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Year 2009

 

Rate Video: Operation DeGeneres: Dear Ellen--Please Come to UC Davis!Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, May 30

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By rss@youtube.com (OperationDeGeneres) Author: OperationDeGeneres Keywords: Desert Sunrise Ellen Operation DeGeneres Ellen Show DeGeneres Portia de Rossi Tulane Tulane Speech Commencement UCD UC Davis Davis California Added: May 30, 2009

Rate Video: Mariani Crazy for Cranberries at UC Davis Picnic DayVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Mon, May 11

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By rss@youtube.com (MarianiPackingCo) Keywords: Mariani Mariani Company Mariani Packing Company UC Davis UCD University of California Davis college Picnic Day cranberry crazy for cranberries pi basketball singing birth men in wigs boys in wigs skirts trumpet people being loud self defense funny relay yea yeah www.marian...

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Original at YouTube external link    Mon, Jan 19

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By rss@youtube.com (TheWaffle77) UC Davis Melee Tourney 1/18/09 Losers Finals Davis,CA EDIT: sorry if the off sych video and audio, my laptop is broken so i had to use a different computer. this is also why there is no commentary in any of the matches thanks much to Falcomist for letting me use his laptop and uploading the matc...

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Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Nov 8

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By rss@youtube.com (MSUBikes) This was taken on the Univ. of CA - Davis campus on Nov. 3, 2008 in between classes at the traffic circle near the UC Davis Bike Barn. You can easily see why Davis is known as the bike capital of the USA. There are something like 10 traffic circles like this on the Davis campus. Note how everyone follow...

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Rate IN BRIEF

Original at UC Davis external link    Fri, Nov 20

Otherwise, get to a computer, because everything you need to do for open enrollment is explained at atyourservice.ucop.edu. Employees without computer access should contact their unit offices or Human Resources, (530) 752-0530 on the Davis campus, or the HR benefits department, (916)...

Rate REMAKING UC: Regental commission to gather campus feedback

Original at UC Davis external link    Fri, Nov 20

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...

Rate Pension contribution plan found lacking

Original at UC Davis external link    Fri, Nov 20

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...

Rate Workshop on economics, neuroscience and hormones

Original at EurekAlert external link    Wed, Nov 18

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...

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Rate No. 17 Cal holds off Saint Mary's women – barely

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Wed, Nov 18

UC Davis 69, USF 47 in Davis – Sophomore Cortney French scored a game-high 14 points, included 4 of 4 from three-point range, Paige Mintun added 10 and the Aggies (2-1) won their opener at the Pavilion with a nonconference victory over the Dons (0-1).

Rate Trinchero donates $1 million for UC Davis wine grape program

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Mon, Nov 16

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...

Rate Former Redding doctor with UC Davis ties is placed on medical probation

Original at Orlando Business Journal external link    Sun, Nov 8

By bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines Dr. Fidel Realyvasquez, a former Redding heart surgeon who now lives in Davis, has been placed on three years probation by the Medical Board of California for performing unnecessary heart surgeries in 2001 and 2002. (THC) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headline...

Rate Former Redding doctor with UC Davis ties is placed on medical probation

Original at bizjournals.com external link    Sun, Nov 8

By bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines Dr. Fidel Realyvasquez, a former Redding heart surgeon who now lives in Davis, has been placed on three years probation by the Medical Board of California for performing unnecessary heart surgeries in 2001 and 2002. (THC) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Rate Voters' rejection of Wildhorse Ranch means Davis won't grow anytime soon

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Sat, Nov 7

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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...

Rate RNs File Department Of Public Health Complaints Against UC Davis Medical Center

Original at Medical News Today external link    Fri, Nov 6

By Nursing News From Medical News Today Nurses Charge Public Endangered as Hospital Management Unlawfully Rations Nursing Care to Patients Registered Nurses at multiple units within the University of California Davis Hospital have filed a series of Department of Public Health charges against the facility, alerting the...

Rate RNs File Department Of Public Health Complaints Against UC Davis Medical Center

Original at mnt/healthnews (Feedburner) external link    Fri, Nov 6

By Health News from Medical News Today Nurses Charge Public Endangered as Hospital Management Unlawfully Rations Nursing Care to Patients Registered Nurses at multiple units within the University of California Davis Hospital have filed a series of Department of Public Health charges against the facility, alerting the...

