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89-665: While attending the University of California, Davis , Steve Wynn and Kendra Smith played together (with future True West members Russ Tolman and Gavin Blair) in a band called the Suspects, regarded as the first new wave -influenced band in the Davis, California , music scene. Wynn also recorded a 1981 single with a trio that he called 15 Minutes, which included members of Alternate Learning . After Wynn moved back to Los Angeles, while rehearsing in

178-560: A Hispanic-Serving Institution by the 2018–2019 school year, with at least 25% of the undergraduate student body consisting of Latinos. Women comprised 60.4% of undergraduates in Fall 2018. University of California-Davis was first listed as a census designated place by the United States Census Bureau in the 2010 U.S. Census . The CDP is mostly contiguous with the campus but does include some adjacent private student housing that

267-497: A Mercury Prize nomination. In September 2020, Chrysalis signed the indie singer-songwriter Liz Phair . Her raw lyrical style made her a trailblazer for a raft of female artists in alternative music , when she began to make records at the start of the 1990s. Phair's first album in a decade, Soberish , came out later in 2021. On 6 August 2021, the second album from Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay's project, Lump (styled in all caps), titled Animal charted at number 65 on

356-600: A National Medal of Science . In 1868, the University of California was established as a land-grant university , and immediately founded a College of Agriculture as its first college as required by the Morrill Land-Grant Acts and the university's own Organic Act . UC operated a small farm at the Berkeley campus for several years after Ezra S. Carr became professor of agriculture, but he managed to alienate both

445-507: A $ 300 million public-private partnership to form the largest zero net energy community in the United States, known as UC Davis West Village. West Village will provide housing for 3,000 students, faculty and staff and will help the university recruit and retain top faculty. The project will include 662 apartments, 343 single-family homes, 42,500 square feet of commercial space, a recreation center and study facilities. West Village will also host

534-549: A UC general campus was supervised by its second chancellor, Emil M. Mrak , who served from 1959 to 1969. Mrak fondly recalled his bicycle-riding days as a child among the orchards of the Santa Clara Valley , and during his chancellorship, he worked hard to make the Davis campus into a bicycle-friendly place. When Mrak retired in 1969, the campus administration building was named Mrak Hall in his honor. Davis's Graduate Division

623-563: A band called Goat Deity (with future Wednesday Week sisters Kelly and Kristi Callan), Wynn met Karl Precoda, who had answered an ad for a bass player, and the two formed a new group, with Precoda switching to guitar. Smith joined on bass and brought in drummer Dennis Duck (Mehaffey), who had played in the locally successful Pasadena-based band Human Hands. Duck suggested the name "the Dream Syndicate" in reference to La Monte Young 's early 1960s New York experimental ensemble (better known as

712-605: A complete performance of The Days of Wine and Roses , while the following show featured their second album, The Medicine Show . As of February 2017, the group had played more than 50 shows since reuniting. In February 2017, Wynn announced that a forthcoming fifth studio album had been recorded at Montrose Studios in Richmond, Virginia , and mixed at Water Music in Hoboken, New Jersey . The personnel included himself, Walton, Duck and Victor, joined on keyboards by Chris Cacavas. Wynn noted that

801-719: A different kind of music. Rough Trade Records released the album's lead track, "Tell Me When It's Over", in early 1983 as the A-side of a UK EP which also included a live cover of Neil Young's " Mr. Soul ". Subsequently, Smith left the band and joined David Roback (formerly of Rain Parade ) to form Opal . She was replaced in the Dream Syndicate by David Provost. Medicine Show was recorded in 1984 in San Francisco with producer Sandy Pearlman and released that year by A&M Records . The band opened tours for R.E.M. and U2 and released

890-442: A few more faculty members, the university was able to provide almost all courses of a "complete undergraduate program" at Davis—that is, a four-year program leading to the bachelor's degree. The first class graduated from Davis in 1926. UC regularly appointed faculty members to joint positions at both Berkeley and Davis. This was possible because the two campuses are separated by only 53 miles (85 km). Sharing faculty meant that

979-530: A formal investigation, and Pike's departure in July 2012. Documents released in 2016 through a public records request showed that the university had spent at least $ 175,000 to attempt to "scrub the Internet of negative postings" about the incident, in efforts that started in 2013. California newspaper The Sacramento Bee obtained a document outlining the public relations strategy, which stated: "Nevins and Associates

