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Our reduced summer publication schedule will bring you newsletters every other week (today and July 30, and Aug. 13 and 27), before weekly editions resume Sept. 10. All during this time, we will still be posting stories to the UC Davis News & Information webpage. Also, be sure to follow Dateline UC Davis on Twitter.
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NEWS SUMMARY
More stories at UC Davis News & Information
May, Napolitano speak out on raids
“Our immigrant communities are what make universities, this state and this nation so unique and so strong,” Chancellor Gary S. May says in supporting UC President Janet Napolitano’s July 14 declaration that UC “will not be a willing participant” in raids “designed to strike fear in our immigrant communities.” [ More… ]
Guidance issued on closures, power outages
After being forced to make some quick decisions last year during the Camp Fire, UC Davis has developed guidance for campus operations in emergencies, including those linked to wildfires (for example, dangerous air quality outdoors and indoors; and power outages). [ More… ]
UC vs. Elsevier: How to get the articles you need
The UC Davis Library offers tips and help sessions for scholars needing access to articles no longer directly available from the publisher’s website. [ More… ]
- Academic publisher shuts off UC subscription
- The Conversation: University Librarian MacKenzie Smith updates her op-ed on UC’s showdown with Elsevier
UCPath: On track for deployment in the fall
UC’s new payroll and personnel system performed much stronger in the latest round of testing for deployment at UC Davis, which has the campus’s UCPath team optimistic the system will come online as scheduled in September (with the first round of paychecks starting Oct. 1). [ More… ]
- Learn more at one-hour UCPath town halls: 10 will be held on the Davis campus, almost weekly, July 17-Sept. 25; and six will be held at UC Davis Health, weekly, Aug. 13-Sept. 16.
- Starting Oct. 1, paper paychecks will come by U.S. mail. Avoid the delay by signing up for direct deposit. If you already have direct deposit, you’re fine — everything stays the same.
Dean Susan Catron discusses the power of lifelong learning
Continuing and Professional Education moved its Sacramento classrooms this week to One Capitol Mall, a temporary location en route to a permanent home at Aggie Square when it opens. Hear what Dean Catron has to say about her division’s alignment with the chancellor’s vision for the new urban campus. [ More… ]
‘Swimming for science’ across Lake Tahoe
UC Davis’ Women in Water Research team will take the plunge in the Trans Tahoe Relay, this Saturday (July 20), participating for a third consecutive year and once again “swimming for science.” A GoFundMe campaign seeks support for science communication and outreach training for team members and other UC Davis faculty, researchers and students; and to cover relay expenses. [ More… ]
Feeding a Growing Population: Cows and climate change
UC Davis researchers are working around the world for improved sustainability in cattle production, as has been achieved in the United States, where ranchers are producing more milk and meat with fewer animals — the result of better breeding and nutrition. [ More, with multimedia… ]
RESEARCH: Sweet and juicy strawberry news
UC Davis’ Public Strawberry Breeding Program releases five new varieties that will help farmers manage diseases, control costs and produce plenty of large, robust berries using less water, fertilizer and pesticides. [ More, with video… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: Summer roadwork on Hutchison, La Rue
Roadwork began this week on Hutchison Drive west of La Rue Road, one part of the campus’s summer schedule of street, sidewalk and path improvement projects, as well as pavement repair. Plus …
- Honey Bee Haven reports $1,000 loss in break-in
- Aggies vs. USC Trojans on the gridiron in 2021
- City seeks input on Jump bike parking
- ‘Gatekeepers’ for mental health: Trainings July 23, 25 and 30
- Former Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez takes over as regents’ chair
THE DOWNLOAD: Clinics, car, closure
Learn more about clinics run by School of Medicine students. … The chancellor helped out when someone was having car trouble outside Mrak Hall. … UC Davis’ quarterback throws out the first pitch at an Oakland Athletics game. … Former customers reminisce as The Graduate closes its doors. [ More, with video… ]
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- ERP Boot Camp — The Center for Mind and Brain co-sponsors this program for scientists from around the world, on how to best record “event-related potentials (ERPs),” the electrical signals generated in the brain in response to events like a spoken word or an image on a computer screen. (Through July 24)
- “Linguistics in the Digital Era” Lecture Series — The monthlong Linguistic Institute hosted by UC Davis includes two more keynote lectures, free and open to the public, 7 p.m. today and Thursday (July 16 and 18).
- “Understanding the New Youth Epidemic: Flavored Tobacco Products” — Elisa Tong, associate professor of internal medicine, UC Davis Health, and Kimberlee Homer Vagadori, project director, California Youth Advocacy Network, give this presentation in UC Center Sacramento’s Wednesday Speaker Series. (July 17)
- “The Struggle for Water Justice in the San Joaquin Valley” — Jonathan K. London, director, UC Davis center for Regional Change, gives this talk in UC Center Sacramento’s Wednesday Speaker Series. (July 24)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Call for participation in Diversity Awareness Workshops (or nominate faculty and staff colleagues) — The two-day workshops, sponsored by the Office of Campus Community Relations, are scheduled for Thursday-Friday, Aug. 22-23, and Wednesday-Thursday, Sept. 18-19. Submit interest form by Monday (July 22) to be considered. Or call Sunny Dosanjh, 530-754 0610.
- Bus stop relocated temporarily — The intercampus shuttle and YoloBus stop in Visitor Parking Lot 56 (in the Health Sciences District) is closed through Aug. 31 to make way for a steam vault project. The buses are instead dropping off and picking up passengers at sheltered bus stops (one eastbound, one westbound) on Hutchison Drive at Health Sciences Drive.
EVENTS
CAPITAL CULTURE LIST: Sacramento Japanese Film Festival
In the latest edition of his arts and entertainment podcast, UC Davis’ Soterios Johnson interviews Joseph Sorenson, associate professor of Japanese, who comments on the “great range of films in different genres” at this year’s festival, Friday through Sunday (July 19-21). [ More, with audio… ]
Editor’s Picks from the online calendar:
- NEW EXHIBITIONS: ColorForm and Landscape Without Boundaries
Continuing into December: At the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art. Free. - HEALTHY UC DAVIS: Midday Mindfulness Meditation
Tuesdays, July 23, and Aug. 6 and 13: For stress management and well-being. Free. - Staff Assembly Picnic Day at Six Flags
Saturday, July 27: Ticket price includes all-you-can-eat lunch. - An Evening With Vet Med: “Backyard Chicken Management”
Tuesday, July 30: With poultry specialist Rodrigo Gallardo. Free; registration required.