UC Davis News

University of California officials have gone to court to stem the extent of a two-day strike set to begin Tuesday for thousands of patient-care technicians at UC Davis Medical Center and four other large University of California hospitals.

UPDATE: According to the Sacramento Business Journal, Sacramento Superior Court Judge David Brown has "ordered 447 technical, patient care and professional employees to report for work during a two-day strike Tuesday and Wednesday at five University of California medical centers." The UC system had asked for a temporary injunction to stop the ... (more)

The anticipated strike by unionized hospital workers at University of California Medical Centers Tuesday and Wednesday has already started to affect patients UC Davis Medical Center.

The University of California Davis leads the university system for its sustainable buildings.

Waterproof fabrics that whisk away sweat could be the latest application of microfluidic technology developed by bioengineers at the University of California, Davis.

Fifteen years of research at the University of California, Davis, is being turned into commercial products by Dysonics, a startup company based in San Francisco.

Over the next few weeks, thousands of young men and women in the Sacramento region will receive diplomas signifying their transition from high school to college or from institutions of higher learning into the work world.

They have served their country at home and around the globe. Now they are ready to start new careers in the civilian world.

It's digestive diseases awareness week, and the results of new studies are being presented and examined on the latest methods for managing digestive health with dietary changes.

The cyanobacterium strain Synechococcus elongatus strain PCC 7942 has been well characterized as a model photoautotroph in the lab of Shota Atsumi at the University of California, Davis.

The Supreme Court fight over California's Proposition 8, viewed by gay-rights advocates as a historic opportunity to establish same-sex marriage nationwide, may not even settle the issue in the state.

Oroville branch of the American Association of University Women recently held two events for Tech Trek, a California AAUW program that sends seventh grade girls to a week-long, summer math/science camp on university campuses.

Stephen Ventimilia hit the tie-breaking RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning and Hawaii tacked on three more runs in the eighth to pull away for a 6-2 victory over UC Davis on Saturday night at Les Murakami Stadium.

The H1N1 virus strain that caused a 2009 swine flu outbreak in humans was detected in northern elephant seals off the coast of central California.

Three Red Bluff High School classmates met on the CBCIA tour of Central California Coast.

Woodland High School partnered with the community to engage students in discussions about life post-graduation during state testing last month.

Over 1,200 students will receive degrees from Fresno City College this year. With a sluggish economy, futures are anything but guaranteed.

About 30,000 workers statewide - including 5,800 at UC Davis - are represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 or University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America Local 9119.

The Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District has notified the Fresno County Department of Public Health of the positive test results provided by the State's laboratory at UC Davis.

No longer exclusively used by the military, drones are increasingly being used by groups and private individuals.