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1068-490: A free release in cooperation with the band by the label Opdtapes. A free tape called "Live i Bergen" contained recordings from the band's concert in Bergen, Norway on 15th of October 1988 (Opdtapes 002). After breaking up in 1989, the band's posthumous releases included 3½ (The Lost Tapes: 1985–1988) , a collection of unreleased studio sessions, and The Day Before Wine and Roses , a live KPFK radio performance recorded just before

1157-481: A general campus). However, Freeborn retired in 1959 after only one year as chancellor, then died the next year. In October 1959, Davis was formally designated by the regents as a general campus and its chancellor was vested with the same autonomy as the chancellors at UC Berkeley and UCLA—meaning that like them, Davis's chancellor would now report directly to the university's president. The Board of Regents declared that Davis's College of Agriculture "will continue to be

1246-571: A new Division of Agriculture, which included the existing statewide College of Agriculture at Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles, and Riverside; the agricultural extension field stations; and the county farm offices. The provosts at Davis and Riverside reported to the president through this new vice-president (rather than through the College of Agriculture). Stanley B. Freeborn served as Davis's first provost from 1952 to 1958 and then as its first chancellor from 1958 to 1959 (in anticipation of its promotion to

1335-438: A record deal and MGM couldn't even get their name right on the record". This was after the single " Sunshine Day/Aeroplane " was incorrectly credited to 'Jethro Toe'. Chrysalis entered into a licensing deal with Chris Blackwell 's Island Records for distribution, based on the success of bands like Jethro Tull , Ten Years After and Procol Harum , which were promoted by the label. Jethro Tull signed with Reprise Records in

1424-491: A return to releasing new music for the first time in over two decades. The first signing was in partnership with award winning independent label Partisan Records . The labels came together to sign British singer/songwriter Laura Marling in a fully co-branded global release. As the first project released on Chrysalis' re-launched frontline label, Marling's album, Song for Our Daughter , debuted in April 2020 to critical acclaim and

1513-522: A three-year non-degree vocational program . The vocational program was shortened from three to two years in 1923. In 1916, the Farm's 314 students occupied the original 778 acres (315 ha) campus. The institution grew at a breakneck pace over the next four decades. By 1951, it had expanded to a size of 3,000 acres (1,200 ha). Along the way, it was renamed in 1922 to become the Northern Branch of

1602-647: A year to select a site for the University Farm, a 779-acre portion of the stock farm of Jerome C. Davis , near a tiny town then known as Davisville. The regents officially took control of the property in September 1906 and constructed four buildings in 1907. Short courses were first offered in October and November 1908, and then the University Farm officially opened in 1909 as the University Farm School, offering

1691-582: Is a British record label that was founded in 1968. The name is both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders' names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis . It started as the Ellis-Wright Agency . In an interview for Jethro Tull 's video 20 Years of Jethro Tull , released in 1988, Wright states " Chrysalis Records might have come into being anyway, you never know what might have happened, but Chrysalis Records really came into being because Jethro Tull couldn't get

1780-514: Is a previously unavailable one-hour 1983 Dream Syndicate live concert, filmed at the Roxy in Los Angeles. University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis ( UC Davis , UCD , or Davis ) is a public land-grant research university in Davis, California , United States. It is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institution

1869-754: Is also home to the University Airport, Foundation Plant Services, the California National Primate Research Center, and the Contained Research Facility, a bio-safety level 3 facility. To the south side of the campus core is the 100-acre UC Davis Arboretum , which includes 3.5 miles of paved paths, 4,000 tree specimens, Putah Creek and Lake Spafford. On March 10, 2017, a multi-year waterway enhancement project began. There are seven public art statues found around campus, collectively called The Egghead Series, sculpted by

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1958-589: Is headed by the executive vice-chancellor and provost (EVCP). In their capacity as executive vice-chancellor, the EVCP shares with the chancellor in the overall leadership and management of campus administration and operations, whereas as provost, the EVCP is UC Davis' chief academic officer. The senior staff provides executive support to the Offices of the Chancellor and Provost. The Council of Deans and Vice-Chancellor consists of

2047-542: Is large enough to accommodate over 11,000 students. Typically, campus operated housing is reserved exclusively for first-year students, whereby other students are required to seek housing off-campus at apartments or rented homes. The northwest end of campus holds the majority of the Segundo undergraduate housing complex, and various alternative housing sites, such as Orchard Park, Russell Park, The Colleges at LaRue Apartments, and Primero Grove. The Activities and Recreation Center, or

