5.29.2009

LETTER FROM THE PROVOST: May 2009 budget update
To the UC Davis campus community: Many of us have heard or read the sobering news in recent days concerning new state budget reduction proposals that could have a dramatic impact on our university ... [ More ]

	(Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

Parking fees on the rise: TAPS issues fewer tickets and more courtesy notices; permits climb $1 a month
Transportation and Parking Services announced a $1-a-month increase for most parking permit fees in 2009-10, the first increase in four years. The news comes about a month after TAPS raised the ... [ More ]

STATE OF CHANGE? Budget debacle could prompt key political, financial reforms
Most of what you read, hear and see these days about the California budget is bleak. While the road ahead looks stormy, there are some bright spots in that dark cloud. Just ask a contrarian or ... [ More ]

	Vet technician Hayley Robinson comforts a 5-year-old mare, Kazarka, before an ultrasound procedure at the May 18 launch of the new stem cell laboratory for horses. (Cheng Saechao/UC Davis)

	From left: Mananya Chansanchai, Bassam Younis, Elisabetta Lambertini, James Bui, at the UC Davis wastewater treatment facility, the subject of their winning business plan. (Tony Novelozo/Axiom Photo)

North Korea crisis: U.S. only needs ‘minimal’ response, prof says
North Korea’s nuclear testing and sword-rattling rhetoric are raising the stakes for the U.S. and the global community. Rather than take the bait, the U.S. and its allies should act ... [ More ]

Freshman assistance
Fourteen high school seniors from two high schools in Woodland will begin their freshman year here with scholarships from the UC Davis Foundation’s Russell F. and Jean H. Fiddyment Endowed ... [ More ]

Top UC execs take 5 percent pay cut
UC President Mark G. Yudof issued the following memo May 29 to chancellors, executive vice presidents, senior vice presidents, executive vice chancellors, the general counsel and vice ... [ More ]

FOOD, ETC.: Farm-to-College meal; farmers market; Wednesday Night Wine Flight
University Dining Services and food service provider Sodexo are once again inviting the campus community and the public to come get a good taste of sustainability. The event is the biannual ... [ More ]

Lot 3 chosen as site for temporary building
The Office of Resource Management and Planning announced that a modular building will be placed in the parking lot between Mrak Hall and King Hall. The building is expected to arrive in early June ... [ More ]

Senate meeting June 5
The Academic Senate’s Representative Assembly is scheduled to meet at 2:10 p.m. June 5 in MU II at the Memorial Union. This is the assembly’s last scheduled meeting of the 2008-09 ... [ More ]

	Patricia Racette as Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly. (Courtesy)

Integrated Studies 8B stages Cymbeline
After a quarter of intensive reading and rehearsal, Freshman Integrated Studies 8B is inviting audiences to see William Shakespeare's Cymbeline, “complete with voyeurism, incest, mayhem and ... [ More ]

	The Multimedia Ensemble creates a 'score' from wine bottles, brake drums and more.

Tournées Festival of French and Francophone Films
The third annual Tournées Festival of French and Francophone Films is scheduled from May 29 to 31 at UC Davis, sponsored by the Film Studies and Technocultural Studies programs. The ... [ More ]

International ag students organize AIDS fundraiser
The International Agricultural Development Graduate Group announced that it will host its annual fundraiser May 29 to support the Naranga HIV-AIDS and Poverty Eradication Project in Arua, ... [ More ]

	The Face of Darwin ceramic mosaic

THE OUTDOORS: At the arboretum and Stebbins Cold Canyon
AT THE ARBORETUM Folk Music Jams — Play or listen. Noon May 29, and June 12 and 26. Wyatt Deck, adjacent to the redwood grove. Tour — Ethnobotany of California Native Plants, about ... [ More ]

AGGIES ON THE MOVE: Team Challenge Week 7
Through Week 7 (May 18-24) steps per person, on average 1. The Category 5 (Veterinary Medicine, Central Services) 809,405 2. Barking Dogs (Health Sciences Library, Application Development and ... [ More ]

Graduate Write-In
All graduate and professional students are invited to the first-ever Graduate Write-In hosted by the Graduate Writing Fellows Program. “Bring your laptops, drafts or doodles and join us for ... [ More ]

Centennial celebration at Student Housing HQ
Student Housing next week joins in the UC Davis Centennial celebration by holding an open house to celebrate 100 years of campus housing. The open house is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 4 ... [ More ]

Amateur radio training
UC Davis is hosting an entry-level training class and exam for aspiring amateur radio operators — people who could offer communications assistance during large-scale emergencies. People ... [ More ]

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