UC Davis is one of two schools in the country with a nematology department.What’s a nematode,you ask? ProfessorValerie Williamsoncan not only tell youthat a nematode is amicroscopic worm,she can also tellyou its DNA sequencing and the massive impact it has on the agricultural worldtoday.Williamson is a professor of nematology,focusing her research on plant parasitic nematodes– the cause of over$50million of plant damage in the U.S.The California Aggiesat down with her to chat about nematodes,her researchand even her taste in produce.

For seemingly obvious reasons,college websites don’t tend to provide information on the hottest nightspots or where the cutest guys and girls congregate.However,that’s not to assume that a lot of us wouldn’t find this information helpful. UC Davis graduates Michael Kim and Dan Greenberg solved this problem withyollege.com.Both said that they like to think of the website as an insider’s guide to everything one needs to know about the college experience.

TODAY Centennial Quad celebration 10a.m.to2p.m. The Quad There will be prizes,over200booths for student groups and other organizations,as well as food and the East Quad Farmers Market.

The seventh year of the Campus Community Book Project is in full swing with events lined up through December. The project began in2001in response to theSept.11events in an effort to “bring the community together and create a dialogue about complex issues,” saidMikael Villalobos,administrator of diversity education for theOffice of Campus Community Relations. “The book project was a way to bring the community together to discuss a lot of the issues that surround us and controversial issues to have a common experience,” he said.