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November 29, 2022
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2 Tentative Deals in Strike
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Shortly before noon today (Nov. 29), the UC Office of the President announced it had reached tentative agreements with the United Auto Workers, or UAW, on new five-year contracts for postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers, two of the four categories of UAW-represented employees who went on strike Nov. 14.
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Law School Shuns USNWR
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Dean Kevin R. Johnson announces that the School of Law will no longer provide data to U.S. News & World Report for its rankings. In a Nov. 28 letter to the law school community, the dean says, in part, that the “rankings discourage law schools from enrolling more diverse student bodies and do not in any way value more diverse law faculties.”
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Fighting Fire With Fire
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Watching and participating in Indigenous cultural burns not only teaches a way of forest management, but the process can also help in people’s healing from the trauma of fire, say, the loss of a home or worse, Ph.D. candidate in ecology Deniss Martinez said on this month’s edition of Face to Face With Chancellor May.
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STORY, VIDEO AND PODCAST
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It Was a Wakanda Holiday
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Chancellor Gary S. May has long extended an offer to host movie outings, but he has a rule: “It has to be a movie I want to see!” And this one, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, “is one I really want to see,” he told an audience of about 100 students who accepted his invitation to see the movie in a theater auditorium he rented in downtown Davis.
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Announcements
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Dateline reader survey — Should Dateline be longer? Shorter? More frequent? Less frequent? Those are some of the questions we’re asking anyone who receives UC Davis’ weekly e-newsletter, through a reader survey that is open through Friday. Dec. 9. The responses will help guide our decisions on content, layout and more. Many thanks for your time.
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Call for staff volunteers for fall commencement — Two ceremonies will be held Saturday, Dec. 10: regular fall commencement at 10 a.m. and the last of three spring makeup ceremonies at 2 p.m. The signup deadline for volunteers — who must be UC Davis staff — is today, Nov. 29.
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AggieSurplus — Open for in-person shopping, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Dec. 1 and 2. Bring donations for the campus toy drive to save up to 25%.
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Executive recruitment: Vice Provost and Dean-Undergraduate Education — A virtual public forum with Candidate A will be held from 1:45 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1. This forum, rescheduled from an earlier date, will be the last of three forums with the candidates for this position. See the recruitment page to access candidate information and the forum registration link.
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Temporary street closure and bus stop relocation in UC Davis West Village — Sage Street will be closed for repairs between Jade Street and the northernmost traffic circle on Hutchison Drive, Dec. 5-30. Street parking will be banned and the bus stop will be on Jade Street.
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Flu shots — All employees must receive a flu vaccination or formally opt out by this Thursday, Dec. 1. Shots are available from your health care provider, county clinics and many pharmacies. Record your vaccination or submit your declination form in Health-e-Messaging.
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Upcoming Events
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Stay after work Thursday (Dec. 1) for the third annual “Night to End Campus Hunger,” a benefit for the ASUCD Pantry and the Aggie Compass Basic Needs Center. Appetizers, wine and beer; silent auction (featuring wine tasting tours, hotel stays, campus goodies and more); and buffet dinner in the Coffee House, all decked out to create a “fine-dining feel.” Tickets are $25.
Insect-themed artwork by Entomology 1 students will be on display and available to print on T-shirts (bring your own). (4:30-6:30 p.m. Nov. 29, free)
Year-End, Campusgrown Music
“Building a Culture of Ethical Inclusion,” presented by Duke University’s Veronica Martinez. (Nov. 30, remote only)
“A Baroque Christmas,” by the American Bach Soloists, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, in person, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. The deal: $10 for staff and faculty (tickets available Dec. 1-16, limit two per person). Click on headline to buy tickets; the promo code is preloaded.
Friday, Dec. 2: Take a break in an Adirondack chair, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; join the Folk Music Jam Session (all skill levels welcome) or listen in, noon-1 p.m.
Last meeting of the fall quarter: noon-1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, remote.
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The Download
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Postdoctoral scholar Marina LaForgia is a For Women in Science Fellow. ... Learning from cancer in pets to study cancer in humans. ... Watching the World Cup on the biggest screen on campus. ... The UC Davis Children’s Hospital holds a virtual toy drive.
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