News

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  Foodborne disease clues

  The 100K Pathogen Genome Project maps the first 10 infectious microorganisms, including Salmonella and Listeria (with video)

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  Monkey teeth and Neanderthal weaning

  U.S. and Australian researchers report that with the help of UC Davis monkeys they can calculate when a Neanderthal baby was weaned 

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  Bruce German on mother's milk

  Nutrition professor Bruce German says mother's milk is the 'Rosetta stone for all food' in Michael Pollan's feature on germs (The New York Times)

• What undergrads say about UC Davis

  Students responding to the 2012 UC Undergraduate Experience Survey gave their campus especially high ratings as friendly and caring

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  A new listening experience

  UC Davis startup Dysonics, nurtured through our engineering tech incubator, is ready to reproduce the natural sound experience

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Happenings

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  May 22-23

  UC Davis Film Festival

  View comedies, drama, documentaries, animation and political satire — different programs each night — by undergraduate and graduate student filmmakers, 8:30 p.m., Varsity Theatre, Davis

• Thurs., May 23

  Forums on ‘Response to Protests’

  Hear recommendations from the Robinson-Edley report, “Response to Protests on UC Campuses,” at one of two forums, 1-2 p.m. or 4-5 p.m., MU II, Memorial Union

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  Wed., May 29

  ‘How Aggies Are Feeding the Future’

  Hear about global food security projects with talks by Peace Corps members and campus researchers, 6:30-8 p.m., Conference Center Ballroom

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  Thurs., May 30

  Research thanks to Curiosity

  Geology professor and Mars mission co-investigator Dawn Sumner talks about latest findings from the Red Planet, 7-8:30 p.m. AGR Room, Alumni and Visitors Center

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