University of California, Davis

By afurillo@sacbee.com (Andy Furillo) It was a DNA match on a cold-hit submission by the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office in 2002 that identified Hirschfield as a suspect. The defendant was extradited from Washington in 2004 and charged in Sacramento with murdering the 18-year-old victims.

UCD swimmer sets record Matt Herman set a Schaal Aquatics Center record, and the UC Davis men's swimming team defeated UC Santa Barbara for the first time in the Aggies' Big West Conference era. With the 154-140 win, UCD is 7-0, while UCSB falls to 4-2. Herman's time of 4 minutes, 31.62 seconds...

By afurillo@sacbee.com (Andy Furillo) Hirschfield, 61, who had been imprisoned in Washington state on a rape conviction, was identified as a suspect in the Riggins-Gonsalves slaying in 2002 when his DNA turned up on a cold-hit submission by the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office, prosecutors said.

The California Lighting Technology Center at UC Davis was established in 2004 with funding from the university and the California Energy Commission’s Public Interest Energy Research Program, with additional support from the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Electrical Manu...

That’s the goal of the UC Davis team and its network of international research partners, whose vision last year captured the endorsement of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in the form of a five-year, $16 million research grant. The funds will support one of the most comprehensive in...

Telehealth Resource Center groundbreaking UC Davis physicians, nurses and administrative leaders gathered Jan. 15 to mark the official groundbreaking for the new California Telehealth Resource Center on the grounds of the university’s Sacramento campus.

Physician on U.S. team in quake-ravaged Haiti UC Davis physician and associate professor Doug Gross is in earthquake-ravaged Haiti with a U.S. Disaster Medical Assistance Team. The new line also will provide better access to the temporary location of the Yolo County Library on Pena Drive, o...

A red-tailed hawk is released at the University of California, Davis, Raptor Center on Wednesday.A red-tailed hawk, above, is released at the University of California, Davis, Raptor Center on Wednesday. Hanley then drove to the UC Davis Veterinary School, where veterinarians removed...

By blindelof@sacbee.com (Bill Lindelof) John Hsu, left, a graduate student and California Raptor Center Volunteer, holds a red-tailed hawk for UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine resident Dr. Kristin Sinclair.A bird that escaped being road kill but got caught in a car grille will be set free today by UC Davis veterinarians.

UC Davis gymnast Ho honored again UC Davis senior Tanya Ho won her second consecutive Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Gymnast of the Week award. This marks the eighth time Ho has won the honor in her career and the third time in 2010 an Aggie has done so.

After more than a year of specialized play therapy through the UC Davis MIND Institute in Sacramento, Cooper is speaking in seven-word sentences, learning to take turns and initiating pretend play. "It's a lot of training, but it's worth it," Jensen said.

Part of Katehi’s vision for UC Davis includes becoming one of the top five public research universities in the country and raising $1 billion in philanthropic support. David Ong is a senior public information representative for the UC Davis Health System.

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By lrosenhall@sacbee.com (Laurel Rosenhall) University of California regents, meeting Thursday in San Francisco, approved $3.1 million in performance-based payments for 38 executives at the system's five UC hospitals throughout the state. Seven UC Davis Medical Center executives will receive awards, with CEO Ann Madden Rice g...

The seminar is being sponsored by the Hemispheric Institute on the Americas and the Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas. Organizers said Harold Levine, dean of the UC Davis School of Education, will introduce O’Connell.

Ex-CIA chief to visit GSM as venture capitalist The Graduate School of Management announced a talk Jan. 22 by R. James Woolsey, the one-time CIA director who today promotes national security in a different way, as a venture capitalist specializing in alternative energy.

That's because UC Davis (9-6, 2-1) still has work to do. Though the Gauchos (4-10, 1-1) and Aggies combined to take 16 of 20 first-place votes in the Big West preseason media poll, Simpson said Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UC Riverside, Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton also are in the mix.

Said Yudof: "I am extremely pleased that the governor understands how vital it is to return the University of California and the California State University system to solid financial footing." A statement from the systemwide Academic Senate leadership, Henry Powell (professor of pat...

Stanford 80, James Madison 76 in Stanford – Landry Fields scored 24 points to help the Cardinal (6-6) end a three-game losing streak with a win over the Dukes (6-5). Women Kansas State 73, UC Davis 59 in Davis – Ashley Sweat scored a game-high 25 points, and the Wildcats (7-6) made a season-hi...

”The UC is the gold standard in research. We haven’t failed — we’ve been defunded,” he said. Then come a pair of public forums: Dec. 8 in San Francisco (at the UCSF Mission Bay Community Center, 1675 Owens St., from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.) and Jan. 19 in Southern California (time and location will be annou...

Scientists from UC Davis announced the first proof of such mega-droughts this month after studying mineral formations in caves along the Sierra Nevada. The Sierra probably would be more prone to large, intense fires, said Anthony Westerling, a University of California, Merced, resea...

About the Graduate School of Management Established in 1981, the Graduate School of Management has enjoyed national prominence for more than a decade. It has been ranked among the top 50 public and private business schools by U.S. News & World Report for the past 14 years.

As odd as it sounds, the Aggies might have too many good players. Preseason All-Big West Conference picks Paige Mintun and Haylee Donaghe must be on the court. Same story with Heidi Heintz, a talented USF transfer who can make plays from all over the floor.

With two league games remaining, UC Davis controls its destiny in the race for the Great West Conference football title. UC Davis (4-4, 1-1 GWC) vs. Cal Poly (4-4, 1-1) When: Today at 1 p.m. Where: Aggie Stadium. Fast fact: The UC Davis-Cal Poly series is knotted 16-16-2.

