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By rss@youtube.com (UCstudentmediaworks) Organizations and individual concerned citizens assemble freely in front of the California state capital, Sacramento to protest and rally in opposition of Proposition 8 which would bar same sex couples from obtaining a legally recognized union in the State of California.

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By rss@youtube.com (statehornet) Causeway Classic 2008 Recap. Sacramento State Hornets at UC Davis. These are some highlights from the yearly rivalry. Author: statehornet Keywords: Sacramento State Hornets UC Davis Causeway Classic 2008 recap highlight Cyrus Mulitalo Huseyin The Brain Tony Washington

By bcalvan@sacbee.com (Bobby Caina Calvan) His doubts grow, and so do doubts in Washington. Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Gold River, hosts his first of four area town halls on health care in Citrus Heights on Aug. 18. It is a standing-room-only crowd hundreds strong, with scores more turned away – a scenario repeated across the country.

By clocke@sacbee.com (Cathy Locke) Tareq Salahi, Virginia winery owner and White House crasher, is a UCD alumnus, class of 1994.A Virginia winery owner who made national headlines when he and his wife crashed a White House state dinner exhibited a love for campus social life during his college days in the Sacramento area.

Memphis 98, SACRAMENTO ST. 83 STANFORD 60, Utah 41 Washington 64, E. Washington 46 Texas Tech 69, San Francisco 38 SACRAMENTO STATE (1-3) UC DAVIS (2-3) NCAA Division I Tournament STANFORD at Akron, 1 p.m. NCAA Division I Tournament STANFORD 3, Boston College 1

N. Dakota St. 63, UC DAVIS 62 Idaho 75, SACRAMENTO ST. 61 STANFORD 57, Virginia 52 Boise St. 82, E. Washington 69 Yale 69, Elon 65 IDAHO 75, SACRAMENTO ST. 61 SACRAMENTO ST. (3-3) N. DAKOTA ST. 63, UC DAVIS 62 UC DAVIS (2-3) American U. 65, N.J. Tech 57 AMERICAN RIVER 3, SKYLINE 0

Most importantly, I urge you to join me and our faculty, staff, alumni and parents in directing your voices to Sacramento. I hope you will join the ranks of the nearly 200,000 advocates who already have lent their support to UC. Please sign up on the UC for California Web site and write the gove...

By hsangree@sacbee.com (Hudson Sangree) Two helicopters airlifted the other victims to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, authorities said.

By jdavidson@sacbee.com (Joe Davidson) Bob Mattos hasn't worn cleats and a chin strap for Sacramento State since the Great Society era of Lyndon Johnson. Not years ago, decades. Mattos' son, Doug, works for an oncology/pathology firm in Sacramento, a setting in which bad news is part of the vocabulary when it comes to lab results....

By jschumacher@sacbee.com (John Schumacher) The 13-yard touchdown pass from Bethel-Thompson to Reed capped a furious rally and lifted Sacramento State to a 31-28 victory over UC Davis on a day when karma seemed to break the Hornets' way. The Aggies, who lead the series against Sac State 39-18, finished the season 6-5.

By menkoji@sacbee.com (M.S. Enkoji) Since the accident, Granda, 29, has earned three college degrees, including one in May from the UC Davis School of Law. She sued. Her dilemma drew national media attention; Stewart Katz – a veteran civil rights attorney in Sacramento – along with associate Guy Danilowitz represented Gran...

UC Davis women spike Pacific Melanie Adams (Oak Ridge High School) had 12 kills and Allison Whitson and Kayla Varney each added 11 kills as the visiting UC Davis women's volleyball team beat Pacific 25-22, 25-14, 25-15 in a Big West Conference match. With their win over the Tigers (17-11, 7...

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.

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...

By jschumacher@sacbee.com (John Schumacher) The Aggies' roster includes 39 players from within roughly a three-hour radius, including nine from the Sacramento area. All but one of the 93 UC Davis players are from California. Do you want to go to Sac State or UC Davis? Who won the last game?"

