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April 11, 2023
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Challenges Accepted!
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Seventh annual fundraiser, starting at noon Friday and running through Picnic Day, features more than 200 challenge gifts — each of which will be “unlocked” when a specified number of other donations are received. See The Download below for a glimpse of the excitement that is building through videos and other social media posts. And there’s a photo contest, too!
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EARLY GIFTS WELCOME
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UC, Wiley Expand Agreement
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The University of California today announced an expansion of the university’s open-access agreement with Wiley, one of the world’s largest publishers. Under the deal, researchers at Davis and five other UC locations will receive additional funding support to publish open access, making significantly more UC research freely available to people around the world.
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Lake’s Best Clarity Since ’80s
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For the last five months of 2022, Lake Tahoe was the clearest it has been since the 1980s. That is due in part to a resurgence of the lake’s native zooplankton. They’ve provided a natural clean-up crew to help restore the lake’s famous blue waters. The findings are reported in the “Lake Tahoe Clarity Report 2022,” released today.
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Grandma Talk Tops Grad Slam
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Ten students condensed years of research into three minutes (and one PowerPoint slide) at last week’s UC Davis Grad Slam, with Ph.D. candidate Julia Mouat coming out on top with her talk on whether women’s smoking during pregnancy raises the risk of autism in their grandchildren. She now faces grad students from other campuses May 5.
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Announcements
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First-Year Aggie Connections — Faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to serve as facilitators for groups of 25 or fewer freshman and transfer students during fall quarter. Each of these “connections” has a theme developed by the facilitator. Information session April 12 and proposal co-working session April 18 (both remote). Proposal deadline: April 28.
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New policy, new training on abusive conduct in the workplace — All employees are due to receive notification Monday (April 17) of a new, 20-minute training on how to identify, report and prevent abusive conduct in the workplace, to be completed within 90 days.
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Russell Boulevard bike lane and sidewalk closure — South side of Russell between Arthur Street and Orchard Park Drive (adjacent to the Orchard Park apartments construction site), closed for repairs, April 24 to June 26. Detour via the bike path that crosses Highway 113 south of Russell.
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Executive recruitment: Vice Chancellor-Research — Call for applications and nominations. A remote listening session will be held Wednesday (April 12) to hear faculty, staff and students share their views on the qualities the next Vice Chancellor for Research should possess.
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UC Retirement System Advisory Board — Call for applications from staff members interested in running for either of two open seats to be contested in an online election, May 22-June 16. Application deadline: May 1.
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UC Davis Retirement Help Desks — Are you contemplating retirement within the next four to 12 months? If so, you can get your retirement questions answered locally, during drop-in Zoom sessions scheduled on various days at various times through June 28.
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Upcoming Events
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$10 tickets for staff and faculty (limit two per person) for shows at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Click on the program title to buy tickets; promo codes are preloaded.
- “Notes on Hope” — J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano, and Ulysses Owens Jr., percussion, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 30. Deal tickets available through April 29.
- Theatre Heroes: “Call of the Wild” — A multimedia adventure mixing the classic storytelling of Jack London with projected illustrations, 2 p.m. Sunday, May 7. Deal tickets available April 17-May 6.
Everyone who registers by noon Friday, April 21, will be entered into a lottery to choose the limited number of people who can sign up for the day’s RSVP events, one per person. Other events do not require RSVPs, and registration for those will remain open until April 26.
Master of Fine Arts project by graduate student Teresa Salas in collaboration with anthropology doctoral student Ileanna Cheladyn. (8:30 p.m. today through Friday, April 11-14, free)
Every Wednesday through May 31 in front of the Student Community Center, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Discussion and support: Coping With Grief, Loss and Change, April 12 and 26; Cultivating Hope and Optimism, April 19; and Parenting Group, April 26. All remote.
Dylan Murray, assistant professor of chemistry, “Biomolecular Condensation: The Chemistry of Salad Dressing and Cellular Organization.” (April 12, free, with complimentary soft drinks)
Dedicated to improvisation and compositions in acoustic and electronic mediums, these artists in residence will present two free concerts, in person and livestream, April 13 and 14.
This event, 7 p.m. Thursday (April 13), during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, is organized by the Center for Advocacy, Resources and Education, or CARE.
“Tax and Racial Justice”: UC Davis law professors Darien Shanske and Professor Dennis Ventry. (April 17, in person and livestream)
Registration for UC Davis affiliates (current staff, faculty and students) starts Monday, April 24. Open registration for the general community starts April 27.
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The Download
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Excitement is building across social media for Give Day. Hear from colleges, departments, athletic teams and others how donations benefit their students, research and more. Plus, get details on the Give Day photo contest, with prize bags on the line.
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More from Strategic Communications
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About Dateline
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