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Aggie Heroes: OnlineMeet Awais Khan and Chun Kit Ho, transfer students who founded Home: Where Friends Become Family; Edgar Masias-Malagon, an ASUCD officer whose own experiences drive him to help others in need; and Steven Epstein, chief of emergency services at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital; and more Aggie Heroes. [ More… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
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Prepare to be cool and climate-aware
The Cool Campus Challenge is back! All students, faculty and staff are encouraged to participate as individuals or in teams, taking simple actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and increase education and mindfulness about climate disruption. Help our planet and help UC Davis become the “Coolest UC Campus.” [ More… ]
Public scholarship office unveils draft plan
“Public Scholarship for the Public Good: An Implementation Framework for UC Davis,” including goals and next steps to expand the visibility and impact of our university’s research and teaching, comes from the Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement, which welcomes comments on the draft. [ More… ]
This team: Marvelous and memorable
The UC Davis women close out March Madness with a first-round loss at Stanford, but there’s no taking away the Marvelous Madness of this season. See our photo essay offering one last look at a team coach Jen Gross calls “a really special group of individuals who compete for each other.” [ More… ]
RESEARCH: Programmable, self-assembling DNA
“The ultimate goal is to use computation to grow structures and enable more sophisticated molecular engineering,” says David Doty, assistant professor of computer science at UC Davis and co-first author on a paper describing the system. [ More… ]
Doubling up on modern double-deckers
Two new buses, going into service Monday (April 1), the first day of spring quarter, will boost capacity on heavily traveled lines: J, V and G. The seats are vinyl and color-coded: red for the general public, and blue for senior citizens, and people with disabilities. [ More… ]
IN MEMORIAM: Fire chiefs Perry and Prather
UC Davis and its Fire Department are mourning the loss of two retired chiefs: Joe Perry, 68, who served as chief from 2004 to 2010; and Charles Prather, 89, the campus’s first paid chief, who served from 1959 to 1990. [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: Grand room gets grand new Wi-Fi
As much as students like Shields Library’s Main Reading Room, one of the grandest rooms on campus, they wanted better Wi-Fi than a signal coming from downstairs. And now they have it! Plus …
- Repair day at Network Ops Center, this Saturday
- Damage assessment continues at Scrubs Café
- Applications due April 1 for staff advisor to regents
- Staff seats on UCRS advisory board up for election
- New presidents at USC and USF have UC Davis ties
- Train for mental health ‘gatekeeping’
THE DOWNLOAD: Whole Earth at 50, Hasan Minhaj, ARC tour
The Whole Earth Festival turns 50 years old this year — celebrate with an exhibit or by sharing your stories. … Alumnus Hasan Minhaj visits campus. … Take a video tour inside the newly expanded ARC a day before it opens. [ More, with video… ]
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
Polar Day Forum features 1st woman to ski solo across Antarctica
The first woman to ski alone across Antarctica, a professor who has written a book about the offbeat ephemera of polar expeditions, a painter who spent three months camping in Antarctica, and a poet-naturalist who has been a guide in some of the globe’s most remote places will converge on UC Davis for Polar Day 2019, Friday, April 5. [ More… ]
MORE FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- U.N. Climate Negotiations, Country Climate Actions and Grassroots Initiatives — This International Women’s Day program, presented by the Davis Chapter of the United Nations Association, features keynote address by Angelina Davydova, Russian environmental journalist who is a Humphrey Fellow at UC Davis. (March 31)
- “Harvest-Aid Robots: Challenges and Opportunities” — Stavros Vougioukas, associate professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis, presents this talk in the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety’s Monthly Seminar Series. (April 1)
- Art Studio Visiting Artist Lecture Series — Edgar Arceneaux, who mixes drawing, sculpture, video, film and performance to explore how we construct history and memory in a racially divided country. (April 4)
- UC Davis Research Expo — Including sessions on “Best Practices for Using Social Media to Extend the Impact of Your Research” and “How to Advance Your Research or Technology Program by Engaging With Foundations and Corporate Partners.” (April 10)
- 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
- Lane restrictions on Hutchison Drive — Between Health Sciences Drive and Highway 113 through Sunday (March 31), for installation of a storm drain connection and manhole for the Core 2 Phase 1 Greenhouses.
- Call for nominations for the ADVANCE Scholar Award Program — For mid-career and senior, ladder-ranked faculty who will advance gender equity in STEM through their teaching, research or service to underserved communities and/or underrepresented students. Deadline: April 1.
- Call for proposals for the new UC Davis IMPACT Centers Program — This Office of Research initiative is designed to promote new, sustainable, inter- and multidisciplinary research activity that responds to society’s greatest challenges and needs. Deadline for preproposals: April 5.
- 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; deadlines March 28 for May ceremonies and April 24 for June ceremonies.
EVENTS
HEALTHY UC DAVIS: 4-night run of music and well-being
Here’s your Well-Being Ticket Deal for April: $10 tickets for staff and faculty to see and hear the string ensemble Twisted Pine, praised for its “upbeat, poppy vibe; energetic, driving rhythms” and “virtuosic solos” (NPR). Performing April 17-20 in the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre at the Mondavi Center. [ More… ]
- “Biking With Confidence”: Every Tuesday in April, starting next week, April 2.
- Midday Mindfulness Meditation: Mondays, April 15, 22 and 29.
Editor’s Picks from the online calendar:
- Career Catalyst: Informational Interviewing
Thursday, March 28: Online workshop on how to build your network and uncover fields of interest. - Junior Bee Gardeners Day
Saturday, March 30: The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven invites children to plant sunflowers and make bee houses to take home (adults must work with their children). $5 suggested donation for materials. - Schaal Team Center Ribbon Cutting
Saturday, March 30: Followed by women’s water polo vs. UC Santa Barbara. - Readings by Creative Writing Program Alumni
Tuesday, April 2: Jamil Kochai, M.A. ’17, and Melinda Moustakis, M.A., ’06, return to campus. - 29th annual Soaring to New Heights
Wednesday, April 10: Tickets are on sale for this staff-and-faculty celebration of diversity and the Principles of Community.