Multimedia features archive

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2009

• Student innovators: Flash, 3 min 19 sec, "Engineering solutions: Senior-class inventors team with docs and vets," 7.22.09
• History professor Kathryn Olmsted on conspiracy theories: Flash video, 1:45 min; Smarten up your summer: It's a novel (and non-fiction) way to connect to UC Davis authors, Spotlight, 6.29.09
• Firefighters learn from house fire: "UC Davis Firefighters Train on Burning House," 1:23 minutes, YouTube video, 5.6.09
• Drought brief given to California Legislature on UC Day: "Drought Q&A With California State Legislature," 3:24 minutes,YouTube; UC day at the capitol: University viewed as a jobs engine, smart investment, Dateline, 3.13.09

2008

• Birth control for fox squirrels: Flash webcast, 2:04 minutes, 10.31.08; "Troublesome, non-native squirrels will get birth-control shots," News Service, 10.30.08
• Designing for the State Fair: Flash video, 3:50 minutes; “UC Davis is State Fair highlight: Faculty and students help design ‘Dream Big’ pavilion” Centennial site, 7.17.08
• Gender and majors: Windows Media Player video or Quicktime video, 4:11 minutes, 5.29.08; "Gender and majors: Why do you pursue a particular major?" Spotlight, 5.29.08
• Hellfire and perfection — 2008 teaching prize winner Brenda Schildgen: Windows Media Player video or Quicktime webcast, 5.8.08, 12:34 minutes; "Meet our 2008 teaching prize winner," Spotlight, 4.2.08
• Aggienaut Tracy Caldwell's first time in space: Windows Media or Quicktime webcast, 1.25.08, 1:27 hours; "Aggie astronaut spends ‘99 percent’ of her time training," Dateline, 2.1.08
• Doing what matters: Executive management coach Robert Lorber: Windows Media or Quicktime webcast, 59:56 minutes; GSM Business Partner Breakfast with Robert Lorber, 11.15.07

2007

• Managing a campus emergency: Windows Media or Quicktime webinar, 59:31 minutes; Aggie Family Pack Web site on the emergency preparedness , 11.7.07.
• Jelly Belly Candy Co. boss Robert Simpson speaks: Windows Media webcast, Quicktime webcast, 1:26 hours, 11.1.07; Graduate School of Management announcement.
• How green are we? Windows Media webcast, Quicktime webcast, 20:02 minutes, 10.24.07; "Sustainability Day celebrates many aspects of campus effort," UC Davis Spotlight 10.29.07.
• Janis Heaphy, Sacramento Bee publisher: Windows Media or Quicktime video, 1:08 hours, 10.5.07; Graduate School of Management announcement.
• 'Building a Connected Campus': Windows Media webcast, Quicktime webcast, 17:24 minutes, 9.18.07; "Planners create places that spur memorable experiences," UC Davis Spotlight 9.20.07.
• Robert Arneson: Images in and out of clay: Windows Media webcast, Quicktime webcast, 28:49 minutes; "Bawdy, witty ’60s artists become UC Davis icons," UC Davis Spotlight 10.17.07.
• De Forest on De Forest: Windows Media webcast, Quicktime webcast, 29:27 minutes; "Bawdy, witty ’60s artists become UC Davis icons," UC Davis Spotlight 10.17.07.
• Wayne Thiebaud on his art: Windows Media webcast, Quicktime webcast, 29:27 minutes; "Bawdy, witty ’60s artists become UC Davis icons," UC Davis Spotlight 10.17.07
• Huell Howser at UC Davis: "Road Trip with Huell Howser" Windows Media webcast, Quicktime webcast, 55:01 minutes; "Public television’s Huell Howser highlights UC Davis’ attractions," UC Davis Spotlight 7.06.07.
• Corporate smarts: Russell Read and Robert Fox: Windows Media or Quicktime, 44:30 minutes; "Management students reap benefits from visiting executives," UC Davis Spotlight, 5.24.07.

