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.

TODAY East Quad Farmers Market 10a.m.to2:30p.m. East Quad Check out a convenient iteration of the farmers market right on campus!

Colleges Against Cancer may be best known forits Relay for Life event every spring,butthe fight against cancer doesn‘t stop there. The group strives to raise awareness,fundraise and provide supportfor those affected by canceronthe UC Daviscampus and in theDavis community.

I’d like to say a few words about the environment.Now that the election has run its course and mass media outlets are experiencing a fire-sale for obscure minutiae to cover,it’s time to remind ourselves of the unimpeachable importance of maintaining our global habitat.

Since Wednesday morning, UC Davis undergraduate students have been able to log on to elections.ucdavis.edu to cast their ballot for ASUCD Senate candidates. Senate elections take place every fall and winter quarter to determine the makeup of the 12-member body that is responsible for approving the association’s $10.7 million budget, initiating new projects and monitoring ASUCD units such as the Coffee House and Unitrans.  Students have until Friday at 8 a.m. to make their selections.