2.6.2009

Regents set April 2010 as date for renewed contributions to retirement plan
Employer and employee contributions to the UC Retirement Plan will resume next year, under a plan approved by the Board of Regents this week. The restart will end a contribution & ... [ More ]

AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA’S BIG START IN DAVIS: FEB. 15
DOWNTOWN FESTIVITIES 9 a.m.-2 p.m.: Family Fun Fest, Central Park, bounded by B, C, Third and Fifth streets. Carousel, bounce houses, climbing wall and more —all accessible by buying a ... [ More ]

THE SCIENCE OF CYCLING
Like most faculty members, Travis Lybbert regularly attends and presents seminars. In his case, these often involve the economics of poverty and development in Africa or India. But the assistant ... [ More ]

3 new cell sites up and running on campus
One cell tower on campus not good enough for you? Now you have three more. Actually, they are cell “sites,” atop buildings: Chemistry Annex (Sprint), Hutchison Hall (AT&T) and Kerr ... [ More ]

	Louis Warren

Police honor citizens ‘who did the right thing’
Three of the honorees wear UC Davis police badges. A fifth runs the Police Department’s Cal Aggie Hosts program, a student contingent that provides security and hospitality for about 400 ... [ More ]

	These students appeared on the UC Davis home page in a story about the 'I Got Aggied' video contest. From top, clockwise: Julio Lamas, San Lee, Roz Fanaieyan, Nicki Sun and Dani Lugo. See ucdavis.edu.

Picnic Day applications due Feb. 25
Picnic Day applications — for the parade, exhibits, alumni events, entertainment and more — are being accepted through Feb. 25. The various forms and further information are available ... [ More ]

WANTED: BIZ WHIZZES
Underscoring the importance of leadership in business education at UC Davis’ Graduate School of Management, Stephen G. Newberry and his wife, Shelley, have pledged $1 million to endow a ... [ More ]

In bad economy, MBA degree beckons
Mirroring a national trend, applications to the UC Davis Graduate School of Management’s two-year Daytime MBA program are up 50 percent from last year, the school’s admission office ... [ More ]

What’s in the COSMOS? Find out this summer
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 ]

HEALTH SYSTEM: Informatics, psychiatric grant
Informatics, anyone? UC Davis has been named part of a pilot project designed to improve informatics support for researchers conducting small- to medium-sized clinical studies. The National ... [ More ]

AROUND THE UC: LABOR DEALS STRUCK
UC officials last 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 ]

	Kevin Ganger, left, and Brett Duggan in The Winter's Tale. (Joey Kunin/UC Davis)

VALENTINE’S DAY BLUEGRASS AND SONNETS
PUNCH BROTHERS: Widely regarded as one of the most interesting and inventive musicians of his generation, composer-performer Chris Thile has changed the mandolin forever, elevating it from its ... [ More ]

	Artist-in-Residence Rita Sahai performs in concert Feb. 28.

FOOD ETC.:
WINE DOWN WEDNESDAY: The Cal Aggie Alumni Association’s quarterly wine tasting, plus light appetizers and UC Davis olive oil. Free for CAAA members and UC Davis staff; $10 for others. 5:30 ... [ More ]

EXHIBITIONS: New this week—IDEAS
NEW THIS WEEK IDEAS — Painted personal propaganda posters and carved fashion figurines by Jan Garrison, Craft Center coordinator. Feb. 13-March 13, Craft Center Gallery, South Silo. Opening ... [ More ]

THE OUTDOORS: At the arboretum
Folk Music Jams — Play or listen. Noon Feb. 6 and 20. Wyatt Deck, adjacent to the redwood grove, Old Davis Road. Parking $6 in Lot 5, Old Davis Road and A Street. Tour — Finding Beauty ... [ More ]

IN RESEARCH: Stock market’s frequent traders take bigger hit
Collectively, Taiwanese investors racked up $32 billion in stock market losses between 1995 and 1999 — virtually all due to frequent trading, according to a new study by researchers at UC ... [ More ]

SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIA: Origins of 'Origin'
A visiting scholar is scheduled to deliver a Feb. 9 lecture titled “The Origins of ‘The Origin’ — The Intellectual Origins of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution.” The ... [ More ]

LAURELS: Faculty cited for scholarly achievements
This column offers a sampling of honors and awards recently awarded to UC Davis faculty, staff and units: Kevin R. Johnson, dean of the School of Law, has been appointed a member of the ... [ More ]

IN BRIEF: Managers, zero waste, writing, committees
Mid-managers conference Administrative staff and managers are invited to attend the annual ADMAN Mid-Management Conference Committee for 2009. “ADMAN” stands for Administrative ... [ More ]

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