Rate Psychiatrist gives $1M for infant development research

Original at UC Davis external link    Fri, Nov 6

Robert Dorn, a Davis psychiatrist who devoted his career to understanding and treating mental health problems that originate in the earliest years of life, has given $1 million to support infant development research at UC Davis.

Rate Retirement forums to tackle weighty issues

Original at UC Davis external link    Fri, Nov 6

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.

Rate Walt Jennings: Friend with flavor

Original at UC Davis external link    Fri, Oct 30

Professor Heikki Kalio said he could have stayed in Finland to advocate for his department’s budget at the University of Turku. Instead, he said, he felt compelled to come to Davis to honor his mentor. Suanne J. Klahorst is a senior writer in the Department of Viticulture and Enology. She is a 1...

Rate CALCULATING PROGRESS: Q&A: Bernie Alder talks about his life, role of science, computer advances

Original at UC Davis external link    Fri, Oct 30

My working habits are “never before lunch …”. I go to work in the afternoons. Three days a week, I’m at Livermore, and two days a week at UC Berkeley. The current program is more like a regular university department, and that’s largely located on the Davis campus.

Rate Accidental 911 calls outnumber real ones: Police propose a fix: Using an 8, not a 9, to get an outside line

Original at UC Davis external link    Fri, Oct 30

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...

Rate Inequality, 'silver spoon' effect found in ancient societies

Original at EurekAlert external link    Wed, Oct 28

By EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science University of California - Davis) The so-called "silver spoon" effect -- in which wealth is passeddown from one generation to another -- is well established in someof the world's most ancient economies, according to an internationalstudy coordinated by a UC Davis anthropologist.The...

Rate Dominant Chemical That Attracts Mosquitoes To Humans Identified By UC Davis Researchers

Original at Medical News Today external link    Tue, Oct 27

By Health News from Medical News Today Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have identified the dominant odor naturally produced in humans and birds that attracts the blood-feeding Culex mosquitoes, which transmit West Nile virus and other life-threatening diseases. (Source: Health News from Medical New...

October of 2009

 

Rate UC Davis researchers identify dominant chemical that attracts mosquitoes to humans

Original at EurekAlert external link    Sun, Oct 25

By EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health University of California - Davis) Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have identified the dominant odor naturally produced in humans and birds that attracts the blood-feeding Culex mosquitoes, which transmits West Nile virus and other life-threatening diseases. Th...

Rate THE SPIRIT OF HOMECOMING

Original at UC Davis external link    Fri, Oct 23    1 related articles

Students and friends of UC Davis rallied at the Davis train station Oct. 16 as part of the annual Pajamarino celebration that kicked off the university’s homecoming weekend. Left, members of the UC Davis Cal Aggie Marching Band-Uh! marched from the train station through downtown as stude...

Rate Off-the-field adversity forces Sacramento-area football team to play defense

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Fri, Oct 16

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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...

Rate New ASAP programs: Stress resilience during tough economic times

Original at UC Davis external link    Fri, Oct 16

More information is available from ASAP, 112 A St. Davis, telephone (530) 752-2727. The presentation also will focus on tools for coping with uncertainty, self-care techniques, as well as UC Davis and community resources that are available to help you reduce your stress.

Rate State history, public policy sessions open at UCD

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Fri, Oct 9

Anyone interested in learning about California's history and the future of public policy in the state can attend a six-week course beginning Monday in Davis. The course is scheduled from 7 to 9:30 p.m. for the next six Mondays at UC Davis' Experimental College. It costs $20 for UC Davis studen...

Rate Challenging Ethical Leadership:A Cautionary Tale

Original at theweekinethics (WordPress) external link    Tue, Oct 6

By Gael O'Brien Scandal travels like a tsunami; it deposited Linda Katehi’s reputation in California, doused with mud, weeks before she moved there to assume the role of chancellor at University of California Davis. A high achiever, Katehi had solid administrative credentials, was well regarded as a...

Rate CFB Preview: Who else has an NC shot?

