Comments by UC Davis community members and references to the campus regularly appear in a wide variety of media outlets around the country. Among the recent citings in prominent publications:

An Oct. 1 cover story in Time magazine includes recently published work by biostatistician Katherine Pollard and colleagues, who found that one gene that has undergone rapid evolution since human and chimp ancestors split is tied to early brain development. ...

Dean Cliver, professor of food safety, told USA Today in the wake of the spinach panic that there are some people "who don't want to believe that there could be anything wrong with green vegetables." And on the same topic, food scientist Linda Harris cautioned that "food is not free of risk, and can never be free of risk unless we put it all in a can." Finally, The New York Times quoted Trevor Suslow, a microbiologist, in describing the spinach case as "the catalyst, the tipping point ... a culmination of incidents that have been going on for 10 years, and cattle have become the primary focus." ...

In an Economist feature article on Second Life software, psychiatry professor Peter Yellowlees says he uses the software to show his students some of the suffering endured by people with schizophrenia. In the Second Life metaphysical universe, Yellowlees created hallucinations, according to the article. ...

Larry Bogad, associate professor of theater and dance, was interviewed by The Chronicle of Higher Education about his new book, Electoral Guerrilla Theatre: Radical Ridicule and Social Movements, which expores "what has happened when drag queens, hippies, and other malcontents have mocked electoral rituals by running for office." ...

Milmon Harrison, an associate prof-essor of African American Studies, told the San Francisco Chronicle that, "Black churches have a tradition of dealing with more than religion, but the way this is being done and the emphasis on individual wealth is new."

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Barry Klein, vice chancellor of research, is quoted in an Associated Press wire story on Chevron Corp.'s grant to UC Davis for biomass fuels research. He said Davis researchers already have bee looking into hydrogen fuels, hybrid vehicles and other ways to slow the rapid consumption of oil and fossil fuels. ...

Gail Feenstra, food systems analyst for the Sustainable Agriculture Program, told The Nation magazine that most organic farm workers can't afford to eat the food they produce. ...

Forbes magazine notes that UC Davis researchers have developed a less invasive, more reliable alternative to electronic pacemakers. According to current research led by Ronald Li, associate professor of cell biology and human anatomy, "Our study offers positive and direct evidence in living models that bioengineered cells can replace the electronic pacemaker." ...

National Geographic magazine states that Tessa Hill, a geologist, discovered that methane that escaped from under the seafloor caused greenhouse gas effects, leading to the global warming effects 11,000 to 16,000 years ago. ...

The Segundo Dining Commons is featured in a Sacramento Bee feature, quoting Brenan Connolly, general manager of resident dining services at the university. He says the several serving stations makes for shorter lines, which makes it easier to get seconds so the students do not load up on the first servings. Linda Adams, a dietitian at the university who assists with menu planning and also consults with students on eating issues, and nutrition faculty member Liz Applegate are also featured. ...

David Mills, an associate professor in viticulture and enology, told KCRA Channel 3 that he has developed a slightly modified version of red wine that will not cause headaches. ...

An article in The Guardian included research by Professor Catherine Yang of the Graduate School of Management on the issue of whether people can be identified by your "clickprint, which tells where you go on the Internet. She said it was "almost certainly" true. ...

In BusinessWeek, professor Andy Hargadon, author of How Breakthroughs Happen, gives advice on how to brainstorm effectively.

— Clifton B. Parker