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News Item UC Davis researchers partner in beef E. coli research project
The University of California, Davis, is participating in a large-scale research effort aimed at preventing potentially fatal illnesses linked to E. coli bacteria.
News Item Conservation ag practices highlighted at 'CASI' launch
UC advisors and specialists, farmers, scientists and agriculture professionals gathered January 27, 2012 in Clovis to launch an organization that could save farmers time and money, and reduce their impact on the environment.
News Item “Animal RAs” care for resident cows, birds
Students take care of animals in exchange for housing
News Item Monogamous societies have fewer social problems than polygamous ones, UC Davis researcher says
Compared to monogamous societies, polygamous cultures see more rape, kidnapping, murder, assault, robbery, fraud, child neglect and child abuse, a new UC Davis study suggests.
News Item Fused genes tackle deadly Pierce’s disease in grapevines
A gene fusion research project led by a University of California, Davis, plant scientist delivers a one-two punch to Pierce's disease, a deadly threat to California's world-renowned wine industry.
News Item The Challenges and Opportunities of Working Internationally: February 29, 2012
UC Davis students will share stories and experiences about working with nongovernmental organizations to alleviate poverty and inequity in East Africa and Peru.
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Leopold Conservation Award winner shares honor with agricultural industry May 17, 2013
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Postharvest Technology Short Course provides excellent overview May 17, 2013
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People who work on fresh produce quality, safety and marketability will find answers to the complicated questions they face during the 35th annual Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Crops Short Course at UC Davis June 17–28.

UC Davis Agribusiness Executives Symposium to be Held in Shanghai May 14, 2013
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Senior agribusiness executives from China will gather in June in Shanghai for an innovative business leaders' symposium coordinated by UC Davis.

Impacts of climate instability on Southwest May 08, 2013
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Kinsella Prize winner helps uncover secrets of human breast milk May 08, 2013
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May 08, 2013

David Dallas, who recently completed his Ph.D. in nutritional biology, has been awarded the John E. Kinsella Memorial Prize for his outstanding research on human breast milk protein digestion.

Improving stream habitats in California’s Scott River May 08, 2013
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A UC Davis team is developing a groundwater management tool for better streamflow conditions for salmon and steelhead in northern California's Scott River Valley.

Health defects found in fish exposed to Deepwater Horizon oil spill May 03, 2013
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Crude oil toxicity continued to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species for at least more than a year after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to new findings from a research team that includes a University of California, Davis, scientist.

Important source of greenhouse gas emissions from farmland underestimated May 03, 2013
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Changes in agricultural practices could reduce soil emissions of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide and the atmospheric pollutant nitric oxide, according to a new study by scientists at the University of California, Davis.

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