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• Kasia Mays Appointed to Prestigious Advisory Board of UC Irvine Extension's "Spa & Hospitality Management" Certificate Program

  - 2008-06-11

  Talented Industry Professional Selected as Advisor to Internationally Renowned Certificate Program IRVINE, Calif. & NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- University of California, Irvine Extension, the pioneer of the first "Spa and Hospitality Management" certificate program on the West Coast, and the first and only fully online certificate program of its...

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• Raffle win benefits research center

  - 2008-06-01

  The casual purchase of a raffle ticket won Sonoma County's Rhonda Smith a brand new tractor. As a University of California cooperative extension agent, Smith didn't really need the New Holland 25-hp tractor, so she passed along her good luck for the UC's Hopland Research and Extension Center to use...

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• homes on the range: COOPERATIVE CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ON CALIFORNIA'S PRIVATELY OWNED HARDWOOD RANGELANDS

  - 2008-04-01

  ABSTRACT This essay describes the conservation history of California's hardwood rangelands: a vast region of oak woodland, grassland, and chaparral vegetation that occurs almost entirely on private property. Conservation has played as important a role in the history of California's privately owned hardwood rangelands as it has on the neighboring...

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• Golden news nuggets: with nearly 500 degree-granting institutions in the state of California, Diverse couldn't cover them all, but instead offers a few school snapshots

  - 2007-12-13

  California State University, Chico: Graduate student Skye "The P.E. Guy" Dunn is talking the talk and walking the walk when it comes to promoting physical fitness as part of the solution to the nation's obesity problem. Over the last six months, Dunn, who is pursuing a master's degree in kinesiology,...

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• California Dairy Quality Assurance Program

  - 2007-12-01

  The California Dairy Quality Assurance Program CDQAP recently received California's highest and most prestigious environmental honor, the Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award. The CDQAP comprises 17 regulatory agencies, dairy organizations, environmental advocacy groups and the University of California. The partnership offers classroom and on-farm assistance in meeting regional, state...

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• Numbers Count at Sixth Annual Nobel Laureate Dinner in Los Angeles

  - 2007-11-21

  The Consulate General of Sweden in Los Angeles and the University of California hosted the Sixth Annual Nobel Laureate Dinner at the Getty Center on Monday, November 19th. Consul General of Sweden Nina Ersman welcomed the 240 guests that attended the black-tie event that honored the 11 attending(1) Nobel Laureates...

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• Hoover Institution Fellow Victor Davis Hanson Named National Humanities Medal Recipient

  - 2007-11-15

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Victor Davis Hanson, the Hoover Institution's Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow, was named by President George W. Bush today as one of ten recipients of this year's National Humanities Medals. The medals will be awarded by the president in a White House East Room ceremony...

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• Consumer Advocates Insist UC Regents Review $500 Million 'UC-BP' Deal; Demand Proposed Contract Terms Be Made Public

  - 2007-10-31

  To: STATE EDITORSContact: John M. Simpson of Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Right, +1-310-392-0522 ext. 317, +1-310-292-1902 cell SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of California Board of Regents must approve any contract with BP creating the controversial Energy Biosciences Institute at UC Berkley before it is...

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• Eight Graduate Nursing Students Selected to Receive The California Endowment-AACN Minority Nurse Faculty Scholarship

  - 2007-09-18

  Contact: Robert Rosseter of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, +1-202-463-6930 ext. 231, rrosseter@aacn.nche.edu Scholarship Applications Now Available for the 2008-2009 Academic YearWASHINGTON, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Association of Colleges of Nursing AACN is pleased to announce that eight outstanding graduate students have been selected to receive...

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• Burnham Institute for Medical Research Elects New Trustees

  - 2007-06-22

  LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Burnham Institute for Medial Research Burnham today announced the election of six new members to its Board of Trustees. Burnham's Board of Trustees is comprised of philanthropists, business and industry thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and renowned scientists. Newly-elected Board members include:Brigitte M. Bren, President and CEO...

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