10.30.2009

$75M pandemic warning system: UC Davis leads global effort to detect diseases moving from wildlife to people
In hopes of preventing the next global pandemic and a possible death toll into the millions, UC Davis on Oct. 23 launched an unprecedented international effort to find and control diseases that move ... [ More ]

Exploring the humanities crisis
The humanities, Andrew Delbanco says, offer us “transformative moments” in the mysteries of the human condition. And that is why Delbanco, director of American Studies at Columbia ... [ More ]

	(White House)

Fred Wood: Student Aid Commission
Fred Wood, who completed his education with the help of financial aid and now oversees student support as vice chancellor for student affairs, has been appointed to the California Student Aid ... [ More ]

LAURELS
This column offers a sampling of honors recently awarded to UC Davis faculty, staff and units: Joaquin Galvan, a retention coordinator with the Learning Skills Center at UC Davis, was recently ... [ More ]

UC to boost student aid
FRESNO — High school students on Oct. 23 shouted out a rousing cheer of “sí, se puede” to the news that UC’s new Project You Can would help them pay for a UC ... [ More ]

Walt Jennings: Friend with flavor
Flavor and friendship fill his life, so it was no surprise that both overflowed at a recent colloquium in his honor. He is Professor Emeritus Walt Jennings, the chemist, inventor and entrepreneur ... [ More ]

A very ‘responsible’ Web site
UC Davis recently led an effort to create on online database of educational materials for use in education and training in the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR). To date, 39 institutions ... [ More ]

SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIA: 'Spaces of Asian Cinema'; Future of 'cleantech'; Latin American and Iberian Languages, Literatures and Cultures
'Spaces of Asian Cinema' The “Spaces of Asian Cinema” symposium, with three keynote speeches and four panel discussions, is being held as part of the Asia Pacific Film Festival. The ... [ More ]

IN BRIEF: Open enrollment; Going to dinner for free
Open enrollment Open enrollment for 2010 started Oct. 29 and continues through Nov. 24. For all of you wait until the last minute: Take note that the deadline this year is 5 p.m. and not ... [ More ]

'SPACES OF ASIAN CINEMA': Film festival and symposium
Five films are on the program for the 2009 Asia Pacific Film Festival: “Spaces of Asian Cinema.” The festival includes a symposium, with three keynote speeches and four panel ... [ More ]

Blog covers ‘local’ writing
With a few mighty keystrokes, Kate Asche launched a blog last week on the topic of “local” writing in the Sacramento area. Of course, creative writing can take you places — like ... [ More ]

New horticulture program to span globe
Intent on helping the world’s poorest people break out of a persistent cycle of poverty by producing and marketing high-value crops, the U.S. Agency for International Development has selected ... [ More ]

Tibbitts: Internship and Career Center
Friends and family members packed St. James Catholic Church on Oct. 26 during a memorial service for Nancy Rupp Tibbitts, 51, a UC Davis alumna who for 26 years served as a coordinator and adviser ... [ More ]

UC Davis to host meetings on post-retirement benefits and the future of UC
Two systemwide efforts — one on post-retirement benefits and the other on the future of UC — will be the subject of open meetings at UC Davis in November. The UC President’s Task ... [ More ]

RECREATION: T-Day Boredom Busters
Parents: Now is the time to take a pre-emptive strike against your children’s boredom during Thanksgiving break. Sign them up for Campus Recreation’s Boredom Busters camp that runs the ... [ More ]

	(Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

AT THE ARBORETUM
Folk Music Jams — Play or listen. Noon Oct. 30 and Nov. 13. Wyatt Deck. Tour — Autumn Colors in the Storer Garden. 11 a.m. Oct. 31, gazebo. Tour — Water-Wise Plants for Your ... [ More ]

THE OUTDOORS: Guide training at Stebbins Cold Canyon
Are you interested in sharing your knowledge of sustainability, geology, flowers, water conservation or anything else that might lend itself to an outdoor adventure at Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, ... [ More ]

FOOD, ETC.: Staff pins, holiday wines and free herbs
Staff pins go well with holiday wines The Gunrock Pub’s November wine tasting is all about pairing: wines to pair with the holidays and wines to pair with your Staff Assembly pin. Wear your ... [ More ]

AROUND THE UC: New course, food sustainability, biofuels
Food sustainability eyed The UC hopes to establish one of the most comprehensive sustainable food service policies of any university in the country. The Policy on Sustainable Practices applies to ... [ More ]

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