Archived News for January 2009

1.30.2009	In Bad Economy, MBA Degree Beckons Mirroring a national trend, applications to the UC Davis Graduate School of Management's two-year Daytime MBA program are up 50 percent from last year, the school's admission office reports. The ... [ More ]
1.30.2009	Equipping MBAs to Heal the Healthcare System The UC Davis Graduate School of Management, in collaboration with the UC Davis School of Medicine, has introduced a new program designed to prepare MBA students to lead hospitals, government ... [ More ]
1.30.2009	Individuals Lose Playing the Market -- Institutions Win Collectively, individual Taiwanese investors racked up $32 billion in stock market losses between 1995 and 1999 -- virtually all due to frequent trading, according to a new study by researchers at ... [ More ]
1.29.2009	Lam Research CEO Gives $1.5 Million to Foster New Business Leaders Underscoring the importance of leadership in business education at the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis, Stephen G. Newberry and his wife, Shelley, have pledged ... [ More ]
1.28.2009	Human DNA Repair Process Recorded in Action A key phase in the repair process of damaged human DNA has been observed and visually recorded by a team of researchers at the University of California, Davis. The recordings provide new information ... [ More ]
1.28.2009	Newly Discovered Drug Reduces Heart Enlargement, Study Shows Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have discovered that a prototype drug made at UC Davis reduces heart enlargement, one of the most common causes of heart failure, which affects 5 ... [ More ]
1.28.2009	Capture of Nanomagnetic 'Fingerprints' a Boost for Next-Generation Information Storage Media In the race to develop the next generation of storage and recording media, a major hurdle has been the difficulty of studying the tiny magnetic structures that will serve as their building blocks. ... [ More ]
1.27.2009	Composer George Perle Helped Launch UC Davis Music Department George Perle, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who helped to establish the University of California, Davis, as a significant center for new music composition and performance, died last week at his ... [ More ]
1.26.2009	New Danish-Californian Consortium to Develop Healthier Foods A new Transatlantic Foods for Health Consortium has been established by leading food scientists from Denmark and the University of California, Davis, to investigate how foods can be developed to ... [ More ]
1.26.2009	POSTPONED: Firefighters Train at Controlled House Fire To practice firefighting techniques in a realistic situation, UC Davis firefighters and local partners will set fire to a house on the campus that is scheduled for demolition. At the end of the ... [ More ]
1.23.2009	Undergrad Applications Soar Past 51,000 for Fall 2009 A record high of more than 51,000 high school seniors, prospective transfer students and others have applied to study at the University of California, Davis, for fall 2009 -- a 5.4 percent increase ... [ More ]
1.23.2009	Firefighters Train at Controlled House Fire To practice firefighting techniques in a realistic situation, UC Davis firefighters and local partners will set fire to a house on the campus that is scheduled for demolition. At the end of the ... [ More ]
1.21.2009	Reimagining Romance Frances Dolan, a professor of English at the University of California, Davis, says Valentine's Day is a perfect opportunity for lovers to re-envision romance -- especially the notion that in an ... [ More ]
1.21.2009	Unrequited Love: How to Stay Friends Unrequited romantic feelings don't have to sink friendships, according to research by Michael Motley, a professor of communication at the University of California, Davis. "When romantic ... [ More ]
1.21.2009	Teens in Love Do Less Crime Teenagers in love may be less likely to get mixed up in crime and substance abuse, according to new UC Davis research. But while romantic love seems to help keep teens law-abiding, casual sex can ... [ More ]
1.21.2009	New Book Chronicles World's Love Affair With Chocolate Nothing says Valentine’s Day quite like chocolate, but long before it was paired with hearts and flowers, chocolate played important roles in cultures around the world, according to a new book ... [ More ]
1.21.2009	Brewing Industry Honors Michael Lewis with Student Endowment Thanks to the generosity of the brewing industry, including many University of California, Davis, alumni, a new endowment fund has been created in honor of brewing scientist and Professor Emeritus ... [ More ]
1.16.2009	Campus Hosts Inauguration Viewing Parties Jan. 20, Tuesday -- Don’t miss the presidential inauguration just because you’re on campus. Campus Unions and the UC Davis Black Law Students Association have organized viewing parties ... [ More ]
1.16.2009	Family law professors file Prop. 8 amicus brief Even if the California Supreme Court upholds California's ban on gay marriage, same-sex couples who tied the knot before November 2008 will remain legally married, family law scholars argue in a ... [ More ]