Original at jbjsports (WordPress) external link    Sat, Oct 3

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By Benton And out west, two teams that have been in the top-10, one currently still a resident, square off in Berkeley, as USC and Cal fight for some space in the Pac-10. 4 Boise State vs. UC Davis: Davis is still making the transition to D-1: Boise 63, Davis 3

Rate 49ers notes: Former UCD tight end is big for Rams

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Sat, Oct 3

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By mbarrows@sacbee.com (Matthew Barrows) Davis, the sixth overall pick in 2006, was finally meeting expectations. Fells, who went undrafted out of UC Davis, was exceeding his. What stands out about Fells is his size. He arrived at UC Davis in 2002 hoping to play wide receiver. But when he weighed in at 215 pounds, coach Bob Biggs decide...

Rate IN BRIEF: Good neighbors, Quarter Century Club, shuttle fares and vanpools, Fire Day on the Quad

Original at UC Davis external link    Fri, Oct 2

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.

Year 2009

 

Rate UC Launches New Research Center to Study Health of Migrating People

Original at UC Davis external link    Tue, Sep 8

Intent on improving the health conditions of migrating people in California and around the world, the University of California’s Berkeley and Davis campuses are joining forces to launch a new Migration and Health Research Center.

Rate Washington Monthly ranks UC Davis at No. 10

Original at Solano County Business external link    Thu, Sep 3

By Solano EDC(SolanoEDC@gmail.com) The University of California Davis ranked 10th in Washington Monthly’s annual college rankings. “This is a proud day for the University of California,” UC president Mark G. Yudof wrote Wednesday in an announcement of the rankings.

Rate $32.6 MILLION IN STIMULUS FUNDS AWARDED TO UC DAVIS FOR RESEARCH, MORE TO COME

Original at Solano County Business external link    Thu, Aug 27    3 related articles

By Solano EDC(SolanoEDC@gmail.com) University of California, Davis August 27, 2009 In a year that's held little good news for budget planners at the University of California, Davis, a steady stream of grants from federal stimulus funds is providing a much-needed cushion for research programs campus-wide. About UC Davis

Rate Women Are Sort of More Tentative Than Men, Aren't They?

Original at UC Davis external link    Mon, Aug 24

Women hedge, issue disclaimers and ask questions when they communicate, language features that can suggest uncertainty, lack of confidence and low status. But men do the same, according to new research from the University of California, Davis.

Rate UC Davis: 'Cash for Clunkers' program is expensive way to cut carbon emissions

Original at EurekAlert external link    Wed, Aug 12

By EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science University of California - Davis) New UC Davis estimates say the federal government's Cash for Clunkers program is paying at least 10 times the "sticker price" to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)

Rate UC Davis challenge produces a better air conditioner

Original at EurekAlert external link    Wed, Aug 12    2 related articles

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By EurekAlert! - Biology University of California - Davis) The first certified winner of the UC Davis "Western Cooling Challenge" is Coolerado Corp. of Denver. Recent federal tests showed that their 5-ton commercial rooftop unit should be able to air-condition a typical big-box store with less than half the ene...

Rate UC Davis researchers target kidney disease

Original at Solano County Business external link    Wed, Jul 29

By Solano EDC(SolanoEDC@gmail.com) A new research program at the University of California, Davis, aims to bring about earlier detection of a potentially devastating kidney disease. Lars Berglund, associate dean for research at UC Davis Medical Center, said government funding is essential to continuing research.

Rate Opinion: Another Eventful Day: UC Davis and Lunch at Caffe Italia

Original at notebookworthy (WordPress) external link    Sat, Jul 18

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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.

Rate Opinion: The importance of being ergonomic

Original at UC Davis external link    Fri, Jul 17

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.

Rate Brain functions that can prevent relapse improve after a year of methamphetamine abstinence

Original at EurekAlert external link    Sun, Jun 28

By EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science University of California - Davis - Health System) In a study published online by the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, UC Davis researchers report that it takes at least a year for former methamphetamine users to regain impulse control. The results tell recovering substance abuser...

Rate UC Davis researchers visualize formation of a new synapse

Original at EurekAlert external link    Tue, Jun 16

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...