By acreamer@sacbee.com (Anita Creamer) Sacramento breast cancer survivors and medical experts alike are shocked at the new recommendations regarding mammograms and breast exams. That organization and other medical groups such as the American Radiological Society and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecolog...

By blindelof@sacbee.com (Bill Lindelof) The driver, Ronald Keefer, 28, of Redding, and another passenger, Linda Gerard, 68, of Redding, were wearing seat belts and were taken to UC Davis Medical Center for treatment with minor injuries. In press releases, the Sacramento and Elk Grove police departments noted that properly re...

Sacramento State wasn't much better from long range (4 of 16), but it shot 44.8 percent (26 of 58) overall. Oregon 95, UC Davis 64 in Eugene, Ore. – Tajuan Porter scored 26 points and set the school record for career three-pointers in the Ducks' victory over the Aggies in the BTI Tip-Off Tournam...

The coach wanted his Aggies to beat Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for the first time since 2005. He wanted them to win the Great West Conference. He wanted them to knock off Sacramento State in the Causeway Classic. The Aggies (6-4, 3-1) go for the trifecta next week at Sacramento State.

The Sacramento State women finished 18th, and the Hornets men placed 20th. • Melanie Adams tallied a career-high 24 kills and served four of her team's 11 aces to lead host UC Davis (19-10, 10-5 Big West Conference) to a 26-28, 28-26, 25-23, 22-25, 15-6 win over Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (8-20...

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.

By fivestarbank Big time college football is thriving in the Capital Region.  Both the Sacramento State Hornets and the UC Davis Aggies have  conference winning records going into the final two weeks of the season.   The Hornets are 4-3 in the Big Sky , while the Aggies are 2-1 in the Great West with a chance t...

By atong@sacbee.com (Anna Tong) Can Yolo residents get the vaccine in Sacramento since it appears it will be available sooner there? Nov. 18: 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Loaves & Fishes, 1321 North C St., Sacramento Nov. 30: 3-7 p.m., Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 6151 H St., Sacramento

By Phyllis Brown SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (November 12, 2009) - Sacramento County communities with high rates of bicycle and motor vehicle deaths and injuries among children will be the beneficiaries of a new UC Davis program designed to save lives by promoting bike and car seat safety.

By dlambert@sacbee.com (Diana Lambert and Anna Tong) Join us at noon today as Dr. Glennah Trochet, Sacramento County's public health officer; Dr. Javeed Siddiqui, a specialist in infectious diseases at UC Davis Medical Center; and Bee reporter Anna Tong talk about this flu season and take questions.

Colleges Jackson Carbajal, a 6-foot-3 guard from Buchanan High School in Clovis, has verbally committed to play basketball for Sacramento State. • UC Davis senior Rochelle VanBuskirk was named to the Big West's all-conference soccer first team.

By Public Health News From Medical News Today McClatchy/The Sacramento Bee reports on a the experience of Scott Hawkins, a 23-year old student who received five minutes of ER care at the UC Davis Medical Center before being pronounced dead. McClatchy reports: "Few question the extent to which doctors tried to save the student's lif...

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By Health News from Medical News Today McClatchy/The Sacramento Bee reports on a the experience of Scott Hawkins, a 23-year old student who received five minutes of ER care at the UC Davis Medical Center before being pronounced dead. McClatchy reports: "Few question the extent to which doctors tried to save the student's lif...

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By bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines Sacramento County’s decision to dump a long-term contract with the UC Davis Health System and cut a cheaper deal with another company has been a disaster that appears headed for court. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)

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By bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines Sacramento County’s decision to dump a long-term contract with the UC Davis Health System and cut a cheaper deal with another company has been a disaster that appears headed for court. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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By atong@sacbee.com (Anna Tong) Genetic counselors can fill the gap, said Kelly Ormond, director of Stanford University's genetic counseling program. Ormond said that in the Sacramento region, only Kaiser Permanente and UC Davis offer genetic counseling services.

