The Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at the University of California, Davis, awarded the 2013 Pentair Graduate Fellowship to Olivia Yu. She was honored in a ceremony held on the evening of Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at the institute.
TO: APS and NARRU Institutions
Your students may be interested in participating in this competition. The deadline is Feb. 28, 2014.
Dr. Dario Cantu
Genomics of Grapevine pathogens
Friday, November 1st, 2013
RMI Sensory Theater
12:10-1:00 pm
Please join us for a seminar
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2013
2:10 pm, 2045 BAINER HALL
Topic: 101 Production of Bioenergy and Biochar from Switchgrass and Spirulina Algae
Presenter: Hamed El-Mashad, Ph.D.
With California in the midst of a severe drought, winemakers in need of water are turning to UC Davis for answers. CBS Sacramento Video.
Professor Charlie Bamforth, the head of Malting and Brewing Science at UC Davis, explains beer-making.
Got too many zucchini, tomatoes or plums from the summer crop? Want to enjoy them after the season is long gone? This presentation will give an overview of the four major food preservation techniques.
Please join us for a seminar:
Automated Hop Twinning Machinery and Technology Development
Morton Satin, Vice President of Science and Research at the Salt Institute, will be the featured speaker at the food science seminar Wednesday Oct 23 from 4:10-5 pm. Satin will address Fostering Consumer-Driven Product Development. The seminar will be held in the Theater of the RMI Sensory building.
What wine lover doesn't secretly want to be a winemaker? Lettie Teague spends a few days studying at the nation's pre-eminent winemaking school and learns what it really takes. By. Lettie Teague.
Research Funding Opportunity! UCGHI GloCal Fellowship Applications - by Dec. 2
tfortis
October 17, 2013
The University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI) GloCal Health Fellowship is a career development fellowship sponsored by the NIH Fogarty International Center, as well as a consortium at the UCGHI. This consortium is comprised of UCSF, UCSD, UCLA, UC Davis & 25 affiliated international sites across 14 countries.
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The Western Governors' Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool (CHAT) is nearing its public rollout in December. Next week we want to offer you a sneak peek of this exciting new GIS tool that maps fish and wildlife habitat across 16 Western states.
Thinking of ways to make food and agricultural water use more efficient?
Want some money or guidance to make it happen?
Come join the Water Entrepreneurship Workshop
Please join us for our VEN 290 seminar this Friday:
Dr. David Smart
Water Use Patterns Over Complex Slopes Vineyards
Friday, October 18, 2013
Sensory Theater RMI
12:10-1:00 pm
The utilization of marginal lands for biofuel production has been proposed as a promising solution for meeting biofuel demands while avoiding food-feed-fuel conflicts. However, there is uncertainty surrounding whether or not marginal lands can be reliably located, as well as their inherent biofuel potential and the possible environmental impacts.
Working on motor vehicles can be a back aching job, just ask the employees of Fleet Services.
International Festival, this Saturday noon to 6 PM- Get there at 12 for a chance to win a nice prize!
The UC Davis Research Compliance and Integrity Unit is once again offering a comprehensive research ethics program for graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty, staff and NSF funded undergraduate students.
The colorful posters showing up on campus bulletin boards this fall depict unhappy events that befell smartphone owners who work or study at UC Davis. But the outcomes could have been much worse.
tfortis
October 17, 2013