Rate UC DAVIS TO AWARD 7,400-PLUS DEGREES FOR 2008-09

Original at Solano County Business external link    Tue, Jun 2

By Solano EDC(SolanoEDC@gmail.com) University of California, Davis June 1, 2009 June 13 -- Graduate School of Management: Pam Marrone, founder and chief executive officer of Marrone Bio Innovations; 10 a.m., Mondavi Center; 143 Master of Business Administration degrees.

Rate UC Davis School of Medicine Honors Class of 2009

Original at UC Davis Cancer Center external link    Fri, May 29

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...

Rate UC Davis New book demystifies organic gardening

Original at Solano County Business external link    Mon, May 25

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

Rate Researchers induce formation of new blood vessels using stem cells ...

Original at Insciences Organisation external link    Sat, May 23

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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 ...

Rate CIA-UC Davis World Olive Oil Conference

Original at SmartBrief external link    Thu, May 21

 DC This unique event, scheduled for June 21 to 23, will be at the University of California, Davis, and the California campus of The Culinary Institute of America. Conference highlights include extensive culinary demos and tastings, informative lectures ...

Rate UC Davis Experts: U.S. Supreme Court

Original at UC Davis external link    Thu, May 21

The University of California, Davis, School of Law has faculty who are available to comment from a variety of perspectives when President Barack Obama announces his nominee to replace Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Rate UC Davis Vet School Opens Stem Cell Laboratory

Original at Solano County Business external link    Wed, May 20

By Solano EDC(SolanoEDC@gmail.com) Focused on providing the latest in stem cell therapies for horses, the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine has opened its new Regenerative Medicine Laboratory at the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital.

Rate Wal-Mart to raise funds May 26 for UC Davis children's hospital

Original at AndersonValleyPost.com external link    Tue, May 19

 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 ...

Rate UC Davis opens horse stem cell lab

Original at bizjournals.com external link    Mon, May 18

By bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines The University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine has opened a stem-cell laboratory for horses. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines)

Rate UC Davis names dean of social sciences

Original at Solano County Business external link    Fri, May 15

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.

Rate UC Davis awarded $7 million grant for stem cell research

Original at Solano County Business external link    Fri, May 15

By Solano EDC(SolanoEDC@gmail.com) Although she has only worked in Davis for two years, her research in stem cells extends back 20 years, when she completed her master's degree at UC Davis before spending several years at Washington University. The return to California for research was both personally and professionally...

Rate THE NEW CHANCELLOR

Original at UC Davis external link    Fri, May 15

After a news conference in San Francisco, Katehi rode with outgoing Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef to Davis for a 1½-day visit that included a dinner with the faculty leadership, a breakfast meeting with the provost, a luncheon with the UC Davis Foundation board and a night at the theater,...

Rate UC Davis gets $2M to build video microscope

Original at Solano County Business external link    Thu, May 14    3 related articles

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.

Rate UC Davis Awarded Milestone in Live Microscopy Focus of $2 Million NIH Grant

Original at Solano County Business external link    Tue, May 12    3 related articles

By Solano EDC(SolanoEDC@gmail.com) University of California, Davis May 12, 2009 Media contact(s): Nigel Browning, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, (530) 754-5358, nbrowning@ucdavis.edu Liese Greensfelder, UC Davis News Service, (530) 752-6101, lgreensfelder@ucdavis.edu

Rate UC Davis researchers awarded new stem cell grants - Media Newswire

Original at media-newswire.com external link    Tue, May 5

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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 ...

Rate UC Davis lands $7M stem cell research grant

Original at Solano County Business external link    Thu, Apr 30

By Solano EDC(SolanoEDC@gmail.com) Sacramento Business Journal - April 30, 2009 The University of California Davis has been awarded $7 million from the state stem cell agency to study the potential use of stem cells to treat babies with blood disorders and develop a treatment for Huntington’s disease.

Rate UC Davis lands $7M stem cell research grant

Original at bizjournals.com external link    Thu, Apr 30

By bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines The University of California Davis has been awarded $7 million from the state stem cell agency to study the potential use of stem cells to treat babies with blood disorders and develop a treatment for Huntington’s disease. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation head...

Rate Web keeps cyclists in the know

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Fri, Apr 10

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

Rate Davis eatery starts days with diner food, transitions to Thai

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Thu, Apr 9

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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.

Rate Crowds Expected for 95th Picnic Day

Original at UC Davis external link    Mon, Apr 6

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...