2006

• Hershey chair Rick Lenny talks business: (Windows Media webcast, Quicktime webcast, 57:48 minutes, 10.9.06; "A Sweet” Opportunity to Meet . . .Rick Lenny, Chairman, President and CEO, The Hershey Company," Graduate School of Management press release)
• Poet Ted Kooser: (Windows Media webcast, 1:24 hours, 10.26.06; "Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Ted Kooser gives free talk," 10.19.06, News Service announcement)
• Kozol on education: (Quicktime webcast, Windows Media webcast, 1:01 hours, 10.12.06; "Jonathan Kozol: Still Separate, Still Unequal" Mondavi center publicity)
• Gus Lee on success: (RealOne webcast, Windows Media webcast, 55:10 minutes, 8.11.06; "Author Gus Lee to speak at outreach graduation" UC Davis news release, 8.8.06)
• Iraq, intelligence and policy: (RealOne webcast, Windows Media webcast, 1:03 hours, 5.17.06)
• The governor and the state: By Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters (RealOne webcast, Windows Media webcast, 1:01 hours, 4.19.06)
• Death penalty talk: (RealOne webcast, Windows Media webcast, 1:41 hours, (video contains strong language) 4.11.06; "Students, Community Explore Capital Punishment at UC Davis" press release 3.27.06, speakers schedule, 3.27.06)
• Science of kissing: (NewsWatch video, 1:59 minutes)
• Corporate responsibility: Cisco Systems Chairman John Morgridge (RealOne webcast, Windows Media webcast, 55:59 minutes; 1.11.06)
• John Edwards on poverty: (RealOne audio file, Windows Media audio file, MP3 podcast, all 1:15 hours, 1.9.06; Mondavi Center press release pdf)

2005

• Health at every size: (NewsWatch video, 1:52 minutes; "Non-Dieters More Successful at Boosting Health Than Dieters, Study Finds," UC Davis press release, 5.31.05)
• Global technology innovation: Agilent President and CEO William Sullivan (RealOne webcast, Windows Media webcast, 54:34 minutes)
• Aggie Astronaut: (RealOne webcast, Windows Media webcast, 1:44 minutes, 12.04.05)
• Why beer is healthy: ("Beer has the good carbs," NewsWatch RealOnevideo, 1:57 minutes; "Beer's bad rap for carbs unjustified," News Service press release, 10.25.05)
• Campus authors: (RealOne webcast, Windows Media webcast, 1:01 hours, 10.25.05; text excerpt by Dan Brower, "Why Textbook Writing Matters in Academia" 10.25.05
• Art that changes society: ("Teaching the next generation," NewsWatch video, 1:50 minutes; "Exhibition on capital punishment," NewsWatch video, 1:51 minutes.)
• Salmon fishing and water rights: (Webcast, 1:49 hours, 6.2.05; John Muir Institute announcement)
• How the brain handles emotions: (Webcast, 59 minutes, 5.11.05; "Adolphs to Speak on How Individuals Process Social Information," UC Health System press release, 5.3.05)
• Women in wax: Talk on nature and artifice in 18th century French anatomy. (Webcast, 1:14 hours, 5.19.05)
• Nobel peace laureate speaks: On Sherin Ebadi's talk on "Human Rights, Democracy and Islam" (Video in RealOne or Windows Media, 1:34 hours; "Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner to speak May 17 at UC Davis" News Service press release, 4.26.05)
• Human rights for slaves: (Video in RealOne or Windows Media, 1:12 hours; "Journalist Hochschild to talk about slavery's end" 4.14.05)
• Doxie Derby history: (Video in RealOne or in Windows Media, 2.17 minutes; 2005 Doxie Derby home page)
• Science and entrepreneurism: (Video in RealOne, or in Windows Media, 1:14 hours; "Entomologist forms research company to tackle hypertension," Dateline 3.04.05)
• Psychologist prepares athletes: (NewsWatch video, 1:52 minutes; "Ross Flowers counsels the inner athlete," Dateline 3.18.05)
• High school battle of the robots: (Battle of the robots slideshow, Robotic Ruckus Comes to Campus, News Service release, 3.4.05)
• Student health: (NewsWatch video, 1:56 minutes; "New center promotes a healthy lifestyle for students," News Service release, 10.7.04)
• Genetic geography: Storer lecture on how anthropology, language and genes tell the story of human history. (Video, 1:16 hours)
• Smuggled terrorists is possibility: (NewsWatch video, 1:47 minutes; "The New Slave Trade" UC Davis Magazine Spring 2004)
• Preserving old movies: ("Early films entertaining, lively experiments," NewsWatch video, 1:58 minutes; "Audiences must learn rules of film making," NewsWatch video, 1:53 minutes; "UC Davis scholar brings rare films to video screen," News Service release 1.20.2000)
• Sharing the watershed: Seminar on bioregional culture (Video, 1:30 hours)
• Large tree advocate: (NewsWatch video, 1:46 minutes)