2136-537: Is located adjacent to the Arboretum Waterway, at the Eastern end of campus. The Davis Arboretum is a public botanic garden with over 4,000 kinds of trees and plants, including many California native plants , which has been developed over 100 acres (40 ha) along The Waterway. The Cuarto undergraduate (freshmen and transfer students) housing complex is located one block off-campus, across Russell Boulevard. Unlike

2225-795: Is located between North Hall and Young Hall. The Yin & Yang egg heads have been recast and duplicated for installation near the Port of San Francisco Ferry Building in San Francisco. Museums on campus include the C.N. Gorman Museum , specializing in indigenous and Native American art; and the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art , with a focus on local artists from the Bay Area Figurative Movement , Pop art and Funk art movements. UC Davis Student Housing operates 23 residence halls totaling 29 buildings which are organized into three areas: Segundo, Tercero, and Cuarto. UC Davis Student Housing

2314-501: Is not within the Davis city limits. Per the 2020 census , the population was 8,525. The university has 102 undergraduate majors and 101 graduate programs. It has a Department of Viticulture and Enology (concerning the scientific study of grape-growing and winemaking) that has been and continues to be responsible for significant advancements in winemaking utilized by many Californian wineries. The campus claims to be noted for its top-rated Agricultural and Resource Economics programs and

2403-455: Is prepared to create and execute an online branding campaign designed to clean up the negative attention the University of California, Davis, and Chancellor Katehi have received related to the events that transpired in November 2011". The strategy included an "aggressive and comprehensive online campaign to eliminate the negative search results" intended to achieve the "eradication of references to

2492-579: Is the largest veterinary school in the United States. The UC Center Sacramento, a public-service oriented program founded in 2004, is operated by UC Davis. UC Davis also offers certificates and courses, including online classes, for adults and non-traditional learners through its Division of Continuing and Professional Education. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". The UC Davis Aggies athletic teams compete in NCAA Division I , primarily as members of

2581-547: Is the only comprehensive academic design unit of the University of California system. There is also the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts which features artists from all over the globe. UC Davis undergraduate majors are divided into four colleges (with their founding in parentheses): UC Davis is considered to be a " Public Ivy ." In its 2023 edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked UC Davis tied for

2670-606: The Big West Conference with additional sports in the Big Sky Conference (football only) and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . Athletes from UC Davis have won a total of 10 Olympic medals . University faculty, alumni, and researchers have been the recipients of two Nobel Prizes , one Fields Medal , a Presidential Medal of Freedom , three Pulitzer Prizes , three MacArthur Fellowships , and

2759-476: The European Commission 's demands. The deal did not include Chrysalis' North American catalogue (which was folded into Capitol Records ) or Robbie Williams (who was transferred to Island Records ). In February 2013, Warner Music Group announced that it would acquire many of EMI's European record labels, including Chrysalis and Parlophone , for £487 million. In July 2013, WMG completed its purchase of

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2848-562: The Occupy movement against economic inequality, students at UC Davis organized the Occupy UC Davis protests in opposition to tuition hikes. On November 18, 2011, a campus police officer, Lieutenant John Pike, used pepper spray on a group of seated peaceful demonstrators when they refused to disperse, and another officer also pepper sprayed demonstrators at Pike's direction. The incident drew international attention and led to further demonstrations,

2937-622: The Theatre of Eternal Music ), whose members included John Cale and Tony Conrad . On February 23, 1982, the Dream Syndicate performed its first show at Club Lingerie in Hollywood. A four-song EP was recorded at the home of Tom Mehren in Pasadena, with Paul B. Cutler engineering and producing, and released on Wynn's Down There label. The band quickly achieved local attention for its often aggressively long, feedback -soaked improvisations. Influences on

3026-506: The U.S. Army Signal Corps took over Davis to use the campus as a training facility. The Davis campus was not returned to civilian use until the end of 1944. From 1926 to 1947, all Davis students earning bachelor's degrees had to travel to Berkeley for graduation. In 1948, "the regents agreed to decentralize graduations". In a ceremony at Davis that year, UC President Robert Gordon Sproul "awarded 101 bachelor of science degrees in agriculture", along with 195 certificates to graduates of