UC Davis and California State University, Sacramento, are out for blood in the Causeway Classic — not in the football Causeway Classic, but in the blood drive Causeway Classic. Blood drive at UC Davis: Football: UC Davis vs. Sacramento State, 2:05 p.m. Nov. 21, Hornet Stadium

Three forums are scheduled, two on the Davis campus and one in Sacramento. Each includes a presentation on the issues, followed by time for questions. • Sacramento campus—2-3:20 p.m., auditorium, Cancer Center, 4501 X St. Enroll online at healthstream.com/hlc/ucdhs.

The Yolo County Coroner on Wednesday identified a man killed by gunshot as Gidd Gomel Robinson IV, 28, of West Sacramento. Police said that for unknown reasons Christopher Allen Smith, 29, of West Sacramento became involved in an altercation with Robinson and shot him Tuesday about 12:3...

By jdavidson@sacbee.com (Joe Davidson) Jim also works as the color analyst for the weekly Access Sacramento High School Game of the Week. Sonia knew what she was getting into when she met Mike at Sacramento State. Mike wanted to get into law enforcement and hoped to squeeze in football, too. And coaching a son? Pure joy.

Team results: 1. Oregon 273-272-545; 2. UC DAVIS 273-273-546; 3. Fresno St. 281-273- 554; 4. Saint Mary's 280-276-556; 5. Denver 281-276-557; 6. BYU 279-279-558; 7. Pacific 278-284-562; 8. Kansas St. 284-279-563; 9. CSNorthridge 282-291-573; 10. SACRAMENTO STATE 288-286-574; 11. San Jose St. 296...

By bcalvan@sacbee.com (Bobby Caina Calvan) Hospital officials Tuesday continued to scrutinize how the error occurred when the 23-year-old California State University, Sacramento, student, was brought to the UCD emergency room Oct. 21 after being beaten by a roommate. I can understand the confusion," said Mindi Russell, a seni...

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By Phyllis Brown SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (November 4, 2009) - Robin Hansen, a professor of pediatrics at UC Davis and founding director of the Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at the UC Davis MIND Institute, has been appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California State Council...

Sacramento State clinched its first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation regular-season men's soccer title since 2001 with a 1-1 double-overtime tie against host UNLV on Sunday. • UC Riverside scored two second-half goals to beat visiting UC Davis 2-0 in Big West Conference women's soc...

By Phyllis Brown SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (November 2, 2009) - Researchers with the UC Davis MIND Institute will receive nearly $12 million over two years to study causes and treatments for autism and other disorders, in funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or the federal economic...

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Within minutes, a UC Davis police officer showed up in our office on the third floor of Mrak Hall. Sgt. Jennifer Garcia spoke with Aggie Malloy in our office, and soon Malloy was speaking with me. The numbers are startling: In 2008, accidental 911 calls on the Davis and Sacramento campuses tot...

By mbreton@sacbee.com (Marcos Breton) Apparently, it is. Driving and alcohol abuse constitute a plague on the city of Sacramento. Can the city of Sacramento admit it has a drinking problem? Fresno has 71 traffic officers and the best numbers for drunken driving enforcement in California. Sacramento has 22 traffic officers.

By Phyllis Brown SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (October 28, 2009) - Researchers at UC Davis have received a $1 million grant from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, or federal stimulus, to study the health effects of breathing a ubiquitous substance used in everything from sunblock to bicycles.

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Team results: 1. Arizona 284-294–578; 2. Washington 287-292–579; 3. UC DAVIS 284-298–582; 4. Florida 289- 297–586; 5. Louisville 283-304–587; 6. Kent St. 285-305–590; 7. Arkansas 291-302–593; 8. TCU 293-303–596; 9. Colorado St. 288-310–598; 10. Idaho 293- 308–601. SACRAMENTO CITY 4, DELTA 0

The Sacramento State men's soccer team improved to 3-0 in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play with a 1-0 victory over Seattle University on Friday in Tukwila, Wash. • The UC Santa Barbara women (8-8-1, 5-1-0 Big West Conference) scored three times in the first 10 minutes en route to a 4...

