1.30.2009

UPDATED: UC announces labor deals with AFSCME service employees and California Nurses Association
UC officials this week announced two more labor agreements, one with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, on behalf of UC service employees; and the other with the ... [ More ]

	(Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

Campus turns down thermostat, saves cash: Holiday conservation cuts almost $100,000 from gas, electric bills
Associate Chancellor Maril Stratton came prepared. Long underwear, turtleneck sweater, corduroy overshirt and furry slippers. She knew it would be cold in Mrak Hall on the Sunday after New ... [ More ]

CONSERVATION ALL YEAR LONG
Bundling up to stay warm is not all that then-Provost Barbara Horwitz asked faculty and staff to do over the holidays. She also asked for help in saving energy in other ways. Now, officials are ... [ More ]

RECYCLEMANIA: Campus becomes full participant in national competition
UC Davis is turning RecycleMania into a campuswide project. RecycleMania is a national competition, and it starts Feb. 1 and runs through March 28. Almost 500 colleges are signed up, competing to ... [ More ]

Working ‘green’ is smart, efficient
“Going green” is a concept that has become popular throughout the UC Davis community.  More and more people and units are making an effort to adopt environmentally friendly ... [ More ]

	Gary Matteson, foreground, a researcher in biological and agricultural engineering, prepares to perform a radio check with members of the newly established amateur radio group at UC Davis. Listening in is John Berg, a lab manager in chemistry who helped found the volunteer group to support response to campus emergencies. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

LAURELS: Scholars recognized for research contributions
This column offers a sampling of honors and awards recently awarded to UC Davis faculty, staff and units: Richard L. Kravitz, professor of internal medicine and a longtime researcher in the area ... [ More ]

	International law expert Diane Amann

AROUND THE UC: Student aid proposal; Open access library
Student aid proposal The UC Board of Regents will consider a proposal that establishes a minimum level of gift assistance for financially needy California undergraduates with incomes below the ... [ More ]

	Students gather outside the Memorial Union building on the first day of classes last fall. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

Yolo County wines to be featured at Gunrock Pub's next tasting event, Feb. 4
Wednesday night wine tastings continue Feb. 4 at the Gunrock Pub, formerly the Silo Café & Pub. The monthly tasting events are something new at the pub, which reopened under its new ... [ More ]

IN BRIEF: managers, centennial, Amtrak, fire, newspaper
UC managers training UC Davis managers are invited to apply for the Northern California UC Management Skills Assessment program to be held April 27-May 1 at the Asilomar Conference Center in ... [ More ]

Open house at COSMOS, the summer program for budding mathematicians and scientists
COSMOS, the California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science, is reaching out to UC Davis faculty and staff with high school-aged children who may be interested in participating in COSMOS ... [ More ]

Computers unite in low-cost fight against worms
Thanks to an ingenious new strategy devised by UC Davis and Intel Corp. researchers, computer network administrators might soon be able to mount effective, low-cost defenses against self-propagating ... [ More ]

... and around the arboretum, on the Valentine’s Day Sonnet Walk
UC Davis is offering up a special Valentine: the Valentine’s Day Sonnet Walk, with some of Shakespeare’s poetry to be performed along the way. The public is invited to come along, free ... [ More ]

THE OUTDOORS: At the arboretum
Tour—Simple Secrets for Great Container Gardening. 11 a.m. Jan. 31, Arboretum Terrace Garden, Davis Commons shopping center, First and A streets. Free parking behind the shopping ... [ More ]

EXHIBITIONS: Obama! opens Feb. 2 in the Art Lounge
OBAMA! OPENS FEB. 2 IN THE  ART LOUNGE This Black History Month exhibition showcases Barack Obama’s life and his election to the U.S. presidency, and hope for the future. ... [ More ]

CAMPUS CALENDAR: Day of Iranian films; Causeway takes pause
Day of Iranian films The Middle East/South Asia Studies Program is inviting the public to a free, daylong program of four Iranian films, plus speakers and discussions. The Iranian Film Symposium ... [ More ]

THE ARTS: Youth Dance Workshop; Traditional Chinese movement
Youth Dance Workshop 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 ... [ More ]

	Philip Glass

MORE AT THE MONDAVI
MUNICH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: With Philippe Entremont, principal guest conductor and piano soloist. All-Beethoven concert: Prometheus Overture; Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, op. 15; and Symphony No. ... [ More ]

George Perle: Music pioneer dies
George Perle, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who helped to establish UC Davis as a significant center for new music composition and performance, died last week at his home in Manhattan. He was ... [ More ]

SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIA: Ecology symposium
The second annual Graduate Student Symposium in Ecology is set for Feb. 7, free and open to the public. The program is scheduled to take place from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Giedt ... [ More ]

RECREATION: Winter Fitness Frenzy—free and open to all
Everyone in the campus community is invited to the Winter Fitness Frenzy in Freeborn Hall. Campus Recreation’s Fitness and Wellness program is putting on the event from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. ... [ More ]

Teens in love do less crime
Teenagers in love may be less likely to get mixed up in crime and substance abuse, according to new UC Davis research. But while romantic love seems to help keep teens law-abiding, casual sex can ... [ More ]

Student interest soars: Record number of high school seniors apply as enrollment cuts loom
A record high of more than 51,000 high school seniors, prospective transfer students and others have applied to study at UC Davis for fall 2009—a 5.4 percent increase over fall 2008. A total ... [ More ]

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