3115-590: The UK Albums Chart , and was one of the Top 20 selling albums for that week (6–12 August 2021). Chrysalis also reissued the first six albums by De La Soul on physical, digital and streaming platforms in early 2023; those albums were originally released by Tommy Boy , which, like Chrysalis, is also owned by Reservoir Media. In July 2023, The Endless Coloured Ways was released under the Chrysalis Records label. It

3204-558: The United Auto Workers (UAW) led teaching assistants at UC Davis and other UC campuses in a strike that lasted several weeks. On December 16, 2022, the UCs reached a tentative agreement with the UAW. In 2023, three people were stabbed over the course of five days, two of whom died. On Thursday, May 4, 2023, Davis Police arrested a former UC Davis student, Carlos Reales Dominguez, as a suspect for

3293-402: The punk rock scene such as Generation X . The Chrysalis offshoot 2 Tone Records brought in bands such as The Specials and The Selecter . In 1979, Chrysalis bought and distributed U.S. folk label Takoma Records , naming manager/producer Denny Bruce as president, who signed The Fabulous Thunderbirds and T-Bone Burnett . Jon Monday who was Vice President of Takoma Records prior to

3382-549: The 1960s to 1990s. Artists on the roster include The Specials , Sinéad O'Connor , The Waterboys , Ten Years After, Debbie Harry, Fun Boy Three , Ultravox, Lucinda Williams , Dario G , Generation X, the Two Tone label , Grant Lee Buffalo , Everything but the Girl , Athlete , Fun Lovin' Criminals , Suzi Quatro , Steve Harley , Naked Eyes and many more. In 2018, the Cooltempo label

3471-570: The 50 best public schools in the U.S. Forbes in 2022 ranked UC Davis 23rd overall out of 650 colleges and universities in the U.S., 22nd among research universities, 4th among public university, and 11th for "Best Value". Chrysalis Records Most non-North American catalogues, plus the rights to artists not originally signed to Chrysalis: Blue Raincoat Music /Reservoir Media Management Catalogues of Spandau Ballet , Jethro Tull , Ramones and The Proclaimers : Warner Music Group Chrysalis Records ( / ˈ k r ɪ s ə l ɪ s / )

3560-469: The 6th-best public university in the United States, tied for 28th nationally and tied for 73rd globally. Washington Monthly ranked UC Davis 13th in its 2020 National University ranking, based on its contribution to the public good as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service. Money magazine ranked UC Davis 10th in the country out of 739 schools evaluated for its 2020 "Best Colleges for Your Money" edition and 4th in its list of

3649-591: The ARC, is also located near the Segundo complex. Adjacent to the northwest corner of campus is the Cuarto undergraduate housing complex, which has one dining commons. The Tercero undergraduate housing complex is located near the geographic center of the UC Davis campus, to the north of the Arboretum Waterway. This extends longitudinally through almost the entirety of the south end of campus. Solano Park, UC Davis' family housing complex,

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3738-843: The Arboretum Waterway, away from the core campus; the West Entry Parking Complex, the Silo Union, and the newly constructed Science Lecture Hall and the Science Laboratory Building are located nearer to the Tercero residence halls and the core of campus. The Mondavi Center , home of the University Symphony Orchestra and other cultural events, is also located near the Tercero complex. For most of UC Davis' history, West Campus has served primarily as agricultural research land. Recently, portions were developed through

3827-719: The Bangles , the Three O'Clock and Rain Parade — at the Fillmore in San Francisco on the first night, then at a benefit concert at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles the next night. On September 26–27, 2014, the Dream Syndicate played at The EARL in East Atlanta ; they were the band's first shows in the South since 1988, and included Savage Republic as the opening act. The September 26 show featured

3916-422: The College of Agriculture, and in 1938, it became the College of Agriculture at Davis. Initially, no degrees were awarded at Davis. Students in the College of Agriculture at Berkeley often enrolled at Davis for a single semester to obtain practical training on an actual farm alongside the vocational students, but had to return to Berkeley to earn their degrees. Because the non-degree vocational program at Davis

4005-571: The Parlophone Label Group. Two weeks after announcing its acquisition of Parlophone, Warner Music agreed to sell roughly 30 percent of its own catalogue to independent record labels. Chrysalis Records was bought in May 2016 from WMG in a deal led by Blue Raincoat Music's Jeremy Lascelles and Robin Millar . The agreement saw the co-founder and original owner of Chrysalis, Chris Wright, reunited with

