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March 1, 2022
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COVID-19: Town Hall Recap
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“Living With COVID-19: “What’s Next?” Read and hear what physicians Cindy Schorzman, Sheri Belafsky and Aimee Sisson, from UC Davis, Healthy Davis Together and Yolo County Public Health, respectively, and Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Mary Croughan, an epidemiologist, had to say during a town hall Monday evening (Feb. 28).
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STORY AND VIDEO
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May: ‘We Remain Strong’
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The mere fact that Chancellor Gary S. May was able to deliver this year’s State of the Campus address in person further bolstered the optimism he expressed for the days ahead. “I expect that we’ll see the campus return to more of the ‘normal’ that we know,” he said last week in his annual address to the Academic Senate’s Representative Assembly.
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Burtis Earns Emeriti Award
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Ken Burtis has been named the recipient of UC Davis’ Distinguished Emeriti Award for 2021-22, recognized by the Emeriti Association for “essential contributions” to Healthy Davis Together. He played an integral role in establishing the university’s asymptomatic COVID-19 testing program and expanding it into the community
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Unitrans Is Having a Party
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After being sidelined for nearly two years because of the pandemic, Unitrans’ vintage double-deckers from London are going back to work for the transit system’s 54th birthday this Friday (March 4). The party will include free rides, refreshments and swag; lunchtime shuttle service between the MU and downtown; and a noontime parade.
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Announcements
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AggieSurplus — Open for in-person shopping, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday and Friday (March 3-4). Online sales only the rest of the month.
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International Connections Reception — You still have time to register for Global Affairs’ annual celebration and awards ceremony for globally engaged faculty, staff and scholars, to be held Thursday (March 3).
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Upcoming Events
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It’s back as an in-person event, Sunday (March 6), with a new format. See specimens and artifacts from 11 of our collections in one place: the Conference Center. Some collections will offer tours, but you must go to the Conference Center to sign up (after complying with guidelines for access to campus facilities). Free.
Professor Robin Hill’s Art 151 intermediate sculpture students show their works throughout the Arboretum. (Through March 11)
$10 tickets available to staff and faculty from today (March 1) through March 18 for a concert by Hammond B3 organist Matthew Whitaker and his quartet mates, 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 25, Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Promo Code: BEWELL2122.
“The Positive Side of Negative Thinking,” featuring Alison Ledgerwood, professor of psychology, in conversation with LeShelle May. A Women & Philanthropy program. (March 2, remote)
Creative writing alumnae Jessica Rae Bergamino, M.A. ’12, Megan Cummins, M.A. ’11, and Maria Kuznetsova, M.A. ’10, read their poetry and fiction. (March 2, remote)
Book Project
Concert Bands (March 2), Jazz Combos (March 3), Symphony Orchestra (March 5), Jazz Bands (March 8), Student Chamber Ensembles and Percussion Ensemble (March 10), and Choruses (March 11). All concerts will be in person (tickets required for some programs), and all concerts will be livestreamed for free.
Healthy UC Davis
This is the second of two Staff and Faculty Nights at UC Davis basketball: Aggie women vs. Long Beach: 6 p.m. Thursday (March 3). 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.
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)
With featured speaker Sarah Mangum, associate vice chancellor, Budget and Institutional Analysis. (March 8, remote)
Dance + tech = an immersive experience that explores the relationship between entropy and time through dance, sound and video installations. Presented by the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts in association with the UC Davis program known as SHAPE (Science, Humanities and Arts: Process and Engagement). (March 9-10, in person)
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The Download
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The Gunrock café reopened and California Hall Coffee opened for the first time last week. … “What Do You Care About?” See how intermediate sculpture students responded, in their art installations throughout the Arboretum. … The UC Davis Marching Band performs in San Francisco’s Chinese New Year’s Parade.
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About Dateline
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