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UC Davis News: General Interest
UC Davis Recognizes Distinguished Alumni
Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800
A doctor who treats Myanmar refugees in Thailand, a father of modern trauma surgery and the founder of a nationwide college readiness program are among the University of California, Davis, alumni who will be honored at an event on Saturday, Jan. 30. The Cal Aggie Alumni Association invites the public to attend the 2010 Alumni Awards Gala, beginning with an alumni winemaker reception at 6 p.m. and followed by a dinner and awards ceremony at 7 p.m. The event will take place at Freeborn Hall. For more information or to purchase tickets or a table, please contact event organizer Jennifer Thayer at (530) 754-9098 or jsthayer@ucdavis.edu. The award winners, all California residents, are Dr. Terrance Smith of Clarksburg; Dr. Michael W. Chapman of Sacramento; Mary Catherine Swanson of Olivenhain; Michael Child of Atherton; Craig McNamara of Winters; and Marc Facciotti of Davis. Terrence Smith -- Smith, ’79, is the recipient of the Emil M. Mrak International Award for his distinguished career and service outside of the United States. A volunteer at the Mae Tao Clinic in Thailand, the doctor treats displaced ethnic migrants and refugees from Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. Smith began his international volunteer work in 1999 when he joined Doctors of the World. He spent time in Mexico and Vietnam before deciding to head to Thailand. Smith maintained a family medical practice in Courtland, Calif., during the 1980s and was chief of the program policy section of the Maternal and Child Health Branch of the California Department of Health Services from 1994 to 2001. He is also a part-time physician at the Davis Community Clinic during his return trips to California. Michael W. Chapman -- Chapman, ’58, professor emeritus and former chair of the UC Davis Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, will be awarded the Jerry W. Fielder Memorial Award for extraordinary service to the alumni association, the UC Davis Foundation and the university. Under his leadership, the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery became one of the most respected in the nation, and he is recognized as one of the founding fathers of modern trauma surgery. Chapman served on the foundation's board of trustees and continues to serve as chair emeritus of its executive committee. Generous as a volunteer and donor, he has recently agreed to be one of the founding members of the cabinet heading up UC Davis’ first comprehensive campaign. Craig McNamara -- McNamara, ’76, owner of Sierra Farms and founder and president of the Center for Land-Based Learning, will receive the Outstanding Alumnus Award for displaying exceptional achievement, promoting innovative change and making professional contributions to the community and to UC Davis. He practices science-based organic farming and serves as a role model for the more than 2,000 people who visit his farm each year to learn from his practices. McNamara founded the Center for Land-Based Learning to provide high school students with hands-on experience in sustainable agriculture. Founded in 1993 as a local partnership, the center today has evolved into a statewide program. McNamara is a member of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Dean’s Advisory Council and has spoken at convocation and commencement ceremonies. Mary Catherine Swanson -- Swanson, cred ’67, will be honored with the Distinguished Achievement Award for exemplary conduct and achievement. She is the founder, past executive director and member of the board of directors of AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination). Swanson started the student support program in 1980 with 32 students in one San Diego school. The program now serves more than 300,000 students in 4,000 schools in 45 states and 15 countries. One of eight UC Davis graduates in the Swanson family, she currently serves on the UC Davis School of Education’s Board of Advisors. Michael Child -- Child, ’76, will be awarded the Aggie Service Award in recognition of his recent dedication of time, energy, volunteerism and leadership in support of the alumni association and UC Davis. Child, managing director for a private equity firm in the Bay Area, advocates on behalf of the university and works with alumni. He is a member of the Chancellor Laureates, individuals who have contributed $1 million or more to UC Davis. Child also serves as a member of the advisory board for the UC Davis Graduate School of Management and heads the finance and investments committee for the foundation board. Marc Facciotti -- Facciotti, ’97, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at UC Davis, is the recipient of the Young Alumnus Award, which honors a recent graduate who has made outstanding professional contributions to the community or to UC Davis. Facciotti discovered his love for scientific research while working toward a bachelor of science in biochemistry at UC Davis. While completing his doctorate at UC Berkeley, Facciotti honed his talent for teaching and began mentoring other students. He joined the UC Davis faculty in 2008. In addition to teaching classes, he mentors local high school students as well as undergraduate and graduate students at UC Davis. His first course, Protein Engineering, for which he developed all the materials from scratch, received rave reviews from students. Facciotti also acts as an adviser for a student design team. With more than 28,000 members in 44 countries, the Cal Aggie Alumni Association creates ambassadors for UC Davis and enriches the lives of alumni, students and friends worldwide. About UC Davis For more than 100 years, UC Davis has engaged in teaching, research and public service that matter to California and transform the world. Located close to the state capital, UC Davis has 32,000 students, an annual research budget that exceeds $600 million, a comprehensive health system and 13 specialized research centers. The university offers interdisciplinary graduate study and more than 100 undergraduate majors in four colleges -- Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering, and Letters and Science. It also houses six professional schools -- Education, Law, Management, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing.
