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4.17.2009


	Wayne Thiebaud and Gary Snyder

Painter and Poet: Top UC Davis honors go to Wayne Thiebaud and Gary Snyder
Poet Gary Snyder and painter Wayne Thiebaud, whose art defied convention and defined an era, have been awarded the UC Davis Medal, the highest tribute bestowed by the university. Snyder, a ... [ More ]

12 RECIPIENTS OF THE UC DAVIS MEDAL
Here are all 12 recipients of the UC Davis Medal: • Former UC Regent Roy Brophy and Alice Gonzales (May 2002) • Former President Bill Clinton (November 2002) • Former ... [ More ]

Alert system test next week
UC Davis is scheduled to conduct an all-out test of its WarnMe emergency alerting service — for providing timely information and instructions in major emergencies — on Wednesday, April ... [ More ]

Report: Student drinking on the decline
Fewer UC Davis students are engaging in high-risk drinking and the community is raising expectations for responsible behavior related to alcohol and parties, according to a report on a major local ... [ More ]


	Staff Assembly Chair Peter Blando

Furloughs, cuts draw response
More than 1,100 Davis campus employees responded to Staff Assembly’s survey last week on employee furloughs — something that the UC system is considering, as UC President Mark Yudof ... [ More ]

Shake a leg for annual staff picnic
Thank Goodness for Staff is a picnic, of course (May 13 this year), but TGFS also is a whole lot more, referring to the many recreation opportunities that come beforehand. Play is under way in the ... [ More ]

TAKE OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO WORK DAY
If your children cannot get enough of UC Davis on Picnic Day, or if they are unable to attend, consider bringing them to work with you on April 23. That is the date for this year’s Take Our ... [ More ]


	Rock facing is complete on the seating area. A basalt column at the center will honor 'the original inhabitants of this land.' (Kendra Staggs/UC Davis)

THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE: UC Davis creates space to honor ancestors of local Patwin tribe
Imagine yourself sitting on a rock wall along the arboretum waterway. The wall is circular, like the spiraling start of a coiled basket made from grass and other plants. Oak trees are all around, ... [ More ]

IN BRIEF: Pool, KDVS, scare, fire
Rec Pool set to open Recreation Pool will open for the season on April 25, Campus Recreation announced. The pool is open to students and the general public for swimming and sunbathing. Spring ... [ More ]

UNDERGRADUATES SHOW HARD WORK
Undergraduates at UC Davis are preparing once again to showcase the hard work they have put into their research. The occasion is the Undergraduate Research Scholarship and Creative Activities ... [ More ]

‘Campus gem’ celebrates 5th
Campus Recreation is telling the story of 100 Years of Recreation at UC Davis, in an exhibition scheduled to open today and to stay up for Picnic Day and the day after (April 18 and 19). The ... [ More ]


	A 1961 Defense Department booklet and the most popular Prelinger Library download.

Steal this archive: Image curator warns of public domain loss, urges greater access
Rick Prelinger’s biggest thrill is “mainstreaming" historical documents for public consumption. But getting history into the hands of the average citizen is no easy task, the ... [ More ]

SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIA: Storer Lectureship in the Life Sciences; The Atom Smashers
Storer Lectureship in the Life Sciences Biologist Allen Orr of the University of Rochester is scheduled to give two talks next week in the Storer Lectureship in the Life Sciences Series: April 20 ... [ More ]


	(Paul Chan/UC Davis)

Native spirit & culture
Ceremonial drummers played a big part in the 37th annual UC Davis Powwow, held last weekend as part of Native American Cultural Days. More culture weeks are in the offing: Asian Pacific Culture ... [ More ]

ASIAN PACIFIC CULTURE WEEK: “Mixed Tape—Different Sounds to Track the Movement”
April 20 — Kickoff, with student organizations, food, games and other activities, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (student dance groups and live music from noon to 1 p.m.), patio, Memorial Union; Secret ... [ More ]


	Shayna Carp, Kelly Fleischmann and Eva Loney in Fleischmann's choreographic work, Aller/Arret, part of the Main Stage Theatre-Dance Festival. (Joey Kunin/UC Davis)

PICNIC DAY SONG AND DANCE
The Department of Theatre and Dance and the Department of Music, appropriately enough, put on shows for Picnic Day (April 18): • Main Stage Dance-Theatre Festival — Six new ... [ More ]

CAMPUS CALENDAR: A week of recitals; Prized Writing
A week of recitals The music department’s calendar for next week lists five recitals plus a concert of works by graduate student composers. All performances are free and open to the public in ... [ More ]

Oh, what a beautiful musical: Oklahoma!
One hundred years ago, dozens of young California men enrolled at the new University Farm, studying agriculture and no doubt vying for the attention of the few women who also enrolled at the place ... [ More ]

THE ARTS: Lectures and a poetry reading
• Dario Robleto visits UC Davis next week to give an illustrated lecture, “Some Longings Survive Death,” about the integration of sound elements into his sculptural art — in ... [ More ]


	From left, Gregory Duque, Kelly LeVasseur, Elizabeth Ottenheimer and Sandra Lopez in Symmetry Study #15. (Joey Kunin/UC Davis)

ON THE MAIN STAGE: Student choreographers present their annual showcase
One challenges society’s portrayal of the perfect family. Another examines how we translate the mundane into the profound. And another explores the incorporation of the human element into ... [ More ]

Ratatouille movie tonight, Fun Food Fest April 25 at I House
International House announced a showing tonight (April 17) of Disney-Pixar’s Ratatouille, an animated film about a French chef with a long tail. The I House and the United Nations ... [ More ]

UC and city land cycling hall of fame
Bicycle-friendly UC Davis and the city of Davis are beaming with the announcement that the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame intends to move to Davis. “One knows in the first minutes here that ... [ More ]

With public’s help, team IDs 100 red foxes
Thanks to 350 people who reported native red fox sightings in the past two years, UC Davis researchers have studied 26 Central Valley dens, identified more than 100 individual foxes, and are ... [ More ]

Do you run or stand your ground?
A UC Davis study of 110 years of mountain lion attacks on people suggests the conventional wisdom of standing your ground may not always be the right course. “Even though we found evidence ... [ More ]

THE OUTDOORS: At the arboretum and Stebbins Cold Canyon
AT THE ARBORETUM Folk Music Jams — Play or listen. Noon April 17, and May 1, 15 and 29. Wyatt Deck, adjacent to the redwood grove, Old Davis Road. Parking $6 in Lot 5, Old Davis Road and A ... [ More ]

FOOD, ETC.
Good food and drink are all around us at UC Davis, at various events and classes presented by the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, the Good Life Garden and the Olive Center; ... [ More ]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Furloughs, pay cuts
Dear Editor: UC President Mark Yudof is asking UC staff to develop policies and procedures to implement staff furloughs and temporary or permanent salary reductions. As a longtime staff member, ... [ More ]

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