Spotlight
Professor Daniel Sperling receives environmental Heinz Award
Daniel Sperling, director of the Institute of Transportation Studies, received a prestigious Heinz Award for his environmental innovation and contributions to revolutionary transportation and energy research. His approach merges research, policy studies, and entrepreneurship in pursuit of clean, equitable transportation options.
Three UC Davis students named Switzer environmental fellows
Three UC Davis graduate students – Karrigan Bork, Kristy Deiner, and Matthew Hamilton – have been awarded prestigious fellowships for outstanding environmental scholarship from the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. Twenty-one such awards were made to students in California and New England.
UC Davis in Top 10 for Environmental Studies
UC Davis is one of the 10 best colleges in the U.S. for environmental studies according to The Daily Green.
UC Davis expert advises BP on chemical dispersants in gulf oil spill
Environmental toxicology professor Ron Tjeerdema is part of an international panel of experts called to Louisiana to advise the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and BP on chemical dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Rising CO2 levels threaten crops and food quality
Rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide interfere with plants' ability to convert nitrate into protein and could threaten food quality, according to a new UC Davis study. As global climate change intensifies, it will be critical for farmers to carefully manage nitrogen fertilization in order to prevent losses in crop productivity and quality.
CA&ES researchers participate in Guatemalan expedition
This two-week expedition, funded with a research planning grant from the US National Science Foundation, brings together experts from the many disciplines necessary for understanding Lago de Atitlan, Guatemala and suggesting solutions to water quality challenges. Multiple universities from three countries are represented (University of California, Davis, University of Nevada Reno, Arizona State University, Universidad del Valle, Universidad Rafael Landivar) and nonprofit organizations working to protect the lake, including Amigos del Lago, and Todos Por El Lago.
Quest for ‘superfoods’ influences consumer food choices
In the popular media, they’re known as “superfoods.” In academia, experts prefer the term “functional foods.” To California farmers and ranchers, they represent a set of crops and commodities—some traditional and some emerging—that may benefit from publicity surrounding their nutritional benefits.
Quest for ‘superfoods’ influences consumer food choices
In the popular media, they’re known as “superfoods.” In academia, experts prefer the term “functional foods.” To California farmers and ranchers, they represent a set of crops and commodities—some traditional and some emerging—that may benefit from publicity surrounding their nutritional benefits.
Richard Karban, Jay Rosenheim, Valerie Williamson: AAAS Fellows
Three CA&ES faculty are among the eight UC Davis faculty members newly named as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The rank is conferred on AAAS members for their efforts to advance science or its applications.
Psychiatrist-philanthropist gives $1 million for infancy studies
Dr. Robert Dorn, a Davis psychiatrist who devoted his career to understanding and treating mental health problems that originate in the earliest years of life, has given $1 million to support infant development research at UC Davis.
College Celebration: Behind the Scenes
A video of behind-the-scenes work from this year's College Celebration. Thank you to all of our volunteers for making College Celebration a great success!
U.N. summit explores world of hunger
Neal Van Alfen knows that if world hunger continues to get worse, we are in trouble as a civilization Van Alfen, the dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, received an in-depth perspective on the issue when he attended the Sept. 26 United Nations meeting on Partnering for Food Security in New York.
Chemical ecologist Walter Leal selected an ESA fellow
Walter Leal, chemical ecologist and professor of entomology at UC Davis is a newly selected fellow of the Entomological Society of America (ESA). Leal is internationally known for his pioneering and innovative work in insect communication.
Researchers seek new answers to old strawberry pests
Strawberries are usually grown with clear plastic mulch over the bed, but many organic growers prefer black plastic mulch because it gives greater weed control. Now, reflective mulch is being tested to see if it helps with lygus control.
Economic stimulus funds novel project for Sierra Nevada foothill youth
UC Davis Cooperative Extension specialist Lisa Thompson teamed with college alumnus Alan Wallace to show Sierra Nevada youth the world of a fisheries biologist in a job skills project featuring watersheds and Native American culture.
2009 Walker Award Recipient: Joan Chandler
Joan Chandler, lecturer and staff research associate in the Division of Textiles and Clothing, received the Walker Award this June. The award honors the year’s most outstanding academic adviser as nominated by his or her students and co-workers.
ASI Graphic Recordings
During the course of the Inaugural National Symposium on Food Systems and Sustainability on March 24, 2009 and a follow-up Policy Roundtable on March 25, 2009, graphic recorders Mariah Howard and Nancy White created the following visual representations of presentations and discussions.
Animal scientist Ed DePeters wins $40,000 teaching prize
Ed DePeters was named the 2009 recipient of the prestigious UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement. The award was presented along with cake — and of course milk — before a classroom filled with DePeters' surprised and supportive students.
"Common Threads" event at UC Davis to honor six extraordinary women in agriculture
Six northern California women who have made remarkable contributions to agriculture and their communities will be honored at UC Davis on March 5 during a luncheon and “Common Threads” award ceremony.
Rangeland ecologist and agricultural engineer win presidential awards
Two faculty members at UC Davis have been presented with Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the nation's highest honor for professionals in the early stage of their independent scientific research careers.
