IN BRIEF ... L&S approves division's reconstitution as judge OK's removal of bones

Reconstitution of division OK'd by L&S

The Division of Biological Sciences announced on Tuesday that faculty of the College of Letters and Science had approved the proposed reconstitution of the division to the College of Biological Sciences.

There were 304 valid ballots received, and the proposal required 153 votes to pass. Yes votes totaled 157, and no votes totaled 146.

The vote was only one step in the reconstitution process. Additional action by the campus, UC Office of the President and UC regents is necessary to complete the reconsititution. For more information, see the April 16 edition of Dateline online at http://www-dateline.ucdavis.edu.

Court approves removal of remains

Human remains found at the site of the UC Davis Cancer Center expansion project may be removed and turned over to St. Mary's Cemetery, according to a ruling issued late last month by the Sacramento County Superior Court.

Judge Shelleyanne Chang ap-proved UC Davis Medical Center's request to remove the remains from 28 gravesites uncovered in April during monitored excavation. The initial discovery of bones from two gravesites was made in mid-March.

Medical center officials have obtained a permit from the Registrar of Vital Statistics to remove the remains, one of the requirements outlined by Chang. In granting the center's request, the judge also stipulated that the medical center must: ensure the respectful handling and treatment of the remains until they are relinquished to St. Mary's Cemetery; engage competent archeologists and osteologists to complete the removal of the human remains; create records for each individual burial site uncovered, documenting the gender, age and stature of individuals, as such information is reasonably available from field observations; and store the remains in appropriate facilities prior to transport to St. Mary's Cemetery.

City commission seats available

Applications are due in the next two to three weeks for local residents wishing to serve on a variety of City of Davis commissions, including the City and UC Davis Student Liaison Commission, the Planning Commis-sion and commissions focused on civic arts, finance and budget, historical resources management, human relations, natural resources, open space, recreation and parks, senior citizens and trees.

For details see http://cityofdavis.org/cmo/commapp.cfm or contact (530) 757-5648.

Med center TGFS set

The medical center's annual Thank Goodness for Staff/Diversity Appre-ciation Day lunch is set for 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. May 26. The luncheon is free to staff and faculty. Volunteers are sought for the event and may sign up through May 11. For details, contact Maria Collins at (916) 734-8359.

Campus hosts fair

The area around Recreation Hall will be teeming with high school and community college students and their parents on Monday as UC Davis hosts a college fair, boasting representation from more than 150 colleges and universities from throughout the United States and abroad. The event runs 9 a.m. to noon and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

K-12 systems examined

The design of support systems for K-12 mathematics teachers and school administrators will be the topic of a lecture Monday, May 10, by Philip Uri Treisman of the University of Texas at Austin.

The mathematics professor directs the Charles A. Dana Center, a university research unit that works to support education leaders and policy-makers in strengthening Texas education. The lecture begins at 5:15 p.m. in the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center.

Botany issues explored

Three UC Davis students will present their research at the Davis Botanical Society meeting on May 13. The event begins at 6:45 p.m. in 1022 Life Science Addition. It is free and open to the public.

Vernal pool specialist Jennifer Buck will present a talk on vernal pool vegetation; Elizabeth Leger will speak on the invasiveness of California poppies in Chile; and Kathren Murrell Stevenson will present data that she has gathered on Sierra Nevada meadow communities.

All three students have received Davis Botanical Society field botany grants in support of their research.

The society will begin the meeting with its spring election (from 6:45 to 7 p.m.) and the talks will begin at 7 p.m. For more details, call the herbarium at (530) 752-1091.

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Amy Agronis, Dateline, (530) 752-1932, abagronis@ucdavis.edu

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