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3.6.2009


	Professor Zeev Maoz, left, and Nick Hill, one of the first students to enroll in Maoz's Summer Abroad program in Israel.

ISRAEL STUDY ABROAD: Students to learn from Israelis, Palestinians in heart of the conflict
UC Davis Summer Abroad plans to send its first-ever contingent to Israel this year, a decision made after an unprecedented review of safety — and a second hard look spurred by the recent ... [ More ]

MUMBAI: MUSIC, CULTURE
Besides sponsoring a study program in Israel this year, UC Davis Summer Abroad also has scheduled a program in Mumbai, India, where terrorists killed more than 170 people in December. In the wake ... [ More ]

Campus strikes against phishing
Remember the disruption that phishing caused to UC Davis e-mail in January? On Tuesday, the Information and Educational Technology unit installed three new measures to help minimize any repeats. The ... [ More ]


	Student Vanessa Reyes helps cook meals for a homeless community in Davis. "We do cook a lot of pasta," said Reyes, who is studying neurobiology, physiology and behavior. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

Students serve people in need: 250,000-plus hours of community service performed last year
It’s Chow Night at a Davis church, and about 30 or 40 homeless people have gathered for the weekly meal prepared and served by UC Davis students. In the kitchen, Vanessa Reyes of Fairfield ... [ More ]

Recyclemania 2009: Get involved!
Only three weeks are left in Recyclemania 2009, a national competition among more than 500 colleges nationwide to be the top campus in recycling rates. Right now UC Davis ranks 170th out of 198 ... [ More ]

Professors lend a hand at UC Day
UC President Mark G. Yudof is extolling the university’s value in a new way at the state Capitol, via a forum on key public policy issues. Two UC Davis professors are among four UC experts ... [ More ]

SMACK! Economics scholars debate pros, cons of stimulus package
Will the economic stimulus package work as expected? Two top economics scholars with different answers to this question squared off in a March 4 public forum, “Stimulus Smackdown—Can ... [ More ]

DESIGN AS ACTIVISM: Architect offers advice, anecdotes about community challenges facing planners
What does one do with a weedy vacant lot in a crime-ridden neighborhood? How about planting some flowers and vegetables? Creating an urban garden in a place where gangs and gunshots are more ... [ More ]

CULTURE AND CHALLENGES: Mathematician from Russia unafraid of danger zones in world and academia as he ponders “puzzles of nature”
Alex Mogilner’s attitude toward life was forged by his childhood in the Soviet Union. In a merciless culture of suspicion and competition, children had a particularly difficult time, explained ... [ More ]

IN MEMORIAM: Kitamura, expert on transportation
Ryuichi Kitamura, a former professor of engineering at UC Davis and a co-founder of the Institute of Transportation Studies, died of cancer in Kyoto, Japan, on Feb. 19. His work in the field of ... [ More ]

‘Bee-autiful’ design wins honeybee haven contest
It’s a honey of a garden, the judges unanimously agreed. A Sausalito-based team created a series of interconnected gardens with such names as Honeycomb Hideout, Nectar Nook and Pollinator ... [ More ]

Personnel policy workshop for Academic Federation members
A half-day workshop has been scheduled for March 30 for Academic Federation members regarding academic personnel policy and procedures. More specifically, this Navigating Academic Personnel ... [ More ]

IN BRIEF: Writing minor, stem cells, 4-H and FFA field day, Soaring to New Heights
New writing minor The University Writing Program offers an expository writing minor that will provide students with advanced instruction in writing, guided reflection on writing processes, and ... [ More ]


	(Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING
Aggie head baseball coach Rex Peters, arms crossed, chats with his Pepperdine counterpart Steve Rodriguez and umpires before a Feb. 27 game in which 11th-ranked Pepperdine topped UC Davis, 7-2. On ... [ More ]

LAURELS: Awards, honors reflect diversity of talent on campus
This column offers a sampling of honors recently awarded to UC Davis faculty, staff and units: Jessie Ann Owens, professor of music and dean of the UC Davis Division of Humanities, Arts, and ... [ More ]


	From left: Hillary Feineman-Klausner, Christine Samson and Tyler Eash in Beyond Belief. (Joey Kunin/UC Davis)

Beyond Belief dance work opens March 6
A cast and crew of graduate students and undergraduates are blowing up balloons, sort of, for choreographer John Jasperse’s new work, Beyond Belief. Jasperse, artistic director-choreographer ... [ More ]

THE ARTS: More at the Mondavi Center
Ladysmith Black Mambazo — This a cappella group has introduced the beauties of Zulu harmony to a wide international audience over the last four decades. 8 p.m. March 16, Jackson ... [ More ]


	Charlie Bamforth, professor of brewing and malting sciences

Taste some beer, then enjoy a pair of Celtic bands
The musicians know it, the audience knows it, the professor knows it: Beer and Celtic music go together. Which is why Charlie Bamforth, UC Davis Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and ... [ More ]

EXHIBITIONS: Library tells Picnic Day history
NEW AT THE LIBRARY Picnic Day: 1909-2009 — Photographs and ephemera highlighting nearly a century of Picnic Day. It started on May 22, 1909, with a "Dedication Basket ... [ More ]


	New Arboretum All-Star: Hardenbergia violacea (Mia Ingolia/UC Davis)

AT THE ARBORETUM: Plant sale March 14
The arboretum’s first plant sale of 2009 is just around the corner, and the sale is a big one. It is the Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum annual Member Appreciation Plant Sale, featuring ... [ More ]

TREE PLANTING MARCH 7
The Putah Creek Council announced a tree-planting event: 100 trees for 100 years of UC Davis history. Volunteers are asked to gather at 9 a.m. March 7 at Brooks Road and Levee Road, west of Highway ... [ More ]

AT STEBBINS COLD CANYON: Spring-summer outings announced
UC Davis’ Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, part of the UC Natural Reserve System, has announced its spring-summer schedule of guided hikes and other adventures for all ages. All events in the ... [ More ]

Dust proves a bother indoors and in outer space
The vast expanses of intergalactic space appear to be filled with a haze of tiny, smokelike “dust” particles that dim the light from distant objects and subtly change their colors, ... [ More ]

IN RESEARCH: Genetic diversity slips; Wheat gains protection; Clue in sea otters' diet
Genetic diversity slips Commercial chicken breeds used to produce meat and eggs around the world have lost at least half of the genetic diversity once present among their ancestors, according to a ... [ More ]

SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIA: MIND Institute; Week's best title
MIND Institute Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, whose work at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first validated anecdotal observations that autism was on the rise in the United States, is ... [ More ]

BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK
The Center for Neuroscience and the Society for Neuroscience announced a series of outreach events in connection with Brain Awareness Week, an international effort dedicated to advancing public ... [ More ]

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