The Campus Community Book Project has been bringing Aggies together for deep discussions on a shared topic for more than 20 years, and its latest selection for a year of programming is Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right. Author Cynthia Miller-Idriss will visit campus next year.
It’s been an eventful first five years for Chancellor Gary S. May, whose early priorities included listening to the campus community, finding new ways to amplify research and forging new partnerships. Take a look back as his fifth anniversary year comes to a close this summer.
A large catering order for a canceled event has not been wasted, thanks to fast action across divisions for the sake of students. Much of the food will be served from the “pay-what-you-want” AggieEats food truck during finals week.
When critics review prerelease movies on Rotten Tomatoes, the film’s box office results can point in the opposite direction, according to a new UC Davis study. For example, positive reviews can precede a financial flop, the researchers found.
Dateline summer publication schedule — Dateline will operate on a reduced schedule during the summer; our next publication date after today will be Tuesday, June 27.
Prescribed burn June 14 — Smoke may be visible on campus next week as the UC Davis Fire Department and West Valley Regional Fire Training Consortium conduct a prescribed burn at Russell Ranch, part of a four-day class that also includes activities off campus.
End of the quarter got you stressed? Relax with a view of the campus sheepmowers, who will be hard at work tending to the grass outside Wickson Hall from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. this Wednesday–Friday.
The Department of Theatre and Dance presents 10 moments of connection in this show that aims to be an “exploration of how we love and how we lose one another.” Each role in the production was written and cast without regard to gender. ($5-15, June 7-10)
Historian Rachel Jean-Baptiste investigates the fluctuating identities of “métis,” or multiracial children born mostly to African women and European men amid French colonial rule in West Africa after World War I. (Free, June 21)
Aggie Studios asks: “Are you smarter than a UC Davis student?” ... A New York Times reporter goes rafting down the Colorado River with UC Davis researchers. ... Meet the winners of the UC Davis Library’s Lang Prize.
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