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1.31.1997
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Women's team puts sport through the cycle
One of the top collegiate female bicycle racers in the United States is busy training with her teammates at UC Davis for the first college race of the new year Feb. 8-9. Beth Young, a graduate ... [ More ]
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1.31.1997
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Politics, freedom of speech topic of lecture
A Stanford University law professor will address "Political Money and Freedom of Speech" during the 1997 Barrett Lecture at the University of California, Davis, law school Thursday, Feb. 13. Kathleen ... [ More ]
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1.31.1997
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Poet Gary Snyder awarded prestigious Bollingen literary prize
UC Davis English professor and poet Gary Snyder is the recipient of the Bollingen Prize in Poetry, awarded by Yale University and one of the nation's most prestigious literary honors. Every two ... [ More ]
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1.31.1997
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Mini-concerts court classroom audiences
Two string quartets and a young concert violinist visiting UC Davis will bring music and insights into their art to regional schools in February. On Monday, Feb. 3, the Angeles String Quartet will ... [ More ]
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1.31.1997
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Ecosystem management to be discussed during law conference
Ecosystem management as an approach to species protection will be the topic of a daylong environmental law conference to be held Saturday, Feb. 15, at the UC Davis law school. Titled "Ecosystem ... [ More ]
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1.31.1997
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Artists' valentines to be auctioned
More than 100 emerging and well-known artists have contributed valentines for an unusual exhibit at UC Davis. The UC Davis NELSON ARTfriends presents its fourth annual Artists' Valentines benefit ... [ More ]
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1.31.1997
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The beak of the finch, origin of bird species subject of talks
Princeton University researchers Peter and Rosemary Grant, whose work on Darwin's finches is considered a masterpiece of evolutionary ecology, will give four talks at UC Davis beginning Monday, Feb. ... [ More ]
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1.28.1997
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Politics, Freedom of Speech Topic of Lecture
A Stanford University law professor will address "Political Money and Freedom of Speech" during the 1997 Barrett Lecture at the University of California, Davis, law school Thursday, Feb. 13. ... [ More ]
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1.27.1997
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Fewer levees, working flood plains mean less destruction, geology prof says
Lots of warm rain and a melting snowpack may have contributed to the recent disastrous flooding in California, but the problem boils down to an overdependence upon levees, says UC Davis geology ... [ More ]
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1.27.1997
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Eggs that 'sweat' pose no threat
For decades commercial egg processors believed that when eggs are allowed to "sweat" following removal from the refrigerator or cold storage, residual moisture on the shell could lead to ... [ More ]
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1.27.1997
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Fewer levees, working flood plains mean less destruction, geology prof says
Lots of warm rain and a melting snowpack may have contributed to the recent disastrous flooding in California, but the problem boils down to an overdependence upon levees, says UC Davis geology ... [ More ]
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1.27.1997
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Researcher honored for studies to prevent AIDS in kids
A researcher who studies an AIDS-like virus in monkeys to better understand AIDS in children has received a major research grant named in memory of the late AIDS activist Elizabeth Glaser. The ... [ More ]
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1.27.1997
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Upcoming meetings and events
Should we drink to that? -- Tuesdays through March 11, 4:10
pm, Room 130 of the UC Davis Physics and Geology building.
Wine's complicated health effects will be explored by the well-
known UC ... [ More ]
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1.24.1997
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The beak of the finch, origin of bird species subject of talks
Princeton University researchers Peter and Rosemary Grant, whose work on Darwin's finches is considered a masterpiece of evolutionary ecology, will give four talks at UC Davis beginning Monday, Feb. ... [ More ]
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1.24.1997
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Fewer levees, working flood plains mean less destruction, geology prof says
Lots of warm rain and a melting snowpack may have contributed to the recent disastrous flooding in California, but the problem boils down to an overdependence upon levees, says UC Davis geology ... [ More ]
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1.24.1997
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Genes team up to repel plant disease, studies show
For decades scientists have wondered what goes on at the molecular level that causes plants to ward off bacterial and viral diseases. Now two separate research teams at UC's Davis and Berkeley ... [ More ]
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1.24.1997
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Researcher honored for studies to prevent AIDS in kids
A researcher who studies an AIDS-like virus in monkeys to better understand AIDS in children has received a major research grant named in memory of the late AIDS activist Elizabeth Glaser. The ... [ More ]
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1.24.1997
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Upcoming meetings and events
Should we drink to that? -- Tuesdays through March 11, 4:10
pm, Room 130 of the UC Davis Physics and Geology building.
