5.9.2008

	Diane Patterson, the ‘Folk Goddess’ and a regular Whole Earth musical performer, entertains an audience at a previous festival. This year’s events begin today. (Daniel Ng/UC Davis)

Big green growth at UC Davis
UC Davis is launching a major effort to strengthen its commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainability. The Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability Initiative includes a new ... [ More ]

Voice mail connects with the Net
The Communications Resources unit on May 8 launched a new voice mail feature that can link your office telephone and the Internet. The feature is available to UC Davis faculty and staff with voice ... [ More ]

	Chris Cioni, left, and Michael Simonovitch display an energy-saving fluorescent light, the kind that is shining above them in the north entry garage. The light is at 100 percent power, because a sensor detects the men standing underneath. But, when no one is around and no cars are in the vicinity, the light powers down to 50 percent. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

UC to tell its story to Californians
The UC has launched a new public education effort to better inform Californians about the many diverse ways UC contributes to their lives and to the life of California. The effort, funded by private ... [ More ]

Two profs elected to top academies
Two UC Davis faculty members have been elected to prestigious academies. Berni J. Alder, professor emeritus in the Department of Applied Science and a researcher at the Lawrence Livermore National ... [ More ]

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	Jesse Merz and Gia Battista appear in Measure for Measure. (Pierce Sorocco/UC Davis)

SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIA: Indigenous writing; Expert on global power; Fruit and veggie health claims discussed; 'Butterflies and You'; Sustainable fashion
INDIGENOUS WRITING: A hemispheric conference on indigenous writing in the Americas is scheduled from May 11 to 13 at UC Davis, under sponsorship of the Department of Native American Studies and the ... [ More ]

Study resolves stem cell safety issue
A new study by UC Davis researchers provides evidence that methods using human bone marrow-derived stem cells to deliver gene therapy to cure diseases of the blood, bone marrow and certain types of ... [ More ]

	Rex Perschbacher

IN BRIEF
Faculty, staff play a role in UC student survey During the month of May, UC Davis undergraduates will be invited to participate in the UC Undergraduate Experience Survey (UCUES 2008). Faculty and ... [ More ]

	Steven M. Sheffrin

FOCUS ON FILM: Paths of Glory
The Mondavi Center's spring quarter Focus on Film continues May 12 with Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory, the second of three movies in a series titled "Perspectives on War in Cinema." Kirk ... [ More ]

SF Mayor Gavin Newsom to address law graduates
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who leapt onto the national stage when he directed the city clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004, will be among the speakers at UC Davis' ... [ More ]

Family recipes like snickerdoodles served in UC Davis dining halls
As a mother of two boys and their little league baseball teams, Joan Heylman of San Diego learned years ago to quadruple her snickerdoodle recipe and make big cookies. Even so, she might be ... [ More ]

	Sankofa star Oyafunmike Ogunlano is scheduled to be on hand for the film's May 14 screening, which is scheduled as a Black Family Week program.

Panel shows where music degree can lead
A music degree can prepare you to be a musician, but it can also prepare you to be a professor, an investment banker, a lawyer, a politician or anything else -- as evidenced by three alumni who are ... [ More ]

Exploring California's highway heritage
Point A: Narrow paths connecting the missions of early California. Point B: A vast network of highways connecting California's cities and towns. How the state got from Point A to Point B is ... [ More ]

THE OUTDOORS: Biking and walking
BIKING The Sacramento region is celebrating May as Bike Month, during which people are encouraged to ride their bicycles to and from work and around town, for errands and for pleasure and ... [ More ]

THE OUTDOORS: At the arboretum and Stebbins Cold Canyon
AT THE ARBORETUM Walk with Warren -- With Warren Roberts, arboretum superintendent. Noon May 14, Mrak Hall south entrance. Parking $6 in Lots 1 and 2 and the south entry garage. Folk Music ... [ More ]

	Entomologist Diane Ullman holds one of the ceramic tiles that she made for Nature’s Gallery, a UC Davis mosaic mural that went on display last year in the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C. The project was part of the Art-Science Fusion Program; students, staff and community members made the tiles. (Dave Jones/UC Davis)

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