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 founded and led several dozen high-tech companies in the greater Sacramento area.

“A lot of us are wondering what kind of university will emerge from this,” UC Davis law professor John Oakley told Yudof. Faculty ‘horsepower’ Yudof said he is working on campus visits and asked assembly members to be advocates for UC and to rally their colleagues to do the same. Write op-ed p...

About the Graduate School of Management Established in 1981, the Graduate School of Management has enjoyed national prominence for more than a decade. It has been ranked among the top 50 public and private business schools by U.S. News & World Report for the past 14 years. It moved up to 40...

“The UC regents and the (UC) president, despite significant financial challenges, will not compromise quality or access to the University of California,” she said, noting the UC Commission on the Future, which will visit the UC Davis campus soon. “They are deeply committed to finding a...

• Innovation. Relatively young as a comprehensive campus, UC Davis has a great ability to think in innovative ways that are not constrained by history. • Multidisciplinary research. By reforming its research enterprises, the university can reach $900 million, or even a billion dollars,...

University of California campuses, including UC Davis, have given companies first rights to commercialize inventions that result from a program's research. They've given corporations a direct role in deciding which specific research projects are funded. They've let companies revi...

Toward this, the UC Davis Extension workshop Aug. 25-26 will review safe work practices and show participants how to develop injury-preventing strategies. The sessions run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days; they will be held in the Da Vinci Building, 1632 Da Vinci Court, Davis.

A cover story on in the March 2009 issue of National Jurist magazine praises the UC Davis School of Law as having one of the most diverse faculties of any American law school. The article, “The Search for the Missing Voices,” interviews Dean Kevin R. Johnson on the law school’s diversity. UC Da...

Steven Currall, a vice dean and faculty member who holds joint positions at University College London and the London Business School, has been appointed Dean of the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. For more information about the Graduate School of Management, visit www.gsm.ucdav...

Already a gem of a school, the Graduate School of Management at UC Davis is positioned for even greater visibility and impact on the state, national, and international stage," Currall said. "My aim is to ensure that the Graduate School of Management is one of the truly great global busines...

By mweiser@sacbee.com (Matt Weiser) Now UC Davis researchers, after analyzing more than a century of cougar attacks, say it might be better in some cases to run instead. Logan has studied cougars in Colorado, California, New Mexico and Wyoming. He's seen wild mountain lions "a few hundred times" and been charged twice.

The crack research team has been bitten by the bicycling bug. Before the guys got too far on the American River Trail, they found some useful sites for area cycling: Davis Bike Club Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates Sacramento Wheelmen Sacramento Bike Hikers

By nlofing@sacbee.com (Niesha Lofing) Diane McArthur, who is Thai, has owned three such restaurants in Sacramento over the years. Michael Nicholas, 34, a doctoral student at University of California, Davis, frequents Cindy's about twice a month for eggs "over medium," hash browns, sausage and an English muffin.

Picnic Day, in its 95th year, is one of UC Davis' most revered traditions and serves as the university's annual open house for families, alumni, staff, faculty, prospective and current students, and the greater Davis and regional community. For the centennial year, the board of directo...

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Speaking on behalf of the UC Davis Foundation, Meg Stallard, a 1968 alumna and longtime supporter of UC Davis who helped announce the award today, noted that the prize reflects the value that the foundation places on excellence in undergraduate teaching.

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. Elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences in 1999, he received the UC Davis Fac...

Intent on protecting the state’s commercial rice fields from a tiny but destructive pest known as the panicle rice mite, the University of California, Davis, is decontaminating 11 campus greenhouses where the mite was recently found.

By eortiz@sacbee.com (Edward Ortiz) The Spokes provide a telling example of how a cappella groups are increasing in popularity on college campuses nationwide. As the first and only female a cappella group at the University of California, Davis, these musicians are all about seizing the moment.

In addition to his contributions to the UC Davis Department of Music, Perle helped to make the University of California Press a "powerhouse in music" publishing, said D. Kern Holoman, professor of music at UC Davis and a University of California Press author.

Davis campus bicyclists and would-be vanpoolers are invited to talk transit next week and the week after. The campus’s only other vanpool is even older — having thrived for more than 24 years running to and from El Cerrito in the San Francisco Bay Area.

By cpeytondahlberg@sacbee.com (Carrie Peyton Dahlberg) Three other Northern California hospitals perform liver transplants: University of California, San Francisco; Stanford University; and California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. All did more than 50 liver transplants in 2007, with UCSF performing 127.

By eortiz@sacbee.com (Edward Ortiz) To accomplish his lofty musical goals, Holoman reached out to members of the now-defunct Sacramento Symphony for its teacher core. This effort eventually brought such players as Sacramento Philharmonic bassist Tom Derthick and cellist Susan Lamb Cook to the UC Davis fold.

Some faculty do not like the iTunes U concept and have declined the invitation, citing UC Davis student exclusivity and intellectual property issues. At UC Davis, the pioneering professors using UC Davis on iTunes U see benefits for their campus and are motivated by a desire to serve.

The University of California, Davis, launches its 100th birthday celebration this Friday, Aug. 15, at the California State Fair, with a featured exhibit on the university's contributions to science and society. The exhibition launches a yearlong celebration of 100 years of UC Davis hi...

By webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Ann Veneman) A native of Modesto, California, Ann received her Bachelor's degree from UC Davis and her Master of Public Policy degree from GSPP. She also holds a juris doctorate degree from UC Hastings College of Law. From 1995 to 1999 she was Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agricultu...

By webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Various) Frank Bean, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Research on Immigration, Population and Public Policy, UC Irvine Moderator: Jack Citrin, Professor of Political Science; Director, Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley