Classes

Date: February 1, 2012 – February 2, 2012
Time: Thursday, March 1, 2012; 1065 Kemper Hall Or Friday, March 2, 2012
(both locations subject to change depending on the number of expected attendees)
Location: Thursday, March 1, 2012; 1065 Kemper Hall Or Friday, March 2, 2012 3001 Plant and Environmental Sciences Building
(both locations subject to change depending on the number of expected attendees)
Contact: Christine Parks- ceparks@ucdavis.edu
Cost: Approximately $75 to purchase workbook, The Grant Application Writer’s Workbook (we will place a group order for all attendees)
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Lunch will be provided

Those attending the seminar should learn, among other things, the following specific points:

The three most common reasons that grant applications fail
How to develop an irresistible, fundable idea for a grant application
How to get the most important aspects of your message up front
How to identify the most applicable sources of funding for an idea
New-investigator programs, and how to take advantage of them
How to assess your competition and benefit from your competitors ideas
How to make an application maximally reviewer friendly
The review process: mechanics and psychology
What reviewers look for first! – next! – and last!
Tips on how to write for reviewers with maximal clarity and compelling logic
How to deal with changes in application requirements effectively (e.g., NIH)
Understanding significance/innovation and transformative research

Registration Required. RSVP to Christine Parks, ceparks [at] ucdavis [dot] edu by Monday February 13, 2012

Date: January 26, 2012
Time: 5:30 No-host bar. Program begins at 6:00 p.m.
Location: Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, 291 Country Club Drive, Incline Village, NV
Cost: $5 donation requested
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Check the list of ingredients in your shampoo, lotion, or soap—chances are, it contains at least one fragrance chemical, even if it claims to be unscented. Over the past decade, the use of fragranced personal care products has dramatically increased, but scientific research on their impacts on human health and the environment has lagged behind. The ubiquitous use of these chemicals in consumer products, the lack of clear policies regulating their disclosure on product labels, and the challenge of studying the human and environmental health consequences of fragranced personal care products make this an important emerging environmental and public health issue.

To better understand what drives people to use (or not to use) fragranced personal care products, a group of UC Davis researchers conducted a nationwide survey on this and other emerging environmental issues. They will share the results of the survey, what science can tell us about fragrance chemicals and environmental and human health, and where you can go to learn more about the ingredients in your favorite personal care products.

Fragrance chemical research presented by UC Davis graduate students Carmen Cortez, Jessica Abbott, Jennifer Balachowski, Susan Chen, and Meredith Niles of the UC Davis Responding to Rapid Environmental Change Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (REACH IGERT) program, a multidisciplinary group of graduate students who work on issues related to rapid environmental change.

On behalf of the Shanghai Center for Sustainability, I am sending you attached the formal invitation letter for your faculty to participate in the Shanghai Center for Sustainability program to take place this upcoming summer in China.

Through your students will have opportunity to kick off their sustainability career in China by taking part in a 3 or 4 week summer course and a 6 week internship in China. Along with order universities, your faculty has been chosen to participate in this invitation only program due to your faculty’s commitment to sustainability. With this program, we plan to create an unique environment for students coming from different majors and backgrounds (architecture, economics, engineer among others), where they will be able to see China’s fast growing sustainability trends. The program has been design to create a dynamic program where students will share experiences with scholars and industry professionals.

We believe that sustainability is an issue that has to be addressed by society as a whole, not only an specific elite, we have created the Shanghai Center for Sustainability to bring a multidisciplinary approach to sustainability, we believe that through education, we can plant a seed that can grow in this young professionals and by helping them to start their career we can create a platform for fueling the massive momentum needed to make substantial change.

This program is suitable for students of almost every discipline, who is interested in learning more about sustainability and China. Due to the large number of applications, we are forced to offer you a maximum of 5 spots for this opportunity. Nevertheless, depending on the response within your school, next year we could open up more spots for your participation. Please get more information  at www.sustainabilityinchina.com.

As the holidays are approaching, we would be interested in holding a skype conversation in order to discuss this possibility further before the break. Would would also be happy to discuss your goals and how we could help you further develop your program by opening the door to China.

Looking forward to discussing this opportunity further with you.

Kind regards,

Pablo Carvallo

Managing Director

Shanghai Center for Sustainability

pcarvallo@sustainabilityinchina.com

www.sustainabilityinchina.com

Want to know more about sustainable living? Do you want to work on a project to directly benefit our campus related to sustainability?

Or maybe looking for 2 more units to round out a fun spring quarter?

Well, we have the class for you!

There is an exciting seminar being offered this spring called Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP).  ESLP is a 2-unit seminar series which:

• Hosts weekly lectures/discussions lead by renowned educators, authors, environmentalists, and progressive thinkers.
• Encourages reflection upon and analysis of principles of sustainability.
• Promotes dialogue and collaboration between students, staff, faculty, administrators, and the local community.
• Offers an additional 2-units to students participating in an Action Research Team (attached flier).

Whether you are already passionate about environmental, social, and economic issues, or you are just trying figure out how to meet your minimum progress requirement, ESLP provides a fantastic opportunity to hear some amazing speakers and explore the meaning of sustainability.

Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP)

When: Wednesdays 4:10-6:00pm

Where: Giedt 1002

CRN: 33713

Schedule: (All lectures are Wednesday 4:10 – 6:00 in Giedt 1002)

03/30/2011 Course Introduction

04/06/2011 TBA

04/13/2011 TBA

04/20/2011 Marcela Oliva

Professor, Architecture and Environmental Design, L.A. Trade Technical College

04/27/2011 Ciudad de Luces and Micah Posner

Ciudad de Luces- Latino bicycle collective from LA

Micah Posner- director, People Power

5/04/2011 Erica Fernandez

2007 Brower Youth Award Winner, youth environmental activist

05/11/2011 TBA

05/18/2011 Greywater Guerillas

educators, designers, builders, and artists

05/25/2011 Kim Stanley Robinson

2008 Time “Hero of the Environment” and science fiction writer (author of best-selling Mars Trilogy)

06/01/2011 Action Research Team Presentations

For further information, please contact Stephanie Castle at stcastle@ucdavis.edu (408) 506-5223, check out our page on DavisWiki here.