As many employees prepare to bid their campus careers farewell, Dateline UC Davis spoke with four who have spent decades in various areas of UC Davis about major milestones and fond memories, as well as their plans for the future.
From the iconic double-decker buses to dance, farmworker rights, recent lessons in resilience and more, read about the journeys that led students to the commencement stage in Sacramento, where they will speak to thousands of their peers.
Instructors and teaching assistants are being honored for their work to promote student health and well-being in the classroom, by doing things like setting flexible deadlines, promoting available resources, modeling healthy behavior and more.
A new collaboration between Chen-Nee Chuah and Brittany Dugger seeks to analyze vast archives of brain tissue scans — work that cannot be done at scale by humans alone — to better understand dementia and improve diagnosis and treatment.
Commuter card for parking, transit — Eligible employees can sign up, change or end their commuter benefits between the 1st and 10th of every month.
Residence Hall Moove-Out traffic — Student Housing is asking the campus community to be aware of traffic and parking impacts — especially in Lots 25 and 47, and the Cuarto area — during Moove-Out (through June 11) and late Moove-Out (June 12-14).
ARC parking lot closure — Lot 25 will close June 15–Sept. 11 for construction to change the flow of cars, pedestrians, bikes and more.
Research Administrators of the Future — Applications are now open for the six-month program for employees interested in the research administrator career path. (Deadline: June 22)
Summer schedule — Dateline is operating on a reduced schedule during the summer; our next publication date after today will be Tuesday, June 30.
Call for proposals — This fall’s Imagining America National Gathering, “Tides of Transition: Restoring Collective Spirit in Troubled Times,” is seeking presentations, workshops and more. (Deadline: June 30)
Catherine Brinkley, of the Department of Human Ecology, will be the featured speaker at this month’s Davis Science Café, and will present “Making a Utopia Together: The Science of Planning Your City.” (June 10, free)
Food scientist Maria Marco explains some of the health benefits that might come with frozen yogurt — at least when compared with ice cream — in a conversation with NY Times reporter and Aggie alum Alice Callahan, Ph.D. ’08.
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