2004

• Energy efficient lighting: ("Lighting technology center," NewsWatch video, 1:53 minutes; "Fluorescent lighting improves," NewsWatch video, 1:53 minutes; "UC Davis Adds California Lighting Technology Center" News Service release, 7.1.04)
• Breast cancer treatment: ("Immediate Reconstruction Research" NewsWatch video, 1:53 minutes; "Advances in Medical Procedures" NewsWatch video, 1:53 minutes)
• Communicating with toddlers: UC Davis' Center for Child and Family Studies (NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; "Tiny bubbles, big learning opportunity" Dateline 5.7.04)
• Porpoise deaths: UC Davis wildlife veterinarian helps determine cause (NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; "Cause of Porpoise Deaths Remains Uncertain, Panel Says," News Service press release, 2.9.04)
• Dairy air: An experiment to determine how much cows are polluting (NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; News Service press release, 7.19.04)
• Campus's economic impact (NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; Economic Impact Report Web site)
• Marketing superfoods: How marketers use the lure of technology in foods (NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; "Superfoods offer shoppers new way to eat" News Service release 1.29.04)
• Family studies ("Sibling Rivalry Not Always the Problem" NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; "Warmth Essential to Success" NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; "Long-term studies of families show surprising results" News Service release 4.1.04)
• UC Davis' Fall Convocation (Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef video, 26.01 minutes, transcript pdf, ; Mohammad Mohanna, UC Davis Foundation Board trustee and member of the UC Davis delegation to Iran video 10.25 minutes, transcript pdf; Student Kalen Ridenour, a Spanish and sociology major who visited Chile for six months as a UC Education Abroad student video 5.43 minutes, transcript pdf) 9.29.04)
• Particle physics revolution (UC Davis cosmologist Andreas Albrecht on "Quantum Universe" video, 4:02 minutes; "Quantum Universe" report)
• Nanoscience (NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; "Unusual Minerals Formed on Stored Nuclear Waste" news release 11.21.03 and "Nanomaterials Expert Wins Franklin Medal in Earth Sciences" news release 1.28.02)
• The five-minute bridge: Engineering students take on a challenge (NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes)
• Bringing back Afghan agriculture ("UC Davis leads Afghanistan effort" NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; "Vines for Mines " NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; "New $10 Million Initiative Replaces Mines with Vines in Afghanistan" News Service press release, 5.11.04)
• Secret life of sharks ("Sharks are not man-eaters" NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; "How sharks are masters in the ocean" NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes)
• Tabatha the Titan blooms (Corpse flower Web site)
• Dress for success (NewsWatch, 1:45 minutes)
• Virtual medicine (NewsWatch, 1:45 minutes; UC Davis Medicine article, fall 2003)
• Meat quality and safety (NewsWatch, 1:45 minutes)
• Classroom in the wilderness: Geology class goes to Alaska (NewsWatch, 1:45 minutes)
• Campus growth (NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; "Regents OK growth plan" Dateline 12.5.04)
• Animal shelter medicine (Video segment from "State of Minds," 7 minutes; "New Leash on Life," UC Davis Magazine Fall 2004)
• UC President Dynes visits Davis (Video 57.42 minutes, 5.27.04)
• Vietnam War through new eyes (Web site including Flash audio slide show 5.27.04)
• Testing racehorses (NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes)
• Attention deficit hyperactivity (Video, 1:06 hours; News release, 5.7.04)
• Endangered fish (NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; "Salmon return to Putah Creek" News Service press release, 12.18.03)
• Training forensic scientists (NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; Dateline story 4.18.03)
