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UC Davis Research Bolsters Sugary Beverage Concerns

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 23, 2015
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UC Davis Research Bolsters Sugary Beverage Concerns

In the coming months the city will be looking more closely at a program that could direct local restauran ...

In the coming months the city will be looking more closely at a program that could direct local restaurants to change the default beverage served with kids' meals to healthier alternatives, moving awa ...

April 23, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary II: How the Changing Face of Universities Can Change the World

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 19, 2015
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Sunday Commentary II: How the Changing Face of Universities Can Change the World

There was a comment made at the JumpStart Davis event on Wednesday that jumped out to me. Niki Peterson o ...

There was a comment made at the JumpStart Davis event on Wednesday that jumped out to me. Niki Peterson of the Child Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, housed in the Graduate School ...

April 19, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Jumpstart Moves Venue to Pollinate Coworking Space for April Meetup

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 16, 2015
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Jumpstart Moves Venue to Pollinate Coworking Space for April Meetup

The venue of JumpStart moved this month to the newly-opened Pollinate Coworking space at Regency Square, ...

The venue of JumpStart moved this month to the newly-opened Pollinate Coworking space at Regency Square, located at 508 Second Street. The event drew a good audience to hear four presenters. The JumpS ...

April 16, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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What Should the Davis Innovation Ecoystem Look Like?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 14, 2015
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What Should the Davis Innovation Ecoystem Look Like?

In her column on Monday, UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi wrote, “To continue making progress, we must al ...

In her column on Monday, UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi wrote, “To continue making progress, we must also acknowledge that the University’s participation in economic development faces distinct chall ...

April 14, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Bayh-Dole: A Vital Research Catalyst

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 13, 2015
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Bayh-Dole: A Vital Research Catalyst

By Linda P.B. Katehi Last year at the UC Davis Children's Hospital, a two-year-old girl was admitted who ...

By Linda P.B. Katehi Last year at the UC Davis Children's Hospital, a two-year-old girl was admitted who was suffering from difficult-to-control and life-threatening epileptic seizures. Her condition ...

April 13, 2015
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Sunday Commentary: Does Davis Really Control Its Own Destiny?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 12, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: Does Davis Really Control Its Own Destiny?

Mike Fitch in his book on Davis, Growing Pains, describes Mace Ranch as “a disturbing challenge.” He writ ...

Mike Fitch in his book on Davis, Growing Pains, describes Mace Ranch as “a disturbing challenge.” He writes, “Davis was unprepared in 1986 for a high-stakes political showdown over development along i ...

April 12, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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University Host Communities Face Financial Challenges

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 03, 2015
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University Host Communities Face Financial Challenges

By Doby Fleeman Following yesterday’s article, which discussed common attributes of university host commu ...

By Doby Fleeman Following yesterday’s article, which discussed common attributes of university host communities, this week we focus specific attention on Davis as the host community to UC Davis, and t ...

April 03, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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University Host Communities Face Financial Challenges

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 02, 2015
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University Host Communities Face Financial Challenges

by Doby Fleeman Across the globe, communities that host world-class research universities share much in c ...

by Doby Fleeman Across the globe, communities that host world-class research universities share much in common. Most obvious is the outsized role of the university and the influence it exerts on the e ...

April 02, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Response to Chancellor Katehi’s “Economic Impacts” Article

Posted by Duane Wright
|Date: April 02, 2015
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Response to Chancellor Katehi’s “Economic Impacts” Article

by Duane Wright UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi recently penned an article for the Davis Vanguard praisi ...

by Duane Wright UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi recently penned an article for the Davis Vanguard praising “The Economic Impact of UC Davis”. It came as no surprise to this working-poor Teaching Assi ...

April 02, 2015
| by Duane Wright

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Analysis: UC Davis as Driver For Transforming Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 01, 2015
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Analysis: UC Davis as Driver For Transforming Davis

Last week’s column by UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi presented us with a view of what has been going on ...

Last week’s column by UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi presented us with a view of what has been going on with our neighbor. Our discussion so far about the potential innovation parks has largely been ...