By jschumacher@sacbee.com (John Schumacher) Marshall Sperbeck won't need any fiery speeches today to rev up his Sacramento State football team. The Grizzlies have built a 13-game regular-season winning streak by winning close games this season at UC Davis (17-10) and Northern Arizona (41-34 in overtime) and holding off Eastern W...

Concert Band — In the annual Causeway Band Festival, co-hosted by the Concert Band of UC Davis and the Wind Program of California State University, Sacramento. Featuring composer-conductor Mark Camphouse as guest conductor and clinician. The festival culminates with a closing concer...

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...

By atong@sacbee.com (Anna Tong) There is a great need for credible research in the arena of autism and the environment, experts said. The comprehensive nature of the Sacramento study will help guide clinicians, said Antonio Hardan, director of Stanford Medical School's Autism and Developmental Disabilities Clinic.

By jschumacher@sacbee.com (John Schumacher) Sacramento State senior guard Antonio Flaggs called last season, which included a 14-game losing streak, "a wake-up call to reality."Don't let it happen again. That's the rallying cry as Sacramento State's men's basketball team opens practice tonight for the 2009-10 season.

By hsangree@sacbee.com (Hudson Sangree) Butterworth, 28, a graduate of the University of California, Davis, who played quarterback at Davis Senior High School, was hired as the head coach two years ago. Butterworth, who also teaches math at Pioneer, hired his close friend, Nick Garofalo, another Davis High and UC Davis gradua...

The UC Davis University Library has launched a Web site to explain restructuring efforts now under way. The three buildings will be Shields Library, Carlson Health Sciences Library and the Blaisdell Medical Library in Sacramento.

Big Bang! is getting bigger, and more Sacramento-area business students have been invited to join the annual business plan competition run by MBA students of the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. The Big Bang! competition accomplishes two core objectives for the Graduate School...

By Phyllis Brown SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (October 13, 2009) - UC Davis researchers are among a handful of scientists nationwide to receive a highly coveted challenge grant from the National Institutes of Health, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The award is one of only 200 selected from a...

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By bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines A Sacramento County Superior Court judge approved a $6 million medical malpractice settlement against the University of California on Friday on behalf of a 4-year-old boy who suffered injuries during birth at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. (Source: bizjournals.com Health...

By bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines A Sacramento County Superior Court judge approved a $6 million medical malpractice settlement against the University of California on Friday on behalf of a 4-year-old boy who suffered injuries during birth at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. (Source: bizjournals.com Health...

By Phyllis Brown SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (October 8, 2009) - Elizabeth Miller, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the UC Davis School of Medicine, has been awarded the 2009 Herbert W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the nation’s leading medical educa...

By bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines The UC Davis Health System will receive more than $2 million in federal funding for four on-going research projects at its Sacramento campus, Rep. Doris Matsui announced Wednesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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The intercampus shuttle is a joint operation, with funding from Parking and Transportation Services on the Sacramento campus, Transportation and Parking Services on the Davis campus, the UC Davis Medical Center and passengers.

By jonathan.eisen@gmail.com (Jonathan Eisen) Today I have an Editorial in the Sacramento Bee, co-written with UC Davis Prof. of German Winder McConnell, regarding the proposed UC Faculty Walkout for Thursday 9/24/09 . In the Editorial (My View: UC Davis strike: Teaching is more than just about being paid) we discuss why we do not suppo...

By David Ong SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (September 23, 2009) - Researchers from the UC Davis Department of Dermatology are seeking subjects for a study of an oral experimental drug for treating severe hand eczema, a condition characterized by chronic dryness, itchiness and fissuring.

By Jennette Carrick SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (September 21, 2009) - Three postdoctoral fellows join the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing team this month. The scholars — along with fellow Tara Sharpp, who came to the school in fall 2008 — will develop as independent researchers and bring fresh ideas and en...

By David Ong SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (September 18, 2009) - At a news conference this week in Los Angeles, California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. unveiled a Web-based prescription-drug database that tracks all controlled substances (Schedule II, III and IV) prescribed in the state and gives doc...

