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Photo: Sea lion with splotch of oil on forehead, while being treated at Refugio State Beach near Goleta, Calif., after oil spill

Handle with care

UC Davis' Oiled Wildlife Care Network today begins its second week in a lead role at the Refugio spill, coordinating the rescue and treatment of birds and mammals, including this sea lion with oil on its forehead. UC Davis team members were at a conference in Alaska when they got the call to return to California. [ More, with video… ]

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Wainwright appointed interim dean of Bio Sci

Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi taps evolution and ecology professor Peter C. Wainwright to serve as the interim dean of the College of Biological Sciences, effective July 1. Wainwright has been the college's executive associate dean for resources and research since 2013, working under James Hildreth, who is leaving after nearly four years to become the president of Meharry Medical College in Nashville. [ More… ]

Program to strengthen core research facilities

The Office of Research announces the establishment of the Research Core Facilities Program, a multiyear, multimillion-dollar initiative to oversee and strengthen the university's core research infrastructure and research services. Klaus van Benthem, an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, has been appointed the program's director. [ More… ]

Drought to cost California $2.7 billion this year

In a California WaterBlog post today (June 2), the Center for Watershed Sciences estimates this year's drought-induced damage to the California economy at $2.7 billion and 18,600 lost jobs, full and part time. [ More… ]

RESEARCH: Heart drug shows promise for asthmatics

People take pravastatin orally to regulate their cholesterol as a means of preventing or stalling heart disease. Now, pulmonary medicine specialists say the drug when inhaled shows the potential to relieve asthma symptoms — based on a study in mice. [ More… ]

Celebrate with Team Aggie Sol as home rises toward the sun

UC Davis' Solar Decathlon Team literally has laid the groundwork for its zero-net-energy "Aggie Sol" house and is now inviting the public to join in a celebration of the completed subfloor and the beginning of construction on the rest of the dwelling. The event is this Friday (June 5). [ More, with slideshow… ]

M.F.A. thesis exhibition closes out Nelson's run

The "jjmwmnl." artists create works that demand time, blur boundaries and spill into the realm of the everyday. Opens Friday (June 5) and continues through June 21. [ More… ]

NEWS BRIEFS: Superfund site doesn't affect campus water supply

Chromium-6 detected at the site of the former Laboratory for Energy-related Health Research, or LEHR, does not affect campus wells used for drinking water or agriculture. Plus …

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