April 01, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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League of Women Voters — Part Two — Volunteers and Dialogue

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: March 30, 2015
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League of Women Voters — Part Two — Volunteers and Dialogue

by Matt Williams Yesterday Bob Fung applauded the many years of valuable service by the Davis Chapter of ...

by Matt Williams Yesterday Bob Fung applauded the many years of valuable service by the Davis Chapter of the League of Women Voters (DC-LWV), noting that: the voting public became educat ...

March 30, 2015
| by Matt Williams

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The Economic Impact of UC Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 23, 2015
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The Economic Impact of UC Davis

By Linda P.B. Katehi Since Congress passed the Bayh-Dole Act in 1980, allowing universities and other ins ...

By Linda P.B. Katehi Since Congress passed the Bayh-Dole Act in 1980, allowing universities and other institutions to retain title to inventions and breakthroughs discovered under federally funded res ...

March 23, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Suit Alleges Whistleblower Retaliation After Reporting Fiscal Improprieties and Racist Comments

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 16, 2015
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Suit Alleges Whistleblower Retaliation After Reporting Fiscal Improprieties and Racist Comments

Helene Sullivan, a long-time UC Davis professional employee who received the “Chancellor’s Citation of Ex ...

Helene Sullivan, a long-time UC Davis professional employee who received the “Chancellor’s Citation of Excellence” in 2007, has sued the Regents of the University of California for being forced out of ...

March 16, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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What is Your Vision for the Future of Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 11, 2015
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What is Your Vision for the Future of Davis?

In the next 12 months or so, the Davis voters will engage in a large discussion over one, two, perhaps th ...

In the next 12 months or so, the Davis voters will engage in a large discussion over one, two, perhaps three development proposals that may well culminate in a March 2016 vote on innovation parks. The ...

March 11, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia Panel Good Start, But…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 11, 2015
| (9) Comments

Commentary: Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia Panel Good Start, But…

It was interesting, at least to me, that some of the more innocuous comments coming out of the Breaking t ...

It was interesting, at least to me, that some of the more innocuous comments coming out of the Breaking the Silence discussion generated controversy when UC Davis Vice Chancellor Rahim Reed discussed ...

March 11, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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The Lack of Vision Paradox, Part II

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 10, 2015
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The Lack of Vision Paradox, Part II

On Sunday, I published a column, “The Lack of Vision Paradox, Part I.” In it, I argued that the city of D ...

On Sunday, I published a column, “The Lack of Vision Paradox, Part I.” In it, I argued that the city of Davis lacks a clear vision and goals for the future. Instead, I see a patchwork of goals and pol ...

March 10, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Innovation and the Mission of the Land Grant University

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 06, 2015
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Innovation and the Mission of the Land Grant University

By Linda P.B. Katehi Land Grant institutions like UC Davis trace their genesis all the way back to 1862 w ...

By Linda P.B. Katehi Land Grant institutions like UC Davis trace their genesis all the way back to 1862 when President Abraham Lincoln, with the nation torn apart by Civil War, signed the Morrill Act ...

March 06, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Dietary Guidelines Committee Proposes That Americans Choose Foods Based on Sustainability

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: March 05, 2015
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Dietary Guidelines Committee Proposes That Americans Choose Foods Based on Sustainability

By Leanna M Sweha The U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee - experts in nutrition and public health ...

By Leanna M Sweha The U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee - experts in nutrition and public health - recently released its Scientific Report for the 2015 update to the Dietary Guidelines for Am ...

March 05, 2015
| by Leanna Sweha

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Sunday Commentary: Full Circle and a Big Victory For Restorative Justice

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 01, 2015
| (15) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Full Circle and a Big Victory For Restorative Justice

In January, when Assistant Police Chief Darren Pytel and many of the other members of the Community-Polic ...

In January, when Assistant Police Chief Darren Pytel and many of the other members of the Community-Police Working Group presented their recommendation to the Human Relations Commission, it marked a ...

March 01, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Rental Housing Crisis in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 20, 2015
| (9) Comments

Commentary: Rental Housing Crisis in Davis

It is not that Davis has ever had a surplus of housing – over the last 13 years, the highest vacancy rate ...

It is not that Davis has ever had a surplus of housing – over the last 13 years, the highest vacancy rate in Davis was 4.2 percent. However, it has never been this bad, according to the most recent ho ...

February 20, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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