University of California, Davis

By blindelof@sacbee.com (Bill Lindelof) Natalie Yahr, a UC Davis undergraduate, said that of the 52 arrested Thursday on misdemeanor trespassing charges, about 20 remain in the Monroe Detention Center. Yahr, who said one of those detained is UC Davis professor, is part of a group of students who were waiting in solidarity for st...

She was director of the Roseville Public Library in Michigan from 1973 to 1975, then returned to higher education, working at the University of Washington, the University of Manitoba and the University of Toronto before joining UC Davis.

Assurances for retirees Task force representatives conducted two forums on the Davis campus and one in Sacramento. The Davis forums filled the AGR Room at the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center, for a total audience approaching 400. An estimated 150 people attended the Sacramento sessi...

Katehi commented: “President Yudof’s budget proposal for 2010-11 is an ambitious one, but the good news is that a majority of Californians today agree with us that higher education in general, and the University of California system in particular, are institutions worth fighting for....

Had the uniforms arrived this week, the debut would have come at an away game. And not just any away game. This weekend brings the 56th annual Causeway Classic, Nov. 21, at California State University, Sacramento. Kickoff is set for 2:05 p.m. at Hornet Stadium.

Marc Blanchard, distinguished professor of comparative literature at UC Davis, died on Nov. 8 after a long struggle against cancer. He was 67. He was a founding member of the Comparative Literature and Critical Theory programs at UC Davis, and also taught French, Spanish and courses in cul...

UC Commission on the Future working group representatives will visit the Davis campus from 1 to 4 p.m. on Nov. 30 in AGR Hall of the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center to hear from UC Davis community members. The meeting will conclude with closing remarks from working group representatives.It...

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.

UC Davis' 13-0 blitz that followed took place in less than two minutes, giving the Aggies an insurmountable 78-47 lead. Free throws, however, remained an issue for UC Davis. The Aggies went just 18 of 32 (56.3 percent) from the stripe. The Aggies were without Ryan Silva (hamstring) and Todd Lo...

By EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science University of California - Davis) 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 physiology in one event, according to organizers. (Source: EurekAl...

By blindleof@sacbee.com (Bill Lindelof) A prominent Napa Valley wine company has donated $1 million to the University of California, Davis to construct a new building for a program that produces disease-free rootstock. Their generous gift helps California grape growers maintain access to healthy planting stock," said Neal...

About UC Davis For 100 years, UC Davis has engaged in teaching, research and public service that matters to California and transforms the world. Located close to the state capital, UC Davis has 31,000 students, an annual research budget that exceeds $500 million, a comprehensive health...

This is what Biggs had in mind when UC Davis began its transition in 2003 from the Division II ranks to Division I and the Football Championship Subdivision. Win or lose today, the Aggies finish their season next Saturday at Sacramento State in the Causeway Classic.

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.

By hsangree@sacbee.com (Hudson Sangree) That's a mandate," said Paul Petrovich, a developer who has built five projects in Davis, including a major shopping center. Petrovich graduated from the University of California, Davis, and once called the city home. Mark Siegler, a Davis resident and economics professor at Californi...

“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...

Garcia said police recovered about 50 books from Shields, one from UC Berkeley and one from California State University, Sacramento. She identified the suspects as Carlos Mario Idarraga-Obando, 30, of Sacramento, and Marvin Emerson Downs, 30, of San Francisco. Garcia said the men form...

Where: Aggie Stadium. Fast fact: Maybe Division I isn't for everyone. Winston-Salem State, located in North Carolina, was in the midst of a Division I reclassification before announcing last month it would return to Division II next season.

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...

Boise State's Tyler Shoemaker (89) and UC Davis' Kevyn Lewis (26) go for a tipped ball during the first half of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, in Boise, Idaho. Boise States Kellen Moore (11) throws a pass against UC Davis during the first half of an NCAA college footba...

“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,...

Former right guard Jon Compas is fighting to be the starting center for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their game this week against the Buffalo Bills. Left guard and All-Great West Conference selection Mario Gonzalez? He's gone, too. While their playing days for the Aggies may be done, Compas...

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...

By notebookworthy Today I left my house at 9 am to meet a friend at U.C. Davis. It was a long drive and the hot weather was daunting, but I’m so glad that I went. She ended up taking me to this Italian restaurant called Caffe Italia about a 3 minute car ride from the campus.

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.

By EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science University of California - Davis - Health System) A protein called neuroligin that is implicated in some forms of autism is critical to the construction of a working synapse, locking neurons together like "molecular Velcro," a study lead by a team of UC Davis researchers has found. (Sour...

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...

By chubert@sacbee.com (Cynthia Hubert) Big deal? Not to Granda, who will be among 190 women and men who will graduate Saturday from UC Davis School of Law. UC Davis law school Dean Kevin Johnson, for one, offers no argument. Saturday, three years after entering law school, she will receive her diploma from UC Davis.

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

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.

About UC Davis For 100 years, UC Davis has engaged in teaching, research and public service that matter to California and transform the world. Located close to the state capital, UC Davis has 31,000 students, an annual research budget that exceeds $500 million, a comprehensive health sy...

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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.

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.

By hsangree@sacbee.com (Hudson Sangree) Dr. Mark Rashid, an engineering professor at the University of California, Davis, chaired the committee that drafted the revisions. Vang said she will probably go to California State University, Sacramento, where four of her siblings went to college.

By mmcneal@sacbee.com (Martin McNeal) UC Davis men's basketball coach Gary Stewart begins his sixth season running the Aggies with more depth and talent – and depth of talent – than ever before. Stewart surely will have more confidence than one might expect with UCD coming off a 9-22 season in which the Aggies lost 14 of 16 Big Wes...

By mmcneal@sacbee.com (Martin McNeal) In many ways, today's Causeway Classic is a case of Sacramento State trying to get where UC Davis already has traveled. There is a clear enthusiasm of the community," he said. "It's an event in the Sacramento area. It's not Stanford and Cal; it's our neighborhood rivalry."

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