Tsunami Relief News and Information

Epicenter of the Dec. 26 earthquake that struck South Asia. (Jan Conroy/UC Davis graphic)

Tsunami memorial taps the power of prayer

More than 200 people attended a solemn UC Davis memorial service Jan. 25 in remembrance of the nearly 160,000 who died in the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster. Student Yasmine Khan read a poignant poem of hers that began, “I never thought I’d learn to pronounce the word, ‘tsunami’ …”

• Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef's remarks
• Student Yasmine Khan's poem
  

Related campus news

• Tsunami perspectives offered (Dateline UC Davis, 1.14.05)
• Campus responds to call for assistance (Dateline UC Davis, 1.7.05)
• Chancellor Vanderhoef forms relief task force

Campus fund-raisers (updated 2.23.05)

Exhibitions and talks

• Library creates exhibition

UC Davis faculty expertise and commentary

• Sources on the tsunami aftermath
• Religion and legends deal with disasters in South Asia by Sudipta Sen