News for Faculty and Staff of the University of California, Davis
1.27.2012
Athletes go the distance — for art
Twenty student-athletes from eight of our Intercollegiate Athletics teams are participating in this year’s The Art of Athletes exhibition, from today through Monday (Jan. 27-30). “I just hope people can see and understand that athletes have a passion for more than just their sport,” said Kristina Taylor, an Aggie distance runner who is coordinating this year’s show. …
1.27.2012
NEWS BRIEFS: Staff town hall postponed
Next week's staff town hall with the chancellor and provost has been postponed. ... Campus-city fire department consolidation on hold. ... The Mind Body Wellness Challenge begins today. ... UC’s Patent Acknowledgement revision needs your signature, if you have not already provided it. ... 63 Aggie alumni served in the Peace Corps in 2011. ... UC and UPTE finalize agreement on health plan rates and pension contributions. ... 1,025 find the blood bank in its new home. …
1.27.2012
EXHIBITIONS: Faculty go Between the Quotes
Art faculty members are exhibiting new works in an exhibition titled Between the Quotes, through Feb. 29 at the Pence Gallery in downtown Davis. "Beyond the visual, visitors will explore art through salient quotations chosen by each professor," states the description on the gallery's website. …
1.26.2012
Campus offers grants up to $1 million for interdisciplinary work
The Office of Research has launched a new program to spur interdisciplinary research teams in science, engineering, arts and the humanities with grants of up to $1 million over three years. “The goal of our new Interdisciplinary Frontiers Program is to identify and support innovative projects across the campus that can benefit and enrich our lives, in areas ranging from health, agriculture, energy and the environment, to the arts and culture,” Vice Chancellor Harris Lewin said. …
1.26.2012
6 from UC Davis join ranks of American Association for the Advancement of Science
They study "buckyballs" and RNA; plant-soil relationships and biodiversity in agricultural landscapes; rice genetics and breeding; the impact of environmental changes on natural selection; and plant growth and development. One is an associate geneticist, the other five are professors (including the chancellor emeritus) — and all of them are among 539 scientists newly elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. …
1.26.2012
LAURELS: British, Brazilian accolades for entomologist
Walter Leal, professor and former chair of the Department of Entomology, recently received honors from Britain and his native Brazil. From Britain comes his election as a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, joining the ranks of such scientists as Charles Darwin. From Brazil comes the National Award of Chemical Ecology, an award that memorializes Leal's former mentor, Professor Jose Tercio Barbosa. ... Plus more honors for faculty. …
1.26.2012
Provost rolls out fellowships for grad students
The campus administration this week rolled out a new fellowship program for graduate students in the arts, humanities and social sciences. The program, starting in 2012-13, will fund a combination of first-year and dissertation-year fellowships, 50 in all annually — with stipends of $25,000 and remission of fees and tuition. …
1.25.2012
UPDATED NEWS BRIEFS: 63 Aggie volunteers in the Peace Corps in 2011
UC Davis earns a top-25 ranking among colleges and universities with the most undergraduate alumni serving as Peace Corps volunteers in 2011. ... UCOP finalizes an agreement that sets health plan rates and pension contributions for UPTE. ... Human Resources on the Davis campus is accepting comments on a proposed new policy for the management of incentive compensation and recognition awards for staff below the executive level. ... The application period opened this week for staff adviser to the Board of Regents. ... Kickoff events are scheduled Tuesday (Davis) and Jan. 25 (Sacramento) for the 2012 Mind Body Wellness Challenge. …
1.25.2012
THE WRITE STUFF: Winter Book Fair and author events
The Women’s Resources and Research Center presents its quarterly book fair next week, offering books for less than $3 — with selections that include nonfiction, fiction, poetry and more. ... The UC Davis Store and the Hemispheric Institute on the Americas announced author events with Professor Allison P. Coudert (Religion, Magic and Science in Early Modern Europe and America), Assistant Professor Robert Newcomb Nossa and Nuestra América: InterAmerican Dialogues) and Michael Saler (As If: Modern Enchantment and the Literary Prehistory of Virtual Reality). Also, Pam Houston, director of the Creative Writing Program, has a new novel coming out: Contents May Have Shifted. …
1.25.2012
UPDATED: Tweets and pics from Aggie ReStore grand opening
"It's better than throwing it away," third-year student Brian Miller said today (Jan. 25) as he checked out the Aggie ReStore's stock of office supplies — among the inventory at the ASUCD's new reuse store. Miller dropped in during the store's grand opening. Dateline UC Davis was there, sending out tweets and pics. Read and see them here, along with previous coverage of the new store. …
1.24.2012
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Student Recognition Awards and Nash Prize reminder
Student Affairs has called for nominations for the 2012 Student Recognition Awards: two for outstanding graduating seniors (the Mary Jeanne Gilhooly Award and the Veloyce Glenn Winslow Jr. Award) and up to three for juniors who demonstrate outstanding service and leadership (the Margarita Robinson Student Leadership Award). ... Also, we are reposting an earlier announcement as a reminder of the Feb. 3 deadline for nominations for the Charles P. Nash Prize, given by the Davis Faculty Association, the Davis Division of the Academic Senate and the Davis Division of the Academic Federation in recognition of exceptional achievement and commitment in promoting shared governance and advocacy for faculty interests and welfare. …
1.24.2012
GSM a participant in UC's new Summer Institute for Emerging Managers and Leaders
The Graduate School of Management is a participant in the UC system’s new Summer Institute for Emerging Managers and Leaders, announced today (Jan. 24) at a news conference in Pasadena. Initially, the all-expenses-paid fellowship program will be for students from historically black colleges and universities, with participation in the future to be broadened to include other groups who are underrepresented in leadership positions in California and the country. The announcement comes as the Graduate School of Management moves forward on a schoolwide diversity initiative led by Linda Oubre (pictured) as the school's newly appointed chief diversity officer. …
1.24.2012
Staff town hall with the chancellor and provost, Jan. 30
A staff town hall with the chancellor and provost is scheduled from 1 to 2:30 p.m. next Monday (Jan. 30) in the Conference Center Ballroom. RSVPs are being taken online; the forum also will be streamed live on the Web. …
1.23.2012
UPDATED: Reviews continue into incident on the Quad
An update on reviews related to the Nov. 18, 2011, incident on the Quad. …
