A very special cow at UC Davis got some more time in the spotlight recently. PBS’ NOVA set out to explain the current state of gene-editing technology, and visited Cosmo, a calf edited to produce more male offspring. Learn more in the video above.
Facebook: Alumnus on Times Square building
UC Davis Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship: "It feels amazing to show the impact that NeVap is making in the COVID-19 pandemic!"
#AggieInnovator with impact! Ben Wang, founder and chief medical officer of NeVap, was impossible to miss on the NasdaqMarketSite in Times Square yesterday.
NeVap won the 2014 #UCDavisBigBang. Now the startup is a finalist in the Solve - MITchallenge for its infection-control breathing tube that reduces ventilation time, antibiotic use, respiratory labor, pneumonia and mortality. [Click for link]
Insulation fills trenches on campus
Gilsulate insulation is dumped into trenches carrying new hot-water pipes. (UC Davis)
A recent headline on the Big Shift website asked: “Is It Snowing on Campus?” No! It’s insulation for the hot-water pipes that are being installed in this project to replace our steam-heating system.
Read about what material is being used and why on the Big Shift website.
Twitter: Look who’s cooking in the field of law
UC Davis School of Law: The @ABAesq "19th Amendment Centennial Cookbook" holds recipes from Prof. @RaquelEAldana, Chief Justice of California Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye '84, SCOTUS Justices Bader Ginsburg, Breyer, Gorsuch and Sotomayor, and ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. [Click for link]
The dancer chancellor?
On the most recent installment of “Thursday Thoughts,” Chancellor Gary S. May and LeShelle May discuss some campus topics and some other less-related ideas.
Watch the above video to learn which planet(s) they’d like to visit, whether each of them has a go-to dance move and more.