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11.23.2009
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'Tis the Season to Help Needy Dogs and Cats
Community members are invited to help make the holiday season a bit brighter for the pets of Sacramento-area homeless people by donating toward holiday gift baskets that will be prepared by ... [ More ]
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11.20.2009
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Super-High-Density Olive Sector Thriving in California, Study Finds
A recently completed survey of California’s super-high-density olive sector, prepared by the UC Davis Olive Center, paints the picture of a young but vibrant industry, well positioned to ... [ More ]
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11.20.2009
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Students End Second Day of Fee-Hike Protests
Marching against fee hikes
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Photography by Cheng Saechao / UC Davis News Service
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Following a sometimes noisy forum with campus leaders, ... [ More ]
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11.19.2009
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Women Remain Distinct Minority in California's Corporate Executive Suites, Boardrooms
Despite decades of public pressure to shatter the so-called “glass ceiling,” women remain a distinct minority in the boardrooms and executive suites of California’s 400 largest ... [ More ]
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11.19.2009
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New Maize Map to Aid Plant Breeding Efforts
In a massive survey of genetic diversity in maize, also known as corn, researchers across the United States, have developed a gene map that should pave the way to significant improvements in a plant ... [ More ]
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11.19.2009
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Bone Implant Offers Hope for Skull Deformities
A synthetic bone matrix offers hope for babies born with craniosynostosis, a condition that causes the plates in the skull to fuse too soon. Implants replacing some of the infant’s bone with ... [ More ]
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11.19.2009
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Workshop on Economics, Neuroscience and Hormones
A workshop on "Neuroeconomics and Endocrinological Economics," to be held Nov. 20 and 21 at UC Davis, will be the first to bring together experts in neuroscience, economics and hormone ... [ More ]
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11.17.2009
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Enrollment of Transfer Students Up by 15.9 Percent
The University of California, Davis, this fall enrolled its largest number of transfer students even as UC budget constraints reduced the size of the freshman class.
New students who transferred ... [ More ]
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11.16.2009
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UC Davis Dedicates Historic Native American Garden
California Indian song, bustling tours and quiet, personal moments were all part of the dedication on Nov. 14 of a new outdoor reflective space honoring the Patwin who once lived on the land that ... [ More ]
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11.16.2009
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Trinchero Family Gift Will Support UC Davis Grapevine Program
A $1 million gift from Trinchero Family Estates, a family-owned wine company in the Napa Valley, will help the University of California, Davis, build new facilities for a program that provides ... [ More ]
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11.13.2009
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Marc Blanchard, 67, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature
Marc Blanchard, distinguished professor of comparative literature at the University of California, Davis, died on Nov. 8 after a long struggle against cancer. He was 67.
A professor at UC Davis ... [ More ]
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11.10.2009
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California's Ancient Kelp Forest
The kelp forests off southern California are considered to be some of the most diverse and productive ecosystems on the planet, yet a new study indicates that today's kelp beds are less extensive ... [ More ]
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11.10.2009
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Securing Military Wireless Networks
Creating secure, mobile wireless networks for the military is the aim of a $35.5 million, 10-year grant from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to a group of universities including UC Davis. The ... [ More ]
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11.10.2009
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Skunk's Strategy Not Just Black and White
Predators with experience of skunks avoid them both because of their black-and-white coloration and their distinctive body shape, according to UC Davis wildlife researcher Jennifer Hunter. The study ... [ More ]
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11.10.2009
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Electronic Waste Needs to Go Green
Americans love their consumer electronics, but what happens to all the gadgets when their useful life is over? Despite being one of the largest generators of "e-waste" in the world, the ... [ More ]
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11.10.2009
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Cave Study Links Climate Change to California Droughts
California experienced centuries-long droughts in the past 20,000 years that coincided with the thawing of ice caps in the Arctic, according to a new study by UC Davis doctoral student Jessica Oster ... [ More ]
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11.9.2009
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New UC Global Health Institute Aims to Prepare Students to Be World Leaders
The University of California today launched a new Global Health Institute with nearly $4 million in start-up funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The institute will focus the ... [ More ]
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11.5.2009
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Study Reveals How Plants and Bacteria ‘Talk’ to Thwart Disease
When it comes to plants’ innate immunity, like many of the dances of life, it takes two to tango. A receptor molecule in the plant pairs up with a specific molecule on the invading bacteria ... [ More ]
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11.5.2009
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Genome Sequence for the Domestic Horse to Be Unveiled
The whole genome sequence of the domestic horse has been completed by the genome-sequencing center of The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, in collaboration with an international team of ... [ More ]
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11.3.2009
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Banking Agreement to Help Fund Student Services
UC Davis has entered into a 10-year agreement with U.S. Bank that will provide nearly $3 million to support student services and bring the campus its first bank branch.
U.S. Bank is counting on ... [ More ]
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11.3.2009
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Weekend Is Flagship Event of Effort to Connect With Parents
Edie Halenbeck won't be packing textbooks or a laptop, but the Los Altos mother of three is thrilled to be heading back to school on Saturday -- to Parent and Family Weekend at UC Davis. The ... [ More ]
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11.3.2009
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Student Health Center Offers Same-Day Appointments
Your doctor will see you -- now.
Same-day appointments at Student Health Services at UC Davis have become standard this fall. And those appointments likely will be with a student's primary care ... [ More ]
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11.3.2009
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Business Executives to Debate Health Care Reform
Nov. 10, Tuesday -- UC Davis Management Professor Brad Barber will moderate a panel of business executives involved in the health care and insurance industries as they discuss the economic issues ... [ More ]
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11.3.2009
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Online College Fair Enables Campus Chats, Visits
Nov. 4-7 -- Prospective students and their families can visit UC Davis through a free online college fair. The campus will be among more than 200 colleges and universities to have virtual ... [ More ]
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11.3.2009
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Cucumber Genome Published
The genome of the cucumber has been sequenced by an international consortium led by Chinese and U.S. institutions, including the University of California, Davis. The annotated genome was published ... [ More ]
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11.3.2009
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Community Asked to Vote for Favorite Study Abroad Photos
If a picture paints a thousand words, then the UC Davis community is in for a good tale or two with the Education Abroad Photo Contest 2009.
From now until Nov. 15, everyone is invited to choose ... [ More ]
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11.2.2009
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Earth and Physical Sciences Building Dedicated
Nov. 5, Thursday, 3:30 p.m. -- California Assemblywoman Alyson Huber (D-El Dorado Hills) will join UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi, Winston Ko, dean of the Division of Mathematical and Physical ... [ More ]
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11.2.2009
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$2 Million Gift to Spark Entrepreneurship at UC Davis
The UC Davis Graduate School of Management has $2 million in new seed money to spark entrepreneurship in California, thanks to a gift from the estate of Charles J. Soderquist, a UC Davis alumnus who ... [ More ]
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