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Our place in art historyProfessor Emeritus Wayne Thiebaud’s paintings can be seen around the world, but, prior to the opening of the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, he never imagined the campus would show his work in anything more than a Quonset hut — just like TB 9, the temporary building that nurtured UC Davis’ first-generation art faculty (including Thiebaud and Robert Arneson) and where art is still made every day. Read more on Strategic Communications’ Driven by Curiosity website. [ More, with multimedia… ] |
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NEWS SUMMARY
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Student’s ‘technical writing’ helps his baby boy
In a 21st-century twist to “technical writing,” lecturer Kathie Gossett asks her students to track and collect personal data and present it visually. See how this turned out to be a good thing for Cameron Fitzpatrick’s newborn. [ More… ]
CHANCELL-ING: Grads, dads and wisdom
“Commencement speakers (including myself) are ready to encourage the crowds in caps and gowns to think boldly, serve the greater good and be a role model for others,” Chancellor May writes in his monthly column. “With all of these remarks on my mind and Father’s Day approaching, I can’t help but think of the wisdom my own dad passed along to me.” [ More… ]
IN MEMORIAM: Walter Robinson, retired enrollment leader
Credited with ensuring gains in student body diversity amid the 2020 Initiative, the associate vice chancellor had retired last September after seven years at UC Davis and nearly 40 years in admissions and student services in higher education. [ More… ]
Michael Rios now vice provost of Public Scholarship
He was the “founding director” the Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement, now he’s a vice provost, recognizing more fully the university’s commitment to engaged scholarship and learning, and equally acknowledging Rios’ critical leadership in developing the implementation framework “Public Scholarship for the Public Good.” [ More… ]
CAMPSSAH (like CAMPOS) will promote faculty diversity
The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion establishes UC Davis’ second Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives, this one to expand the ranks of women and underrepresented minorities among faculty in the social sciences, arts and humanities, and names Kimberly Nettles-Barcelón as the faculty director. [ More… ]
TRANSITIONS: New Anheuser-Busch Professor named
Glen Patrick Fox, a senior research fellow at Australia’s University of Queensland, will become UC Davis’ new Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and Brewing Science on July 1, succeeding Charlie Bamforth, who retired last year. … Carolyn Thomas, vice provost of Undergraduate Education, announces the reappointment of three faculty members to her leadership team: Annaliese Franz, Dave Furlow and Matt Traxler. [ More… ]
RESEARCH: Physicists offer dark matter theory with a twist
Theoretical physicists John Terning, a professor, and Christopher Verhaaren, a postdoctoral researcher, put forward a new candidate for dark matter, and a possible way to detect it. [ More… ]
Bear’s behavior typical, except for taking a wrong turn
The black bear captured on campus last week was certainly an unusual sight, but experts weren’t surprised to see the young male looking for a new place to live. “The only difference is that this one got caught up going in the wrong direction and made it to campus,” says Roger Baldwin, a UC Davis wildlife biologist. [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: Fire, heat and Spare the Air
A UC Davis fire crew has been at work on the Sand Fire since the day it broke out, last Saturday (June 8), in the Capay Valley, western Yolo County. Plus …
- Campus crew at work on Sand Fire
- Heat illness prevention training
- Spare the Air today and Wednesday
- City launches survey of train depot use
- 1 week left to vote in UCRS election
- President Napolitano’s statements
THE DOWNLOAD: Aero, Erinn, Carter, Evie and Cheeto
A police dog is back on duty near Redding after veterinarians at UC Davis identified his elusive illness. … Erinn Beattie finishes fifth in the heptathlon at the NCAAs and is now ranked in the top 30 in the world. … A student at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing seeks out black men’s opinions on nursing as a career. … A baby meets the UC Davis surgeons who operated on her while she was still in the womb. … A tweet about an overweight campus cat is a hit on social media around the world. [ More, with video… ]
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- “Got Milk? The Evolution and Biology of Lactation in the Tsetse Fly” — A conversation with Geoffrey Attardo, assistant professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology, in the Davis Science Café. (June 12)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- UC Management Skills Assessment Program — Applications are due online by 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 25.
- Bus stop relocated temporarily — Officials announced late last week that the intercampus shuttle and YoloBus stop in Visitor Parking Lot 56 (in the Health Sciences District) would close June 10 and remain 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.
- Road closure — Storer Mall Drive, partial closure in front of California Hall, Monday through Friday, June 17-21, for installation of “truncated-dome” mats at the crosswalk on the west side of the intersection of California Avenue and Storer Mall Drive. The mats have bumps on them to alert visually impaired people that they are entering a street. [ See map… ]
- Road closure — Shields Avenue and both sidewalks will be closed for utility work under the street where it passes between Hart Hall on the north and Walker Hall on the south, from Monday, June 17, to Monday, July 1. Detour signs will be in place for motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians. The work is being done in connection with the Walker Hall renovation. [ See map… ]
EVENTS
Editor’s Picks from the online calendar:
- Arts and Humanities 2019 Graduate Exhibition
Through June 16: See, hear, feel and experience works by graduate students in studio art, design, music, creative writing, English, art history, theatre and cultural studies. - ARBORETUM: Walk With Warren
Wednesday, June 12: Don’t forget your hat and sunscreen. - POSTPONED: New Retirees Reception
Originally scheduled for June 20, postponed until Sept. 5. - Summer Cooking Class: Plant-Based Picnic
Saturday, June 29: Prepare vegan dishes with the Food Science Graduate Student Association. Then, eat what you made, at a picnic.