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UC Davis faculty and researchers can breathe a sigh of relief, as budget cuts will not be sapping funds for research.

Q: Is it illegal to talk on your cell phone while riding a bike? What about listening to music through headphones?

Despite economic crisis and struggling study abroad programs across the nation, enrollment in UC Davis' quarter and summer abroad programs increased by 1.1 percent in the 2008-2009 school year. The UC-wide Education Abroad Program (EAP) is seeing similar enrollment trends and does not seem to suffer from the crisis.

Elizabeth Perez is what many might call a "model student."

If this article were a Twitter post, or a "tweet," it might tell a story, or give an update on important research being done at the university - and because Twitter limits messages to 140 characters, the simpler the tweet, the better. It would probably go something like this:

UC Davis has taken strides towards reducing the difficulties of transferring from community colleges by welcoming newly admitted transfer students with a variety of programs.

The Division of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies will see a 2.1 percent budget reduction in its financial base for 2009-2010. This cut is considered to be a lower reduction compared to the other academic units.

Disturbing Doodles

A former UC Davis employee accused of embezzlement and theft of more than $38,000 dollars from the university surrendered to authorities at the Yolo County Jail in Woodland on Sunday.

On Monday, rain poured down, pelting the ground and blanketing the campus in a torrential wash. Most students remained indoors, and the few that didn't trudged along feeling uncomfortably and unfortunately wet. But passing one building, with balloons of every color strewn outside its door, it was clear that UC Davis was celebrating something.

Shouldering an $830,000 decrease in total funding, the Division of Social Sciences is no exception to recent budget changes.

The UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine will face a $2.6 million loss for the 2009-2010 school year. This funding gap, both a product of the state budget and a weakened veterinary services market, has left the school's Academic Council little choice but to cancel programs, eliminate positions and forestall expansion - cuts that have the potential to significantly shake the foundation of the school.

The School of Education (SE) received a $290,000 in state funding for the 2009-10 fiscal year, a reduction that totaled 3.9 percent of its financial base.

091020_ca_law.cHeadline: School of Law Among the 13 academic units on campus shouldering the burden of the budget cuts, the UCD School of Law is facing...

Budget Cuts are taking their toll across UC Davis, and the College of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS) has not gone unscathed.