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March 7, 2023
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Senate, Federation Honors
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The Academic Senate and Academic Federation announced their selections for the campus’s most prestigious academic awards for 2023, honoring 17 members for exceptional research, teaching and mentoring, and public service.
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Time (Again)
for Time Torture
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Are you dreading having to spring forward to daylight saving time this Sunday (March 12)? On a bonus edition of Unfold, UC Davis Health sleep medicine expert Heinrich Gompf explains why it’s so darn difficult for our bodies to adjust to the time change.
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Announcements
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Information Security Symposium — Save the dates, June 20-21, 2023, for the biennial program hosted by Information and Educational Technology on topics involving cybersecurity and privacy. The theme for this year’s symposium, to be held virtually, is “Evolve,” recognizing the increased need for security in an ever-changing world.
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Chancellor’s Fellowships for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion — Call for applications from faculty members who have demonstrated a significant track record of abiding commitment to reducing opportunity gaps for underrepresented students and/or students from underserved communities. Each fellowship provides $5,000 in academic enrichment funds. Deadline: March 9.
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Women & Philanthropy Impact Award — Call for nominations of faculty or staff members who contribute to the advancement of female leaders, demonstrate exemplary leadership, and make significant contributions to our local and global university communities. Deadline: March 15.
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UC Women’s Initiative for Professional Development — This systemwide, experiential program designed to cultivate connections across UC is accepting nominations and applications from the Davis campus and UC Davis Health. Selected participants will have their registration fees paid by the Office of the Chancellor. Deadline: March 23.
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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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more announcements…
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Featured Colloquia
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Storer Lecture by Harvard’s Sean Eddy on “Sequence Homology Searches: The Future of Deciphering the Past” (4:10 p.m. today, March 7, in person)
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Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Visual Artist Rina Banerjee (March 9, in person)
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Hemispheric Institute on the Americas Graduate Student Conference (March 10, in person)
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Responsible Innovation: Intersection of Privacy and Artificial Intelligence (March 10, free)
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On California Wine, Panel on Wine Writing With Elaine Chukan Brown, Clare Tooley and Kelli White (March 10, free, livestream is still an option, in-person space is full)
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Department of History’s Liu Lecture, “Instinct, Society, Vitality: Li Zehou’s Farewell to Life Philosophy,” by Rice University’s Tani Barlow (March 14, remote)
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EPA Regional Administrator Martha Guzman Aceves Addresses Environmental Justice (March 15, in person)
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Viticultores: Mexican American Perspectives on Grapes, Community and Resilience, a “Savor” Program From the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, and the UC Davis Library (March 17, remote)
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more colloquia…
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Upcoming Events
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The Department of Music continues its end-of-the-quarter concerts (in person), including the Symphony Orchestra and the University and Alumni Choruses performing Gustav Mahler’s Resurrection. Tickets required for all except Jazz Combos and Student Chamber Ensembles. Most music department productions are available — often live — on YouTube, @ucdavismusic.
Cabaret diva Meow Meow returns to the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 31. Staff and faculty tickets $10 through March 30, limit two per person). Click on headline to buy tickets; the promo code is preloaded.
Staff and Faculty Well-Being
- Ask a Dietitian! — Get answers from a panel of three UC Davis Health registered dietitians (March 8, remote)
- Fruit and Veggie Fan Club — Sign up to receive weekly challenges, recipes and other information. (March 10-April 14)
Discussion and support: Cultivating Hope and Optimism, March 8 and 22; and Coping With Grief, Loss and Change, March 15 and 29. All remote.
Perennially popular event features speakers, posters and hands-on exhibits. Learn about artificial intelligence, machine learning and the science of brain health. (Saturday, March 18, free, space is limited; registration deadline March 8)
Global Affairs hosts eighth annual event for UC Davis’ globally engaged faculty, staff and scholars. Including awards presentations. (March 9)
The Turkish Student Association invites people affected by the Turkey-Syria earthquakes, to come together informally over a meal, to connect and share. (March 15; please register by March 10)
The Arboretum and Public Garden's first sale of the season, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. March 11, for members only (you can join at the gate!). But it could get rained out; check the website.
Sarah Mangum, associate vice chancellor, Budget and Institutional Analysis, will provide a campus budget update (March 14, remote)
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more events…
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The Download
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March is Women’s History Month, and LeShelle May kicks it off by sharing some of the alumnae who inspire her. ... An Aggie alumna shares how she is helping trauma survivors reclaim their lives. ... Read about research that may have implications for arrhythmia risk in women. ... The women’s basketball team heads to the postseason.
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