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9.24.1996
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Flags of Haitian Vodou on Display at the Design Gallery
Exhibit Title: "Sublime Spirits: The Sacred Flags of Haitian Vodou"
Dates: Oct. 7 through Nov. 15
Where: Design Gallery
145 Walker Hall
University of California, Davis
Hours: Noon to 5 p.m. ... [ More ]
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9.24.1996
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American Foreign Policy Control Topic of Law School Symposium
Presidential authority to use troops without congressional consultation. Whether the war powers resolution should be repealed. The extent to which international human rights must be respected as a ... [ More ]
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9.20.1996
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Competition is stiff for student jobs
Working is a key way students finance their college education today. Since the average annual cost of attending a public university in the United States is $10,000 to $15,000, students are seeking ... [ More ]
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9.20.1996
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More than half of students rely on aid
As students return to UC Davis next week, more of them are relying on some form of financial assistance to help pay for college. Grants and scholarships alone rarely cover the costs, which amount to ... [ More ]
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9.20.1996
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School starts with freshman smarts
The entering class that begins school on Thursday, Sept. 26, is one of the brightest groups of freshmen to enroll at UC Davis. About 30 percent of the estimated 3,700 first-year students maintained ... [ More ]
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9.20.1996
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Opening ceremonies to launch new year
Fall convocation ceremonies will kick off the new school year at UC Davis on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 11 a.m. in Freeborn Hall. During the annual campus tradition, Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef will ... [ More ]
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9.20.1996
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Small seminars help make the connection
Freshmen at UC Davis tap directly into senior faculty by taking advantage of the Freshmen Seminar Program, which encourages first-year students to work closely with the school's most accomplished ... [ More ]
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9.20.1996
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New Jewish studies take broad approach
Fueled by growing interest in Judaic studies and by a grant from the Koret and Osher foundations, UC Davis has established a new Jewish studies program. After a trial run last year, it has expanded ... [ More ]
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9.20.1996
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MBA students begin job search early
Graduate students in the UC Davis management school will be starting the academic year with direct access to some of California's most successful businesses, according to Don Blodger, student ... [ More ]
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9.19.1996
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Chocolate Chemicals Could Clear Way to Heart
Chocolate may be the way to a person's heart in more ways than ever dreamed.
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have found that chocolate carries high levels of chemicals known as ... [ More ]
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9.18.1996
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As Many as 933 More Students Expected This Fall
As many as 933 more students, including 464 additional freshmen, are expected to register next week at the University of California, Davis, than registered last fall.
A student body of 24,025 -- the ... [ More ]
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9.13.1996
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Farm Safety Information Goes On-line
California agriculture, which employs more than 1.2 million people annually as farm workers, is second to none in worldwide productivity. But the specialized activities required in this ... [ More ]
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9.10.1996
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California Indian Baskets to Be Exhibited at Gorman
Exhibit Title: "Grass Roots: The Activism of Weaving Knowledge and Culture with Our Ancestors"
Dates: Oct. 8 to Nov. 15
Where: C.N. Gorman Museum
1316 Hart Hall, University of California, ... [ More ]
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9.6.1996
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Breast-feeding is a bargain, researchers report
Breast-feeding an infant for at least six months, rather than formula-feeding, can save the government millions of dollars, according to a study by UC Davis researchers. "While most health-care ... [ More ]
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9.6.1996
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Epidemic leaves Prince William Sound fisheries reeling
In Alaska's Prince William Sound, site of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, Pacific herring are suffering a major epidemic. The outbreak has cost commercial fisheries nearly $10 million annually and ... [ More ]
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9.6.1996
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Treating humans with other animal parts raises health concerns, says virologist
As the number of patients waiting for matched organ donors increases, and as scientists find new ways of curbing transplant rejection, many researchers are looking at the transplantation of animal ... [ More ]
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9.6.1996
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Sierra tree health to be assessed using new method
To understand better the long-term impact of air pollutants on the health of pine trees in California, researchers have developed a new method to analyze cumulative biochemical changes in tree rings. ... [ More ]
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9.6.1996
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Scrapping Delaney is good policy, toxicoligist says
The recent elimination of the Delaney Clause, a 38-year-old law regulating pesticide residues in food, brings food-safety policy into sync with modern science, says a UC Davis toxicologist. "By ... [ More ]
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9.6.1996
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Ecosystem health focus of UC Davis conf., Sept. 10-11
The health of forested, river and estuarine ecosystems will be assessed during an environmental research conference to be held at UC Davis Tuesday, Sept. 10, and Wednesday, Sept. 11. Though the ... [ More ]
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9.3.1996
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Toxic response gender specific even in fat cells, researchers find
Differences in how male and female mammals respond to toxins at the cellular level appear to extend beyond differences already observed in reproductive cells. A group of UC Davis researchers has ... [ More ]
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9.3.1996
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Ecosystem health focus of UC Davis conf., Sept. 10-11
The health of forested, river and estuarine ecosystems will be assessed during an environmental research conference to be held at UC Davis Tuesday, Sept. 10, and Wednesday, Sept. 11. Though the ... [ More ]
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9.3.1996
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Giving environmental impact reports exposure on the Internet
Timber harvest, water diversion, shopping center construction -- if an activity in California changes the landscape and requires a permit, then it will likely also require an environmental impact ... [ More ]
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9.3.1996
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Epidemic leaves Prince William Sound fisheries reeling
In Alaska's Prince William Sound, site of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, Pacific herring are suffering a major epidemic. The outbreak has cost commercial fisheries nearly $10 million annually and ... [ More ]
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9.3.1996
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Sierra tree health to be assessed using new method
To understand better the long-term impact of air pollutants on the health of pine trees in California, researchers have developed a new method to analyze cumulative biochemical changes in tree rings. ... [ More ]
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9.3.1996
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Sulfur dioxide emissions linked to haze in Eastern parks
Increased regional sulfur dioxide emissions likely caused more view-blocking pollution haze in the Great Smoky Mountains and Shenandoah national parks during the 1980s, say UC Davis researchers, but ... [ More ]
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9.3.1996
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Sulfur dioxide emissions linked to haze in Eastern parks
From Cumulative Impacts Toward Sustainable Solutions: Critical Methodologies for the Study of Ecosystem Health -- Sept. 9-11, UC Davis. Sponsored by the UC Davis Center for Ecological Health ... [ More ]
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