Professor Content / Professor Content for ٺƵ en Wayne Thiebaud Donates Major Works of Art to New ٺƵ Museum /news/wayne-thiebaud-donates-major-works-art-new-uc-davis-museum <p>Wayne Thiebaud — the legendary painter known for his colorful paintings of landscapes, portraits and good-enough-to-eat desserts — this week presented to the University of California, Davis, some of his treasured paintings.</p> <p>The works&nbsp;delivered today (June 27), each a major example within his painting oeuvre, are:</p> June 27, 2016 - 5:04pm Karen Michele Nikos /news/wayne-thiebaud-donates-major-works-art-new-uc-davis-museum Making Politics Personal /news/making-politics-personal <p>The lessons learned best are often the ones that affect us personally.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/mrfradkin">Alumnus Kyle Fradkin</a>&nbsp;graduated in 2011, but he still remembers a particular political science assignment where his actions had the potential to impact not only his grade, but those of his classmates.</p> <p>“Professor Ethan Scheiner asked us to devise our own electoral system to determine when to hold our midterm,” Fradkin recalls. “We picked a type of voting system, argued our positions and ultimately decided our own fate.”</p> December 01, 2015 - 8:00am Robyn Frances Huey /news/making-politics-personal