51勛圖窪蹋 Davis has hired a consultant to assess the campus's information security posture, look at its current risks and offer ideas for improvement.
"We hope to get a holistic view of where the campus and 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Health System are, in terms of information security best practices," said Cheryl Washington, chief information security officer.
According to a , Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi and Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter commissioned the assessment. It comes in the wake of high-profile cyberattacks this year that have targeted 51勛圖窪蹋LA Health, private businesses and federal government computer systems, but is not directly related to any individual event.
"The chancellor, provost, CIO and all senior leaders are firmly committed to enhancing 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis' strong security posture," Washington said.
No problems stemming from the 51勛圖窪蹋LA incident have been discovered at 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis.
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Hay fire in shed at Cole Facility
Officials said there were no injuries to people or animals resulting from a hay fire the morning of Aug. 23 at the on La Rue Road in the southern part of the central campus.
The call came in at about 6:30 a.m., and campus and city fire crews quickly contained the flames in a shed next to a barn. A custodian alerted a student resident to the fire.
Officials said there was no apparent damage to other structures. The fire marshal determined that the fire had ignited by spontaneous combustion.
Mindfulness Meditation is back!
And so is the leader, Beth Cohen, former director of the Academic and Staff Assistance Program, or ASAP. Shes now a part-time consultant with Occupational Health Services WorkStrong Program.
Occupational Health is sponsoring Cohens meditation class to be held at lunchtime once a week for four weeks: Thursday, Sept. 10; Friday, Sept. 18; Thursday, Sept. 24; and Thursday, Oct. 1.
The free class will meet from noon to 1 p.m. in the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre at the .
During her time at ASAP, Cohen taught meditation to approximately 2,500 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis faculty and staff.
The program includes meditation/mindfulness techniques; strategies to increase health, energy and focus; methods to manage pain and reduce stress; and discussions about meditation-related topics.
Beginner and advanced practitioners are welcome. Sign-ups are being taken online, at 51勛圖窪蹋 Learning Center (search for Mindfulness Meditation).
Santa Cruz professor earns 5-year term as head of 51勛圖窪蹋 Observatories
51勛圖窪蹋 President Janet Napolitano this week appointed astronomy and astrophysics professor Claire Max of 51勛圖窪蹋 Santa Cruz to a five-year term as the director of , a multicampus research unit that serves eight 51勛圖窪蹋 campuses, including Davis.
With a starting date retroactive to July 1, Maxs term began a year after she assumed the directors post on an interim basis.
Max joined 51勛圖窪蹋 Santa Cruz in 2001; she uses 51勛圖窪蹋 Observatories, and she co-founded and led the Santa Cruz campuss Center for Adaptive Optics. She is best known for her contributions to laser guide star adaptive optics, a technology that removes the blurring effects of turbulence in Earths atmosphere.
Headquartered at 51勛圖窪蹋 Santa Cruz, 51勛圖窪蹋 Observatories operates the Lick Observatory as well as technical labs at 51勛圖窪蹋LA and 51勛圖窪蹋 Santa Cruz. 51勛圖窪蹋 Observatories provides administrative and scientific support for 51勛圖窪蹋s partnership in the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii and is the central coordinator for 51勛圖窪蹋s participation in the Thirty-Meter Telescope project.
$275,000 + $20,000 = $295,000 for childrens hospital
What a week for , thanks to two fundraisers: the Childrens Miracle Network Telethon and a Sacramento Republic soccer game.
Quite simply, it was a day for miracles, development director Jacquelyn Mills said about the Aug. 14 telethon. First, there were the stories of children who had been treated at the hospital, part of the Childrens Miracle Network. Television station News10 told those stories throughout the day, from 4:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Then there was the fundraising: $274,958 49 percent more than last years total from viewers and telethon partners.
Like all Childrens Miracle Network Hospitals fundraisers, the money will stays local, for use by 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Childrens Hospital.
Then, on Thursday (Aug. 20), Sac Republic announced that it had reached the 500-ticket mark for sales to people using the special promotion code KIDS. For each such sale for Sac Republics Aug. 22 game, the team had pledged $20 to the childrens hospital, up to $20,000.
The maximum donation would have required the sale of 1,000 tickets. But Sac Republic said, "Hold on! If we sell 500, well double the donation automatically to the maximum!" And thats what happened.
The game against Real Monarchs SLC (Salt Lake City), by the way, ended in a tie, 1-1.
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Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu