; energetic, driving rhythms” and “virtuosic solos.”