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 Fire's aftermathUC Davis' Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve and its trails are closed to the public until further notice, the result of the Wragg Fire that swept through much of the reserve last week. [ More, with slideshow… ] |
NEWS SUMMARY
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Best practices in campus sustainability
UC Davis receives two best practice awards at the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference — one for Aggie Grown and the other for a gravel washing and recycling project. [ More, with videos… ]
REGENTS: UC to enact $15-an-hour minimum wage
The Fair Wage/Fair Work Plan, unveiled at the Board of Regents meeting last week, applies to UC employees and those who are being paid through UC contracts. "This is the right thing to do," UC President Janet Napolitano says. [ More… ]
Additional measures planned to address sex violence
Mandatory education and training for students will start in the fall, and a training program for faculty and staff is expected to be implemented by January. [ More… ]
RESEARCH: Too much green spoils Tahoe's blue
Move over Secchi disk, there's a new measuring tool at Lake Tahoe: the Blueness Index, which led to the discovery that the lake's color is most strongly related to algae, not clarity. This and other findings are in the newly released "State of the Lake Report 2015." [ More, with video… ]
- Study in calves offers hope for respiratory-disease treatment
- Almonds contribute little to carbon emissions, study finds
Ronald's protein discovery closes loop for scientific integrity
Professor Pam Ronald and her team identify a tiny protein they've called RaxX, which could prove helpful in developing new strategies to prevent infection in various crops. The find corrects a research mistake that led to Ronald's retracting two papers two years ago. [ More… ]
Weathering the drought, on campus and at home
UC Davis is using 30 percent less water for landscape irrigation, saving 100,000 gallons over the last 12 months, compared with the same 12-month period ending in 2013. Here's a report from the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden about how it's cutting water use and how you can do the same thing at home. [ More… ]
Betty Irene Moore Hall coming to Sacramento campus
Besides housing the School of Nursing's programs, the $50 million, 70,000-square-foot building will support interprofessional education among the health sciences. [ More… ]
NEWS BRIEFS: Heat + smoke = Spare the Air
Temperatures are rising, the Lowell Fire is putting up smoke and the region's air quality is declining — prompting a Spare the Air declaration for Wednesday (July 29). Rides will be free on Unitrans and Yolobus as an incentive for people to park their cars. Plus …
- Head start on Mondavi single-event tickets
- Unitrans announces new schedule
- Medical center tops U.S. News and 'Most Wired' lists
- Learning from the cyberattack on UCLA Health
- Only $1,000 left to go for new raptor cages
- IN MEMORIAM: John Pappa, longtime coach
TRENDING: Prospects, picnics and (cow) posers
Facebook: UC Davis is the place to go to improve your job prospects in Silicon Valley. … Twitter: Checklist for packing a perfect picnic. … Instagram: Happy Monday or Happy Moo-day?
FEATURED COLLOQUIA
- Humphrey Fellows Global Forums — Hear from mid-career professionals from around the world, talking about their work in their home countries. (July 29 and Aug. 5)
- "Effects of Agricultural Policies on Nutrition and Obesity" — UC Davis' Julian Alston (professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and director, Center for Wine Economics at the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science) in the UC Center Sacramento Summer Speaker Series. (July 30)
- Merial-NIH National Veterinary Scholars Symposium: "Solving Complex Challenges at the Interface of Humans, Animals and Their Environment" — Registration is closed, but speaker sessions are free and open to the public. Featured speakers include Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty, 8:30 a.m. Friday (July 31); and UC Davis' Jonna Mazet, professor and director, One Health Institute, 8:30 a.m. Saturday (Aug. 1).
- 19th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation — Conference chair Stephen Cramer, professor of chemistry, says the meeting will cover nitrogen fixation on all scales, from the molecular to biological to global, and from basic science to in-the-field applications. (Oct. 4-9 at Asilomar Conference Center)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
No announcements or directives were issued this week.
EVENTS
These are the Editor's Picks, taken from the online calendar:
- Folk Music Jam in the arboretum
Friday, July 31: Everybody welcome, to play or listen! - Jane Lynch: See Jane Sing
Saturday, Aug. 8: The award-winning actor and the Tony Guerrero Quintet - Sac Republic FC vs. Real Monarchs SLC
Saturday, Aug. 22: Fundraiser for UC Davis Children's Hospital