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5.29.2008
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UC Davis to Award Estimated 7,300-Plus Degrees in 2007-08
Editor's Note: The office of California Assembly Speaker Emeritus Fabian Núñez, D-Los Angeles, confirmed today (June 10) that he was cancelling his speaking engagement at the School of Education ... [ More ]
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5.28.2008
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Nobel Laureate David Baltimore to Help
Mark Center's 10 Years of 'One Medicine' Research
Nobel Prize-winning medical researcher David Baltimore will be the guest speaker on June 10 for the 10th anniversary celebration of the Center for Comparative Medicine at the University of ... [ More ]
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5.27.2008
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DNA Fingerprinting Identifies Bean in Patent Dispute
A UC Davis plant scientist played a key role in settling a controversial intellectual property dispute that resulted in the recent rejection of a nine-year-old U.S. patent for a common yellow bean ... [ More ]
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5.27.2008
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New Book Promotes GMOs and Organic Farming
Genetic engineering, combined with organic farming, may well be the best way to resolve the need for increased global food production, while minimizing environmental impact, suggest husband-and-wife ... [ More ]
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5.27.2008
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Media Calendar: National Viticulture Research Conference
July 9-11, Wednesday-Friday -- Some 200 scientists who are interested in grape cultivation, or viticulture, will gather for this intensive three-day national research forum. The conference is open ... [ More ]
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5.22.2008
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UC Davis Experts: Drought, Dry Weather and Water Supply
These UC Davis faculty and staff members have expertise on topics related to dry weather, reduced water supplies and water quality.
FRESHWATER FISH -- Professor Peter Moyle, the foremost expert ... [ More ]
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5.22.2008
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High-tech Wine Cap Design Wins $15,000
A design for a high-tech closure for wine bottles that would allow the wine to breathe much like traditional bark corks won the $15,000 first prize in the annual Big Bang! Business Plan Competition ... [ More ]
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5.21.2008
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Recent Honors at UC Davis
Lawrence Coleman, a UC Davis professor of physics and former vice provost for research at the University of California system, has been named a senior fellow with the National Association of State ... [ More ]
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5.20.2008
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Witnessing Guantanamo: Amy Goodman Speaks With Former Detainees
May 31, Saturday -- Via videoconference from Sudan, three former Guantanamo Bay detainees will talk for the first time to a U.S. audience about their prison experiences at a May 31 benefit for the ... [ More ]
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5.19.2008
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New Book Weighs Merits of Wine and Beer
Torn between two beverage loves? You are not alone. Charles Bamforth, head of the brewing program at the University of California, Davis, has long been a devotee of beers but also somewhat of a ... [ More ]
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5.19.2008
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Graduate Training Grants Spark New Discoveries in Biotechnology
Eleven graduate students from eight University of California campuses have been selected to each receive a $50,000 training grant, intended to hasten innovations in a variety of b... [ More ]
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5.16.2008
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Legendary Winemaker and Benefactor Robert Mondavi Dies
Robert Mondavi, patriarch of the California wine industry and one of the most ardent and generous supporters of the University of California, Davis, died today at his Napa Valley home. He was 94 ... [ More ]
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5.15.2008
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UC Davis Experts: Wildfires
A dry spring, warm temperatures and high winds have officials preparing for an early start to the 2008 California wildfire season. The following UC Davis faculty members have expertise regarding ... [ More ]
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5.15.2008
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Distemper Identified as Cause of Skunk Deaths in Shasta County
Canine distemper, one of the most serious viral diseases affecting dogs, appears to have caused the deaths in recent months of a large number of skunks, foxes and raccoons in Northern California, ... [ More ]
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5.15.2008
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Kevin Johnson: New Law School Dean
Kevin R. Johnson, associate dean for academic affairs and a noted international expert on immigration, race, and civil rights law, was confirmed today as dean of the UC Davis School of Law by the UC ... [ More ]
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5.15.2008
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UC Davis Experts: Gay Marriage
The following UC Davis faculty are available to comment on legal, psychological and cultural aspects of the California Supreme Court's May 15 decision paving the way for California to become the ... [ More ]
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5.15.2008
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Earthquake Simulation Equipment Show
Media are invited to attend demonstrations of equipment and technology for simulating and studying earthquakes. The machines on display will include "T-Rex," a ground-shaking truck based at the ... [ More ]
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5.14.2008
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Nanotechnology in Reverse Uses Cell to Calibrate Tools
Nanotechnology researchers at UC Davis have shown that they can use a red blood cell to calibrate a sensitive instrument, an atomic force microscope.
