UC Davis marks Sexual Assault Awareness Month with a number of activities:

• Take Back the Night — Sponsored by the Center for Advocacy Resources and Education, or CARE (formerly Campus Violence Prevention Program). 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, Student Community Center.
• Denim Day — CARE also sponsors this event, encouraging people to wear jeans on Wednesday, April 29. Why denim? It’s a symbolic response to the Italian supreme court’s decision in 1998 to overturn a rape conviction, noting that the alleged victim was wearing tight jeans at the time of the attack, and the suspect could not have raped her, because he could not possibly have removed the jeans on his own. 
• The ASUCD’s Sexual Assault Awareness Advocacy Committee is planning several events and a forum the week of April 20. Check the committee’s Facebook page for information as it becomes available.
• Gender Equity Awareness Week — Sponsored by the Women’s Resources and Research Center, April 27-May 1.
• Davis Feminist Film Festival — Also sponsored by the WRRC, Thursday-Friday, April 30-May 1. Tickets on sale at the WRRC, 113 North Hall.

Police Accountaibility Board to hold public meeting

The Police Accountability Board will hold its quarterly public meeting from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, in MU II, Memorial Union.

The independent board holds one public meeting in each quarter of the regular academic year. Each public session starts with board member introductions, and information about the board's purpose and how complaints can be filed. Then the board takes general comments and questions.

The board’s work on specific complaints is confidential. Independent investigators assist the board, which has the task of making recommendations to the police chief regarding charges of
officer misconduct.

The university established the board last May as a pilot project to develop and promote accountability, trust and communication between the campus community and the Police Department.

The board comprises representatives from these constituency groups: Academic Senate and Academic Federation, Staff Assembly, Graduate Student Association, ASUCD, Student Life and the UC Davis Health System.

Freischlag participates in White House roundtable

UC Davis’ Julie Freischlag, dean of the School of Medicine and vice chancellor of Human Health Sciences. participated in a White House discussion last week on educating tomorrow’s health leaders about the impacts of climate change on human health.

The Obama administration organized the roundtable and other activities in observance of National Public Health Week.

The roundtable participants — deans from more than 30 medical, nursing and public health schools — signed a statement in which they committed “to ensuring that we train the next generation of health professionals to effectively address the health impacts of climate change.”

“Social responsibility and advocating for public policies that benefit the health of our patients, the community we serve and society at large are long-standing values at UC Davis,” Freischlag said. “We look forward to examining our own curriculum for opportunities to address the effect of climate change on human health, and to working with our academic colleagues and the White House on making a difference on a national scale.”

Read more on the UC Davis Health System’s Intranet.

Sacramento campus hosts town hall on proposed new school

A town hall is scheduled for this week on the Sacramento campus discuss the university’s effort to establish a School of Population and Global Health.

A similar meeting took place last month on the Davis campus.

Sacramento has its turn from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday (April 16) in 1204 Education Building, 4610 X St.

Read more.

TRANSITIONS: Temp duty ends for Mohr, Loessberg-Zahl

These changes will take effect May 4, as announced by Ralph J. Hexter, provost and executive vice chancellor; and Dave Lawlor, vice chancellor and chief financial officer:
 
• Karl Mohr — Returns to his post as assistant executive vice chancellor in Provost Hexter’s office, after serving since last summer as interim senior associate vice chancellor in charge of Campus Facilities, Planning and Safety. Lawlor will act in this role in the short term; a national search will commence in the coming months.

• Robert Loessberg-Zahl — After filling in for Mohr in the provost’s office, Loessberg-Zahl returns to his post as the director of Budget and Institutional Analysis. He reports to Kelly Ratliff, who continues as senior associate vice chancellor, Finance and Resource Management.

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