4094-472: The Past Darkly included a DVD of the recent documentary How Did We Find Ourselves Here with commentary from Chris Robinson of Black Crowes , Stephen McCarthy of Long Ryders , David Fricke of Rolling Stone and more. It chronicles the band's journey from their beginnings, through conflicts with former friends, battles with major record labels, and disbandment, to their reunion in 2012. Exclusive to this DVD

4183-560: The UC Davis Bookstore. The northeast side of campus holds more of the core buildings that were built earlier in UC Davis's history, such as Wellman Hall, Shields Library, Mrak Hall , and Hutchison Hall. Also notable in this northeastern corner is the labyrinthine Social Sciences and Humanities building designed by Antoine Predock , known to students as the " Death Star " for its angular, metallic design. The majority of Equestrian Center, and Animal Sciences buildings are located near

4272-463: The United States, which led Chrysalis to an American distribution deal with Reprise's parent company, Warner Bros. Records . This lasted from 1972 until U.S. Chrysalis switched to independent distribution in 1976. PolyGram handled international distribution and Festival Records covered Australia and New Zealand. In 1973, it signed British rock band UFO . Towards the end of the 1970s, the label began to extend its range of music, incorporating acts from

4361-424: The University's major center of teaching and research in agriculture, which will remain a dominant emphasis". The board also suggested that the Davis campus should give "special attention" to "opportunities" to be of service to the state government due to its proximity to the state capital at Sacramento . Finally, the board set an enrollment target of 6,000 students by 1970. Most of Davis's initial development as

4450-642: The acquisition continued as General Manager, later becoming Director of Marketing of Chrysalis Records. Chrysalis made history in 1979 by creating the first "music video album", a videocassette featuring a corresponding music video for each song on Blondie 's Eat to the Beat album (released at the same time as the LP). In the 1980s, Chrysalis was at the forefront of the British new romantic movement with bands such as Gen X , Ultravox , and Spandau Ballet . The 1980s proved to be

4539-504: The album's final track, titled "Kendra's Dream", included vocals from Smith, the band's original bass player, who also wrote the song's lyrics. The album, How Did I Find Myself Here? , was released on September 8, 2017, on the Anti- label. In November 2018, three new recordings by The Dream Syndicate were released as part of a compilation album called 3 × 4 , which also included The Bangles , The Three O'Clock , and Rain Parade , with each of

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4628-543: The band, which was soon deemed "a seminal force in the city's '80s underground rock evolution", were the Velvet Underground , Neil Young and Television . The band signed to Slash Records , whose subsidiary Ruby Records released its debut and by far best-known album, The Days of Wine and Roses , in 1982. Days of Wine and Roses "sent shockwaves through the American underground in the early 1980s," but MTV favored

4717-443: The campus directly faces the notoriously foggy Golden Gate ) and switched from "practical" to what he called "rational" instruction in scientific principles of agriculture at Berkeley. He concentrated on things like soil science and fermentation that could be researched and taught in a university laboratory, supplemented by limited data gathering and experiments (but not hands-on teaching) at agricultural experimental stations in

4806-495: The campus itself is vast, the entire community of Davis is relatively small and is easily traversable on bike utilizing Davis' extensive bicycle trails. The campus is the largest Campus in the UC system. Towards the northeast end of campus is the Quad, a large rectangular field, which was the historic geographic center of campus. Earlier in the campus' history, the few campus buildings surrounded

4895-505: The campus level. Davis still retains a few traditions from its early era when its identity was much more intertwined with Berkeley, such as the Bossy Cow-Cow cheer, a parody of Berkeley's Oski Yell . In 1941, the state legislature authorized the creation of a school of veterinary medicine at Davis, but the school's launch was severely delayed by the entrance of the United States into World War II and it did not open until 1948. In 1943,

4984-522: The creation of a university farm. Shields himself credited Pierce with ensuring that the site criteria in the University Farm Bill were so tightly formulated that they could be met only at the Yolo County town of Davisville. Unlike Shields, Pierce did not live long enough to see the promotion of Davis to a general campus and is now largely forgotten. On March 18, 1905, the University Farm Bill

