The Yolo County Board of Supervisors discussed plans for balancing this year‘s$3.5million budget deficit and a projected$19million deficit for2009-2010at a meeting last week. Possible actions discussed at the meeting include voluntary salary savings measures,asking departments to make cuts and possibly layoffs.

Today “Chemical Communications Between Plants,Leafminers,and Parasites“ Le Kang,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,China 122Briggs,12:10to1p.m. Sponsored bythe department of entomology

UC Davis scientists have made an important discovery in the field of animal science and ecology,by using mathematical models to explain animal habitats and ecosystems.The study could aid in properly designingcorridors for animal migration.

Consisting of22million acres,alfalfa is the fourth largest crop produced in the United States.Like most crops,there is an ongoingbattle between genetically engineeredproducers and organic producers ofalfalfa. However,a recent study conducted by UC Davis plant scientists suggests that gene flow between GEalfalfaand organicalfalfacan be minimized.

UC Davis professor of medicine,Jay Solnick,will continue his groundbreaking research in latent tuberculosis thanks to a recent grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Undergraduate students have the potential to do great things.This year’s THIRDeYE Theatre Festival,entirely put on by undergraduates,is not one of those great things. The first play of the festival,The Readers by Joe Ferreira,threw together important plot elements at the very beginning.The mysterious silhouetted paper passers,the barking dog and the franticly cleaning artist started the show off,dare I say,dramatically.

Older blood found to increase infections in hospitalized patients A recent study showed that hospitalized patients who received bloodthat wasmore than a month old were three times more likely to develop infections than those who received fresher blood.

Sacramento State University and multiple other California State Universities haverecentlybeen involved in a project to implement solar panels on buildings in order to drive down energy costs and worktowardusingalternative sources of energy. SacramentoState is working closely with SunEdison,a company that specializes in solar energy information and services throughout the state of California.

The Aggies may have walked away from the weekend with a Western Water Polo Association win,but the game they wanted so badly slipped through their finger tips.

Teams: No. 12 UC Davis at No. 10 UC Irvine Records: Aggies, 12-3-4 (4-2-4); Mustangs, 12-1-6 (5-1-4) Where: Anteater Stadium – Irvine, Calif. When: Today at 7 p.m.

It turns out that in Davis,sustainability doesn’t trumpeverything. The Davis City Council voted last week not to overturn a Planning Commission decision that denied a small new housing development on B Street,just south ofThird Street.

Editor’s note:Nancy Hudson,the assistant program director of the UC Davisnutrition department,has had the chance to visit72different countries to pursue her professional and recreational interests.She recently sat down with TheCalifornia Aggieto discuss her travels,her career in dietetics and more.