News

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  Umbilical cord blood

  The UC Davis Health System starts a collection program that promises stem cells for research and an alternative to bone marrow for transplants

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  Blue Planet Prize goes to transit expert

  Daniel Sperling is one of two recipients of the 2013 Blue Planet Prize, described as the Nobel Prize for the environmental sciences

• Is interracial marriage still scandalous?

  UC Davis law professor Rose Cuison Villazor explores the complex but still divided map of interracial marriage (NY Times)

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  Prop. 8 possibilities

  Law prof Vik Amar points out options facing the Supreme Court regarding same-sex marriage in California (PBS NewsHour)

• Summer program teaches girls robotics

  Middle-school girls will study math, computing and robotics at a leadership camp organized by the UC Davis Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education

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Happenings

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  Through June 30

  'As You Like It'

  The Davis Shakespeare Ensemble’s show recasts one of the Bard's most celebrated comedies, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, UC Davis Arboretum gazebo

• Thursday, June 20

  New Retirees Reception

  Hosted by the Retiree Center, the Retirees and Emeriti associations, and the provost, 5-7 p.m. Conference Center Ballroom

• Friday, June 21

  Folk Music Jam Session

  Musicians and listeners invited to a lunch-hour jam, all skill levels welcome, noon-1 p.m., Wyatt Deck

• June 20, 27, July 18, 25, Aug. 1

  Aggie Campfires

  For kids 8-11: Campus Rec offers skits and songs, dinner and s'mores — and the kids get to sleep in their own beds, back at home, online registration, 5-8 p.m., Putah Creek Lodge

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  Sat., June 22

  Rock ‘n’ roll and R&B

  Singer-songwriter JD McPherson and band perform with his newest album, “Signs and Signifiers,” 7 p.m., Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center

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