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1.31.2007
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UC Davis Experts: Dry Weather
This month is the driest January on record for Sacramento. The following UC Davis faculty members are available for comment on various topics related to dry weather. If you need more help in finding ... [ More ]
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1.30.2007
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Consumers Face Trade-offs in Choosing Organic or Conventional Foods
Both organic and conventionally produced foods present consumers with trade-offs in terms of food safety and nutritional content, according to a food toxicologist at the University of California, ... [ More ]
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1.30.2007
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Researchers Closing in on Vaccine to Prevent Cattle Abortions
Researchers at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine are working to develop a vaccine to prevent a bacterial disease that annually causes the loss of 45,000 to 90,000 calves, costing $6.3 ... [ More ]
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1.30.2007
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Online Sustainable Ag Course for Agricultural Professionals
A new online course on the basics of sustainable agriculture and what it means for farmers, ranchers and communities across the United States is now being offered free of charge by the U.S. ... [ More ]
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1.30.2007
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Calendar: March 2-3: Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Field Day
March 2-3, Friday and Saturday -- The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences will host the annual Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Field Day. During the field day, FFA and 4-H ... [ More ]
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1.29.2007
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Recent Honors at UC Davis
Barbara Horwitz, distinguished professor of physiology and vice provost of academic personnel, has been selected the 2007 recipient of the Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist ... [ More ]
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1.26.2007
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West Coast AAU Junior Olympic Games Return to Davis
For the second consecutive year, UC Davis has been chosen to host the prestigious West Coast AAU Junior Olympic Games, the Amateur Athletic Union announced today.
The event, slated for June ... [ More ]
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1.25.2007
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Magnetic, Luminescent Nanoparticles Set New Standard
Researchers at UC Davis have created a new type of nanoparticles that could be used in tests for environmental pollution or contamination of food products, and for medical diagnostics.
The ... [ More ]
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1.25.2007
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The Art of Physics
A series of artworks based on experiments in particle physics will get its first showing in a public lecture at UC Davis, Feb. 6. "In Search of Meaning," by Lylie Fisher, explores how both art and ... [ More ]
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1.25.2007
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Google joins Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Project
Google Inc. has joined a group of 16 universities and national labs that are building the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST).
"Partnering with Google will significantly enhance our ability ... [ More ]
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1.24.2007
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Best-selling Author Lescroart Speaks About Writing Careers
Jan. 31, Wednesday -- John Lescroart, the New York Times best-selling author of 17 novels, will speak on campus about his career as a writer and being part of today's publishing world. Lescroart is ... [ More ]
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1.24.2007
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Undergraduate Applications up 6 Percent
More than 42,300 high school seniors, prospective transfer students and others applied to study at the University of California, Davis, for fall 2007 -- a 5.9 percent increase over fall 2006.
A ... [ More ]
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1.23.2007
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Should Humans Give Overheated Species a Lift?
As the Earth warms up (2006 was the hottest year on record in America and the hottest in Britain since 1659), ecologists expect many plants and animals to move up, too -- up north and uphill, to ... [ More ]
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1.22.2007
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Fingerprint Matching Techniques Need Reform
Fingerprint matches -- key to fighting international terrorism and keeping criminals off the street -- are no longer foolproof, warns a law professor at the University of California, ... [ More ]
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1.19.2007
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UC Davis Briefs Congress Jan. 23 on Cars and Fuels of the Future
A team of UC Davis transportation experts will travel to Washington, D.C., next week to brief members of Congress and their staffers on the status of clean car and truck fuels and ... [ More ]
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1.19.2007
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UC Davis Settles Lawsuit by Former Wrestling Coach
The University of California Board of Regents today announced its approval of a legal settlement that concludes a longstanding lawsuit brought against UC Davis and its athletics administrators by ... [ More ]
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1.19.2007
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Facts Regarding UC Davis Women's Athletics and the Burch Case Settlement
UC Davis supports an outstanding program in women's sports.
UC Davis sponsors 14 women's varsity sports, significantly more than the national average of 8.4 women's sports per college or ... [ More ]
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1.18.2007
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Experts on Transportation, Energy and Air Quality
The following UC Davis faculty members are available to speak on topics related to California's new initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, and air pollution and human ... [ More ]
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1.18.2007
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California's New Fuel Standard: What It Means, How We Will Get There
What is different about California's new initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks? This time, the target is not the vehicles -- the engines and catalytic converters, and ... [ More ]
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1.16.2007
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Six Professors Elected Fellows of AAAS
Six UC Davis faculty members have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are among 449 fellows honored this year for their efforts to advance ... [ More ]
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1.16.2007
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Math Professor Wins Award
Craig Tracy, professor of mathematics, and Harold Widom of UC Santa Cruz will share the 2007 Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics, presented jointly by the American Mathematical Society and ... [ More ]
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1.16.2007
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Yale Professor to Talk on Pregnancy Discrimination
Jan. 17, Wednesday -- Pregnancy discrimination will be the subject of a lecture at the UC Davis School of Law by William Eskridge Jr., a professor at Yale Law School. The endowed lecture on ... [ More ]
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1.16.2007
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New Online Registry Offers One-Stop Shopping for Grape Varieties
From Aligoté to Zinfandel, a listing of grape varieties and where they can be obtained throughout the United States is now available at a new Web site designed to help grape growers and researchers ... [ More ]
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1.9.2007
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UC Experts Will Draft Calif.'s New Auto Emissions Policy Announced Today by Gov. Schwarzenegger
Transportation policy experts at UC Davis and UC Berkeley will draft the new, groundbreaking air-quality standard to reduce carbon emissions from transportation fuels that Gov. Schwarzenegger ... [ More ]
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1.4.2007
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A Bumpy Shift From Icehouse to Greenhouse
The transition from an ice age to an ice-free planet 300 million years ago was highly unstable, marked by dips and rises in carbon dioxide, extreme swings in climate and drastic effects on tropical ... [ More ]
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1.4.2007
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Schools Robotics Competition Kicks Off
Teams from local high schools will take part in the kickoff event for this year's FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition. Participants across the ... [ More ]
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1.2.2007
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Sources on Schwarzenegger's 2007 Budget
The following University of California, Davis, faculty members will be available to comment on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed 2007 California budget priorities -- which he will release on ... [ More ]
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