News for Faculty and Staff of the University of California, Davis
5.15.2012
Health living: Let's go for a walk, a UC Walk
Walking: We do it every day on campus, going to and from the parking lot, meetings and lunch, or just for the exercise and pure enjoyment of the campus landscape. On Wednesday, May 23, we will celebrate walking for its health benefits, at the third annual UC Walks. Everyone is invited, employees and retirees, to participate in group walks, receive T-shirts and other free goodies — and, hopefully, commit to walking 30 minutes a day (if you are not doing so already). …
5.11.2012
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Public forums for candidates for director of athletics
Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi and Vice Chancellor Fred Wood of Student Affairs have invited four outstanding candidates for the position of director of athletics to meet with the UC Davis campus community, beginning the week of May 21. …
5.11.2012
UC Davis, China Scholarship Council sign deal for Ph.D. fellowships
Provost Ralph J. Hexter and the China Scholarship Council sign an agreement to offer up to 20 Ph.D. fellowships annually to students from China, for study at UC Davis. As many as 80 fellowships may be awarded over the agreement’s initial term of four years, during which time the China Scholarship Council will put up to $8 million toward the students’ fees and expenses. …
5.11.2012
NEWS BRIEFS: Only a few days left to verify your family’s eligibility for benefits
UC needs your documents by next Thursday (May 17), for the family member eligibility verification project, otherwise you and your family members may be de-enrolled from UC-sponsored health benefits. ... Two report summaries (Academic Senate and Robinson-Edley) have been added to the Demonstration Reviews website. ... A Police Department ceremony remembers the 10 California officers who died in the line of duty in 2011, and four department retirees — including K-9 officer Grimm — who died in the last year. ... UC Davis career staff get a break on fees for Summer Sessions. ... UC Davis is a Tree Campus USA once again — making the list for the fourth consecutive year. …
5.11.2012
Battling domestic terrorism, on the ranch and in the lab
At a seminar here this week on battling domestic terrorism, a Harris Ranch representative described a Jan. 8 arson on 14 of the ranch's tractor-trailer rigs as "a wake-up call for American agriculture." Unfortunately, such crimes are all too familiar to academic researchers who work with animals. "We cannot be silent, we have to be proactive," said Michael Lairmore (pictured), dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine. Campus police and the FBI's Sacramento office presented the one-day conference. …
5.10.2012
WarnMe test set for May 14: Update your contact info
A test of the university’s WarnMe emergency alert system is scheduled for Monday (May 14), starting just before noon. The test alerts will go out to employees and students on the Davis and Sacramento campuses, and at other university facilities. Officials urge faculty, staff and students to visit the WarnMe website to ensure they are registered and that their contact information is up to date: phone numbers and e-mail addresses (work and personal). Some people may need to configure their computers’ junk mail filters to ensure WarnMe messages make it to inboxes. …
5.10.2012
Professor to discuss meteorite; students sell eclipse glasses
UC Davis geologists — students and faculty — are in celestial heaven! First, a meteorite fell in Gold Country. A faculty member will give a talk on this topic, Sunday, May 20, in Coloma (El Dorado County), in the vicinity of ground zero. That same day, we will be in a good position to see a solar eclipse — for which the Geology Club is selling special glasses. …
5.10.2012
THE OUTDOORS: Summer Bloomers and Sizzling Deals
The arboretum is closing out the season's plant sales with Some Like It Hot: Summer Bloomers and Sizzling Deals, Saturday, May 19. The bloomers are the stars of the summer garden, the deals are what you might expect at a season-ending clearance sale. ... Other arboretum events include a Folk Music Jam Session (May 11), Poetry in the Garden (May 17), and an Ethnobotanical Plant Walk and Meditation (May 19). …
5.10.2012
EXHIBITIONS: Maceo Montoya's 'Cielo Rojo' at TANA
TANA, the Woodland art workshop run by the Department of Chicana/o Studies, presents Cielo Rojo, an exhibition by the department's own Maceo Montoya, artist, writer and assistant professor. The exhibition comprises 17 paintings in charcoal and acrylic on paper, plus five limited-edition silkscreen prints based on the Cielo Rojo series. An opening reception is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday (May 17). …
5.4.2012
TGFS GUESS THE WEIGHT CONTEST
Don’t let the double-decker bus fool you. It’s from London, yes, but it’s ours now. And those Eggheads, they can only mean one thing: This is UC Davis. And all those people (including the chancellor and the provost) have come together for the annual Guess the Weight contest, part of the Thank Goodness for Staff Celebration. Your task: Guess the weight of all the people and their umbrellas, the bus and the two Eggheads. …
5.4.2012
EXHIBITIONS: Solo show by Professor Werful runs through Saturday
Abstracts by art professor Gina Werful are on display at the Alex Bult Gallery in Sacramento, but you better hurry — the exhibition closes Saturday (May 5). ... Emily Sin presents A Collection of Birds in Linocut, at the Craft Center Gallery, starting today (May 4). ... Come get your design on, Saturday (May 5), during the Department of Design's open house, Oh! Design …
5.4.2012
NEWS BRIEFS: 'Decision' day puts pressure on parking
Be prepared for a potential parking crunch next Friday, May 11, when thousands of visitors are expected for a "decision" day event for prospective students. ... Ron Paul brings his presidential campaign to the Quad. ... Provost Hexter invites staff to volunteer to help at commencement. ... The child care and breastfeeding support programs are spared budget reductions in 2012-13. ... The School and Education and Campus Rec are offering summer enrichment camps on the Davis campus and, for the first time, in Woodland. ... Chancellor Katehi delivers the Vanderhoef International Lecture next week. …
5.4.2012
UC, CSU and community colleges plead: No more cuts
Linda P.B. Katehi and two students sat side by side on a sofa, voicing their fears for the future of public higher education in California. The students — a single mother and a soon-to-be graduate — had not come to the Capitol this week for a meeting with the UC Davis chancellor. Instead, Katehi joined the students May 1 for meetings with lawmakers as part of the third annual Joint Higher Education Advocacy Day. …
5.4.2012
Your benefits: Deadline near for family member eligibility
UC faculty, staff and retirees have less than two weeks — until Thursday, May 17 — to submit family member eligibility verification, or risk de-enrollment of yourself and all family members in UC-sponsored medical, dental and vision insurance. …