5073-506: The crimes. Although named after the City of Davis, the campus is technically located adjacent to the City of Davis in an unincorporated part of Yolo and Solano counties. The main campus is located 15 miles (24.1 km) west of Sacramento in the Sacramento Valley , part of California's Central Valley , and is adjacent to Interstate 80 . The city of Davis is a college town , with

5162-705: The field. Hilgard was disdainful of the idea of a university farm. He felt that for such a farm to teach effectively, it would necessarily have to be a model farm with examples of the best of everything, without any reference to local profitability, climate, or circumstances, and such a thing was clearly infeasible. Around the turn of the 20th century, Peter J. Shields , secretary of the California Agricultural Society, became aware that colleges of agriculture elsewhere had university farms which performed experiments and provided hands-on education in useful agricultural subjects, and that young people were leaving

5251-475: The first community college on a UC campus. The classes held in this area mainly involve plant sciences, but also include entomology courses as well. Students in the plant sciences maintain gardens as part of the PLS 5 lab while Entomology 156L and 158 students embark on field trips to sample fish for parasites at Putah Creek and conduct projects in forensic entomology at the UC Davis ecosystem, respectively. West Campus

5340-407: The five-song live EP, This Is Not The New Dream Syndicate Album... Live! , the last record to feature Precoda on guitar (he left soon afterward to pursue a career in screenwriting) and the first appearance of bassist Mark Walton. The EP's commercial failure contributed to the group's temporary breakup. The band was dropped by A&M after the label rejected its demo for "Slide Away", later released on

5429-404: The four bands covering songs by the other bands. Following the initial Record Store Day First release as a double album on "psychedelic swirl" purple vinyl , Yep Roc Records released the album on LP, CD, and digital in February 2019. On May 10, 2019, These Times , the second album from the re-formed band, was released on Anti- . Produced by John Agnello and The Dream Syndicate, the album

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5518-449: The four sides of the Quad. Today, though the campus has grown significantly and the geographic center of campus has shifted, the Quad remains the center of campus life, anchored to the north by the Memorial Union (student union), to the south by Shields Library and to the west and southeast by Wellman and Olson halls respectively. The Memorial Union Complex houses Freeborn Hall and the Memorial Union, which houses various establishments such as

5607-440: The group's first EP and played guitar in the proto- goth 45 Grave ) to form the next version of the Dream Syndicate. They recorded two more studio albums, Out of the Grey (1986, Chrysalis Records ), produced by Cutler, and Ghost Stories (1988, Enigma Records ), produced by Elliot Mazer . A live album, Live at Raji's , was recorded in 1988 (also by Mazer) before Ghost Stories , but released afterward. 1992 also featured

5696-568: The heads of the university's major academic and administrative units. Students are most likely to interact with or be directly affected by the Office of Student Affairs, which is run by the vice chancellor of student affairs, currently Fred Wood, and by a variety of associate and assistant vice-chancellors. This office oversees many campus units including: Admissions, Athletics, Campus Recreation, Campus Unions, Counseling and Psychological Services, Financial Aid, Student Housing and others. In 2014, Chancellor Katehi stated that UC Davis aimed to become

5785-539: The label as non-executive chairman, 27 years after selling the company to EMI. Former Virgin Media boss Robert Devereux was also part of the original consortium. After the 2016 purchase, Warner Music kept the rights to namely Spandau Ballet , The Proclaimers , Jethro Tull and the Ramones , whilst Universal Music kept the rights to Chrysalis' American, Canadian and some British artists. Chrysalis Records has represented over 20,000 recordings comprising many British and other, chiefly American, rock and pop tracks from

5874-607: The large Department of Animal Science through which students can study at the university's own on-campus dairy , meat-processing plant, equestrian facility, and experimental farm. Students of Environmental Horticulture and other botanical sciences have many acres of campus farmland and the University of California, Davis, Arboretum at their disposal. The Department of Applied Science was founded and formerly chaired by physicist Edward Teller . The arts are also studied extensively on campus with subjects such as studio art, design, music, theater and dance. The Design Department at UC Davis

5963-417: The late Robert Arneson , who also taught at Davis from 1962 to 1991. Bookhead is located at the Shields Library plaza, Yin & Yang is located at the Fine Arts Complex, See No Evil/Hear No Evil is at the east lawn of King Hall (the main building for UC Davis' School of Law ), Eye on Mrak (FatalLaff) is outside Mrak Hall (housing the registrar office and other administrative offices), and Stargazer

