9.18.2009

Union staff notified of furlough alternatives
UC Davis managers and supervisors today (Sept. 18) are informing represented employees that they face, at a minimum, temporary layoffs or reductions in time—as alternatives to participating in ... [ More ]

Institute explores California's government meltdown
Four speakers are due to discuss governance, tax reform and constitutional reform in a series titled Meltdown: Institutional Challenges Facing California. The Institute of Governmental Affairs is ... [ More ]

Students urged to get vaccines
UC Davis students are sporting a new status symbol as the campus gears up for the start of classes — a small bandage over the spot of their seasonal flu vaccination. “This is where ... [ More ]

NEW FACULTY
Pat Turner, vice provost for undergraduate studies, talked about “what every beginning UC teacher should know” at the New Faculty Workshop in the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center on ... [ More ]

Pioneering health research recognized
Seven UC Davis researchers received pilot grant awards from the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center to conduct innovative and collaborative research. The awards came in three broad ... [ More ]

FURLOUGH ALTERNATIVES FOR REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES
UC Davis Human Resources provided the following document, dated Sept. 17, 2009: Alternatives to Furlough-Payroll Savings Plan for Represented Employees. Click here to read the Dateline article. UC ... [ More ]

	(Cheng Saechao/UC Davis)

RECREATION: ARC programs for adults, children; Harley English Tennis Festival; Aggies On the Move; Putah Creek Reserve Cross Country Footrace
Try Before You Buy at ARC; look online for fall programs The Activities and Recreation Center starts every quarter with Try Before You Buy — and for this fall quarter the dates are Sept. 21 ... [ More ]

	(Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

FALL QUARTER'S FREE NOON CONCERTS
The Department of Music announced that it will present free concerts every Thursday from Sept. 24 through Dec. 3, with the exception of Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26. Starting time for all concerts is ... [ More ]

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC'S 2009-10 SEASON
FALL QUARTER Christine Brewer, soprano, with the Symphony Orchestra—The orchestra will accompany Brewer on two selections: Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and George ... [ More ]

Commemorating California’s role in the AIDS fight
Editor’s Note: The Center for Comparative Medicine learned Thursday afternoon that Willie Brown will not be able to participate in the Friday AIDS research event. More than 300 scientists, ... [ More ]

IN BRIEF: Business Officer Institute, alumni nominations, fire officer returns, Neighbors Night Out, Blue Devil football
Business Officer Institute Staff Development and Professional Services is taking nominations for UC’s next Business Officer Institute, Dec. 1-3, in Newport Beach. The institute is for ... [ More ]

	(Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

FOOD, ETC.: East Quad Farmers Market and Good Life harvest
FARMERS MARKET RETURNS TO THE QUAD: The East Quad Farmers Market opens for the fall quarter in a new location, still on the East Quad but on the north side (closer to the Memorial Union). ... [ More ]

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WEEKENDS FOR PARENTS: Two new fall events will give parents a taste of campus life
• Back to School Weekend Oct. 16-17— known as Alumni College when it was last held three years ago — “showcases some of the tremendous programs we have on campus,” said ... [ More ]

	A portion of Sharecropper's Masterpiece, in the African American Quilts exhibition at the Nelson Gallery.

Convocation looks to next 100 years
All members of the campus community are invited to attend the annual Fall Convocation. This year’s event will be held next Wednesday, Sept. 23, from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Robert and Margrit ... [ More ]

CHANCELLOR CHARTS NEW COURSE: Linda Katehi talks about future, budget and her own life
This article first appeared in the fall 2009 issue of UC Davis Magazine. Neighbors crowded around a small television last May in Linda Katehi’s hometown on the Greek island of Salamis for a ... [ More ]

BOOK DEAL: Trusting Google with UC’s library holdings poses benefits and risks to academic authors, experts say
BERKELEY — On its face, the proposed settlement of a lawsuit over Google Book Search — the Internet titan’s effort to digitize vast numbers of books, academic and otherwise, for ... [ More ]

THE OUTDOORS: Poetry in the Garden
The arboretum presents poet Thomas Centolella, reading some of his work, at 7 p.m. Sept. 24 on the Wyatt Deck. The event is free and open to the public. The Commonwealth Club of California awarded ... [ More ]

LAURELS
This column offers a sampling of honors recently awarded to UC Davis faculty, staff and units: Plant Pathology Professor Pamela Ronald was recently selected to receive a 2009 Science in Society ... [ More ]

UPCOMING SPEAKERS
WHO: David Plouffe, campaign manager, Obama for America. Barack Obama, after his election as president, described Plouffe as “the unsung hero who built the best political campaign in the ... [ More ]

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Morain to lead News Service
Claudia Morain has been named News Service director in University Communications. Morain has been with the UC Davis News Service since 2007, when she joined it as a senior public information ... [ More ]

NEW DIRECTIONS: UC Commission on the Future seeks new vision based on today’s reality
Regents Chairman Russell Gould at the first meeting of the UC Commission on the Future called on members to do “nothing short of reimagining” the University of California. Co-chairs ... [ More ]

New center to study immigrant health
Intent on improving the health conditions of migrating people in California and around the world, the University of California’s Berkeley and Davis campuses are joining forces to launch a new ... [ More ]

IN RESEARCH: Communication prof debunks a stereotype, says men can be just as tentative as women
Women hedge, issue disclaimers and ask questions when they communicate, language features that can suggest uncertainty, lack of confidence and low status. But men do the same, according to ... [ More ]

New guidelines limit CT for children with head trauma
A substantial percentage of children who get CT scans after apparently minor head trauma do not need them, and as a result are put at increased risk of cancer due to radiation exposure. To cut this ... [ More ]

Katehi committee: K-12 education should include engineering
The following is a Sept. 8 news release from the National Academy of Sciences. Chancellor Linda Katehi chaired the committee that produced the report cited in this statement. WASHINGTON—The ... [ More ]

LETTER: H1N1 e-mail to students
The following is a letter that the campus is expected to send today (Sept. 18) to students. To all UC Davis students: We write to provide an update on the university’s H1N1 flu virus ... [ More ]

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