10.2.2009

STAFF OPEN FORUM
A Staff Open Forum is scheduled from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 15 in the ARC Ballroom. Organizers said the chancellor and provost and others will present information on: The vision for the campus ... [ More ]

Protesters target UC cutbacks
Hundreds of UC Davis students, faculty and staff offered up a chant as a loud lesson on Sept. 24, the fall quarter’s first day of instruction: “Whose university? Our u ... [ More ]

IN BRIEF: Good neighbors, Quarter Century Club, shuttle fares and vanpools, Fire Day on the Quad
Neighbors Night Out: More than 100 parties More than 100 parties had been organized as of midweek for Davis Neighbors Night Out, set for Oct. 11. The Neighbors Night Out Web site lists all the ... [ More ]

Break a record this month, read a book
The campus’s Hutchinson Child Development Center is planning to celebrate National Work and Family Month by participating in a national read-in. Children, families and staff at the child ... [ More ]

Law school expands support for students pursuing public interest law
The UC Davis School of Law is expanding a groundbreaking program to ease the debt burden of graduates whose passion for public interest law leads them to lower-paying jobs. The law school's Loan ... [ More ]

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Ag economists document decline in productivity
Food around the world is likely to become scarcer and more expensive if the United States and other developing countries do not bolster their investment in agricultural research, warns a team of ... [ More ]

ENTOMOLOGY LECTURE SERIES STARTS NEXT WEEK
The Department of Entomology’s fall lecture series is set to begin next week with a talk about biocontrol of tea pests. The series is free and open to the public. Talks are scheduled from ... [ More ]

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE: A SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS
Nearly a dozen UC Davis people involved in campus sustainability are listed as presenters in the Landscape Architecture Program’s fall quarter Lunchbag Lecture Series: A Sustainable Campus ... [ More ]

'COOLING THE EARTH ONE HOUSE AT A TIME'
Two UC Davis experts are on the program for “Cooling the Earth One House at a Time,” a Davis community forum “on actions you can take at home.” The forum, free and open to ... [ More ]

Medical students honor body donors
UC Davis School of Medicine students from the class of 2011 held what was likely the largest memorial service in the school’s history to honor individuals who have donated their bodies to ... [ More ]

Researchers awarded NIH grants
The National Institutes of Health has announced that two UC Davis Health System researchers will receive NIH Director’s New Innovator Awards to support their research work. Elva Diaz and ... [ More ]

Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing gets 3 postdocs
Three postdoctoral fellows join the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing team this month. The scholars — along with fellow Tara Sharpp, who came to the school in fall 2008 — will develop ... [ More ]

CAMPUS COMMUNITY BOOK PROJECT
Here is the schedule of events for this year's Campus Community Book Project: The Geography of Bliss. In addition to speakers, the book project calendar also includes art shows, a film and a book ... [ More ]

TRANSITION: German to head Foods for Health
Bruce German has been appointed the new director of the UC Davis Foods for Health Institute. A professor of food science, German is an internationally known scholar and leader in the field of food ... [ More ]

LAURELS
This column offers a sampling of honors recently awarded to UC Davis faculty, staff and units: Veterinary dermatologist Peter Ihrke recently received the Hill’s Excellence in Veterinary ... [ More ]

LETTER: 'BIASED' COVERAGE
Dear Editor: I am writing to share my concern about the biased reporting on the Sept. 24 UC walkout, as found on a UC Davis News Service Web page. Please be clear with your readers that the ... [ More ]

VETS’ PETS: Dogs, cats benefit from place called home
This story originally appeared in UC Davis Magazine. Many people find it tough to separate their work from their personal lives, and students typically take their studies wherever they go. But few ... [ More ]

THE ARTS:
Coming to the Mondavi • An Acoustic Evening with Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt — American singer-songwriters “On Stage Together.” 8 p.m. Oct. 13, Jackson Hall. • Yamato ... [ More ]

THE OUTDOORS: Music, tours, fiction, poetry and a walk in the arboretum
Folk Music Jams — Play or listen. Noon Oct. 2, 16 and 30. Wyatt Deck. Tour — Planting Perennials. 2 p.m. Oct. 4, gazebo. Tour — Tips for Successful Container Gardens. 11 a.m. ... [ More ]

FOOD, ETC.: Wednesday Night Wine Flights, East Quad Farmers Market
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WINE FLIGHTS: The first Wednesday of the month brings the Wednesday Night Wine Flight, held at the Gunrock Pub and co-sponsored by the pub and the Cal Aggie Alumni ... [ More ]

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