4.3.2009

	With his appointment, Neil Hunter is the first UC Davis faculty member to join the Howard Hughes Medical Institute faculty. He was one of 50 selected nationwide. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

Law school: Construction back on track
Construction on the new east wing of the UC Davis School of Law’s King Hall will pick up where it left off in January, following the decision by Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Enrique ... [ More ]

$19M more in cuts loom for ’09-10
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Enrique Lavernia last week issued 2009-10 budget reduction targets to deans and vice chancellors, to deal with a shortfall estimated at nearly $19 ... [ More ]

Larry Vanderhoef: Chancellor emeritus
The UC Board of Regents at its March meeting officially designated Larry Vanderhoef and UC San Francisco’s J. Michael Bishop as chancellors emeriti. Both are stepping down June ... [ More ]

	Lynn Kimsey

New conductor tapped
Christian Baldini, conductor and music director of the Symphony Orchestra of the State University of New York at Buffalo, has been named the new conductor of the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, ... [ More ]

New power feed is on; administrator ‘on the mend’
Utility crews this week hooked up one-half of an improved electrical feed to the Davis campus’s newly expanded substation south of Interstate 80. The successful hookup March 30 came one week ... [ More ]

	UC Davis will have five home games during the 2009 season. (Wayne Tilcock/Davis Enterprise)

NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE DAYS: “Seventh Generation Rising”
The first of the Davis campus's annual culture weeks is next week: Native American Culture Days, April 6-11, with one additional event planned for April 15. Other weeks in the offing: Asian Pacific ... [ More ]

	Ishmael Beah

HIGH-FLYING NAME: From aeronautics to aerospace, department’s new name reflects changing field
Question: What do you get when you take the word “aerospace” and drop it into the fifth position in “Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering”? Answer: The ... [ More ]

	(Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

IN RESEARCH: Brain-wave data can tell us to ‘Pay attention!’
From spilling a cup of coffee to failing to notice a stop sign, everyone makes an occasional error due to lack of attention. Now a team led by a UC Davis researcher, in collaboration with the ... [ More ]

	David Gross

AN EXHIBITION AND A GATHERING
The C.N. Gorman Museum is presenting Visual Sovereignty: International Indigenous Photography — a conference April 4-5 and an exhibition opening April 3 and running through Sept. 4. The ... [ More ]

EXHIBITIONS
NEW THIS WEEK Tehama County Photo Club — Eleven members are exhibiting a total of 23 photos during April and May at the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center. Visual Sovereignty: International ... [ More ]

	Picture Imperfect Portraits: from left, Anna Schumacher, Rebecca Waters, Lauren Ward and Jason Masino ((Joey Kunin/UC Davis))

Mondavi reschedules dance performance to April 7
The Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts announced a new performance date of April 7 for the Brazilian dance company Grupo Corpo. The company had been scheduled to perform March 13, until the ... [ More ]

THE ARTS: A duo, a trio and a quartet (of sorts)
Duo X — Artists-in-residence Laura Carmichael (clarinet, electronics) and Naomi Sato (saxophones, sho, electronics) blend technology and ethnomusicology to create cross-cultural sonic mixes of ... [ More ]

CAMPUS CALENDAR: Danzantes del Alma, Spring break matinees
TONIGHT: DANZANTES DEL ALMA UC Davis’ folklorico dance troupe, Danzantes del Alma, presents its 32nd annual show at 7 o’clock tonight in Freeborn Hall. The student performers ... [ More ]

THE OUTDOORS: At the arboretum and Stebbins Cold Canyon
AT THE ARBORETUM Folk Music Jams — Play or listen. Noon April 3 and 17. Wyatt Deck, adjacent to the redwood grove, Old Davis Road. Parking $6 in Lot 5, Old Davis Road and A Street. Plant ... [ More ]

RAPTOR CENTER FIELD TRIP
UC Davis’ California Raptor Center announced a one-day field trip April 11 to take in the natural history of western Yolo County: rocks and flowers on the ground, and raptors in the ... [ More ]

	(Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

DUI PREVENTION
Hospital emergency rooms have long been a place where lives are saved on the spot. A new program being developed by the UC Davis Trauma Prevention Program will extend that lifesaving work by ... [ More ]

IN BRIEF: Bikeway, fruit, mentors, walking, grad students, gay support
Davis-Woodland bikeway An alternative route for alternative transportation between Davis and Woodland is getting a new look. The route would accommodate bicyclists and pedestrians and possibly ... [ More ]

Repro Graphics offers recycled paper discount
Repro Graphics is offering a discount on 100 percent recycled paper for Davis campus copiers, after testing in which the paper performed as well or better than the 30 percent recycled paper that is ... [ More ]

UC hires finance, external relations execs
The UC Board of Regents on March 19 approved two appointments to the UC Office of the President. Peter J. Taylor was named executive vice president and chief financial officer of the UC system. ... [ More ]

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