Leading UC Davis to ninth place out of29teams in a chemical car competition,Tonya Kuhl knows her Ligand-Receptor Interactions from her Polymer Thin-Films.The UC Davis professor,researcher and student adviser has been recognized for her accomplishments in research and teaching so early in her career,and she has the awards to prove it.

A thick and lingering fog blanketed Davis and most of the Central Valley on Monday and part of Tuesday,drastically reducing visibility and marking the start of “fog season” in the region. Widely known as“tule fog,“ the fog in Davis is different from the kind of fog seen in San Francisco and the Bay Area.While the fog there blows in from the ocean,fog in the Central Valley is a“radiation“ fog,said atmospheric science professor Kyaw Paw U.

TODAY Social science perspective on water and power in the Delta 12:10p.m. 3201Hart Jonathan London,Gerardo Gamriazzio and Trina Filan of the UC Davis Center for Regional Change and Environmental Justice Project will discuss policies deployed to solve the Delta problem from the perspective of third parties.

Jerry Gantan was lost. As a transfer student entering Davis during the winter quarter of2006,he,like many transfer students,struggled to adjust.

There‘s a good reasonwhydogs are often called“Man‘s Best Friend.“According to recent studies,our loyal companions share morethan just our dinner leftovers – namely,cancer.

Serialshoplifting The UC Davis Bookstore referred an underclassman to Student Judicial Affairs for stealing.When confronted,the student admitted that he shoplifts when under stress.Because he has ahistory of theftfrom the Bookstore,the student agreed to Deferred Separation until graduation and counseling.Deferred Separation means that if the student were to get caught shoplifting again,he would probably be suspended or dismissed from theuniversity and would not have a right to take the matter to a formal hearing.In addition,the student paid over$400in fines for stealing over20items.

On the night of World AIDS Day,1,280people gathered in the Jackson Hall of theMondavi Center for the Performing Artsto listen to a talk by author Tracy Kidder. Mountains Beyond Mountains:The Quest of Dr.Paul Farmer,A Man Who Would Cure the Worldwas this year’s featured work for the Campus Community Book Project.

A missing UC Davis professor was found dead Monday after an apparent suicide in Sonoma County,police said. The body of Richard Walker,Jr.washed up at a campsite on Salmon Creek State Beach in Bodega Bay on Monday evening,said Davis policeSergeant Scott Smith.

After hearing the word “terrorism“ leave the mouths of presidential hopefuls exclusively and plentifully for a goodfew months,it looks like that “change“ thing inherent to our system is steering us toward a new period of terror in the headlines,atleast for the business quarter.

Breaking free of the quarter‘s strong current,nearly at the surface,your lips can almost taste the freedom‘s fresh air.But before you can even take a half-breath,you are jerked back beneath the waves. ThanksgivingBreakwas just a decoy.

Students gathered on the Memorial Union patio at lunchtimeMondayto hold a rallyin honor of WorldAIDSDay and raise awareness about HIV/AIDS.In the United States,up to25percent of the HIV infected populationareundiagnosed and unaware of their status,according to the Yolo County Public Health Department.In California there have been almost180,000cases since reporting began,and over280cases in Yolo County.

In the wake of our current financial crisis,the American public’s desire to finger the guilty party resembles a poorly played match of Milton Bradley’s “Clue.“