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Program 9
Energy from table scraps
A conversation on campus sustainability
Recent programs and more
Program 8
Beer v. wine: Which is the real energy drink?
Engineering crops for the 21st century
Program 7
Steroids and supplements
Spinach safety fears
Program 6
The biology of autism
Two researchers from the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, David Amaral and Judy Van De Water, discuss autism and the most promising avenues for finding answers to this perplexing disorder. (June 2007) |
How air pollution affects the quality of life
UC Davis scientists Anthony Wexler and Kent Pinkerton talk about how air pollution can make us sick and what we can do to clean up our air. (June 2007) |
Program 5
Mosquitos and West Nile virus — William Reisen, the leader of the research team that discovered the first mosquito in California infected with West Nile virus, and Keira Simmons, a UC Davis staff researcher who developed a particularly nasty case of the disease, talk about West Nile Virus. (May 2007) |
Rescuing hoarded animals — Cathy Toft, a UC Davis expert on population ecology — the complex relationships that connect plant and animal communities, discusses animal hoarding. (May 2007) |
Program 4
Undocumented immigrants and civil rights — Law professor Kevin Johnson and sociology professor David Kyle consider civil rights for undocumented workers and issues with smuggling, slavery and anti-immigration measures. (February 2007) |
Medical genomics: Connecting genes to health — Ray Rodriguez, professor of molecular and cellular biology, explains the links between genes, nutrition and disease. (February 2007) |
Program 3
Law and rights in the Middle East — Madhavi Sunder, professor of law, and Keith Watenpaugh, associate professor of modern Islam, human rights and peace, discuss how Muslims are dealing with human rights and working to transform their societies from within. (November 2006) |
Terror in a bottle: Chemistry's answer to national security — Matthew Augustine, associate professor of chemistry at UC Davis, discusses how his patented invention for scanning wine for spoilage could be used for national security at airports. (November 2006) |
Program 2
Art and ethnic politics — Malaquias Montoya, professor of Chicana/o studies and art and art history, looks back to his own childhood in a migrant Mexican family to explain how art created his future as a nationally renowned Chicano artist. (November 2006) |
Avian influenza: What's to worry about? — Two medical experts on avian influenza explain what the flu is, how it differs from a pandemic and what you can do about it. The guests are UC Davis Health System's Christian Sandrock, assistant professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine, and Warner Hudson, clinical faculty member in family practice and occupational medicine. (November 2006) |
Program 1
Hurricane Katrina and the damage next time — Emphasizing how environmental historians look at our past, Louis Warren, the W. Turrentine Jackson Professor of Western U.S. History, and Ari Kelman, associate professor of history, discuss how humans create the potential for environmental disasters in New Orleans and Sacramento. (November 2006) |
Hurricane Katrina: race and rumor — Patricia Turner, African American and African Studies professor, has spent the last year researching the rumors generated by Hurricane Katrina, seeking out persistent urban legends from both black and white perspectives. (November 2006) |