11.6.2009

Stimulus funds to bring 250 jobs
Federal stimulus grants to UC Davis will put some 250 people to work on earthquake safety, new sources of clean energy and West Nile virus control, among dozens of other research projects. So far 53 ... [ More ]

Ceremony set for interned Japanese American students
UC Davis will hold a special ceremony Dec. 12 to recognize Japanese American students who had their educations derailed by World War II internments. The four campuses in existence at the time ... [ More ]

	(Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

Moving big ideas into the market
The UC Davis Graduate School of Management has $2 million in new seed money to spark entrepreneurship in California, thanks to a gift from the estate of Charles J. Soderquist, a UC Davis alumnus who ... [ More ]

Retirement forums to tackle weighty issues
The UC system is dealing with some daunting statistics in regard to retiree benefits: • The retirement plan’s funded status is expected to decline from 95 percent to 61 percent by 2013, ... [ More ]

Psychiatrist gives $1M for infant development research
Robert Dorn, a Davis psychiatrist who devoted his career to understanding and treating mental health problems that originate in the earliest years of life, has given $1 million to support infant ... [ More ]

FAMILY AFFAIR—Parent and Family Weekend is the first such event on campus in more than a decade
Edie Halenbeck won’t be packing textbooks or a laptop, but the Los Altos mother of three is thrilled to be heading back to school on Saturday — to Parent and Family Weekend at UC Davis. ... [ More ]

Bank agreement to help fund student services
UC Davis has entered into a 10-year agreement with U.S. Bank that will provide nearly $3 million to support student services and bring the campus its first bank branch. U.S. Bank is counting on ... [ More ]

	(Michael Lyons)

Blood drive pits longtime rivals
UC Davis and California State University, Sacramento, are out for blood in the Causeway Classic — not in the football Causeway Classic, but in the blood drive Causeway Classic. In last ... [ More ]

IN BRIEF: Holiday food drives, CollegeWeekLive, fall commencement and open enrollment
Holiday food drives The holidays are approaching — and so too are holiday food drives. • Davis campus Mail Services and Sacramento campus Mail Services are conducting their fourth ... [ More ]

CAMPUS COMMUNITY BOOK PROJECT
This year’s book is The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World, by Eric Weiner. All events are open to the public, and all are free except the ... [ More ]

LAURELS
This column offers a sampling of honors recently awarded to UC Davis faculty, staff and units: Law Professor Keith Aoki has been elected to the American Law Institute, widely considered the ... [ More ]

IN MEMORIAM: Robert Jackman
Robert Jackman, a distinguished professor of political science, died Oct. 8 after a two-year struggle with pancreatic cancer. Jackman, the author of four books and dozens of articles in leading ... [ More ]

AROUND THE UC
Federal funding for UC? As state funds erode and student fees escalate, UC President Mark Yudof is calling for more federal support for public universities like the UC system. In a proposal ... [ More ]

Study finds differences in physician ‘satisfaction’
A UC Davis study of more than 6,500 physicians has found significant distinctions in job satisfaction based on medical specialty. Physicians who treat the elderly and children top the satisfaction ... [ More ]

MIND Institute to receive nearly $12M for autism studies
Researchers with the UC Davis MIND Institute will receive nearly $12 million over two years to study causes and treatments for autism and other disorders, in funding provided by the American ... [ More ]

Study reveals how plants and bacteria 'talk' to each other to thwart disease
When it comes to plants’ innate immunity, like many of the dances of life, it takes two to tango. A receptor molecule in the plant pairs up with a specific molecule on the invading bacteria ... [ More ]

	Clerk Kerr lecturer: Hanna Holborn Gray, president emeritus of the University of Chicago

SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIA: Health care reform; 'Motherhood and the State'; Engineering alum to give lecture; Vanderhoef lecture
Topic A: Health care reform UC Davis is hosting a panel and a dialogue, separately, on the economics of health care reform: Nov. 10 — A panel of executives involved in the health care and ... [ More ]

‘Silver spoon’ effect found in ancient societies
The so-called “silver spoon” effect — in which wealth is passed down from one generation to another — is well established in some of the world’s most ancient economies, ... [ More ]

	Lady Macbeth (Cody Messick) and Macbeth (Kevin Ganger) (Alison Stevenson/UC Davis)

THE ARTS: Tribes and Corpo/Ilicito
In a double bill, the Department of Theatre and Dance presents performance pieces by the fall quarter artists in residence: • Sara Shelton Mann, writer-choreographer—Tribes: the ... [ More ]

Campus music makers
The Department of Music calendar is full of evening concerts this month, starting with the Meridian Arts Ensemble, artists in residence, visiting faculty from the Manhattan School of Music. The ... [ More ]

EXHIBITIONS: Campus photographer showcases her work
NEW THIS WEEK UC Davis photos by Karin Higgins of University Communications — Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center, Old Davis Road at Mrak Hall Drive. Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 ... [ More ]

FOOD, ETC.: A pair of wine tastings
Fall Vintage Aggies Wine Tasting—Featuring wines from alumni winemakers, plus appetizers. $15 for Cal Aggie Alumni Association and Parent Association members, $20 for nonmembers. 21 and over, ... [ More ]

THE OUTDOORS: At the Raptor Center and Stebbins Cold Canyon
AT THE RAPTOR CENTER The California Raptor Center is welcoming the public to an open house, free of charge, on Nov. 21. Activities begin with a Hawk Walk at 8 a.m. (meet at the gate to the raptor ... [ More ]

	Public tours of the new Earth and Physical Sciences Building at the Nov. 5 dedication included upclose views of the facility's teaching and research labs. (Cheng Saechao/UC Davis)

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