Tiger Woods Scandal Cost Shareholders up to $12 Billion
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800
Shareholders of Nike, Gatorade and other Tiger Woods sponsors lost a collective $5 to $12 billion in the wake of the scandal involving his extramarital affairs, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis. The losses are separate from – and potentially much larger than – damage to Woods’ own earnings. “Total shareholder losses may exceed several decades’ worth of Tiger Woods’ personal endorsement income,” said Victor Stango, a professor of economics at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management and co-author of the study. With fellow UC Davis economics professor Christopher Knittel, Stango looked at stock market returns for the 13 trading days that fell between Nov. 27, the date of the car crash that ignited the Woods’ scandal, and Dec. 17, a week after the golf great announced his indefinite leave from the sport. To assess shareholder losses, the economists compared returns for Woods’ sponsors during this period to those of both the total stock market and of each sponsor’s closest competitor. Knittel and Stango also reviewed returns for four years before the car accident to determine how each sponsor’s market performance normally correlates with that of the total market and of competitor firms. The study looked at eight sponsors for which stock prices are available: Accenture; AT&T; Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf (Electronic Arts); Gillette (Proctor and Gamble); Nike; Gatorade (PepsiCo); TLC Laser Eye Centers; and Golf Digest (Conde Nast). Overall, Knittel and Stango concluded that the scandal reduced shareholder value in the sponsor companies by 2.3 percent, or about $12 billion. “(This) pattern of losses is unlikely to stem from ordinary day-to-day variation in their stock prices,” the researchers wrote. Investors in the three sports-related companies (Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf, Gatorade, and Nike) fared the worst, the study found. They experienced a 4.3-percent scandal-generated drop in stock value, equivalent to about $6 billion. On the other hand, Accenture, a global management consulting firm, experienced no ill effects following the accident. “Economic theory would predict this,” Knittel said. “For Tiger Woods, having a firm like Accenture as a sponsor probably does not enhance the overall value of the Tiger brand very much, giving Woods a lot of bargaining power when negotiating that deal. If the company therefore ends up paying Woods something close to its extra profit from his endorsement, it isn’t much worse off without him than with him. “However, Nike and other premier sports-related sponsors are special for an athlete like Tiger Woods. They are themselves powerful brands that add value to Tiger’s brand and create other financial opportunities for him. This gives a premier sports sponsor the bargaining power to capture some of the profits generated by an endorsement deal with Woods – so that if the Tiger brand is tarnished, those profits may decline. Our study measures that decline.” The pace of losses had slowed by Dec. 11, the day Woods announced his leave from golf, Knittel and Stango found. But as late as Dec. 17, shareholders had yet to reverse their losses. “Our findings speak to a larger question of general interest in the business and academic communities: Does celebrity sponsorship have any impact on a firm’s bottom line?” Stango said. “Our analysis makes clear that while having a celebrity of Tiger Woods’ stature as an endorser has undeniable upside, the downside risk is substantial too.” Before the scandal, Woods earned about $100 million a year in endorsement income, more than any other athlete. The UC Davis study is available online at: http://faculty.gsm.ucdavis.edu/~vstango About UC Davis For more than 100 years, UC Davis has engaged in teaching, research and public service that matter to California and transform the world. Located close to the state capital, UC Davis has 32,000 students, an annual research budget that exceeds $600 million, a comprehensive health system and 13 specialized research centers. The university offers interdisciplinary graduate study and more than 100 undergraduate majors in four colleges -- Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering, and Letters and Science. It also houses six professional schools -- Education, Law, Management, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. Note: This release contains two corrections: 1) Golf Digest is owned by Conde Nast, not News Corp., as stated in the original release. (Conde Nast recently entered into an agreement with News Corp. for digital content provision.) 2) The authors have eliminated American Express from their analysis. (Woods discontinued his relationship with American Express in 2007.) The changes do not affect the study's conclusions and are reflected in the latest version, available online at http://faculty.gsm.ucdavis.edu/~vstango.
