8.21.2009

	Dean Kevin Johnson, right, leads Chancellor Linda Katehi on a construction tour Aug. 16 at the law school, where a $30 million expansion and renovation project is under way. (Maril Stratton/UC Davis)

UC decides against faculty furloughs on instructional days
The UC Office of the President on Aug. 21 sent the following letter to all UC chancellors and campus-based academic councils: Colleagues: After speaking at length with all of you and a ... [ More ]

President Yudof urges employees to help protect UC
Dear Friends of UC: I'm writing to urge you to be part of a letter-writing campaign on behalf of UC and public higher education in the remaining few weeks before the Legislature's fall ... [ More ]

UC Davis ranks high in U.S. News & World Report ratings
The newest U.S. News & World Report best colleges rankings place UC Davis 11th among public universities, and 42nd among all universities. In both instances, UC Davis gained in the ... [ More ]

Giving surpasses $100M: Total represents a 7% jump over ’06-’07 contributions
Donors supported UC Davis with $108.1 million in gifts, pledges and private grants during the 2008-09 fiscal year, marking the third consecutive year that philanthropic support has surpassed $100 ... [ More ]

Asian clam invasion growing fast in Tahoe
UC Davis' newly released 2009 Lake Tahoe health report describes a spreading Asian clam population that could put sharp shells and rotting algae on the spectacular mountain lake's popular beaches, ... [ More ]

‘CLUNKER’ OF A PROGRAM? Federal car program an expensive way to cut carbon emissions, researcher says
New UC Davis estimates say the federal government’s Cash for Clunkers program is paying at least 10 times the “sticker price” to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon ... [ More ]

Wolfskill Legacy: Winters symposium explores the area’s horticultural roots
The Winters Horticultural Symposium on Aug. 26 will celebrate "The Legacy of John Reid Wolfskill," part of whose Mexican land-grant ranch is preserved as a UC Davis orchard experiment ... [ More ]

Construction starts at West Village
A new $280 million community at UC Davis — already innovative for its plan to mix student and employee housing, retail space and a community college center — is breaking ground in more ... [ More ]

Name changes in works
Two name changes are in the works: McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center — The proposed new name is McClellan Nuclear Research Center, as recommended by Vice Chancellor Barry Klein, who heads ... [ More ]

Campus calendars
The UC Davis Bookstore is once again handling sales of campus wall calendars. The 2009-10 calendars are due to be available by Aug. 30, and preorders for the folded version are being taken ... [ More ]

Scientist receives funding for schizophrenia research
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has selected Michael Minzenberg to receive a 2009 Clinical Scientist Development Award for his pioneering work in treating schizophrenia. A physician and ... [ More ]

SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIA: 'Bicycle Mathematics'
“Given the front and rear wheel tracks, can one always tell which way the bicycle went?” This is one of the questions to be addressed by Penn State’s Sergei Tabachnikov in ... [ More ]

	Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra open the Mondavi Center's eighth season on Sept. 25.

FOOD, ETC: Wine Flight, olive oil and herloom tomatoes
Wednesday Night Wine Flights at the Gunrock Pub wrap up for the summer with a Sept. 2 program titled “Stock Your Cellar,” described as an evening of good deals during inventory reduction ... [ More ]

	Vitamin E, by Stacey White

THE OUTDOORS: At the arboretum
Folk Music Jams — Play or listen. Noon Aug. 21, and Sept. 4 and 18. Wyatt Deck. Tour — Planning Your Garden to Conserve Water. 10 a.m. Aug. 23, gazebo. Walk With Warren — With ... [ More ]

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