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February 22, 2022
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What’s Next With COVID-19?
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Drs. Cindy Schorzman of UC Davis, Sheri Belafsky of Healthy Davis Together and Aimee Sisson of Yolo County Public Health will field questions during a virtual town hall, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday (Feb. 28). Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Mary Croughan will be the moderator.
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3 Presidents, 1 Chancellor
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Join Chancellor Gary S. May for his winter quarter colloquium, in person, 4 p.m. this Thursday (Feb. 24) in Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, with three UC presidents: Mark G. Yudof (2008-13), Janet S. Napolitano (2013-20) and Michael V. Drake (2020 to present).
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2 Science Days: In Person
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Biodiversity Museum Day is back, Sunday, March 6, with a new format: Specimens and artifacts from 11 of our collections will be in one place, the UC Davis Conference Center. … NeuroFest, this year celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Center for Neuroscience, will be Saturday, March 12 (with a registration deadline of March 4).
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Amplifying a Student’s Voice
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From Thursday Thoughts to Face to Face, Chancellor May has given Hansinee Mayani, a UC Davis student from Atlanta who has traveled the world as a performing artist, some serious airtime — and given all of us a look at the many sides of a twentysomething college student of color in the second decade of the 21st century.
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STORY AND VIDEO
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Featured Colloquia
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5 p.m. today (Feb. 22, remote): Engineers Week Conversation Featuring Chancellor Gary S. May and Dean Richard Corsi
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DHI Book Chat: Jessica Bissett Perea, on Sound Relations: Native Ways of Doing Music History in Alaska (Feb. 23, remote)
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Walt Klenz Business Speakers: Martha Stoumen on “Handmade With Patience, the Business of Natural Wine” (Feb. 23, remote)
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Templeton Colloquium in Art History: Women’s Representation in 20th-Century Western Asia (Feb. 25, in person and remote)
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Savor: The Terroir of Beer, Presented by the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, and the UC Davis Library (March 2, remote)
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UC’s Diversity in Tech Conference: Advancing Climate Resilience (March 10-11; $25-$100, with scholarships available; remote)
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more colloquia…
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Upcoming Events
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Starting today and continuing through next Wednesday (March 2), we celebrate the document that underlies our everyday interactions. Please see the updated schedule with newly added events (including Virtual Healing Circle, Feb. 23, and Accessibility Resources for Faculty and Staff, Feb. 24), and a new location for Feb. 23’s Faculty and Teaching Assistants Workshop: Five Approaches to Anti-Racist Teaching. Also, we have the link for UC Davis Health events.
Wednesday, Feb. 23: Restaurant at the Silo now features an Aggie Athletics theme and “Game Day Grubs” like the Half Back Burger and the Beyond Half Back. Sudwerk Brewing Co. is also part of the new lineup. Open 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Academic and Staff Assistance Program
Book Project
Revised winter quarter schedule: Feb. 23 (a day later than announced previously), and March 10. Noon-1 p.m., remote.
Noon Concert: Faythe Vollrath, lecturer in music, performs on harpsichord. (Feb. 24, free, livestream only)
The first of two Staff and Faculty Nights at UC Davis basketball is this week, 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.
Yoga, Tai Chi, Meditation, Zoomba and more.
Devised by Granada Artist-in-Residence Shinichi Iova-Koga, Clouds From a Crumbling Giant follows the birth and death of a species, an empire, a universe, a flower. Note: Adult language. (March 3-5, in person)
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The Download
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Students and other community members joined police and Facilities Management personnel for the annual Campus Safety Lighting Walk. … Plus, a field trip in blue to the California Academy of Sciences, the national anthem in gold, and a red, white and blue salute to our freeskiing Olympian.
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