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Archived News for November 2008

11.24.2008

Robo-lizards Help Prove Long-Standing Signaling Theory var so = new SWFObject('/news_assets/news_mm/flash/media_player.swf','ply','320','260','9','#'); so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); so.addParam('allowscriptaccess... [ More ]

11.24.2008

UC Davis Experts: Cancer in Dogs and Humans Medical and veterinary medical researchers work together at UC Davis to fight cancer in animals and people. Their work is spotlighted in a new episode of the public television program "Quest," ... [ More ]

11.21.2008

Kern Holoman Changes the Tempo D. Kern Holoman, the Barbara K. Jackson Professor of Orchestral Conducting at UC Davis, will step down as conductor of the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra in June, ending a distinguished 30-year ... [ More ]

11.20.2008

'Waterproof' Rice Varieties Pass Field Tests in Bangladesh and India New flood-tolerant rice varieties, developed by an international team of researchers, including scientists at UC Davis, UC Riverside and the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, ... [ More ]

11.20.2008

Media Calendar: Organic Soil Symposium Jan. 15, Thursday -- The latest technical information on nutrient dynamics in organically managed soils, as well as practical results from on-farm research, will be shared during this Organic Soil ... [ More ]

11.20.2008

Media Calendar: Olive Oil Event at Robert Mondavi Institute Dec. 6, Saturday -- The public is invited to participate in an olive oil tasting from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the sensory theater of UC Davis' newly opened Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food ... [ More ]

11.20.2008

Media Calendar: Local Food Systems Symposium Dec. 2-3, Tuesday and Wednesday -- This symposium will showcase local food systems projects funded by the statewide UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP), an affiliate of ... [ More ]

11.19.2008

Bruce White Named Dean of the College of Engineering Bruce R. White, a professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering and the interim vice provost for academic personnel at UC Davis, will become dean of the College of Engineering for a ... [ More ]

11.18.2008

UC Davis Receives $16 Million Gates Foundation Grant to Support Research to Prevent Childhood Malnutrition The University of California, Davis, announced today that it has received a $16 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support research to prevent childhood malnutrition in ... [ More ]

11.18.2008

UC Davis Professor Named to Obama Agency Review Team Cruz Reynoso, professor emeritus of law at the University of California, Davis, has been appointed to President-elect Barack Obama's Justice and Civil Rights Agency Review Team. Reynoso will help ... [ More ]

11.17.2008

Women's Gains in Politics Not Seen in Board Rooms, CEO Offices var so = new SWFObject('/news_assets/news_mm/flash/media_player.swf','ply','320','233','9','#'); so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); so.addParam('allowscriptacce... [ More ]

11.12.2008

International Meeting to Envision Future Foods and Health Research More than 100 nutritionists, food scientists, plant researchers, engineers, and medical and veterinary scientists from Denmark, Finland, Korea, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United States will gather ... [ More ]

11.7.2008

Dalmatian Bladder Stones Caused by Gene That Regulates Uric Acid in Humans A gene mutation that causes high levels of uric acid in all Dalmatian dogs and bladder stones in some Dalmatians, has been identified by a team of researchers in the School of Veterinary Medicine at ... [ More ]

11.7.2008

'Sight Unseen' Lecture Launches Centennial Art-Science Colloquium Early astrophotographs, or photographic images taken through telescopes, will be shown when Corey Keller, associate curator of photography for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, speaks ... [ More ]

11.6.2008

Holiday Baskets for the Pets of Homeless The community is invited to help the pets of Sacramento area homeless people by donating toward holiday gift baskets that will be prepared by volunteers at UC Davis' William R. Pritchard Veterinary ... [ More ]

11.6.2008

Hawk Walk Planned at Raptor Center UC Davis' California Raptor Center, which cares for and rehabilitates injured birds of prey such as eagles, hawks, vultures and owls, plans to hold a free, public open house and Hawk Walk on ... [ More ]

11.6.2008

Media Calendar: Veterinary Students to Hold Sunday Dog Wash Nov. 9, Sunday -- Students from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and the UC Davis Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association will hold a fundraising dog wash from 9 ... [ More ]

11.4.2008

UC Davis Scientists Receive $4 Million Grant to Study Biodiversity in Indonesia University of California, Davis, scientists who manage campus biological collections have received a five-year, $4 million grant to study fungi, bacteria, plants, insects and vertebrates on the ... [ More ]

11.3.2008

Centennial Class Continues Gains in Academic Measures Almost 100 years ago, the first class of 28 degree-seeking students began their studies at what became the University of California, Davis. And now, as UC Davis celebrates its centennial, the ... [ More ]

11.3.2008

Farm Education Leaders to Meet at UC Davis Leadership issues will be highlighted as representatives of California farm learning centers gather Nov. 7-8 at UC Davis for a statewide meeting. The program, "Farm Education Programs in ... [ More ]

11.3.2008

Olive Oil Event Premieres Robert Mondavi Institute Tastings The public is invited to participate in an olive oil tasting Saturday, Dec. 6, at UC Davis' Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science. The event, planned to be the first in a series of ... [ More ]

11.3.2008

National Report Outlines Strategies for Mitigating Alfalfa Gene Flow Growers of conventional, organic and genetically engineered alfalfa can all co-exist in the marketplace if they adopt appropriate agricultural practices, according to a recently released report that ... [ More ]

11.3.2008

UC Davis Experts: The Presidency UC Davis faculty are available to discuss the following aspects of the election of the nation's 44th president. General commentary Eric Rauchway, professor of history and director of the ... [ More ]


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