By David Ong SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (September 18, 2009) - David D. Kilmer, professor and chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at UC Davis Health System, died at his home in Sacramento on Tuesday, Sept. 15, of lymphoma at the age of 52.

By Dorsey Griffith SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (September 18, 2009) - UC Davis Cancer will receive a $30,000 donation for pediatric cancer research Wednesday from Hyundai Hope on Wheels™, a philanthropy of Hyundai Motor America and its dealers.  The 2009 Hope on Wheels Tour is traveling nationwide to donate more...

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By David Ong SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (September 17, 2009) - Seven UC Davis researchers received pilot grant awards from the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) to conduct innovative and collaborative research. The awards support studies ranging from work on a more effective epil...

By Susan Mar-Schwab SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (September 17, 2009) - Rural-PRIME, an innovative UC Davis School of Medicine program designed to increase access to health care in rural areas of California, entered a new phase this month with the launch of a medical-training partnership in Amador County.

By Jennette Carrick SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (September 14, 2009) - Residents and health-care professionals from around the Lake Tahoe area are invited to provide input into the development of the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis at a town-hall style meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, in t...

By Susan Mar-Schwab SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (September 14, 2009) - A substantial percentage of children who get CT scans after apparently minor head trauma do not need them, and as a result are put at increased risk of cancer due to radiation exposure. After analyzing more than 42,000 children with head trauma, a n...

By Phyllis Brown SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (September 9, 2009) - The fifth annual Painting for Miracles silent auction of art based on the touching stories of children who have been patients at UC Davis Children’s Hospital and at Children’s Miracle Network hospitals throughout the country will be held on Satu...

By Solano EDC(SolanoEDC@gmail.com) SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Two UC Davis students — Mary Saunders, a Ph.D. candidate in comparative pathology with designated emphases in biotechnology and translational research, and Wenhui Zhou, an undergraduate studying biochemistry and molecular biology — received scholarships at a l...

By David Ong SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (September 3, 2009) - Robert Szabo, UC Davis professor of orthopaedic surgery and plastic surgery, is the president-elect of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.

By Carole Gan SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (August 28, 2009) - Mayor Kevin Johnson recognized the philanthropy of Joseph Sullivan, a grandson of a former slave who was born in Georgia and realized the American dream of home ownership in the Del Paso Heights neighborhood of Sacramento, at a gathering at City Hal...

By jjohnson@sacbee.com (Julie Johnson) Sakae Ishihara, now 88, was just a few months shy of graduating from UC Davis when he fled California in the fall of 1941, his family said. When she picks up her father at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville and drives him to her home in Sacramento, Miyo said her father always points t...

By Susan Mar-Schwab SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (August 21, 2009) - Min Zhao, professor of dermatology and an expert in cell migration, has been awarded a three-year, $1 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).

By Susan Mar-Schwab SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (August 14, 2009) - Carol Garcia's roots reach deep into the city of Roseville — five generations worth. That might explain why, after getting her college degree at Sacramento State, she returned home to raise her family and launch her career.

By Karen Finney SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (August 11, 2009) - The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has selected Michael Minzenberg of UC Davis as a recipient of a 2009 Clinical Scientist Development Award for his pioneering work in treating schizophrenia.

By Jennette Carrick SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (August 11, 2009) - Two international nursing leaders, one from Switzerland and one from Israel, will share their insights into nursing education and research during a breakfast lecture on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis.

By Susan Mar-Schwab SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (August 4, 2009) - UC Davis Health System and their Community Advisory Board will host the Sacramento Metropolitan Youth Choir and the dance band, The Cheeseballs, at its third annual free outdoor concert on Thursday, Aug. 13, from 6 to 9 p.m.

By Karen Finney SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (August 4, 2009) - A peer-led health education and counseling program designed to help patients manage their chronic illnesses initially had some positive outcomes but did not improve patient health after one year, according to new research from UC Davis.

By Phyllis Brown SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (August 3, 2009) - State-of-the-art research and best practices for interventions to support children and adults with autism, Asperger syndrome, fragile X syndrome and other neurodevelopmental disorders will be presented by leaders in the field during a one-day...

