Buying the Art We Want With a $1 Million Gift

The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art will for the first time have a fund dedicated to purchasing new art. San Franciscans Janet and Clint Reilly have pledged a $1 million family gift to establish the Janet and Clint Reilly Acquisition Fund.

University Unites Under Mission to ‘Outgrow’

UC Davis’ future growth, under the mantra to “Outgrow the Expected,” will involve everyone on campus and will benefit us all, speakers at last week’s 2020 Kickoff Celebration said. Hear from them and watch a highlight video from the event.

The Books Blog Is Back

We’re playing catch-up with faculty-authored and -edited books on whiskey science and The Simpsons, a writing guide for engineers (in their own language: math), and two books from UC Davis Health. Plus, book awards for four faculty members in the College of Letters and Science.

Open Access: An Elsevier Poll and an Update

University Librarian MacKenzie Smith and law professor Dennis J. Ventry Jr. provide an update on UC’s efforts to advance open access publishing, and encourage the UC Davis community to participate in a short poll on the impacts of the university’s stalled negotiations with Elsevier.