Selection of 2009 Campus Books
Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800
Books that celebrate California's natural beauty, reveal campus cookie recipes and offer insights into sharks and snakes are among the new publications from UC Davis faculty and staff in 2009. Tamalpais Walking: Poetry, History, and Prints by Tom Killion and Gary Snyder Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gary Snyder collaborates with artist and historian Tom Killion in this gorgeous new paean to Mount Tamalpais. The book pays homage to the Marin County peak through poems and essays by Snyder and other Tam-smitten writers, from Jack Kerouac to Ina Coolbrith (California's first poet laureate). Killion celebrates the mythic mountain in essays and Japanese ukiyo-e-inspired multicolor woodblock prints. Snyder, a professor emeritus of English at UC Davis, has been hiking Mount Tam since 1948. (Heydey Books, May 2009) Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems by Gary Snyder Also new this season is a 50th anniversary edition of Snyder's groundbreaking first book of poems, accompanied by a CD of the author's readings. The Riprap portion of the book features Snyder's original poetry; the Cold Mountain Poems portion contains his translations of the ancient Chinese poet Han-Shan. The book was first published in Japan in 1959. (Counterpoint, September 2009) The Coffeehouse Cookbook The student-run UC Davis Coffeehouse offers its own anniversary volume -- a 2009 reprint of the original 1986 edition of "The Coffeehouse Cookbook." The last time the Coffeehouse published a cookbook was 1996 -- and the 3,000 copies printed in that second edition quickly flew off the shelves. The new edition offers recipes for such time-tested campus favorites as Tatro cookies and Ecstasy Bars. (ASUCD, 2009) Aggie Pride: A Showcase of the University through Photos This full-color coffee table book allows readers to experience Aggie nostalgia without the carbs. Featuring more than 160 photos of everything from the Bike Barn to the Doxie Derby and the arboretum to the Botanical Conservatory, and quotes from such well-known alumni as Ann Veneman, Delaine Eastin, Martin Yan and Jim Sochor. (Cal Aggie Alumni Association, 2009) Melodramatic Landscapes: Urban Parks in the Nineteenth Century by Heath Massey Schenker Environmental design professor Heath Schenker's handsome new book explores how and why prototypical park landscapes -- characterized by groves of trees, expanses of mowed meadow, man-made lakes and meandering paths -- became the norm in the midst of modernizing industrial cities in the 19th century. The book focuses on iconic parks in Paris, New York and Mexico City. (University of Virginia Press, December 2009) Brewmaster's Art: The History and Science of Beermaking by Charles Bamforth Beer aficionados can now enjoy a university-level brewing course, minus the final exams, presented by one of the world's leading brewing scientists. Not a book but an audio lecture series, "Brewmaster's Art" is available on cassette or CD and comes with a full-color course guide. The series comprises 14 lectures by Charles Bamforth, the Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and Brewing Sciences at UC Davis. The 35-minute lectures are intended for everyone from the casual beer enthusiast to brewing professionals. (Recorded Books, 2009) The Shark and the Jellyfish by Stephen Daubert Stephen Daubert, a molecular scientist in the UC Davis Department of Plant Pathology, presents 26 gripping new stories in this 200-page sequel to his acclaimed earlier natural history anthology, "Threads from the Web of Life." Daubert "teaches by drawing you into the drama, excitement and beauty of nature," says Don Glass, host of the NPR-syndicated program, "A Moment of Science." (Vanderbilt University Press, July 2009) The Fruit, the Tree and the Serpent by Lynne A. Isbell So why do humans have such keen eyesight and big brains? Because of snakes, according to UC Davis anthropology professor Lynne Isbell. In "The Fruit, the Tree and the Serpent," Isbell makes a creepy but solid case for the thesis that snakes played a key role in shaping the primate brain -- and attributes the evolution of such behaviors as pointing and even speech to the pressures of predation from snakes. Arne Ohman of Sweden's Karolinska Institutet calls the book "an intellectual tour de force that would have pleased Charles Darwin." (Harvard University Press, 2009) Inside Obama's Brain by Sasha Abramsky Freelance journalist Sasha Abramsky, a lecturer in UC Davis’ University Writing Program, interviewed nearly 100 of Barack Obama's current and former friends, colleagues, classmates, teachers, staff, mentors, basketball buddies, fellow Chicago activists, media consultants, editors and next-door neighbors to get at what makes the 44th president tick. Abramsky emerged with new insights into the origins of Obama's extraordinary poise, focus and self-confidence; his powerful storytelling and speaking skills; and his empathetic listening style. (Portfolio, December 2009) The Preacher and the Politician: Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, and