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What’ll it be? Beer or wine?

Cheers to UC Davis and our new beer! Yes, indeed, as a world leader in brewing science and education, we are rolling out a UC Davis-branded beer. It’s a light-bodied lager, brewed by Sudwerk. [ More… ]

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Chancellor responds to provocative fliers

“UC Davis has been and should continue to be a forum for wide-open dialogue on an unlimited range of ideas, including those that many find disturbing,” he says in op-ed published in The California Aggie. [ More… ]

We’re still platinum on 2 wheels!

Four years after first earning the award, UC Davis receives renewed status as a Platinum Bicycle Friendly University, so honored by the League of American Bicyclists. UC Davis “continues to be one of the most bicycle friendly campuses in the country,” the league says. [ More… ]

ACHIEVE UC: Staffer visits her alma mater

Ana Garcia ’12, assistant regional director of UC Davis’ Early Academic Outreach Program, shares her inspiring story at Galt High School. [ More… ]

UC Davis and professor receive innovation awards

Chancellor Gary S. May accepts the Sacramento Region Innovation of the Year Award on behalf of the UC Davis community. XTB Laboratories, co-founded by Professor Cristina Davis, receives the Innovation Award in the food and agribusiness category. [ More… ]

LAURELS: 5 academic advisors earn global honors

Beth Floyd of the College of Letters and Science leads the way, named by NACADA as outstanding advising administrator. … Plus honors for other faculty members and a photographer. [ More… ]

A scientific revolution, all because of basic research funding

UC news story and video tell the story of green fluorescent protein, or GFP, now used in studies of disease, including UC Davis research on HIV. The development of GFP as a research tool took decades of work that would have been impossible without sustained federal funding, according to the video, which cites GFP as an example of why people should ask Congress to protect research funding. [ More, with video… ]

RESEARCH: A tale of biological thievery

Distinguished Professor J. Clark Lagarias and his colleagues in the College of Biological Sciences publish a paper on a moment in evolutionary history that marked the origin of chloroplasts, the cellular structures in plants responsible for photosynthesis. [ More… ]

HOLIDAY HELPING: Coats and sweaters for Mercer Clinic pets

Staff and retirees of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital are once again taking up a collection to provide holiday treats, including all-important coats and sweaters, to dogs and cats seen at the Mercer Clinic for the Pets of the Homeless in Sacramento. [ More, with video… ]

One Causeway Classic down, one to go

UC Davis came out on top of the 10th annual Causeway Classic Blood Drive, and one more contest remains: the 54th Causeway Classic, kicking off this Saturday (Nov. 18) at Hornet Stadium. [ More… ]

NEWS BRIEFS: Chancellor names strategic plan committee

He’s asking the members to assist him “in energizing and organizing our entire community — faculty, students, staff and supporters everywhere — to come together and contribute creative and bold ideas that will propel us to accomplish things we’ve only dreamed of in the past.” Plus …

THE DOWNLOAD: Unitrans at 50, runner at NCAAs, innovators at Mondavi

Unitrans celebrates its 50th anniversary by re-creating a bus christening ceremony held in 1967. … A graduate student qualifies for the NCAA cross-country championships. … Chancellor Gary S. May participates in a panel discussion on innovation, held at the Mondavi Center and sponsored by Toyota and Popular Science magazine. [ More, with video… ]

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Thursday concert: Selections from long-lost opera

History professor Sally McKee wrote a book about Edmond Dédé and his 1888 opera, Morgiane, or The Sultan of Ispahan, and now the Department of Music has transcribed some of the work’s arias for performance, in French, in this week’s Shinkoskey Noon Concert (Nov. 16). The composition is the oldest known complete opera score by an African American. [ More… ]

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