UC Davis Events Calendar

Robert F. Norris, emeritus weed scientist, Department of Plant Sciences, present this exhibition of focus-stacked and macrophotography of weeds (mostly). As a photographer, he specializes in macro of plants (and some insects). He won the macro division in the California State Fair photo competition in 2018. He has won numerous other first-place awards in other competitions. Opening reception: 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4. Buehler Alumni Center's regular hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Opening reception for exhibition of focus-stacked and macrophotography of weeds (mostly), by Robert F. Norris, emeritus weed scientist, Department of Plant Sciences. As a photographer, he specializes in macro of plants (and some insects). He won the macro division in the California State Fair photo competition in 2018. He has won numerous other first-place awards in other competitions. Exhibition runs through May 31. Buehler Alumni Center's regular hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

This is a student-run symposium at universities around the world. Attendees come from academia and industry. Free in-person event or online streaming.

Featured speakers include Jose Dinneny, Brandon Gaut, Michael Gore, Robin Hopkins, Sue Rhee, Radu Totir, Diane Beckles, Amelie Gaudin, Mohsen Mesgaran, and Abraham Morales-Cruz.

Now accepting registration and abstract submissions (abstracts by March 1). Program and Registration here.

#UCDPSS19

Photo Exhibition: Robert F. Norris
Dr. Norris is a retired weed scientist, Department of Plant Sciences. He now takes macro photographs of plants (and some insects). In 2018 he won the Macro Division of the California State Fair photo competition. He has won numerous first-place awards in other competitions, and he is a member of the Photography Club of Davis. Norris is also an acrylic and oil painter.

Exhibit: April 4 through May 31, 2019
Reception: Thursday, April 4, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Award-winning novelist and documentary-filmmaker John Crowley will give a talk on the difference between conventional historical fiction and what he calls “transformative historical fiction.”

Crowley received the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1992, and has taught for many years in the English department at Yale University.

His novels include The Deep, Beasts, Engine Summer (a finalist for the National Book Award), Little, Big (winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel), the four-volume novel Aegypt (The Solitudes; Love & Sleep; Daemonomania; Endless Things), The Translator (recipient of the Italian Premio Flaiano prize), Lord Byron’s Novel, Four Freedoms, and Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr (recipient of the Mythopoeic Award).

Crowley has also written award-winning scripts for short films and historical documentaries, including The World of Tomorrow (about the 1939 World’s Fair), No Place to Hide (on the bomb shelter obsession), The Hindenburg (for HBO), and FIT: Episodes in the History of the Body (examining American fitness practices and beliefs over the decades).

The annual Lunn Lectureship commemorates Eugene Lunn, a scholar of modern European intellectual history who taught at UC Davis from 1970 until his death in 1990.

Photo Exhibition: Robert F. Norris
Dr. Norris is a retired weed scientist, Department of Plant Sciences. He now takes macro photographs of plants (and some insects). In 2018 he won the Macro Division of the California State Fair photo competition. He has won numerous first-place awards in other competitions, and he is a member of the Photography Club of Davis. Norris is also an acrylic and oil painter.

Exhibit: April 4 through May 31, 2019
Reception: Thursday, April 4, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

The Storer Life Sciences Lectureship presents Hopi Hoekstra, Ph.D., of Harvard University.

Photo Exhibition: Robert F. Norris
Dr. Norris is a retired weed scientist, Department of Plant Sciences. He now takes macro photographs of plants (and some insects). In 2018 he won the Macro Division of the California State Fair photo competition. He has won numerous first-place awards in other competitions, and he is a member of the Photography Club of Davis. Norris is also an acrylic and oil painter.

Exhibit: April 4 through May 31, 2019
Reception: Thursday, April 4, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Photo Exhibition: Robert F. Norris
Dr. Norris is a retired weed scientist, Department of Plant Sciences. He now takes macro photographs of plants (and some insects). In 2018 he won the Macro Division of the California State Fair photo competition. He has won numerous first-place awards in other competitions, and he is a member of the Photography Club of Davis. Norris is also an acrylic and oil painter.

