Quick Summary
- Plan now for Information Security Symposium, and consider being a presenter
- Veterinary studentsâ pets adorn calendar
- The Capitol dresses up for heart health
- Blood drive brings in 516 lifesaving pints (and thereâs still a need for Type O
Aggie Square, swagÍâÁ÷â planned innovation hub, will be the subject of town halls in February on the Davis and Sacramento campuses. Bob Segar, Aggie Square planning director, will lead the town halls, each of which will include a brief presentation and ample time for questions and answers.
âJoin us to discuss the opportunities Aggie Square presents for our community,â the planning team announced on a flier. The town halls will be recorded and made available online.
swagÍâÁ÷ is working with the city of Sacramento to develop Aggie Square on the campus of swagÍâÁ÷ Health in Sacramento along the Stockton-Broadway corridor. The project is not be limited to the health enterprise â Aggie Square will be for all kinds of technology and innovation, a generator of ideas and companies as well as economic growth in the community.
âThis is where the regionâs most talented minds will be able to grow and work together to build a better, smarter Sacramento region â where you will go to find breakthrough talent, breakthrough ideas and breakthrough companies,â May said when he joined Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg and others in announcing the Aggie Square location.
Here are the details on the town halls:
- Sacramento campus â noon-1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, 1222 (seating is limited; people are welcome to bring their lunches)
- Davis campus â 9-10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, ballroom,
Questions? Contact the Aggie Square communications team by email or phone, 530-752-9838.
Information Security Symposium 2019
Information and Educational Technology is getting the word out about this yearâs to be held Tuesday-Wednesday, June 18-19, and calling for proposals from people wishing to present.
The biannual event, held since 2003, is aimed at technical professionals and administrative managers from all UC campuses and medical centers/health systems, as well as guests from other institutions of higher learning and from California state agencies.
- Managing and Leading Security
- IS-3 and other Policy and Regulations
- Protecting Assets
- Data Privacy and Integrity
- Incident Management
- Secure Code and Applications
Organizers said the symposium will have room for about 450 people, the same as 2017 â and advise that the symposium usually sells out in advance. Registration will open in April, but interested people may want to start getting approvals now.
The registration fee is $125, which will be waived for presenters.
The symposium is seeking proposals for lectures, panel discussions, and hands-on labs on technical and nontechnical topics that concern information security and compliance. Lecture and panel discussions usually last one or two hours, and hands-on labs run two hours. Submissions are due by Feb. 28.
Vet studentsâ pets adorn calendar
OK, folks, weâre a month into the New Year ⌠itâs time you got a new calendar (or another one)! Like this one from the swagÍâÁ÷ chapter of the Student American Veterinary Medical Association â a calendar featuring the studentsâ own pets: dogs, cats, horses and a few reptiles.
The cost is $20 and all proceeds go to the chapterâs Professional Development Fund, which provides $17,000 per year to help students participate in conferences, externships and other educational programs.
Olga Maderych took all the photos. Sheâs a third-year vet student who runs Gadabout Photography when sheâs not studying and working in the hospital.
You can purchase the calendars at the reception desk in the Small Animal Clinic, second floor of the . Canât get there to buy a calendar? Send an email to Laurel Saldinger, president of the student chapter, and she will help you out.
The Capitol dresses up for heart health
Banners showcasing the â in support of womenâs heart health awareness â went on display Jan. 28 in the state Capitol and will remain up through Friday (Feb. 1), National Wear Red Day and the first day of American Heart Month.
The and the are partners in the Red Dress Collection â students design the dresses as a way to encourage women of all ages to live heart-healthy lives.
Begun 10 years ago, the collection now includes more than 60 dresses. Adele Zhang, a lecturer in the design department, mentors the designers who add to the collection each year.
Designs represent a wide range of esthetic and personal perspectives related to womenâs heart health. Mai Vangâs dress, for example â âGolden Traditionsâ â blends traditional Hmong and modern styles to represent the need to link the past with the present in fighting heart disease.
âToday, through advances in medicine and technology, the Hmong community has been given a golden opportunity to merge modern science with their faith in herbal and spiritual healing,â Vang wrote in her design statement. âThis Red Dress is a symbol of that alliance.â
Cardiologist Amparo Villablanca, director and founder of the Womenâs Cardiovascular Medicine Program, said: âThe Red Dress has been tremendously effective on a national scale in educating women that heart disease is their leading health threat, and our collection reinforces that message among younger women and within our own community.â
Learn more about womenâs heart health. You can see the banners near the governorâs office, in the annex on the east side of the Capitol.
516 pints of lifesaving blood
, formerly BloodSource, collected 516 pints in last weekâs two-day blood drive on the Quad. âI canât thank you enough for the support and hospitality your campus provides for these lifesaving events,â said Felicia LaMothe, donor recruitment representative.
She said 675 people â including 231 people new to the blood drive â turned out last week; not everyone could complete the donation process.
To people who could not make it to the blood drive but still wish to donate, LeMothe urged them to visit a Vitalant center. In a Jan. 25 email, she cited a critical need for type-O blood, used in emergency situations when a patientâs blood type is not known. âVitalant strives to maintain a four-day supply of type-O blood,â she said. âCurrently weâre at less than half that amount.â
The next campus blood drive will run for three days: Tuesday-Thursday, April 16-18.
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