Happy Third of July (our official holiday) and Happy Fourth on Saturday! As we announced last week, we won't be putting out Dateline on July 7. We'll be back July 14.

— The Dateline staff

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Don't wash that chicken!

Chances are you'll be grilling some chicken this holiday weekend, so we've enlisted Cooperative Extension specialist emerita Christine Bruhn to remind us of the food safety practices you should follow to guard against illness. Check out our story and a series of short videos. [ More, with video… ]

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Cool and fast way to save 61 million gallons of water

That's potable water, or about 9 percent of our total potable water use. How are we doing it? Simple: We've started using recycled water to help cool the water that keeps us cool. The project required only $20,000 in materials and two weeks of staff labor! [ More, with slideshow… ]

Chancellor Katehi: UC Davis' global role

The chancellor writes about her participation in the recent U.S.-China University Presidents Roundtable, where she discussed UC Davis' existing collaborations with China and pursued additional mutually beneficial alliances. "In addition to bolstering relations between our two nations, these collaborations advance UC Davis' goal of becoming a global university," Katehi writes. [ More… ]

Vice Provost Stanton announces 2015 Hellman Fellows

Academic Affairs Vice Provost Maureen Stanton announces UC Davis' eighth annual class of Hellman Fellows, 12 recipients of early career awards ranging from $12,000 to $44,000 — a total of $293,492. Stanton, citing the originality and potential impact of Hellman Fellows' work, says "we are in the capable hands of an outstanding new generation of faculty" as UC Davis strives toward being the University of the 21st Century. [ More… ]

RESEARCH: 'Davis Dozen' set loose in the Mojave Desert

Veterinary professor Janet Foley and her team release Amargosa voles, some of them bred in captivity, the first such release since the rodent was added to state and federal endangered species lists more than 30 years ago. The Las Vegas Review-Journal covers the species recovery project. [ More… ]

Legislative resolution honors Vet Med

State Sen. Lois Wolk and Assemblyman Bill Dodd came calling at the School of Veterinary Medicine last week, bringing with them a legislative resolution commending the school for its No. 1 spot in two sets of rankings: national and world. [ More… ]

NEWS BRIEFS: Spare the Air today and Wednesday

Wednesday (July 1) will be the Sacramento region's second Spare the Air Day in a row. With such official declarations, rides are free on Unitrans and Yolobus as an incentive for people to park their cars. Plus …

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TRENDING: A 'model' Aggie and a final exam that's a joke

Instagram: It's never too early to be an Aggie (see 2-year-old Eddie McGinnis modeling a Unitrans T-shirt while standing on the rear platform of a double-decker bus). … Twitter: Would you be the #LastComicStanding if your final exam was a comedy routine?

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CORRECTION

In introducing our June 23 Q&A with Mir Shafii, Dateline erred in stating how many years he had been teaching the tractor-driving class ABT 49. He has been working at UC Davis for 25 years and teaching the class for five.