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Tech for Sustainable Food Production

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Professor David Slaughter is the champion of the Smart Farm Big Idea. He believes the next era of agriculture begins with the expertise here at UC Davis. We spoke with him about what Smart Farm is and how it has the potential to change the way we grow food worldwide.

Sustainability

BOOK PROJECT: Gun Violence and Its Victims

Garen Wintemute, champion for the Center for Violence Prevention Research Big Idea, will speak at "Firearm Violence: The Science of What Clinicians Can Do" on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 1222 Education Building, Sacramento Campus.

Green Dream Team: Faculty, Staff and Students Model Sustainability Worldwide

Kurt Kornbluth, Ph.D. ’08, an assistant adjunct professor in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and the champion of the Sustainable Campus, Sustainable Cities Big Idea, has been traveling the world with staff and students to strengthen UC Davis’ partnerships with international institutions. 

Sustainability

4 Developers Invited to Submit Aggie Square Proposals

The University of California, Davis, has issued a request for proposals, or RFP, to a group of real estate developers interested in financing, designing, building, owning and managing the first phase of Aggie Square, a new innovation hub for the university’s Sacramento campus.

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Which Gun Control Policies Could Prevent Mass Shootings, According to a Gun Violence Expert

Garen Wintemute, the director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at University of California, Davis, said that it will take more than universal background checks and extreme risk protection orders to prevent future mass shootings.

Health

A Big Impact: Heart Health at Home

For Hugo Campus Jr., a UC Davis research-study partner, keeping his dad healthy, safe and at home are top priorities – as is managing his own inherited hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and diastolic dysfunction.

Health

Studying the Past to Create a Better Future

UC Davis professor and a champion of the Global Human Rights Big Idea, Michael Lazzara, speaks to his pillar of this Big Idea: working to understand the past in order to prevent future genocides and mass atrocities.

Education

A Background Check Loophole Let the Odessa Shooter Get a Weapon

According to Dr. Garen Wintemute, champion of the Center for Violence Prevention Research Big Idea, closing the private sales loophole would make it more difficult for criminals to avoid creating a paper trail or for a prohibit a banned person from buying a firearm. 

Health

After Sandy Hook, Over 36,000 People in California Bought Handguns

Researchers have found a link between a spike in handgun purchases that took place following the Sandy Hook shooting and the re-election of President Barack Obama, and injuries caused by firearms in California.

Via Newsweek

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Cities With More Gun Purchases Also See More Gun-Related Injuries, UC Davis Study Finds

A new UC Davis study has found that cities that experience increases in gun purchases also experience more gun-related injuries.

Health

Spikes in Handgun Purchases After High-Profile Events Linked to More Firearm Injuries

A recent study found that spikes in handgun purchases have been linked to a 4 percent increase in firearm injury in California.

Health

What’s Killing Sea Otters? Scientists Pinpoint Parasite Strain

A study from the University of California, Davis, identifies a parasite that is killing southern sea otters, tracing them back to a bobcat and feral domestic cats from nearby watersheds.

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UC Davis Researchers: Protection Orders May Prevent Mass Shootings

“Over and over again, from the records, what we saw is that law enforcement was able to intervene and remove firearms because they got a tip,” UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program director and Center for Violence Prevention Research champion Dr. Garen Wintemute said.

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Study: California’s ‘Red Flag’ Law May Have Helped Reduce Mass Shootings

University of California-Davis medical school researchers published a study examining 21 cases in which gun violence restraining orders were obtained through the courts because of potential mass shooting threats. Lead author was Garen Wintemute, champion of the Center for Violence Prevention Research Big Idea.

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Aggie Square's Sneak Preview

Earlier this month, employees from IBM got together at a reception and tour with UC Davis’ Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement and Aggie Square staff for introductions and friendly conversation.

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