By Solano EDC(SolanoEDC@gmail.com) The talking robotic cart, known as TUG, might not have the bedside manner of an affable doctor, but soon could be wheeling through the corridors of Kaiser hospitals in the Sacramento region. At the Garfield Health Care Innovation Center in San Leandro, Kaiser assembles teams of doctors,...

By bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines The UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento will receive $375,000 to buy equipment for its emergency department and California State University Sacramento will receive $350,000 for research equipment. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)MedWorm Messa...

By Dorsey Griffith SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (July 20, 2009) - Low breast cancer screening and survival rates for American Indian and Alaska native women have more to do with cultural beliefs than with barriers such as access to health care, a new UC Davis study has found.

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By David Ong SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (July 10, 2009) - Francis Lu, a leading figure in cultural psychiatry, and the intersection of psychiatry and religion and spirituality, joined the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UC Davis on July 1. A former professor of clinical ps...

By David Ong SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (June 30, 2009) - Four UC Davis School of Medicine faculty members have been selected by UC Davis Health System’s National Board of Advisors to receive “Vision” grants, awarded for innovative, interdisciplinary and translationa...

By Phyllis Brown SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (June 29, 2009) - Nine area college students are taking a giant step toward cancer science careers this summer — and helping to address a shortage of under-represented groups in cancer research — by working as interns in one of four UC Davis cancer research laboratorie...

By Karen Finney SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (June 23, 2009) - Two UC Davis students — Mary Saunders, a Ph.D. candidate in comparative pathology with designated emphases in biotechnology and translational research, and Wenhui Zhou, an undergraduate studying biochemistry and molecular biology — received scho...

By Charles Casey SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (June 19, 2009) - UC Davis Health System has been honored with the Larry L. Sautter Golden Award for its efforts to develop a new system for physicians and pharmacists to use when ordering everything from medications and diagnostic tests to medical procedures and hospi...

By Susan Mar-Schwab SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (June 12, 2009) - The UC Davis Graduate School of Management announced today that it is moving its nationally ranked Sacramento Working Professional MBA Program from leased office space near the Tower Bridge in downtown Sacramento to the UC Davis Sacramento campus. T...

By Karen Finney SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (June 8, 2009) - Manuel Tapia, a second-year student at the UC Davis School of Medicine, has been selected as a 2009 Minority Scholars Award recipient by the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation. One of only 12 in the country to be honored with such an award, wh...

By David Ong SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (June 5, 2009) - UC Davis Medical Center has been verified as a level I trauma center and a level I pediatric trauma center by the American College of Surgeons. This achievement recognizes the trauma centers' dedication to providing optimal care for injured patients.

By Dorsey Griffith SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (June 3, 2009) - Sacramento area residents can help provide hope to patients with leukemia at the Marrowthon Drive with BloodSource on June 9 at UC Davis Cancer Center.

By David Ong SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (June 3, 2009) - UC Davis trauma surgeon Lynette Scherer has been named as the new chief of the UC Davis Trauma Program for UC Davis Medical Center.

By Jennette Carrick SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (June 1, 2009) - <p>The UC Davis Health Informatics Program and the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing will feature a nursing informatics theme at the June 2009 Seminar Series Lecture &#8220;Knowledge Translation at the Point of Care: Nursing Informati...

By Phyllis Brown June 1, 2009 - On Wednesday, June 3,Dozens of representatives of law enforcement agencies from throughout the Sacramento region, organized by representatives of the Sacramento County Sheriff&#8217;s Department Air Operations Bureau, will arrive in a convoy to deliver toys to...

By Jennette Carrick SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (June 1, 2009) - <p>The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis seeks visionary nurse educators and researchers to join the founding faculty and help establish the new nursing school at&#160;UC Davis&#160;Sacramento campus.</p>

By Karen Finney SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (May 29, 2009) - Terrence E. Smith has dedicated thousands of hours to refugees of Burma who enter Thailand's Mae Tao Clinic with burns, missing limbs, AIDS, malaria and other injuries and diseases. Saul Schaefer is committed to finding ways to limit damage to heart musc...