Exhibit: April 4 through May 31, 2019
Reception: Thursday, April 4, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Photo Exhibition: Robert F. Norris
Dr. Norris is a retired weed scientist, Department of Plant Sciences. He now takes macro photographs of plants (and some insects). In 2018 he won the Macro Division of the California State Fair photo competition. He has won numerous first-place awards in other competitions, and he is a member of the Photography Club of Davis. Norris is also an acrylic and oil painter.

Exhibit: April 4 through May 31, 2019
Reception: Thursday, April 4, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Photo Exhibition: Robert F. Norris
Dr. Norris is a retired weed scientist, Department of Plant Sciences. He now takes macro photographs of plants (and some insects). In 2018 he won the Macro Division of the California State Fair photo competition. He has won numerous first-place awards in other competitions, and he is a member of the Photography Club of Davis. Norris is also an acrylic and oil painter.

Exhibit: April 4 through May 31, 2019
Reception: Thursday, April 4, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Photo Exhibition: Robert F. Norris
Dr. Norris is a retired weed scientist, Department of Plant Sciences. He now takes macro photographs of plants (and some insects). In 2018 he won the Macro Division of the California State Fair photo competition. He has won numerous first-place awards in other competitions, and he is a member of the Photography Club of Davis. Norris is also an acrylic and oil painter.

Exhibit: April 4 through May 31, 2019
Reception: Thursday, April 4, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Photo Exhibition: Robert F. Norris
Dr. Norris is a retired weed scientist, Department of Plant Sciences. He now takes macro photographs of plants (and some insects). In 2018 he won the Macro Division of the California State Fair photo competition. He has won numerous first-place awards in other competitions, and he is a member of the Photography Club of Davis. Norris is also an acrylic and oil painter.

Exhibit: April 4 through May 31, 2019
Reception: Thursday, April 4, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

This is the first workshop of its kind. Attendees will collaborate to identify knowledge gaps and research priorities in this emerging field of breeding for food safety. Sessions will cover regulatory, industry, and extension perspectives on crop safety; genetic diversity in human pathogen-plant interactions; programs currently breeding for crop safety; and opportunities for breeding strategies for food safety.

Breakout sessions are included, with a whitepaper to guide future research and funding.

Register or submit an abstract (abstracts by April 15)

Innate predisposition and environmental triggers of COPD

Friday, June 14, 2019
Alumni Center Auditorium
530 Alumni Ln, Davis, CA 95616
• 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Breakfast, Lunch and coffee will be provided

Event Format: Symposium talks, panel discussion, short presentations
and poster session

Abstracts: Submit an abstract by June 7th, 2019 to:
www.dropbox.com…

For more information, contact:
Angela Haczku, MD/PhD & Brooks Kuhn, MD
UC Davis Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

haczku@ucdavis.edu & btkuhn@ucdavis.edu

The 63rd annual Weed Day provides an opportunity for pest control advisers, farm advisors, chemical company cooperators, college faculty and students, and regulatory officials to learn about current weed science research at UC Davis.

The agenda and registration information will be posted closer to the event date. Tentative information here.
#UCWeedDay

Fresh-cut Products Workshop

Through topic-related sessions and demonstrations, this workshop provides an intensive overview of fresh-cut production, processing, packaging, distribution and quality assurance.

The workshop is relevant to all levels of fresh-cut produce industry professionals. Food scientists, food engineers, quality assurance personnel and new product development staff as well as representatives from research institutions, the restaurant and Institutional food industries, and equipment, packaging and ingredient suppliers will all benefit.

Details and registration here.

Seed Business 101 focuses on the optimum operations of the five major functional areas of a seed company: Plant Breeding Research, Production, Operations, Sales and Marketing, and Administration.

The course offers a broad understanding of the major aspects of a seed company’s operations and a cross-departmental knowledge of best practices for profitability, including four case studies.

This Seed Business 101 course emphasizes flowers and vegetable crops as examples in the curriculum. Instructors include Maurice Smith, Pieter Vandenberg, and Mike Pereira.

Course information and registration will be posted here.