Wine's complicated health effects will be explored by the well-
known UC ... [ More ]
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1.23.1997
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Genes team up to repel plant disease, studies show
For decades scientists have wondered what goes on at the molecular level that causes plants to ward off bacterial and viral diseases. Now two separate research teams at UC's Davis and Berkeley ... [ More ]
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1.23.1997
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California farm conference offers a bounty of knowledge
The California Farm Conference offers a feast to farmers, farmers' market managers, policy-makers and educators hungry for facts and advice that will make small-scale farming more profitable, ... [ More ]
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1.23.1997
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Irrigation may speed fungal invasion of vines of trees
Wine grape vineyards and pear tree orchards in California's North Coast region are increasingly falling victim to oak root fungus, a disease commonly found in wildlands oak trees. UC Davis plant ... [ More ]
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1.23.1997
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'Win/win' ag-wetlands study among sustainable ag projects funded
The merits and costs of managing ag lands and wetland reserves in California's Tulelake Basin is the focus of a new community-based research project. It is "seeking a win-win solution that improves ... [ More ]
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1.23.1997
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Eggs that 'sweat' pose no threat
For decades commercial egg processors believed that when eggs are allowed to "sweat" following removal from the refrigerator or cold storage, residual moisture on the shell could lead to ... [ More ]
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1.22.1997
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Beak of the Finch and Origin of Species, Topic of Lectures
Peter Grant, a Princeton University professor whose studies of the Galapagos Islands finches is considered a masterpiece of evolutionary ecology, will give two public lectures at the University of ... [ More ]
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1.21.1997
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Researchers turn wine into water
What do you get when you add wine dregs to a wetland? Clean water. It sounds like a recycler's fantasy but UC Davis graduate student Heather Shepherd thinks that artificial wetlands could be the ... [ More ]
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1.21.1997
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Early Findings from 100-year Ag Study to be Reported
Preliminary findings from the first three years of UC Davis' 100-year experimental agriculture research project will be reported during a scientific symposium on Thursday, Jan. 23.More than a dozen ... [ More ]
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1.17.1997
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DNA, Other Scientific Evidence Use is Topic of Law School Symposium
Scientific evidence is frequently being introduced into the courtroom, sometimes leading to enormous controversy. To gain perspective on the use of such evidence, an international symposium is being ... [ More ]
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1.17.1997
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State economists optimistic for California's recovery
Economic forecasters are predicting better growth in California than elsewhere in the United States for 1997. "The Sacramento metropolitan area will again be one of the brighter spots in the state's ... [ More ]
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1.16.1997
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Tax proposed to protect environment's future
To help ease future environmental damage, an environmental tax that increases over time should be adopted now, even in the apparent absence of pollution damage, according to a UC Davis economist who ... [ More ]
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1.16.1997
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Trends in the use of scienific evidence to be explored
Introduced more and more into courtrooms worldwide, scientific evidence can lead to enormous controversy. To gain perspective on the use of such evidence, an international symposium will be held at ... [ More ]
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1.16.1997
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Bloom of entrepreneurial urban gardens studied
The social and economic benefits of entrepreneurial urban gardens to communities in Northern and Southern California are being assessed by UC Davis researchers.Their case studies include the San ... [ More ]
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1.15.1997
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Bigger Biology Tackled Through Keyboards
Solving crucial biological problems these days can involve trying to figure out huge arrays of individual activities on vastly different scales and timelines, from the rapid genetic mutations of ... [ More ]
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1.14.1997
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Bottom-up Ecological Processes Better for Clear Waters, Study Finds
Weighing in on the ecological debate about how best to control human-induced algae growth in naturally clear lakes, University of California, Davis, researchers have made a bottom-line ... [ More ]
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1.10.1997
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Should we drink to that? Wine's impacts to be explored
Is wine a pleasant libation with possible untapped health benefits or is it a contributor to birth defects and alcoholism?Wine's complicated health effects will be explored by the well-known UC Davis ... [ More ]
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1.10.1997
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What to eat when the power goes out
Power outages during stormy winter months are inevitable, and they often leave people wondering what to do with refrigerated foods that might spoil. A full upright or chest freezer with the door kept ... [ More ]
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1.8.1997
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Weather watchers: students track TV forecasting trends
If there is one common weakness among television weather forecasters, it may be their propensity to "overforecast" changes in the weather, according to UC Davis atmospheric science students who ... [ More ]
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1.8.1997
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Farm safety guidelines offered for returning flood victims
Now that rampaging river waters in the West are receding, the dirty and dangerous job of cleaning up after the devastating floods has begun.Flood victims will return to their homes to confront a ... [ More ]
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1.3.1997
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Works of George Longfish, Jaune Quick-to-see Smith on Exhibit at Gorman
Exhibition Title: "Partners in Art -- George Longfish and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: A 22-year Visual Conversation"
Dates: Feb. 7 - March 21
Where: C.N. Gorman Museum
1316 Hart Hall
University ... [ More ]
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1.3.1997
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Genes team up to repel plant disease, studies show
For decades scientists have wondered what goes on at the molecular level that causes plants to ward off bacterial and viral diseases. Now two separate research teams at UC's Davis and Berkeley ... [ More ]
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1.3.1997
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Researcher honored for studies to prevent AIDS in kids
A researcher who studies an AIDS-like virus in monkeys to better understand AIDS in children has received a major research grant named in memory of the late AIDS activist Elizabeth Glaser. The ... [ More ]
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