• Planting pests: Introduced plants that are endangering the natives (NewsWatch video 1:45 minutes)
• Psychology of gratitude (NewsWatch video 1:45 minutes; news release 2.26.04)
• Controlling childhood obesity (NewsWatch video 1:45 minutes)
• Hydrogen highway to the future with Gov. Schwarzenegger (Slideshow; NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; news release 4.20.04)
• What's behind reading disabilities? (Video 1:22 hours; news release 3.31.04)
• Cancer-fighting organic produce (NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; news release 3.7.03)
• Tracking mosquito diseases (NewsWatch video on mosquito research, 1:45 minutes; NewsWatch video on vaccinating horses for West Nile virus, 1:45 minutes; press release on UC Davis discovery of West Nile virus, 8.20.03; press release for horse owners on preventing the West Nile virus 3.11.03)
• Going to Division I (NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; press release on Big West Conference and NCAA Division I 3.11.03; press release on Great West Football Conference 2.25.04)
• Feeding the waterfowl (NewsWatch video 1:45 minutes, UC Davis news release 12.18.03)
• Student firefighters (NewsWatch video 1:45 minutes)
• The fall of ancient societies: Evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond of UCLA (video 1:16 hours, 10.7.03)
• Genetic contributions to autism: Child psychiatrist Susan Folstein of Tufts University (video 1:23 hours, 2.11.02)
• Unleashing the imagination: "Design professor Dolph Gotelli teaches students to find their creativity" NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; "Students create edible art" NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; "Design alums foster holiday magic, spending" Dateline story 12.6.02)
• Eating to stay young with Bruce Ames (video 1:11 hours, 2.18.04)
• Peacock problem (NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes, press release 4.23.03)
• Assessing the threat of mad cow disease (video 55 minutes, special report Web site 2.5.04)
• Helping autistic children succeed: How intervention is helping (video 1:26 hours) 1.14.04;
  •Szatmari to speak on autism (press release1.14.04 )
• Marine ecologists track currents: How Codar is useful in marine research (NewsWatch video 1:45 minutes); Detecting oil spills, lost boats and homeland security problems (NewsWatch video 1:45 minutes)
• Suburban pumas (slideshow; Newswatch video No. 1 1:45 minutes; Newswatch video No. 2 1:45 minutes; news release 1.20.04)
• Future driven by fuel cells: "Fuel-cell partnerships may create the power technology of the 21st century" NewsWatch video 1:45 minutes; "Hydrogen could power a new generation of autos" NewsWatch video 1:45 minutes; "Developing fuel stations for hydrogen-powered cars is a major task" NewsWatch video 1:45 minutes; News release 2.25.03)
• Bouncing to beauty: Students bounce their way to beauty with the help of UC Davis nutrition instructor Liz Applegate. (NewsWatch video 1:45 minutes; Dateline story 3.21.03)
• Scorpion chemistry: Scorpions produce a chemically distinct prevenom (NewsWatch video 1:45 minutes)

2003

• Students try weightless science (video: experiments begin, 1:20 minutes; video: weightless, 1:44 minutes; Newswatch video 1:45 minutes, story) 12.11.03)
• Internment camps: Farewell to Manzanar author Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston reflects on internment camps (video, 1:01 hours, 12.3.03)
• Science of sustainable ag (Web site for videos;11.18.03)
• John McPhee talks about writing (video: Q&A on writing, 1:24 hours; video: discussion with Eldridge Moores, 1:18 hours; video: panel with Poet Laureate Robert Haas and Pulitizer Prize winning poet Gary Snyder, 1:27 hours; story 10.29.03)
• New feed supplement produces heart-healthy milk (video on process, 3:05 minutes; NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes; news release 11.4.03)
• Movement brings computer images to life (videos, news release 6.18.03)
• Berlioz trip: UC Davis Symphony travels to France for Berlioz celebration (Web site with video, audio and slideshow 6.17.03)

2001

• Lake Tahoe: Reservoir of History, Body of Hope (Web site with video and interactive Flash 4.10.01)