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Medical genomics:
Connecting genes to health
(Windows Media video, 10 min 24 sec)
In this video, Ray Rodriguez, professor of molecular and cellular biology and a pioneer in genetic engineering, talks about new discoveries scientists are making in regards to food and race. He discusses how our ancestry can determine how likely we are to suffer from some chronic, common diseases — and how future generations can change those risks. [ more… ]
See also: Medical genomics: Connecting genes to health (Quicktime, 10 min 24 sec)
Andy Fell, producer; Ken Zukin, videographer
Looking forward
Celebrating UC Davis’ centennial is both about remembering the past and planning how our university can build on those successes for the next 100 years. Today UC Davis is leveraging its world-class programs in environmental sciences, engineering, management, the arts, law, viticulture and enology, life sciences and many more into a future that promotes rigorous scholarship while serving the public.
Here are some programs on our front burner.
AGRICULTURE
UC Davis rebuilding honey bee program
With California’s honey-bee industry now facing challenges ranging from mites to small hive beetles to colony collapse disorder, UC Davis is revitalizing its honey-bee research program, the oldest such program in the nation.
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BUSINESS
Management students reap benefits from visiting executives
One of the nation’s most influential money managers is investing in more than the markets — he’s teaching a class of future business leaders in the Graduate School of Management.
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THE CAMPUS
Our future campus
The future look of UC Davis’ nearly 100-year-old campus connects place to people — and to our academic vision, according to the new video, "Building a Connected Campus," created to tell the story.
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Sustaining UC Davis
Produced under the direction of the campus’s Sustainability Advisory Committee, this 20-minute video takes a look at the steps UC Davis has and will take down the path toward a sustainable college community.
- Windows Media video, 20 min 2 sec
- Quicktime, 20 min 2 sec
EDUCATION
Underserved West Sacramento students get a new ’early college’ school
Hoping to give underserved kids a head-start on college, UC Davis has joined with Sacramento City College and the Washington Unified School District in West Sacramento to launch an innovative charter school this fall.
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ENERGY
UC Davis launches energy efficiency center
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger comes to UC Davis to celebrate the establishment of the country’s first center of excellence in energy efficiency. The new center is dedicated to helping speed the transfer of new energy-saving products and services into the homes and lives of Californians.
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HEALTH
The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing is launched
Continuing its commitment to improving the quality of patient care and fostering nursing excellence through education, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation gives $100 million in founding support for a new nursing school.
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HUMANITIES
Providing a bridge to college
Thanks to leadership from the Chicana/o Studies Program, UC Davis students are providing a bridge to college for low-income students in Davis. The college students, most of whom are humanities majors, are improving the academic achievement for elementary school students — thus paving the way for a better-educated workforce in the 21st century.
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TRANSPORTATION
Experts detail new standard for cleaner transportation fuels
University of California experts, including transportation-energy leader Dan Sperling of UC Davis, create a much-anticipated blueprint for fighting global warming by reducing the amount of carbon emitted when transportation fuels are used in California.
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