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January 24, 2023
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Zhou, Ronald Win Ag Prizes
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Huaijun Zhou is honored by the National Academy of Sciences and Pamela Ronald receives an international VinFuture Prize, both of them recognized for their work in genomics to address a changing climate, Zhou in the field of livestock and Ronald in the field of crop resilience.
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The ‘Wrong Kind of Fire’
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High-severity wildfire is increasing in Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascade forests and has been burning at unprecedented rates compared to the years before Euro-American settlement, according to a study from the Safford Lab and its collaborators. Those rates have especially shot up over the past decade.
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Students’ Ecology Film Fest
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Twelve graduate students did double duty last summer as researchers and filmmakers, capturing their work in the field for their course in “Scientific Filmmaking.” They've each produced a short film, and the public is invited to a free showing Wednesday, Feb. 1, at the Davis Veterans Memorial Center Theatre.
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STORY AND TRAILER
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Museum’s Winter Opening
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The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art’s Winter Season Opening will be this Sunday (Jan. 29), free and open to the public, and featuring the debut of Professor Emeritus Mike Henderson’s first solo U.S. museum exhibition in 20 years. Be there at 3:30 p.m. for his conversation with Chancellor May.
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Announcements
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Campus Safety Lighting Walk — Today (Jan. 24): Students, staff, faculty and other members of the community are invited to meet at the Memorial Union flagpole at 5 p.m. for a fun-filled evening of free swag and a walk around the campus to check for exterior lighting that is not working or is obstructed. Do you need volunteer hours? This event will count!
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WarnMe test — Noon tomorrow: Wednesday, Jan. 25. Notifications will be delivered by email and text message to staff, faculty and students. Please review your contact information, and update it as necessary, in advance.
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Executive recruitment: Dean-School of Education — The position profile has been added to the recruitment webpage.
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Writing Across the Curriculum Seminar and Workshop — The University Writing Program invites interested faculty and other instructors, including teaching assistants, to indicate the date or dates (March 2 and-or March 3) and times when they could attend this conference, whether they would attend in person or via Zoom, and topics they would like to see addressed.
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Aggie Enterprise Town Hall — Employees who have budget, finance or purchasing responsibilities are the intended audience, but all are welcome. Advance registration required. Questions can be submitted in advance as part of the registration form. 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, remote.
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Call for applications for Management Development Program — Designed to enhance and strengthen Davis campus and UC Davis Health manager capabilities. Application deadline 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, for spring and fall cohorts.
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Submit questions for systemwide UC Town Hall — All staff are invited to submit questions through Jan. 31, for the online town hall with President Drake, to be held from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24.
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Blood drive — Next week: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, Feb. 1-3, bloodmobiles on the Quad. Appointments are encouraged and can be arranged online (click on “Blood drive” for the links) or by calling 877-258-4825.
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more announcements…
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Featured Colloquia
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Transgender Stories From the Front Line, Presented by UCOP’s Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services Diversity Speaker Series and UCOP Pride (Jan. 25, in person and livestream)
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Institute of the Environment Hosts Tracy Perkins for a Discussion of Her New Book on California Environmental Justice Activism (Jan. 25, in person)
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The School of Law’s New Center for Innovation, Law and Society Will Launch With a Faculty Panel (Jan. 30, in person)
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“Beyond Soul Food: Black Women’s Leadership in American Food Culture,” a “Savor” Program From the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, and the UC Davis Library (Feb. 1, free, livestream only)
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more colloquia…
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Upcoming Events
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“Water Tower: The History of a Campus Icon,” at Shields Library, near the main staircase in the lobby, on display through April 18. Using historical photographs and rare items in the UC Davis Library Archives and Special Collections, this exhibit explores the history, purpose and meaning of our two towers — that’s right, two — and their predecessors for over a century.
Other Exhibitions
CONCERTS: Warp Trio (and More)
Healthy UC Davis and the Student Equity in Mental Health Programming Fund are accepting grant applications for your proposals aimed at improving our community's health and well-being. Information session for both grant programs will be held Thursday (Jan. 26), livestream only.
Well-Being Ticket Deal x 2
$10 tickets for staff and faculty (limit two per person for shows at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Must purchase tickets by the day before each show. Click on “January” or “February” below; promo codes are preloaded.
- January — Jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, Jan. 27.
- February — Singer-songwriter Becca Stevens, Feb. 9
UCLA Professor Kelly Lytle Hernández discusses her book Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire and Revolution in the Borderlands. (Feb. 1, livestream only)
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The Download
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Our social media team and the Cal Aggie Alumni Association are asking for Aggie love stories, to update our map to show where students, faculty and staff have met or where they have fallen in love with certain places — and posting people’s love stories. ... Something clicked at the Bohart Museum of Entomology’s open house — and it wasn’t the click beetles. ... President Drake tweets about climate leadership and action.
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