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Retirement from °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis is a significant milestone, and the university has planned a special event to honor all staff and faculty who have retired, or will retire, during the 2013-14 academic year.

The New Retirees Reception, with hors d'oeuvres and entertainment, is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, in the Conference Center Ballroom, under the sponsorship of the Retiree Center, the Retirees Association and the Emeriti Association.

Registration is requested by June 10, and may be arranged (click on "Event Registration") or by calling the Retiree Center, (530) 754-7105.

Tasty event: Farm to College

invites the campus community and the general public to another edition of Farm to College, a tasty showcase of the university's commitment to shopping local, and to sustainable production methods and the humane treatment of animals.

The next biannual Farm to College is scheduled from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday (June 5) on the lawn within the .

The Farm to College dinner is priced at $11.80 for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis employees (with staff ID or Staff Assembly pin) or $14.75 for the general public. If you are a meal plan holder, simply swipe your card.

Eye expertise goes global

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis Health System has signed an agreement of cooperation with to expand the use of telemedicine technology to help treat and prevent blindness in the developing world.

The new alliance, featuring the expertise of the , and the , paves the way for developing new research, education and telehealth collaborations to advance vision science and eye care on a global scale, owing to Orbis’ record as a nongovernmental organization that has provided training to eye care personnel in 92 countries since 1982.

The World Health Organization estimates the number of visually impaired people in the world at 285 million: 39 million of them who are blind and 246 million who have low vision. About 90 percent of the world's visually impaired people live in developing countries, and 80 percent of all cases of visual impairment can be avoided or cured — cases that include refractive errors, cataracts and glaucoma, the leading causes of visual impairment worldwide.

Under the agreement, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis specialists in telemedicine, information technology, ophthalmology, anesthesiology and nursing will work with Orbis on such initiatives as staff development, fellowships and programs on Orbis’ Flying Eye Hospital (on a DC-10 jet).