Category Archives: Policy
Ancient climate expert joins AAAS panel on climate mitigation
UC Davis geoscientist Isabel Montañez will take part in a symposium on how to stabilize global CO2 levels at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Vancouver next week. Montañez’ speciality is in studying …
Continue reading about Ancient climate expert joins AAAS panel on climate mitigation
The Pentagon on campus, Gorilla health, fixing California: All in UC Davis Magazine
The Fall issue of UC Davis Magazine is now online with some great feature articles. There’s my story on the role of the Defense Department in funding research on campus — from breast cancer to electrical engineering. Clifton Parker talks …
Continue reading about The Pentagon on campus, Gorilla health, fixing California: All in UC Davis Magazine
Report presents roadmaps for cybersecurity education
A holistic approach to secure computing education that includes both budding programmers and those who will never write code is required to strengthen future software systems against attack, according to a report from a workshop run by experts at University …
Continue reading about Report presents roadmaps for cybersecurity education
Higher wages for farm workers would cost you next to nothing
It’s been argued that American farms need cheap imported labor to keep food prices low. But in an online debate at the New York Times, UC Davis agricultural economist Philip Martin makes the case that increasing farmworkers’ wages by 40 …
Continue reading about Higher wages for farm workers would cost you next to nothing
Experts propose massive overhaul of U.S. agriculture
Transformative changes in markets, policy and science, rather than just incremental changes in farming practices and technology, will be critical if the United States is to achieve long-term sustainability in agriculture, according to a nationwide team of agriculturists that includes …
Continue reading about Experts propose massive overhaul of U.S. agriculture
Hunting linked to lead in birds
Two new UC Davis studies add scientific evidence that hunters’ lead ammunition often finds its way into carrion-eating birds, such as eagles and turkey vultures.These scavenger species often take advantage of animal remains left behind when a hunter cleans a …
Continue reading about Hunting linked to lead in birds
Higher ed cuts will hurt farming, too
Following a visit to the editorial board of the Bakersfield Californian by UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi and Neal Van Alfen, dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the Californian’s editorial page editor Robert Price points out that …
Continue reading about Higher ed cuts will hurt farming, too
Can renewables replace nuclear, other energy sources?
On the New York Times Economix blog, Nancy Folbre, an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts, argues that renewable energy sources like wind and solar could replace other energy sources, especially nuclear energy. Folbre draws on a 2009 Scientific …
Continue reading about Can renewables replace nuclear, other energy sources?
Pirates, mercenaries and international law
UC Davis law student Ansel Halliburton has posted an interesting paper discussing the legal issues raised by how shipping companies might defend themselves from Somali pirates. Here is the abstract: Because of the recent surge in piracy emanating from the …
Continue reading about Pirates, mercenaries and international law
Talk: Can ag science get support inside the Beltway?
The Chancellor’s Colloquium Distinguished Speakers Series opens Wednesday, Jan. 12, with a talk by Roger N. Beachy, director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The UC Davis Humanities Institute, which is organizing …
Continue reading about Talk: Can ag science get support inside the Beltway?