10.9.2009

UC Davis buildings go green —and gold and platinum
Looking for proof that UC Davis is building toward a sustainable future? Check out our newest green building, the Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. Hall, new home of the business school. Built to demanding ... [ More ]

Campus scores high on safety
UC Davis’ newest campus crime report to the federal government shows a decline in forcible sex offenses from 2007 to 2008, even after adjusting for an incorrect, inflated number last year. The ... [ More ]

Staff Open Forum: Reserve a seat or watch webcast
About 100 seats remained as of midweek for the Oct. 15 Staff Open Forum. But even if you miss out on a seat, you can still attend — by viewing the live webcast: • Windows Media ... [ More ]

Librarians union agrees to furlough plan
The UC system’s professional librarians represented by the American Federation of Teachers, or AFT, will begin participating in the university’s furlough-salary reduction program this ... [ More ]

New ASAP programs: Stress resilience during tough economic times
The Academic and Staff Assistance Program announced two new programs on stress resilience. One program is for general staff: “Stress Resilience During Tough Economic Times.” The ... [ More ]

GET A BIKE
This weekend brings the first of the campus’s biannual bicycle auctions, run by Transportation and Parking Services. David Takemoto-Weerts, Bicycle Program coordinator, said more than 400 ... [ More ]

H1N1 influenza update
Anticipating a difficult H1N1 flu season, UC Davis is asking deans and department chairs to plan how faculty members will accommodate sick students, and how they will cover their classes if many ... [ More ]

Alexander: Deputy director of Undergrad Admissions
Brian Alexander has been named the new deputy director of Undergraduate Admissions, effective Oct. 1. Alexander, who replaces the retiring Mary Dubitzky, has served the past six years in ... [ More ]

LETTER: Prof questions library restructure
Dear Editor: I am writing in strong opposition to the plan to move most of the library’s biological and agricultural holdings to the Carlson Health Sciences Library. As the jewel of the ... [ More ]

UPDATED: Bonfire extinguished; downtown rally will follow Pajamarino
Pajamas, marching band, Gunrock, spirit squad—sounds like a traditional homecoming, and it is—with everything except the bonfire. “We decided to try something new and ... [ More ]

IN BRIEF: More info in online directory; Library class for staff; Vanpool needs 12th rider
Departmental listings due in online directory UC Davis no longer prints a phone book, but individual listings have been available online for some time — and departmental listings are coming ... [ More ]

THE ARTS: Readings under the trees, Conversations With Writers, ARTstor class at library
Readings under the trees The arboretum and the Department of English call it “Opening Night,” readings under the trees by the creative writing faculty at the beginning of the new ... [ More ]

AFTER ALL THESE YEARS: Longtime faculty, staff get Quarter Century spotlight
The UC Davis Quarter Century Club will initiate 98 25-year employees and honor 52 current members who have marked 50 years with the campus when it convenes its annual dinner meeting at 5:30 p.m. ... [ More ]

RED, RIPE AND READY
 Andres Bermudez Jr., a field technician for UC Davis, drives a tractor receiving a load of freshly picked tomatoes at the Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility on Oct. 1. Organizers ... [ More ]

3-D biotech game teaches students
Dozens of people across the United States have fallen ill, and public health officials suspect the mystery ailment may be a food-borne disease. Patients, doctors, scientists, farmers, food ... [ More ]

STUDENTS: alcohol enforcement, safety course
Police ramp up alcohol enforcement Local police departments have increased enforcement efforts for alcohol-related offenses as part of a continuing effort to help UC Davis students make better ... [ More ]

IN RESEARCH: Novel chemistry
UC Davis chemists have shown that ethylene, a gas that is important as a raw material in industrial chemistry and as a hormone that controls fruit ripening, can bind reversibly to tin atoms. A ... [ More ]

SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIA: Capital punishment, MIND Institute, Financial crisis
Capital punishment Capital punishment is the topic for this year’s Kangas Lecture, sponsored by the Davis Senior Center and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, a unit of UC Davis ... [ More ]

Staff advisers: UC leaders took collaborative approach
The opinion column below, written by the staff advisers to the UC Board of Regents, was distributed to UC publications on Oct. 1. It is unfortunately true that the current financial climate has ... [ More ]

STEBBINS COLD CANYON RESERVE: Fall-winter adventures
NATURE OUTINGS Star Gazing: Tour of the Night Sky — 6:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17. Bryn Bishop leads a 1 1/4-mile hike, slightly uphill, to a meadow — where she will focus on changes ... [ More ]

AT THE ARBORETUM
Tour — Tips for Successful Container Gardens. 11 a.m. Oct. 10, Arboretum Terrace Garden, Davis Commons shopping center, First Street and Richards Boulevard. Walk With Warren — With ... [ More ]

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