6052-483: The late 1980s. Ensign joined TV marketing/compilations company Dover Records and dance label Cooltempo as part of the Chrysalis family, with Grainge staying on to run the label that he founded. 50% of the Chrysalis Records label was sold in 1989, then the remaining half in 1991 to Thorn EMI , with the Chrysalis Group (primarily a music publisher with other interests in radio and television production) setting up new indie labels such as Echo and Papillon in

6141-401: The leadership, management, and administration of the campus and reports to the President of the University of California system, a position currently held by the former president of Ohio State University (and chancellor of UC Irvine ), Michael Drake , whose predecessor was former Secretary of Homeland Security and Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano . The Offices of the Chancellor and Provost

6230-493: The mid 1990s. Chrysalis Records was folded into EMI subsidiary and flagship label EMI Records in 2005, with catalogue and artists such as Starsailor being shifted to EMI's main imprints. In 2010, BMG Rights Management bought Chrysalis Music 's assets (the publishing division and The Echo Label),. In September 2012, after acquiring EMI's record labels, Universal Music Group offered to divest several record labels, including EMI's Chrysalis and Parlophone , in order to meet

6319-559: The most successful time for the label, whose roster then included Billy Idol , Pat Benatar , Blondie and Huey Lewis and the News . Chrysalis also distributed Animal Records, the short-lived label founded by Blondie guitarist, Chris Stein . In 1983, after the label re-established itself in New York, Eric Heckman, formally of Atlantic and Epic Records promotion took over as Senior Director of Promotion and Marketing. Also in 1983, Daniel Glass moved to Chrysalis as Director of New Music Marketing, advancing later to Senior Vice President. During

6408-513: The next two years Chrysalis broke Huey Lewis and the News, Billy Idol and Spandau Ballet in the United States, whilst Pat Benatar continued to find success on both the traditional and dance music charts. In 1984, Chrysalis bought Ensign Records , a record label Nigel Grainge started in 1976 (with the label's name coming from the idea that 'N. signs' as in 'Nigel Signs') which would go on to have The Waterboys, World Party and Sinéad O'Connor on its roster in

6497-533: The other undergraduate housing complexes, Cuarto is located within city limits; its residents may vote in city elections. The entire University of California system is governed by the regents, a 26-member board, as established under Article IX, Section 9 of the California Constitution . The board appoints the university's principal officers including the system-wide president and UC Davis Chancellor. The UC Davis Chancellor has overall responsibility for

6586-437: The pepper spray incident in search results on Google for the university and the Chancellor". The university's strategic communications office, which has worked on the management of the reputation of the university and its chancellor, has had its budget substantially increased since the current chancellor took office – rising from $ 2.93 million in 2009 to $ 5.47 million in 2015. In August 2016 Katehi resigned as chancellor, and under

6675-445: The ratio of students to long-term residents estimated at 1:4. Also contributing to the college-town environment is the close proximity of downtown Davis to the campus' main quad—a matter of a few blocks, and 5- to 10-minute walk or bike ride. Davis' 15-minute distance from Sacramento provides it with both the isolation critical to fostering a college-town environment while also providing a lively and large metropolitan area nearby. Although

6764-650: The release of the band's first album. Wynn continued as a solo artist, and Walton went on to play with the Continental Drifters . Wynn reformed the Dream Syndicate for a festival performance on September 21, 2012, at Festival BAM in Barcelona , Spain. The reformed band included Wynn, Walton, Duck and Jason Victor, Wynn's longtime lead guitarist in the Miracle 3. On December 5–6, 2013, the Dream Syndicate played two shows with three other reunited Paisley Underground bands —

6853-478: The semi-official It's Too Late to Stop Now . In 1985, during the band's temporary retirement, Wynn and Dan Stuart of Green on Red wrote 10 songs together that were recorded with Duck, among others, and released by A&M as the album The Lost Weekend under the name Danny & Dusty. After a brief hiatus (and, as one reviewer said, having taken "a trip through the major-label meat grinder"), Wynn, Duck and Walton joined with Paul B. Cutler (who had produced

6942-544: The state to study at such farms. Shields began to champion the cause of a university farm. He was later honored as the "founder" of UC Davis in 1962, when the Shields Oak Grove on campus was named after him, and again posthumously in 1972 when the campus library was named after him. However, local farmer and politician George Washington Pierce Jr. also fought aggressively in the California State Assembly for

