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February 15, 2022
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Status Quo on Masks
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UC Davis will maintain its requirement for masks indoors at least through the end of winter quarter. … Questions, you have questions, about masks and more! Submit them and join a UC Davis town hall, 5-6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28. … Plus, what you need to know and do if you’re seeing “pink” status on your Daily Symptom Survey.
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Celebrating the Principles
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As we participate in Principles of Community Week, starting Feb. 22, Vice Chancellor Renetta Garrison Tull asks us to embody these four words — respect, equity, learning, community — “and recommit to the principles as a whole.” The opening ceremony will be followed by workshops, presentations, dialogues and more.
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Scow, Sperling Join Academy
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Newly elected to the National Academy of Engineering: Kate Scow, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of soil microbial ecology in the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, and Dan Sperling, Distinguished Professor of civil and environmental engineering, and environmental science.
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Pam Ronald Wins Wolf Prize
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In awarding the plant geneticist the International Wolf Prize in Agriculture, the Jerusalem-based Wolf Foundation cites her “pioneering work on disease resistance and environmental stress tolerance in rice,” enabling varieties that can withstand flooding and produce more.
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Announcements
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5:30 tonight (Feb. 15): Campus Safety Lighting Walk — For students, staff, faculty and other community members. Help identify lights that may not be working and areas that may need improved lighting. Register online, meet at the Memorial Union flagpole.
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Police Accountability Board winter public meeting — 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, remote.
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International Connections Reception — Registration is underway for Global Affairs’ annual celebration and awards ceremony for globally engaged faculty, staff and scholars, March 3.
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Chancellor’s Innovator of the Year award — Call for nominations of individual UC Davis faculty or staff members, or teams that may include UC Davis faculty, students and staff. Open to all academic disciplines. Deadline: March 14. This is one of three Chancellor’s Innovation Awards; nominations for the other two, Innovative Community Partner and Lifetime Achievement in Innovation, will be provided by the awards selection committee.
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ADMAN Conference registration open — The Administrative Management Group invites all campus staff to its annual conference, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, in person.
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ProShare 2022 — A networking program for managers and aspiring managers and staff at all levels, to help them form connections with campus and medical center colleagues for mutual guidance and support. Registration deadline: Feb. 18.
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Upcoming Events
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Assistant Professor Juan Diego Díaz’s talk next week on Afro-Brazilian music (subject of his new book) will be accompanied by the Brian Rice-led UC Davis Samba School (pictured above in 2019) and the author’s Capoeira Ensemble. Feb. 22, free, in person and remote, presented by the Center for Advancing Multicultural Perspectives in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, or CAMPSSAH.
Book Project
Academic and Staff Assistance Program
Carrie Hennessey, soprano, and Jennifer Reason, piano, perform works by women in classical music. (Feb. 17, free, livestream only)
Change in plans: Aggie men vs. UC Santa Barbara, 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24: Staff and faculty can get two free tickets for adults and buy additional tickets for $7 for adults and $3 for ages 3-13 (plus fees). Use Promo Code AGGIESTAFF. Staff Assembly giveaways for the first 100 staff attendees. Same deal for the women’s game vs. Long Beach: 6 p.m. Thursday, March 3.
Aggies vs. St. Mary’s, 2:30 p.m. Friday (Feb. 18), Phil Swimley Field at Dobbins Stadium.
“Grabados del Alma” (Engravings of the Soul), relief prints. Opening reception, Feb. 18. Exhibition runs through March 18.
For staff and faculty, from Healthy UC Davis and the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts: $10 tickets (limit two per person) available through Feb. 18 for Ronald K. Brown and Evidence, a Dance Company, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26.
Yoga, Tai Chi, Meditation, Zumba and more.
Revised winter quarter schedule: Feb. 23 (a day later than announced previously), and March 10. Noon-1 p.m., remote.
Annual event is scheduled this year for the afternoon of Saturday, March 12, in person, and will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Center for Neuroscience. Registration deadline extended to March 4. Free.
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The Download
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Learning by Leading Arboretum Ambassadors are encouraging us to spend more time outside. … Take your pick: Dwordle (all about us) or Wordle (too easy for Athletics). … Former Aggie Brita Sigourney gets her turn in the Beijing Games. … Love from Gunrock.
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