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Grad Slam champion!“Corn Queen” Katie Murphy, Ph.D. student in plant biology, becomes the first UC Davis student to win the systemwide competition. Watch her three-minute explanation of corn’s self-doctoring properties and how they might be transferred to other plants for more productive harvests around the world. [ More, with video… ] More student achievements: |
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Our goals as a Hispanic Serving Institution
Task force envisions attracting more Chicanx and Latinx students, empowering them to succeed, and preparing UC Davis students and the University of California system to succeed in a multicultural world. [ More… ]
Omalu among 2019 commencement speakers
Bennet Omalu, the UC Davis doctor who inspired the movie Concussion, will be among the guest speakers at UC Davis’ spring commencements starting this Friday and Saturday (May 17 and 18) with the School of Medicine and School of Law, respectively, and continuing through Sunday, June 16. [ More… ]
Memorial Day: A century of Aggie losses
UC Davis holds its annual Memorial Day Ceremony next week, paying tribute to our 136 Gold Star Aggies lost in military service dating back to World War I. In that war a century ago, we lost eight Aggies, including Earl Marshutz Hammer ’15, shot down over France. [ More… ]
LAURELS: He’s a chancellor and a chevalier
Amid the International Wine and Health Summit at UC Davis, the Renaud Society inducts Gary S. May into its ranks as a chevalier, recognizing his role as chancellor of a university with leading programs in viticulture and enology, and health. … Plus, honors for R. David Britt (chemistry), Savithramma Dinesh-Kumar (plant biology), Diana Aramburu (Spanish) and Wiebke Bleidorn (psychology). [ More… ]
Veterinary awards include royal fellowship
The American Veterinary Medical Association announced two UC Davis faculty members as the recipients of top awards: Karen Vernau, Bustad Veterinarian of the Year; and Joanne Paul-Murphy, Animal Welfare Award. … Dean Michael Lairmore receives honorary fellowship from Royal Veterinary College. [ More… ]
Supply Chain Management ‘procures’ national award
This unit, a product of strategic reorganizations taking in Accounts Payable, Distribution Services, AggieSupply, Travel and Entertainment, Repro Graphics and more, earns top honor from the National Association of Educational Procurement. [ More… ]
FEEDING THE WORLD: Cacao and a changing climate
Farmers and scientists from around the world will soon be able to connect at UC Davis to ensure the cultivation of this fragile bean — one of the world’s most prolific foods — endures for generations to come. [ More… ]
Shatner and May: Who’s asking the questions?!
Chancellor May shared the stage Saturday night (May 11) with one of the people responsible for inspiring him to go into engineering: William Shatner, Star Trek’s Capt. Kirk. They engaged in a freewheeling Chancellor’s Colloquium after a screening of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. [ More… ]
- UC Davis Forum: Mills College President Elizabeth L. Hillman to address “Capt. Marvel and 21st-Century Women’s Colleges,” Thursday, May 23.
- Joint Chancellor’s Colloquium-UC Davis Forum: Michael M. Crow, president of Arizona State University, Monday, June 3.
NEWS BRIEFS: Phi Beta Kappa induction for nearly 200
Nearly 200 students have been elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa for 2018-19, and they’ve all been invited to an induction ceremony Wednesday (May 15). Plus …
- Napolitano’s response to budget revise
- 4th staff engagement survey begins
- Healthy UC Davis asks for project proposals
- 3 vie for 2 seats on UCRS advisory board
- To-do list for Duo mobile app
THE DOWNLOAD: Campus says thank-you to staff
There was plenty for the thousands of attendees to do at last week’s Thank Goodness for Staff picnic: get lunch from one of 15 food trucks, see themselves as an artist’s caricature, try to dunk the chancellor and more. [ More… ]
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- “Climate Change Adaptation: Challenges for California and the World” — William Collins of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Kate Gordon of the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, in UC Center Sacramento’s Wednesday Speaker Series. (May 15)
- Faculty Forum — Interactive Video Tools. Sponsored by Academic Technology Services. (May 17)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
There are no announcements this week.
EVENTS
Poetry Night with Moua and emeriti Snyder and McPherson
Andy Jones hosts this program, Thursday (May 16), with Pulitzer Prize recipient Gary Snyder and Sandra McPherson, both of whom are UC Davis professors emeriti, Department of English. They will give brief readings, but their main purpose is to introduce Pos Moua, Hmong poet whose collected works, Karst Mountains Will Bloom, came out in April. [ More in the UC Davis Arts Blog… ]
Editor’s Picks from the online calendar:
- Escape Career Burnout and Know Your Stressors
Wednesday, May 15: A Career Catalyst webinar during the noon hour. - Police Accountability Board Public Meetings
Wednesday, May 15: Simultaneous sessions on the Davis and Sacramento campuses. - Human Library
Thursday, May 16: People are the books, ready to tell their stories to you, at Shields. - THEATRE: {LOVE/logic}
Thursday-Saturday, May 16-18 and May 23-25: Focusing on two conference-bound theoretical physicists who are set to debate the parity of the universe. Coincidences arise and romance blooms in this play that combines physical comedy with a critique of contemporary gender and power relationships. Josy Miller ’16 Ph.D. (performance studies), directs an all-undergraduate cast in this new work by Granada Artist-in-Residence Andrew Nicholls. - Auditions: The Threepenny Opera
Monday-Tuesday, May 20-21: All students, staff and faculty are welcome to try out for this fall production.