"It turns around the rules of ... [ More ]
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5.14.2008
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Monkey Studies Important for Brain Science
Studies with non-human primates have made major contributions to our understanding of the brain and will continue to be an important, if small, part of neuroscience research, according to a recent ... [ More ]
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5.14.2008
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Earthquake Engineering Conference
Experts on earthquake engineering and simulation will meet at the Sacramento Convention Center May 18-22 for the fourth decennial Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics conference, ... [ More ]
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5.14.2008
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Media Source: Tectonics of Southwest China
Southwestern China is an area where earthquakes are likely to occur, but an event of the scale of the devastating May 12 earthquake in Sichuan province was not necessarily expected, according to ... [ More ]
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5.13.2008
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Firearms Microstamping Feasible but Variable, Study Finds
New technology to link cartridge cases to guns by engraving microscopic codes on the firing pin is feasible, but did not work equally well for all guns and ammunition tested in a pilot study by ... [ More ]
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5.13.2008
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Student-raised Horses and Mules to Be Auctioned
It's "graduation" time for 12 horses and four mules -- bred, raised and trained by animal science students -- that will be auctioned Saturday, June 21, during the 16th annual Horse Production Sale ... [ More ]
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5.12.2008
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SF Mayor Newsom to Speak at UC Davis Commencement
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who leapt onto the national stage when he directed the city's county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004, will be among the guest speakers ... [ More ]
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5.12.2008
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New Analysis Shows Important Slowdown in Lake Tahoe Clarity Loss
LAKE TAHOE -- For the first time since researchers began continuously measuring Lake Tahoe's famed water clarity 40 years ago, UC Davis scientists reported today that the historical rate of decline ... [ More ]
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5.9.2008
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Beyond Hemp Sacks and Scratchy Socks
You have a hybrid in the garage, solar panels on the roof and drought-resistant native plants in your yard. But what's in your clothes closet? Join seven prominent sustainable fashion designers and ... [ More ]
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5.8.2008
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UC Davis Experts: Sources on Food Shortages and Rising Food Prices
The United Nations recently warned that the world faces a global food shortage, brought on by high fuel costs, bad weather, an increasing allocation of farmland to biofuels rather than food crops, ... [ More ]
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5.7.2008
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Proclamation, Event Honor Law Enforcement Officers
UC Davis will "acknowledge the heroic men and women who have dedicated their lives to safeguarding public safety" on Friday, May 9, with the proclamation of Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial Day ... [ More ]
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5.6.2008
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Making History in Solano County
The History Project at UC Davis and the Solano County Office of Education have received $1 million from the U.S. Department of Education to improve history instruction in Solano County public ... [ More ]
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5.6.2008
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Fast-growing MBA Program Moves to New Bay Area Home
Following three years of rapid enrollment growth in one of the nation's most competitive MBA markets, the UC Davis Graduate School of Management is moving its Bay Area MBA Program for Working ... [ More ]
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5.6.2008
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UC Davis Creates iTunes U Site
UC Davis has launched its own iTunes U site that features free access to audio and video files on campus news, faculty research, interviews, music, athletics and academic courses.
The Apple ... [ More ]
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5.2.2008
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Workshop Helps Graduates Face Tougher Job Market
UC Davis graduate Holly Lee is hard at work -- looking for a job.
The Los Angeles woman, who completed the requirements for her degree in March, is among the thousands of university graduates ... [ More ]
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5.2.2008
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Student Health Care Focus of Groundbreaking
May 5, Monday -- The ceremonial groundbreaking for a new Health and Wellness Center at UC Davis will feature remarks about student health care. After Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef describes the new ... [ More ]
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5.2.2008
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Family Recipes Served in UC Davis Dining Halls
Editor's note: For photos of the mother and son with cookies, e-mail jaeasley@ucdavis.edu.
As a mother of two boys and their little league baseball teams, Joan Heylman of San Diego learned years ... [ More ]
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5.2.2008
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Google Maps Public Transit in College Town of Davis
It just got even easier for people to use public transit to get around the college town of Davis, Calif. Riders of Unitrans, the student-run bus system that serves UC Davis and the city of Davis, ... [ More ]
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