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Opinion: If you run across a mountain lion, maybe it's better to run away
Wed, Apr 15 | from Sacramento Bee
Now UC Davis researchers, after analyzing more than a century of cougar attacks, say it might be better in some cases to run instead. Logan has studied cougars in Colorado, California, New Mexico and Wyoming. He's seen wild mountain lions "a few hundred times" and been charged twice.
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Opinion: $2 Million Gift to Spark Entrepreneurship at UC Davis
The UC Davis Graduate School of Management has $2 million in new seed money to spark entrepreneurship in California, thanks to a gift from the estate of Charles J. Soderquist, a UC Davis alumnus who founded and led several dozen high-tech companies in the greater Sacramento area.
Mon, Nov 2 | from UC Davis
Opinion: 2009 FALL CONVOCATION: New era dawns
• Innovation. Relatively young as a comprehensive campus, UC Davis has a great ability to think in innovative ways that are not constrained by history. • Multidisciplinary research. By reforming its research enterprises, the university can reach $900 million, or even a billion dollars,...
Fri, Sep 25 | from UC Davis
Opinion: Editorial: Katehi puts new face on UC Davis
University of California campuses, including UC Davis, have given companies first rights to commercialize inventions that result from a program's research. They've given corporations a direct role in deciding which specific research projects are funded. They've let companies revi...
Sat, Sep 12 | from Sacramento Bee
Opinion: The importance of being ergonomic
Toward this, the UC Davis Extension workshop Aug. 25-26 will review safe work practices and show participants how to develop injury-preventing strategies. The sessions run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days; they will be held in the Da Vinci Building, 1632 Da Vinci Court, Davis.
Fri, Jul 17 | from UC Davis
Opinion: LAURELS
A cover story on in the March 2009 issue of National Jurist magazine praises the UC Davis School of Law as having one of the most diverse faculties of any American law school. The article, “The Search for the Missing Voices,” interviews Dean Kevin R. Johnson on the law school’s diversity. UC Da...
Fri, May 15 | from UC Davis
Opinion: Sara Granda -- smart, spirited and disabled -- gets her UCD law degree Saturday
Big deal? Not to Granda, who will be among 190 women and men who will graduate Saturday from UC Davis School of Law. UC Davis law school Dean Kevin Johnson, for one, offers no argument. Saturday, three years after entering law school, she will receive her diploma from UC Davis.
Fri, May 15 | from Sacramento Bee
Opinion: New dean for GSM: ‘Academic entrepreneur’ Steven Currall skilled at raising visibility, resources
Steven Currall, a vice dean and faculty member who holds joint positions at University College London and the London Business School, has been appointed Dean of the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. For more information about the Graduate School of Management, visit www.gsm.ucdav...
Fri, Apr 24 | from UC Davis
Opinion: UC Davis Graduate School of Management Announces New Dean
Already a gem of a school, the Graduate School of Management at UC Davis is positioned for even greater visibility and impact on the state, national, and international stage," Currall said. "My aim is to ensure that the Graduate School of Management is one of the truly great global busines...
Wed, Apr 22 | from UC Davis
Opinion: Teaching prize to animal scientist: Ed DePeters aims to teach ‘why’ things work as they do, not just ‘how’
Speaking on behalf of the UC Davis Foundation, Meg Stallard, a 1968 alumna and longtime supporter of UC Davis who helped announce the award today, noted that the prize reflects the value that the foundation places on excellence in undergraduate teaching.
Fri, Mar 13 | from UC Davis
