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Weekender: Hella Capella, Other Concerts are Highlights

Karen Michele Nikos — April 06, 2023 - 9:45am

51�ԹϺ�� Davis has plenty going on this weekend and early next week with concerts, art viewings and other events.

Daphne Muse Letters Collection Documenting Black History Presented Wednesday

Karen Michele Nikos — February 07, 2020 - 10:12am

Daphne Muse, a writer, activist, educator, editor, social commentator and cultural broker speaks Wednesday.

Weekender: Art Lecture Series Begins; Noon Concert is Back, and Much More

Karen Michele Nikos — October 02, 2019 - 11:33am

This weekend the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis arts are back in full swing, with the art lecture series, a Wyatt Theatre production, the Shinkoskey noon concert and more!

Imagining America Receives Grant to Enhance Public Scholarship Nationally

Karen Michele Nikos — July 17, 2019 - 11:59am

Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life at the University of California, Davis, has received $500,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to launch a national IA Leading and Learning Initiative to shift institutional culture in higher education toward greater support of public scholarship in the humanities, the arts and design.

Imagining America: Building Partnerships Discussion Thursday

Karen Michele Nikos — April 15, 2019 - 9:48am

Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani, author of Contested City: Art and Public History as Mediation at New York’s Seward Park Urban Renewal Area, will host a two hour event Thursday, April 18, noon to 2 p.m. on the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis campus.

University Chorus Looking for Singers; Artists Sought by FRI

Karen Michele Nikos — February 15, 2019 - 2:40pm

University Chorus and Chamber Singers at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis are encouraging students, faculty, staff and community members to audition.

Imagining America Publishes Journal; Addresses Culture and Arts

Karen Michele Nikos — August 16, 2018 - 1:10pm

Imagining America, a national organization, which made 51�ԹϺ�� Davis its home in 2016, has just published its annual academic journal.

51�ԹϺ�� Davis Imagining America Invites Exchange of Stories to Create Mural

Karen Michele Nikos — January 31, 2018 - 5:15pm

On Friday (Feb. 2), three days after the president's State of the Union address, University of California, Davis, students, faculty, staff, and community members will join a national movement. They will gather to exchange stories to help a Davis artist create a chalk mural expressing community feelings for a “2018 People’s State of the Union.” The mural creation will follow with storytelling circles on the state of Davis and the nation.

Campus Hosts Imagining America Conference

Dave Jones — October 10, 2017 - 1:44pm

The 17th annual Imagining America conference will be held at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis this Thursday through Saturday (Oct. 12-14), the first time that the conference will be held here, coming after the national organization moved its headquarters to our campus over the summer.

Engaged Scholarship: Strategic Planning Begins

Dave Jones — June 13, 2017 - 10:56pm

Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ken Burtis has appointed Michael Rios, associate professor of urban design and community planning, as faculty advisor to the provost to lead the development of a strategic plan for engaged scholarship and engaged learning.