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3.31.2009
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Mentors Help Former Foster Youths Realize Dreams
Foster care was a rough experience for Marita Grant, and at one time her future looked bleak. She saw her peers from foster care living on the streets and doing drugs. Everyone dismissed her dream ... [ More ]
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3.31.2009
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UC Davis Students Earn National Honor for Service
On Chow Night at a Davis church, Vanessa Reyes of Fairfield helps prepare a weekly meal for about 40 homeless people. At a weekend health clinic in Sacramento, Vu Tran of Stockton provides a bridge ... [ More ]
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3.26.2009
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Prestigious National Position Awarded to UC Davis Geneticist
A geneticist from the University of California, Davis, is one of 50 researchers nationwide named today as Early Career Scientists by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).
Neil Hunter, ... [ More ]
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3.25.2009
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Multiracialism in the Age of Obama
Top legal scholars will discuss the Obama presidency, what it means for America to have a hapa (multi-racial) president, and what the Asian-American experience contributes to understanding this ... [ More ]
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3.23.2009
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Brain Wave Patterns Can Predict Blunders, New Study Finds
From spilling a cup of coffee to failing to notice a stop sign, everyone makes an occasional error due to lack of attention. Now a team led by a researcher at the University of California, Davis, in ... [ More ]
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3.23.2009
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Conference to Eye UC Impact on Environment
May 7-8, Thursday and Friday -- Davis-based science-fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson and tomato-harvester historian Emmett Fiske will be among the speakers at a two-day conference exploring the ... [ More ]
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3.23.2009
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Art Torres to Keynote Cesar Chavez Events
April 3, Friday -- Art Torres, chair of the California Democratic Party and longtime state legislator, will speak at the UC Davis School of Law at noon on Friday, April 3. The talk is part of a ... [ More ]
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3.23.2009
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'Bonk' Author to Talk Sex, Science Writing
April 20, Monday -- Author Mary Roach, described by Kirkus Reviews as "one of the funniest and most madcap of science writers," will talk about the challenges and techniques of writing ... [ More ]
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3.23.2009
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'Visual Sovereignty' Photography Conference
April 4-5, Saturday and Sunday -- More than 30 of the world's foremost American Indian, Australian Aborigine and New Zealand Maori photographers will gather to discuss their work and the role of art ... [ More ]
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3.23.2009
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UC Davis’ Video Winners Who Got Aggied
Three students have been declared “winners” in UC Davis’ first-ever video contest, but each of the 11 entries offer winning individual and group takes on “I got ... [ More ]
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3.23.2009
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Campus Power Outage
Power supplies on the UC Davis campus were interrupted for just over an hour from 9 a.m. today, March 23. The outage occurred while technicians were testing connections to a new transformer ... [ More ]
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3.20.2009
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UC Regents Approve Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis
The University of California Board of Regents approved on Thursday the establishment of the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at the University of California, Davis.
The school is so named ... [ More ]
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3.19.2009
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Lake Tahoe Clarity Continues to Hold Steady in 2008
The waters of Lake Tahoe were clear to an average depth of 69.6 feet in 2008, according to UC Davis scientists who have monitored the lake since 1968. That keeps the clarity measurement in the range ... [ More ]
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3.18.2009
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Schoolkids May Need Coaching on Emotions, School Success
Your 7-year-old may understand that a positive attitude is an asset when taking a spelling test, doing a math problem or tackling a science lesson. But don't expect a kindergartner to make that ... [ More ]
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3.18.2009
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Older People Less Able to Hide Bigotry, Study Shows
People do not get any more racially prejudiced as they age — but they do become less able to hide it, suggests a new study by researchers at UC Davis, the University of Freiburg and the ... [ More ]
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3.18.2009
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U.S.-Brazilian Research Team to Tackle Deadly
Intestinal Diseases with Genetically Enhanced Goats' Milk
Scientists in Brazil and at the University of California, Davis, are teaming up to develop a herd of genetically modified dairy goats, whose milk is expected to protect against the types of ... [ More ]
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3.18.2009
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New Conductor Named for Symphony Orchestra
Christian Baldini, conductor and music director of the Symphony Orchestra of the State University of New York at Buffalo, has been named the new conductor of the University of California, Davis, ... [ More ]
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3.17.2009
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Campus to Host Robotic 'Lunacy'
Forty-four high school teams and their robots will converge on UC Davis on Friday, March 27, for two days of high-adrenaline games in the Sacramento Regional FIRST Robotics competition.
