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April 27, 2021
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Full In-Person Activities Expected in Fall
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‘Real Breakthrough’ in Testing
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UC Davis Health has created a new rapid COVID-19 test, under a sponsored research agreement with Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. and support from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments. Gallagher, chairman and CEO of Allegiant Travel Co., and benefactor of Gallagher Hall, home of the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, has launched a startup, SpectraPass, to develop the automated system into a means to facilitate reopening the economy.
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High Honors for 8 Faculty
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Newly elected to the National Academy of Sciences: Isabel P. Montañez (earth science), Monique Borgerhoff Mulder (anthropology) and Michael Turelli (evolution and ecology). And to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Robert Feenstra (economics), Jodi Nunnari (molecular and cellular biology), Andrés Reséndez (history) and Geerat Vermeij (paleobiology). Also, William Jackson (chemistry) receives the National Science Board's Public Service Award.
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DEI Strategic Investments
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UC Davis has taken a comprehensive look at its efforts to create a more inclusive campus community, including the creation of a new advisory position on closing student opportunity gaps, additional trainings and seminars, funding for graduate student researchers in the Cross Cultural Center and other centers, and more.
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SEE STORY AND DEI REPORT
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New Episode of ‘Face to Face’
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Chancellor Gary S. May’s guest this month has the unlikely title of neuroscientist and children’s book author. Theanne Griffith, an assistant professor in the Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, began writing after the birth of her first daughter. Three books are out in her Magnificent Makers series and two more are coming.
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Announcements
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WarnMe test — Noon Wednesday, April 28, Davis and Sacramento campuses. Review and update your contact information; download the mobile app.
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Public Scholarship Faculty Fellows — The Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement seeks applications from full-time members of the Academic Senate and nonrepresented Academic Federation members who are working to develop new avenues of scholarship with high potential for public impact. Deadline: May 24.
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Public forums for candidates for Dean-College of Engineering — Candidate D, noon-1:15 p.m. Wednesday (April 28). (Forums for Candidates A, B and C have already been held.)
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Public forums for candidates for Dean-College of Letters and Science — Candidate A, 2:15-3:30 p.m. Friday (April 30). Other forums will be announced as they are confirmed.
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First-Year Aggie Connections — Faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to serve as facilitators of fall “connections,” or groups of up to 25 first-year Aggies. Each would-be facilitator is asked to propose a theme for their connection. Deadline: April 30.
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Call for applications for 2021-22 administrative advisory committees — Members of all constituencies — Academic Senate and Academic Federation, staff, graduate students and undergraduate students — are eligible to participate in campus governance, on such topics as the arts, child and family care, diversity, student services, and research. Deadline: April 30.
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Upcoming Remote Events
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Arboretum GATEways horticulturist Rachel Davis leads this virtual Nature Rx program, Saturday (April 30), introducing people to the iNaturalist app — a tool that allows you to be a scientist of the world, by way of the internet, sharing what you see in nature. Sponsored by the Arboretum and Public Garden and the Faculty and Staff Well-Being Program. Free.
Open to the public: Place your order online, April 29-May 3; pick up at curbside, May 6-8 and 10-11.
Wednesday (April 28): The concluding events of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Post photos of yourself wearing denim and join a discussion with the authors of Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power and Assault on Campus.
The community is invited to the awards program April 28.
Performing works by Johannes Brahms and Eleanor Alberga. (April 29)
Healing sounds from bowls, each with different tone and vibration, resonating in different areas of the mind and body. Presented by UC Living Fit Forever. (May 3)
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The Download
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See what goes into making a virtual tour, then look around campus from the comfort of your home. ... Get ready to ask mountain lion expert Winston Vickers anything. ... Four peregrine falcon eggs have hatched on the roof of the UC Davis Medical Center. ... Less than a month after wrapping up the delayed 2020 season, UC Davis football is anxious for the next one — in the fall.
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