Rate Jill Nye the Fanfic SpyVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Mar 15

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By rss@youtube.com (clairedecerises) Author: clairedecerises Keywords: DHC Davis UC Davis Davis Honors Challenge Convocation Jill Nye Fanfiction Fanfic Spy Added: March 15, 2009

Rate From Bench To Bedside: Insect Reasearch Yields Promising New Drug For Diabetes, Hypertension And Inflammatory Disorders

Original at Solano County Business external link    Wed, Mar 4    2 related articles

By Solano EDC(SolanoEDC@gmail.com) University of California, Davis March 4, 2009 Elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences in 1999, he received the UC Davis Faculty Research Lecture Award in 2001 and the Distinguishing Teaching Award for Graduate and Professional Teaching in 2008. About UC Davis

Rate In tough times, spending can soothe psyche

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Mon, Mar 2

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By menkoji@sacbee.com (M.S. Enkoji) Consumers bombarded by one bad piece of news after another could turn to shopping as a way to ease the battered psyche, said Margaret Rucker, a consumer psychologist and professor at the University of California, Davis. And it's spending, after all, that will eventually help get us out of...

Rate Opinion: UC Davis Cleanses Greenhouses to Eliminate Rice Pest

Original at UC Davis external link    Tue, Feb 24

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.

Rate Obituary: Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Raymond Keefer

Original at UC Davis external link    Fri, Feb 20

Raymond Keefer, an emeritus professor of chemistry with a long and distinguished career in research, teaching and service at the University of California, Davis, died on Feb. 6, in Davis, after a brief illness. He was 95. While he was the first chemistry student to conduct his Ph.D. research a...

Rate UCD leads effort to find new uses for old drugs

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Thu, Feb 12

By nlofing@sacbee.com (Niesha Lofing) The University of California, Davis, is leading an academic consortium working on a new system, called the Pharmaceutical Assets Portal, that would allow academic scientists nationwide to research drugs that might be used to treat diseases and conditions other than those they origi...

Rate Anita Creamer: Davis author pieces together stories of Alabama quilters

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Sat, Feb 7

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By acreamer@sacbee.com (Anita Creamer) Turner, a longtime professor of African American studies and a vice provost at UC Davis, appears at a book-signing event from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Gunrock Pub on campus. In the book, in which she explores African American quilts from a cultural perspective, she profiles nine quilters of v...

Rate Opinion: College groups vow to get vocal at UCD's HellaCappella

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Fri, Feb 6

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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.

Rate Newly Discovered Drug Reduces Heart Enlargement, Study Shows

Original at UC Davis external link    Wed, Jan 28    2 related articles

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have discovered that a prototype drug made at UC Davis reduces heart enlargement, one of the most common causes of heart failure, which affects 5 million people in the United States and contributes to 300,000 deaths annually.

Rate Seven things to do this weekend

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Fri, Jan 9

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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

Rate Opinion: Bike-friendly Davis sees room for improving biker habits

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Tue, Dec 16

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By hsangree@sacbee.com (Hudson Sangree) Each weeknight in Davis, thousands of bicyclists leave the University of California campus and take to the city's darkened streets. As for enforcement on campus, UC Davis once had bike officers who regularly patrolled and handed out tickets, he said. Now, enforcement happens only on occ...

Rate UC may cut some admission requirements

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Wed, Nov 19

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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.

Rate UC Davis men's basketball on upswing

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Fri, Nov 14    12 related articles

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By mmcneal@sacbee.com (Martin McNeal) Vince Oliver led UC Davis in scoring (12.2) last season. Oliver will be one of two seniors in the Aggies' starting lineup to begin this season.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 bef...

Rate Opinion: New Book Provides Road Map for Finding the Right College

Original at UC Davis external link    Mon, Aug 18

Even as the nation's high school students settle into a new academic year, the next step -- where to apply to college -- is on the minds of many. A new book by Richard C. Dorf, a professor at the University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management, provides a systematic and comprehe...

Rate UC Davis Centennial Exhibition Opens With State Fair

Original at UC Davis external link    Wed, Aug 13

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...

Rate Fast-growing MBA Program Moves to New Bay Area Home

Original at UC Davis external link    Tue, May 6

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...

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