Free and ... [ More ]
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3.17.2009
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Campus to Pay Wastewater Penalty
UC Davis will pay a mandatory penalty of $27,000 to the California Water Quality Control Board for violations of effluent limits at the campus's wastewater treatment plant between April and December ... [ More ]
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3.16.2009
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UC Davis Historian Catalogs U.S. Secrets, Lies and Conspiracies
The government's own secrets, lies and conspiracies have fueled a 45-year-long decline in America's trust in its leaders, a University of California, Davis, history professor argues in a new ... [ More ]
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3.12.2009
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New Book Examines Black Quilts From Slavery to the White House
When her first son was shot to death, Ora Poston Knowell poured her grief into a quilt. Every April 15, she hangs it in his honor from the front porch of her Oakland, Calif., home. On May 5, she ... [ More ]
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3.12.2009
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Connectivity in Random Networks Can Be Suppressed, but With Explosive Consequences
In the life of many successful networks, the connections between elements increase over time. As connections are added, there comes a critical moment when the network’s overall connectivity ... [ More ]
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3.12.2009
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American Carnivores Evolved to Avoid Each Other
How do the many carnivorous animals of the Americas avoid competing for the same lunch, or becoming each other’s meal? Two researchers at UC Davis think they have an answer. Their large-scale ... [ More ]
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3.11.2009
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Media Calendar: "Cheese-Loves-Beer" Event
May 16, Saturday -- The public is invited to learn about the rich diversity of beer styles and flavors, as well as why beer is the ideal accompaniment for the 1,500 different cheese varieties ... [ More ]
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3.11.2009
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Good Life Garden Offers Edible Gardening Seminars
As food prices rise, and consumers become more concerned about food safety, freshness and quality, backyard edible gardens are growing in popularity.
The UC Davis Good Life Garden at the Robert ... [ More ]
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3.11.2009
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Animal Scientist Ed DePeters Wins $40,000 Teaching Prize
Think of Ed DePeters next time you reach for a carton of milk. The UC Davis animal science professor and expert in dairy cow nutrition can tell you exactly how the average cud-chewing cow turns ... [ More ]
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3.6.2009
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Temporary Gas Shutdown
At 9:50 a.m. today, the campus Environmental Health and Safety office notified building safety managers in the area around Robbins Hall that their natural gas would be turned off for up to five ... [ More ]
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3.4.2009
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From Bench to Bedside: Insect Research Yields Promising New Drug
for Diabetes, Hypertension and Inflammatory Disorders
A new drug developed at the University of California, Davis, to treat diabetes, hypertension and inflammatory diseases has entered Phase IIa of human clinical trials to evaluate its efficacy.
The ... [ More ]
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3.3.2009
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Scholars and Military Experts Call for Presidential Commission on Post-9/11 Detention Policy
A day before the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on whether to investigate post-9/11 detention policies, a group of leading scholars, human rights specialists and retired military ... [ More ]
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3.2.2009
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Scholars, Writers Debate John Paul Stevens' Legacy
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse will join former judges and U.S. Supreme Court law clerks in a daylong symposium exploring the legacy of Justice John Paul Stevens at the UC Davis ... [ More ]
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3.2.2009
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UC Davis Experts: Drought and Water Supply
Saying California's drought is a crisis as serious as any earthquake or wildfire, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency. These UC Davis faculty and staff members have ... [ More ]
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