7031-625: The terms of her contract, will continue to be a full-time faculty member at UCD. In February 2017, Gary S. May was named the seventh chancellor of UCD after a nationwide search. He officially began in the role on August 1. May, the former dean of the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech , is the second African American to be named chancellor at any of the UC campuses (after former UC Irvine chancellor, Ohio State president and current UC system president Michael Drake ) and one of only three currently serving African American chancellors/presidents of an AAU institution. In fall quarter of 2022,

7120-444: The two campuses have always had an amicable relationship, in that Davis gradually developed its own strong identity while remaining proud of its older sibling. Thus, Davis did not suffer from the kind of "hang-ups" (i.e., inferiority complexes ) which at Los Angeles culminated in a systemwide decentralization process from 1957 to 1960 in which the regents and the UC president delegated most power and responsibility to chancellors at

7209-406: The two-year vocational program. In 1949, UC expanded the Davis campus to what is now West Campus by purchasing the 526-acre Straloch Farm to the west from its owner, Harry Hopkins. The farm came with an 86-acre private airport constructed by Hopkins in 1946. The University Airport was the first university airport in the United States and is still the only one in the UC system. In 1958,

7298-577: The university faculty and the state's farmers with his attempt to directly integrate practical training in farming with courses on the larger historical, social, and political dimensions of farming and got himself fired in 1874. The faculty could not understand why students should earn credit towards degrees for hoeing or plowing, and the farmers could not understand how learning the social history of farming could make their children into better farmers. Eugene W. Hilgard , Carr's successor, recognized that Berkeley's soil and climate were terrible for farming (

7387-532: The vocational program was discontinued. For much of its early history, Davis was treated as an offsite department of the main campus in Berkeley, and its chief administrative officer was a director who reported to the dean of the College of Agriculture at Berkeley. In 1944, the title became assistant dean and in 1951, the title was upgraded to provost . In May 1952, the university appointed Harry R. Wellman as its first vice-president—agricultural sciences in charge of

7476-534: Was again recorded at Montrose Studios in Richmond, Virginia . On February 26, 2019, the Dream Syndicate announced that a new studio album, The Universe Inside , was to be released on April 10, 2020, on Anti- . The band shared the first “single” “The Regulator” and its video, a 20-minute “psychedelic journey through New York City, equal parts panoramic, psychedelic, somnambulistic and political”. On February 9, 2024, The Dream Syndicate released How Did We Find Ourselves Here? . A double LP package entitled Live Through

7565-534: Was enacted, which called for the establishment of a farm for the University of California. The bill provided that the University Farm would "be typical and representative of the best general agricultural conditions in California", and authorized an appropriation of $ 150,000 to cover the cost of purchasing land and constructing appropriate buildings. A committee appointed by the Regents of the University of California took

7654-469: Was established in 1961. This was followed by the creation of the College of Engineering in 1962. The School of Law opened for classes in fall 1966, and the School of Medicine began instruction in fall 1968. In a period of increasing activism, a Native American studies program was started in 1969, one of the first at a major university; it was later developed into a full department within the university. During

7743-661: Was first founded as an agricultural branch of the system in 1905, known as the University Farm, and became the sixth campus of the University of California in 1959. Founded as a primarily agricultural campus, the university has expanded over the past century to include graduate and professional programs in medicine (which includes the UC Davis Medical Center ), Engineering , science , law , veterinary medicine , education , nursing , and business management , in addition to 90 research programs offered by UC Davis Graduate Studies. The UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

7832-579: Was relaunched by Blue Raincoat Music with the release of the Eye Ring EP by Francesca Lombardo and Infinity Ink's debut album House of Infinity . In August 2019, music rights company, Reservoir, partnered with Blue Raincoat, to make the Chrysalis record label part of Reservoir's extended global infrastructure and network. Chrysalis Records relaunched itself as a front line label in February 2020, marking

7921-410: Was so disconnected from the traditional degree programs on the main Berkeley campus, agricultural interests began to agitate to separate Davis and the entire College of Agriculture from the University of California. This forced the regents in 1922 to silence such proposals by initially authorizing a two-year undergraduate program at Davis. By sharing faculty members between Berkeley and Davis and hiring

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