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UC Davis researchers will soon be able to measure their progress and compare findings with colleagues across the Atlantic Ocean. Overseas collaboration is expected to be a result of the recent Transatlantic Foods for Health Consortium– a partnership between UC Davis and the Centre for Advanced Food Studies in Denmark.

The expansive stage boasted a single microphone and a blue-lit table sporting four chairs,sans Simon Cowell.Enter a slightly kinder panel of judges and10teenage finalists. On Saturday,the fourth annual Davis Idol Final Competition was held at the Brunelle Performing Arts Theatre at Davis Senior High School (DHS).

The groundhog has predicted six more weeks of winter,but UC Davis students don’t have to spend it hibernating in their rooms. When the temperatures drop,finding ways to stay fit outdoors can be challenging.The Fitness and Wellness Center hopes to offer students some options for shaking off the February blues with its winter Fitness Frenzy tonight at6:30in Freeborn Hall.

With what many consider a flawed health care system in theU.S.,it was only a matter of time before someone saw the problems and attempted to fix them.Enter Heather Young,the new associate vice chancellor for nursing and dean of the newly proposed UC Davis Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing.

If running the tap while brushing your teeth is a bad habit of yours,Professor Richard Howitt,department chair in the field of agricultural economics,explains how water-rationing will put an end to it.

TODAY URC Abstract Workshop 11 a.m. to noon Mee Room, MU Learn how to write and submit your abstract for participation in the UCD Undergraduate Research Conference. For more details see urc.ucdavis.edu.

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If you work at UC Davis,chances are you know Stan Nosek – or at least his signature on your paycheck. “I don’t actually sign each individual check,” Nosek said. “I [computerized] that one about7years ago.But whenever people ask me that,I always say, ‘yes,I saw yours,and I’m going to do something about it!'”

The Jan.28article “Student’s vision of change restores sight,” incorrectlystatedthatthe A.B.Eye Institute is located in Bahir,India.The Institute is located in Bihar,India.Also,the patients who attempted to thread needles after care were recipients of eyeglasses,not surgical patients.The Aggie regrets the errors.

TODAY Paid summer teaching opportunity info session 5:10 p.m. 114 South Hall Partner with Breakthrough Collaborative to teach underprivileged youth this summer. Learn how to be a competitive applicant for this program, and have the possibility to work for eight weeks either in the U.S. or in Hong Kong!

According to the Thai Red Cross Society, an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 children are sold into the sex trade in Thailand. Half as many are estimated to be trafficked into the United States. Even in our very own country, children as young as two years old are exploited, and coerced into performing sex and oral sex acts well beyond their years. Now, the question remains – what can we do to stop it?

TODAY Student Assistant to the Chancellor information meeting 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. East Conference Room Check out this informational meeting with the current Student Assistants to the Chancellor, Traci Brown and Molly Sundstrom. The application deadline is Feb. 20; e-mail any questions to sac@ucdavis.edu.