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Opinion: 2009 FALL CONVOCATION: New era dawns

25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PDT

• 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,...

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Opinion: Editorial: Katehi puts new face on UC Davis

12 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PDT

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...

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

18 Jul 2009 18:21:00 PDT

Written 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.

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Opinion: The importance of being ergonomic

17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT

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.

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Opinion: LAURELS

15 May 2009 00:00:00 PDT

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...

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Opinion: Sara Granda -- smart, spirited and disabled -- gets her UCD law degree Saturday

15 May 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Written 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.

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Opinion: New dean for GSM: ‘Academic entrepreneur’ Steven Currall skilled at raising visibility, resources

24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT

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...

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Opinion: UC Davis Graduate School of Management Announces New Dean

22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT

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...

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Opinion: If you run across a mountain lion, maybe it's better to run away

15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Written 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.

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Opinion: Teaching prize to animal scientist: Ed DePeters aims to teach ‘why’ things work as they do, not just ‘how’

13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PDT

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.

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Opinion: It's classical – and refreshingly old

08 Mar 2009 01:00:00 PST

Written by eortiz@sacbee.com (Edward Ortiz)
Richard Egarr brings the 12-musician Academy of Ancient Music to UC Davis' Mondavi Center on Saturday.Expect a different take on Bach's Brandenburg Concertos when conductor Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music perform Saturday at the Mondavi Center.

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Opinion: Mites found in campus rice plots: 11 greenhouses sanitized, 400 potted plants relocated

27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 PST

“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.”

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Opinion: UC Davis Cleanses Greenhouses to Eliminate Rice Pest

24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 PST

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.

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Opinion: UC Discusses Radical Change to Admissions

17 Feb 2009 21:31:31 PST

Admissions to the University of California could see a major overhaul for the freshman class of 2012, a change meant to open up the university to low-income, minority, rural, and inner-city students, the Daily Californian reports.

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

06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 PST

Written 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.

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Opinion: Composer George Perle Helped Launch UC Davis Music Department

27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST

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.

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Opinion: UC Davis Ranked Among 100 "Best Value Colleges"

08 Jan 2009 09:16:40 PST

CA - More specifically, the list ranks schools with high quality academics offered at reasonable prices. The Princeton Review calls UC Davis a "vibrant campus ...

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

16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PST

Written 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...

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Opinion: UC Davis Medical Center to close liver transplant program

13 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PST

Written 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.

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Opinion: UCD Symphony conductor taking his bow

23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST

Written 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.

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Opinion: Bruce White Named Dean of the College of Engineering

19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST

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 system and 13 spe...

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Opinion: More lectures, 'cool' content, now on iTunes U

10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT

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.

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

18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT

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...

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