Provost's Current Work Groups

Work Group on Sustainable Solutions for Campus Storehouse
Exploring the need for—and new strategies for the operation of—a central facility at UC Davis that acts as a recharge-based storehouse for consumable items used in campus research.
Work Group on Testing Services
Determining current and future testing-service needs and priorities, and making recommendations about resources and technology, in order to better support all students who need these services at UC Davis.

Quality Metrics Work Group
Making recommendations for improving the university’s performance in terms of quality metrics, and for communication strategies to increase understanding of our excellence and achievements independent of rankings.

Task Force on Data Governance
Providing recommendations on data governance principles for UC Davis, and how institutional data governance across the campus should be structured and operated.

Work Group on Data Sciences
Making recommendations on increasing the impact of UC Davis on research and education in the field of data sciences, including the possibility of creating an independent academic home for the field on campus.

Task Force on Bioinformatics
Proposing a strategic plan that articulates a vision, goals, and objectives for bioinformatics research support at UC Davis, including recommendations for governance, organizational structure, and funding models.

Chemistry Discovery Complex Task Force
Providing an academic and intellectual vision for the envisioned Chemistry Discovery Complex, which will be key to maintaining UC Davis’s leadership in STEM research and education.