Alex Wild – Biologist and photographer is coming to UC Davis

How To Take Better Insect Photographs

Alex Wild
12:10 – 1:00 pm October 26, 2011
122 Briggs Hall
University of California at Davis

cost: free

For more info: go to his blog Myrmecos and/or follow him on Twitter.

 

Participate: Future of Graduate Education Forum

University of California, Davis
Graduate Education Task Force

Public Forum on the Future of Graduate Education at UC Davis October 28th

The Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, in partnership with the Chair and Executive Committee of the Academic Senate have appointed the Graduate Education Task Force to inform the vision for graduate education at UC Davis.
Because graduate education is fundamental to our mission and identity as a top research university, we are developing a vision of excellence to guide our strategy. Your input is needed to imagine how graduate education promotes excellence for UC Davis, for graduate students and for faculty.

Be a part of the conversation on October 28th when the Graduate Education Task Force hosts a public forum at the UC Davis Conference Center with the following panel of visiting experts:
Joel Michaelsen, Professor, Department of Geography, Chair Academic Senate 2006-2008; 2008 – 2010, UC Santa Barbara
Steve Matson, Dean, The Graduate School; Professor, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Frances Leslie, Dean, Graduate Division; Professor of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, UC Irvine

Date: Friday, October 28
Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Location: UC Davis Conference Center – Ballroom B

The forum is open to anyone who would like to attend. For more information on the work of the task force, please visit: 
http://provost.ucdavis.edu/initiatives.html
 (The Joint Administration/Academic Senate Special Task Force on Graduate Education at UC Davis)