4.24.2009

New dean for GSM: ‘Academic entrepreneur’ Steven Currall skilled at raising visibility, resources
Steven Currall, a vice dean and faculty member who holds joint positions at University College London and the London Business School, has been appointed Dean of the UC Davis Graduate School of ... [ More ]

UC gets stimulus funding
The UC system is receiving $268 million in federal stimulus money, but all but $13 million of this amount is already included in the 2009-10 budget. Which means the UC system is still short at ... [ More ]

BRIGHT LIGHTS: English, evolution profs named Guggenheim fellows
Two UC Davis faculty members and one professor emeritus have been awarded prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships, the foundation announced on April 8. Frances Dolan, professor of English, Artyom Kopp, ... [ More ]

AT STEBBINS COLD CANYON
NATURE OUTINGS FULL: Watercolors and the Outdoors — 9 a.m.-noon April 26. Nocturnal Happenings — 6:30-8:30 p.m. May 2. A walk featuring experiential activities to help children (ages ... [ More ]

UC Davis upgrades computer privacy
University cybersafety officials announced changes this week to the MySpace file storage and sharing site on MyUCDavis, after routine audits revealed that some people had placed Social Security ... [ More ]

	(Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

University honors 22 employees at diversity event
An international buffet and balloons of all colors in Freeborn Hall can mean only one thing: Soaring to New Heights, the Davis campus’s annual celebration of diversity and the Principles of ... [ More ]

Disability awareness week spotlights accommodation
Disability Awareness Week Awards honor employees for providing accommodations for people with disabilities, so that the disabled employees may continue working. • Deborah Galino, director, ... [ More ]

Unique mountain gorilla health program launched: Broad effort eyes habitat, animal and even human health
UC Davis launched a new “One Health” program April 23 to conserve the world’s remaining 740 mountain gorillas by caring for not only the gorillas but also the people and the other ... [ More ]

LAURELS: Awards reflect faculty academic achievements
This column offers a sampling of honors recently awarded to UC Davis faculty, staff and units: Professor Lisa R. Pruitt has been elected as co-chair of the Rural Studies Interest Group of the ... [ More ]

IN BRIEF: Bikes, vanpools, scholarships, auction and grad student survey
400 bicycles up for sale The second and final bicycle auction of the 2008-09 academic year is set for May 2. David Takemoto-Weerts, the Davis campus’s bicycle program coordinator, said more ... [ More ]

Deconstructing H1-B visas
Dear Editor: Requesting H1-B visa for postdocs and highly educated workers is already an extremely competitive and burdensome process. Professor Matloff is a well-publicized advocate of a ... [ More ]

Campus levies fee on credit card transactions
UC Davis has started collecting partial reimbursement for security costs associated with credit card transactions at 170 campus vendors such as the Coffee House and bookstore — vendors whose ... [ More ]

	Computer chip developer Bevan Baas in his lab.

FOOD, ETC.: Mother's Day Brunch in the Good Life Garden
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; at ... [ More ]

Oklahoma! opens May 2
Like the wind that comes sweepin’ down the plain, the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! is sweepin’ onto the UC Davis stage, starting May 2. Pictured are two of the lead ... [ More ]

CAMPUS CALENDAR: International Fun Food Fest;
International Fun Food Fest The International Fun Food Fest: What’s on Your Plate? is this year’s spring conference at the International House, at 10 College Place, across the street ... [ More ]

LA RAZA CULTURAL DAYS (SEMANA DE LA RAZA): “Celebrating Our Past, Cultivating Our Future 40 Years of Unity”
April 27 — Magdalena Mora Art Exhibition, 5-7 p.m., MU II, Memorial Union; Women of Color Poetry Night, 7-10 p.m., MU II. April 28 — Chican@ Studies Symposium, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., MU II; ... [ More ]

Arboretum’s stars now being stocked at retail nurseries
Arboretum All-Stars have gone retail, at nurseries around the Sacramento region and in the Bay Area, and eventually all over the state. The UC Davis Arboretum has been developing the All-Stars ... [ More ]

A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE
Brian Correiar/Garden Rose Council The Pope John Paul II, among the offerings at the Rose Day sale.     The economy is looking rosier for people interested in attending the formal ... [ More ]

AT THE ARBORETUM: AUTHOR, ANTS AND ART (AND A BICYCLE TOUR)
Author event — David Fross: California Native Plants for the Garden. Fross, the founder of Native Sons Nursery, Arroyo Grande, co-authored the book with Bart O’Brien and Carol Bornstein. ... [ More ]

HOW UC ASSISTS ENVIRONMENTAL UNDERSTANDING
UC Davis is hosting a May 7-8 environmental conference that looks at what the UC system has done over the past century, by way of arts, literature, social sciences and law, to help further ... [ More ]

SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIA: The Atom Smashers; Title of the week
The Atom Smashers: Directors' cut The Atom Smashers movie is coming to UC Davis, under sponsorship of the Department of Physics and the High Energy Frontier Theory Initiative. The showing is ... [ More ]

AGGIES ON THE MOVE TEAM CHALLENGE: WEEK 2
Through Week 2 (April 13-19) steps per person, on average: 1. The Category 5 (Veterinary Medicine, Central Services) 221,745 2. Barking Dogs (Health Sciences Library, Application Development and ... [ More ]

Healthy ’til 100: Take the Wellness Challenge
UC Davis wants all its employees — those who are working and those who are retired — to stay “Healthy ’til 100” and beyond. To help accomplish this, the Retiree ... [ More ]

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