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8.20.2008

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Next issue: Upcoming publication dates for Dateline are Aug. 22, and Sept. 19 and 26. In between editions, check here for news updates. Also, Friday Update will arrive in your e-mail inbox weekly through the summer. Submissions to the calendar (calendar.ucdavis.edu) are welcome.

8.15.2008

Senate committee passes researcher protection measure
The state Senate Public Safety Committee on Aug. 14 approved legislation that would help enhance law enforcement's ability to protect academic researchers and their families from acts of violence ... [ More ]

UC Davis Centennial pavilion opens with state fair
UC Davis launches its 100th birthday celebration today (Aug. 15) at the California State Fair, with a featured exhibit on the university's contributions to science and society. The UC Davis ... [ More ]

THE STATE FAIR: DATES AND DETAILS
Want to see UC Davis' "Dream Big" pavilion? Then pack up the kids and head for the California State Fair in Sacramento. "Dream Big" is in Expo Center 3. Here are the fair dates and ... [ More ]

Centennial pins now available
The people who comprise the UC Davis community are putting on pins to celebrate the university's centennial. The pins feature the university's 100-year logo and a "2008-2009" inscription. ... [ More ]

IN BRIEF: Blood drive set Aug. 20-21; Cancer Survivors Group meets Aug. 21
BLOOD DRIVE AUG. 20-21: An ASUCD blood drive scheduled Aug. 20 and 21 on the Quad is a give-and-take situation: You give a pint of blood, and in return you get a coupon for a free pint of ... [ More ]

Davis-Sacramento shuttles gain riders as price of gas rises
More people are riding the university's shuttle buses between the Davis and Sacramento campuses -- so many more that officials have added extra buses on the two busiest runs each day. "We're ... [ More ]

Campus to end dial-up Internet access Jan. 1
The campus will end its dial-up modem Internet service on Jan. 1. The dial-up access has been free to faculty, staff and students since 1997, and demand has dwindled the last three years as people ... [ More ]


	UC Davis Centennial poster calendar's historic images include a 1968 photo of Ollie, the mustang mascot who now goes by the name Gunrock.

Campus poster calendars available soon; sales, distribution procedure is changed
The new academic year is approaching, and that means our old campus poster calendars are about to come down. New calendars with a centennial theme are expected to arrive on campus the last week ... [ More ]

Designer presents M.F.A. thesis exhibition, offering examples of 'guilt-free' clothing
Designer Rachel Stone says the "I want it now" culture of clothes-buying is depleting the world's resources, so she is offering alternative attire made from sustainable textiles and natural ... [ More ]

Summer exhibitions around campus
Exhibitions take no vacation at UC Davis. Here is what you can see, free of charge: Changing California's Landscape, chronicling the impact of the Saratoga Horticultural Research Foundation on ... [ More ]


	Baritone Thomas Hampson's Oct. 4 concert opens the Mondavi Center's 2008-09 season.

Faculty and staff get early shot at Mondavi Center single-event tickets
The Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts already offers discounts to faculty and staff. Now they are getting another perk: a head start on buying single-event tickets for the 2008-09 ... [ More ]

Taylor dance students offer free show today
A free dance performance is scheduled today (Aug. 15) as the culminating event in UC Davis Extension's Paul Taylor West Coast Dance Intensive, a professional training course in modern dance. The ... [ More ]

DIRECT FROM UC DAVIS: Innovation and ideas on the air and online
UCTV has scheduled the following UC Davis programming. Dates and times, plus information for online streaming and podcasts: uctv.tv/davis. Angela Davis: How Does Change Happen? Lecture by the ... [ More ]

Aggie football plans ahead to 2009, schedules game with Fresno State for the first time since 1952
Next year's Aggie football schedule includes a game with Fresno State for the first time since 1952. The game between the two NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision schools is scheduled for Sept. 5, ... [ More ]


	Hi-ho silver: Gina Miles and McKinlaigh (Shannon Brinkman)

Equestrian Center alum wins silver in the Olympics
A bit of Olympic silver dust was sprinkled across the UC Davis Equestrian Center this week. Gina Miles, who rode at the campus facility in the 1980s and early '90s and has returned to hold ... [ More ]

THE OUTDOORS: At the arboretum
Tour -- Improve Your Container Gardening. 10 a.m. Aug. 16, Arboretum Terrace Garden, Davis Commons shopping center, First and A streets. Free parking behind the shopping center. Folk Music Jam ... [ More ]

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