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1.23.2009


	(Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

HISTORY IS MADE: Campus joins nation to witness Obama’s inauguration
Just because people work or study on campus did not mean they missed the presidential inauguration early Tuesday morning — the campus was abuzz with a festive atmosphere. On the front: Student ... [ More ]

Bikes, vans: How do you get around?
Davis campus bicyclists and would-be vanpoolers are invited to talk transit next week and the week after. Transportation and Parking Services, or TAPS, announced a pair of brown bags, Jan. 27 and ... [ More ]


	Marcie Kirk-Holland, left, project manager with the Internship and Career Center, discusses resume strategies with student advisor Fariha Naveed, a third-year science and technology studies major. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

As economy sours, students worry about job prospects
The U.S. economy is making it difficult for graduating students to join the work force, scholars, staff and students say. “There is no doubt that graduating students face an ... [ More ]

CHANCELLOR'S FELLOWS: 5 top scholars in engineering, humanities, economics, physics, biology
For the next five years, the following five UC Davis professors can officially title themselves as a Chancellor’s Fellow — Chen-Nee Chuah of electrical and computer engineering; Carolyn ... [ More ]

Peace Corps ranking is 14th
UC Davis ranks 14th among all large universities in producing Peace Corps volunteers, the Peace Corps announced this month in unveiling its Top 25 Colleges list for 2009. Last year, the university ... [ More ]

IN BRIEF: Birds, State of Minds, soccer player, student awards and live auction
Campus bird count Campus birders, along with volunteers from around the region, will conduct the first UC Davis Winter Bird Survey on Jan. 25. Organizer Andy Engilis Jr., curator of the Museum of ... [ More ]

Search on for staff adviser designate
Applications are being accepted for staff adviser-designate to the UC Board of Regents. There are two staff advisers at a time, with one serving as “designate” for a year and then ... [ More ]

Our first black president, 60 years ago
The following appeared Jan. 13 on Egghead, a UC Davis blog at blogs.ucdavis.edu/egghead: Horace Hampton was elected president of the UC Davis student body in 1949, one of the first blacks to be ... [ More ]

Faculty urged to promote Undergraduate Research Conference
Abstracts are being accepted online for UC Davis' 20th annual Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference, scheduled for April 25. Abstracts are are due by Feb. 17 at ... [ More ]

Odor alters gene expression in olfactory neurons
New research from UC Davis shows why a species of tiny worm can learn to ignore an odor — information that could have implications for how human memories are formed. Scientists have ... [ More ]

DANCE WORKSHOPS: Danzantes del Alma offers youth classes for free; theatre-dance department hosts expert in traditional Chinese movement
The UC Davis student dance troupe Danzantes del Alma is presenting its 21st annual Youth Dance Workshop, Feb. 7. The program of instruction in folklorico dance is free and open to the ... [ More ]


	UC Davis students Kevin Ganger, left, and Brett Duggan in The Winter's Tale.

Due on stage: Winter's Tale, Jasperse work
The Department of Theatre and Dance this quarter is presenting Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale and a new choreographic work by winter quarter Granada Artist-in-Residence John ... [ More ]

EXHIBITIONS: African American Journey and Words Take Wing
2 NEW EXHIBITIONS AT SHIELDS LIBRARY Two new exhibitions are in place for winter quarter in the lobby of Shields Library. Hours are 7:30 a.m.-midnight Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, ... [ More ]

THE OUTDOORS: At the arboretum
Folk Music Jams—Play or listen. Noon Jan. 23, and Feb. 6 and 20, Wyatt Deck, adjacent to the redwood grove, Old Davis Road. Free and open to the public. Parking $6 in Lot 5, Old Davis Road and ... [ More ]

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