3.13.2009

	Professor Jay Lund at UC Day forum, showing schematic of the state water system.

MARCH 16 UPDATE: Mondavi Center's acoustical canopy all fixed; the 'show goes on' with Ladysmith Black Mambazo tonight
The show will go on. So say officials with the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, as they announced this morning (March 16) that the acoustic canopy in Jackson Hall is all fixed and ... [ More ]

	Larry Vanderhoef is stepping down in June after 15 years as chancellor and 10 years before that as executive vice chancellor and provost.

	LuPone

CURTIS MUSICIANS ON TOUR: IN SACRAMENTO AND DAVIS
Curtis on Tour, young performers from Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music, is coming to the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts for the second year in a row—and the schedule once ... [ More ]

	Grupo Corpo's performance at the Mondavi Center is being rescheduled. (Courtesy)

EXHIBITIONS: A pair of receptions
Creative Expression of the Connections Between Art and Science — Reception and awards ceremony, 7 p.m. today (March 13), at the Pence Gallery, 212 D St., Davis. Presented by the UC Davis ... [ More ]

Yolo County files charges in January dorm room search that police said yielded explosives
UC Davis police reported the arrest last week of Eric Calman in connection with the discovery of explosive materials in his residence hall room in January. In a complaint filed by the Yolo County ... [ More ]

Perfect plan: Pancakes and plants!
How’s this for a Saturday plan? On March 14, start with the UC Davis Student Resident Firefighters’ annual Pancake Breakfast, benefiting the American Cancer Society’s Relay for ... [ More ]

	The season's first plant sale is March 14.

BRIEFS: TGFS, daughters and sons, safe haven, MU and finals
Fun is one part of TGFS; volunteering is another Thank Goodness for Staff offers plenty of opportunities to have fun and plenty of opportunities to help with the organizing. For the former, take ... [ More ]

Connecting with Aggie parents
Maria Zalesky, special events coordinator for UC Davis Athletics since 2002, has been hired to help foster closer connections between UC Davis and the parents of its students. She began Feb. 24 as ... [ More ]

	Ed DePeters

SCIENCE OF CYCLING
California brought world-class cyclists to Davis on Feb. 15 to compete in Stage 1 of America’s most successful cycling race—the Amgen Tour of California. UC Davis has several ... [ More ]

LAURELS: Faculty, students recognized for accomplishments
This column offers a sampling of honors recently awarded to UC Davis faculty, staff and units: Richard Pan, associate professor of pediatrics at UC Davis Children’s Hospital, has been chosen ... [ More ]

USING SOCIAL MEDIA AT UC DAVIS
It is time to get social — as in “social media.” Members of the campus community are increasingly using social media like Twitter and Facebook and other Internet innovations to ... [ More ]

AROUND THE UC
Brave, new UCLA The UCLA Library has acquired the literary archive of the visionary novelist and essayist Aldous Huxley (1894-1963). The collection contains literary materials he created ... [ More ]

	UC Davis students Anne Reeder, foreground, and, in the back, from left, Hilary Bryan and Heather Shapiro, in Beyond Belief.

Kids, Farms & Food camp joins crafts, aquatics, sports
For children’s activities this summer, Campus Recreation is offering everything you would expect and more — including a new camp called Kids, Farms & Food. Campus Rec also ... [ More ]

Bored over spring break? Bust out at Campus Rec
Besides a variety of summer programs, Campus Recreation also runs Boredom Busters over spring break, for children in kindergarten through sixth grade. Boredom Busters this year is scheduled from ... [ More ]

IN RESEARCH: Orcas’ unhealthy diet; Membership drive event for veterinary personnel
Orcas’ unhealthy diet A study funded by UC Davis shows how killer whales (orcas) in the Pacific Northwest accumulate contaminants such as PCBs, which can reduce the whales’ ability to ... [ More ]

Lecture, market booth highlight brain week
The Center for Neuroscience and the Society for Neuroscience announced a series of outreach events in connection with Brain Awareness Week, an international effort dedicated to advancing public ... [ More ]

SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIA: Miller chemistry sympoisum
The registration deadline is March 25 for this year’s R. Bryan Miller chemistry symposium. Organizers said Harvard’s Stuart Schreiber will deliver the keynote: “The Gap Between ... [ More ]

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