1.14.2009	Odor Alters Gene Expression in Olfactory Neurons New research from the University of California, Davis, shows why a species of tiny worm can learn to ignore an odor — information that could have implications for how human memories are ... [ More ]
1.14.2009	Low-cost Strategy Developed for Curbing Computer Worms Thanks to an ingenious new strategy devised by researchers at the University of California, Davis, and Intel Corporation, computer network administrators might soon be able to mount effective, ... [ More ]
1.14.2009	Babies, Bacteria and Breast Milk: Genome Sequence Reveals Evolutionary Alliance As every parent discovers, human babies are bubbling, burping processing plants that take in milk, extract compounds useful for rapid growth and development, and unceremoniously excrete the ... [ More ]
1.14.2009	Experts List: State Budget Priorities The following University of California, Davis, faculty members are available to comment on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed 2009-10 California budget priorities and other state issues that the ... [ More ]
1.13.2009	SeXX Shift: Will Women Wear White Collars, Men Blue? The University of California, Davis, no longer looks like your father’s campus. But it very well may be your daughter’s. In the span of a single generation, enrollment at UC Davis has ... [ More ]
1.13.2009	Chevron Gives $2.5 Million to Advance Teaching, Research in Energy Efficiency Chevron Corporation has given UC Davis $2.5 million to create a permanent leadership position for the campus's Energy Efficiency Center. The person appointed to the Chevron Chair in Energy ... [ More ]
1.12.2009	New 'Smart' Lighting Makes Parking Greener and Safer Parking lots and garages light up the night: Daytime users drive home and nighttime users are few, but for safety reasons, the lights stay on. Michael Siminovitch, director of UC Davis' California ... [ More ]
1.11.2009	Letter Bomb Threat to Researchers An animal rights group has claimed that it has sent letter bombs to two UC Davis researchers. The UC Davis Police Department, Davis Police Department and other agencies are investigating the claim, ... [ More ]
1.9.2009	UC Davis experts: Inauguration and first 100 days The following UC Davis experts are available to comment on the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, from inaugural music and fashion selections to the impact on the gay community of ... [ More ]
1.8.2009	Billion-Point Computing for Computers A powerful computing tool that allows scientists to extract features and patterns from enormously large and complex sets of raw data has been developed by scientists at the University of California, ... [ More ]
1.8.2009	UC Davis Honors Six Distinguished Alumni Quarterback J.T. O'Sullivan of the San Francisco 49ers will share the spotlight with champions working for sustainable agriculture in Brazil, an economy run on hydrogen, and the sound financial ... [ More ]
1.6.2009	Forum on Challenges Facing the Incoming President Jan. 13, Tuesday -- A panel of UC Davis experts will address the challenges facing the incoming president at a free public forum from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 13, in the ballroom of the ... [ More ]
1.6.2009	'Crafted Lives': New Book Looks at African American Quilters Feb. 9, Monday -- Patricia A. Turner, professor of African American and African Studies and vice provost for undergraduate studies at UC Davis, will talk about her new book, "Crafted Lives: ... [ More ]
1.6.2009	Tasting Histories Conference Feb. 27-March 1, Friday-Sunday -- Tasting Histories: Food and Drink Cultures Through the Ages will bring together scholars, research scientists, growers and farmers in a three-day study of food, ... [ More ]
1.6.2009	Public Lecture: Better Lives Through Science Jan. 15, Thursday -- Nobel Prize winner and MacArthur Fellow Douglas Osheroff will give a free, public lecture, “Because of Science: Advances in Life,” at 7 p.m. in the AGR room of the ... [ More ]
1.6.2009	Distinguished Educational Thinkers Lecture: Changing Schools Jan. 20, Tuesday -- Michael Fullan, professor emeritus at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto and a worldwide authority on educational reform, will deliver a ... [ More ]
1.6.2009	Words Take Wing: Children's Poet to Speak Jan. 28, Wednesday -- Francisco X. Alarcón, award-winning poet, children's author and professor of Spanish and classics at UC Davis, will share a glimpse into the art of crafting words and ... [ More ]
1.6.2009	Academic Literacy Summit Feb. 4, Wednesday -- Education experts will address approaches to improving students' academic literacy at a one-day summit from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 4, in the ballroom of the ... [ More ]
1.6.2009	Former UC Davis Employee Sentenced for Funds Misuse A former UC Davis employee -- who had earlier pleaded guilty to using $160,000 of funds from a federal program for her own purposes -- was sentenced today in Sacramento to serve 12 months plus one ... [ More ]
1.2.2009	UC Davis Hosts Martin Luther King Scholarship Dinner The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Fund, which offers $500 grants to high school seniors in the greater Sacramento area, has scheduled its awards dinner for Jan. 15 at the University of ... [ More ]

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