By Charles Casey SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (May 29, 2009) - Eighty-five medical students finally will have that coveted "M.D." attached to their names tomorrow following the commencement of the UC Davis School of Medicine's Class of 2009, set for Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 10 a.m. at the Mondavi Center on the Davis c...

By Phyllis Brown SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (May 28, 2009) - Adele Diamond, one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience, will present a lecture on ways to improve attention, impulse control and learning in young children in the final address of this year's UC...

By Solano EDC(SolanoEDC@gmail.com) A lifelong gardener and a University of California, Davis, alumna, she tends her own vegetables, fruit and flowers without resorting to chemical pesticides. She went "green" long before the word meant more than the color of her thumb. Must credit Sacramento Bee

Make Me Heal  Switzerland UC Davis is playing a leading role in stem cell research, with more than 125 scientists and physicians currently working on a variety of stem cell investigations at campus locations in both Davis and Sacramento. The university recently broke ground for ...

 CA All donations will go to the Children's Miracle Network's hospital expenses at the University of California at Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, said event organizer Kelly Chapman. More information will be available from those collecting donations in ...

By Solano EDC(SolanoEDC@gmail.com) Sacramento Business Journal - May 14, 2009 Business News - Local News Thursday, May 14, 2009, 11:54am PDT Sacramento Business Journal George R. Mangun has been appointed dean of the University of California Davis Division of Social Sciences.

By Solano EDC(SolanoEDC@gmail.com) Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 2:08pm PDT Sacramento Business Journal - by Mark Anderson Staff writer Scientists at the University of California Davis were awarded a $2 million grant to develop an electron microscope capable of filming biological processes.

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UC Davis is playing a leading role in stem cell research, with more than 125 faculty scientists and physicians working on a variety of stem cell investigations at campus locations in Davis and Sacramento. The university's new Institute for Regenerative ...

By rlewis@sacbee.com (Robert Lewis) For 35 years, Sacramento County paid UC Davis Medical Center a lump sum to provide medical care for the county's poorest residents. Medical rates are proprietary. So Sacramento County had no way to know the exact rates its third-party administrator would pay to UC Davis.

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.

“It is encouraging that this currently is a limited infestation,” said Yolo County Agricultural Commissioner Rick Landon. “We appreciate the efforts of UC Davis in working with us to ensure that the rice industry of the Sacramento Valley is protected from the rice panicle mite.”

Willie Nelson will perform Sunday at the Mondavi Center in Davis. Where: Community Center Theater, 1301 L St., Sacramento Where: Blue Lamp Lounge, 1400 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento Where: Capitol Art Center, 1200 S St., Sacramento SUNDAY Where: Mondavi Center, UC Davis

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Fund, which offers $500 grants to high school seniors in the greater Sacramento area, has scheduled its awards dinner for Jan. 15 at the University of California, Davis. Outstanding Educator — Bruce Haynes, associate professor of sociology, UC Da...

By jschumacher@sacbee.com (John Schumacher) UC Davis' Mark Payne, left, and Sacramento State's Antonio Flaggs collide during a physical Causeway showdown Wednesday night at the Hornets Nest. The Hornets prevailed for their first victory of the season; the Aggies dropped to 2-6.

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.

Washington St. 76, SACRAMENTO ST. 55 WASHINGTON ST. 76, SAC ST. 55 SACRAMENTO ST. (0-3) WASHINGTON ST. (3-0) E. Washington 80, USF 70 UC DAVIS (1-1) NCAA Division I Tournament Boston University 1, Fairleigh Dickinson 0 CAL 3, USF 0 NCAA Division I Tournament STANFORD 1, Rutgers 0

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.

The UC Davis Graduate School of Management also offers a Working Professional MBA program in Sacramento, which has graduated 844 MBAs over the past 14 years. On the Davis campus, it offers a daytime MBA program that enrolls 120 full-time students, an undergraduate minor in technology ma...