Race in America by Clarence E. Walker and Gregory D. Smithers Some hail Obama’s inauguration as the first African American president of the United States as proof that the nation has entered a post-racial age. In "The Preacher and the Politician," UC Davis history professor Clarence Walker argues we still have a long way to go. Co-written with Gregory Smithers, a lecturer in American history at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, the book includes Obama's now-famous speech on race, "A More Perfect Union." (University of Virginia Press, October 2009) Chicana and Chicano Art: ProtestArte by Carlos Francisco Jackson Carlos Francisco Jackson, assistant professor of Chicana/o studies at UC Davis, offers up the first book solely dedicated to the history, development and present-day flowering of Chicana and Chicano visual arts. The volume offers readers an opportunity to understand and appreciate Chicana/o art from its beginnings in the 1960s, its relationship to the Chicana/o Movement and its leading artists, themes, current directions and cultural impacts. (University of Arizona Press, February 2009) The Children of Chinatown: Growing Up Chinese American in San Francisco, 1850-1920 by Wendy Rouse Jorae Facing cultural dislocation, child labor, segregated schooling, crime and violence, Chinese American children growing up in San Francisco in the 19th and early 20th centuries lived on the margins of two cultures. UC Davis history instructor Wendy Rouse Jorae tells their story in her new book, connecting the saga to the larger American struggle to realize the ideal of equality. Rouse Jorae also teaches history at St. Francis College Preparatory School in Sacramento and at California State University, Sacramento. (The University of North Carolina Press, August 2009) Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters by Patricia Turner Booker T. Washington once derided African American quilts as trivial emblems of poverty and slavery. In her latest book, Patricia Turner, a professor of African American and African studies at UC Davis, argues that the quilts in fact deserve a place of respect alongside folktales, blues and spirituals. Turner also tells the stories of individual African American quilters from Arkansas to Alaska. (University Press of Mississippi, January 2009) 1989: Bob Dylan Didn't Have This to Sing About by Joshua Clover Creative Life: Music, Politics, People, and Machines by Bob Ostertag Two new books -- by Joshua Clover, an associate professor of English at UC Davis, and Bob Ostertag, a professor of technocultural studies at UC Davis -- take novel looks at music and politics. In "1989," Clover explores pop music during the year the Berlin Wall fell, tracing the emergence of grunge, acid house and gangsta rap, and analyzing artists and genres ranging from Public Enemy to Nine Inch Nails. (University of California Press, November 2009) In "Creative Life," Ostertag explores the common ground and points of friction among music, creativity, politics, culture and technology. In terrain ranging from the guerrilla underground in El Salvador's civil war to the drag queen underground in San Francisco and New York, his essays combine journalism and autobiography to explore fundamental questions of what art is and what role it can occupy in a violent and fragmented world. (University of Illinois Press, July 2009) More from UC Davis authors Other best books of 2009 appear in our summer reading list: http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=9140 To keep up with new books from UC Davis authors, subscribe to the UC Davis Bookstore Buzz by trade books buyer Paul Takushi (who helped to select the titles for this list). Just send an e-mail to pmtakushi@ucdavis.edu with “buzz subscribe” in the subject heading. Books by UC Davis authors are on sale at the bookstore, in the Campus Authors section. About UC Davis For more than 100 years, UC Davis has engaged in teaching, research and public service that matter to California and transform the world. Located close to the state capital, UC Davis has 32,000 students, an annual research budget that exceeds $600 million, a comprehensive health system and 13 specialized research centers. The university offers interdisciplinary graduate study and more than 100 undergraduate majors in four colleges -- Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering, and Letters and Science. It also houses six professional schools -- Education, Law, Management, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing.
University of Chicago Press: Current Anthropology: Table of Contents
Editorial: The First 50 Years
help@www.journals.uchicago.edu (Mark Aldenderfer) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:06:14 -0000
Current Anthropology, Volume 50, Issue 6, Page 753, December 2009.
Anthropological Currents
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Current Anthropology, Volume 50, Issue 6, Page 755-756, December 2009.
Current Applications
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Current Anthropology, Volume 50, Issue 6, Page 757, December 2009.
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