Sustainable 2nd Century

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• 5.16.13 — Student Community Center earns LEED Platinum, UC Davis’ fifth

  Large skylights send a flood of natural light into the lobby of the new Student Community Center at UC Davis, where students hold meetings, study on lounge chairs, or chat over compostable cups of coffee from CoHo South café. Upstairs in the media lab, they use computers powered in part by solar energy. Outside, students sit at patio tables shaded by umbrellas, next to a lawn-less landscape of drought-tolerant plants and permeable paving.

• 5.8.13 — UC Davis ranks No. 1 in the world for agricultural teaching and research

  UC Davis is No. 1 in the world for teaching and research in the area of agriculture and forestry, according to rankings released today by QS World University Rankings.

• 5.6.13 — Researchers propose tool to improve stream habitat in California’s Scott River

  A team of UC Davis scientists is developing a groundwater management tool that could lead to better streamflow conditions for salmon and steelhead in northern California’s Scott River Valley, which provides critical fish habitat within the Klamath Basin.

• 5.2.13 — New book outlines impacts of climate instability on Southwest

  In an era of increasing climate instability, the southwestern United States faces strained water resources, greater prevalence of tree-killing organisms, and potentially significant alterations of agricultural infrastructure.

• 5.1.13 — Health defects found in fish exposed to Deepwater Horizon oil spill

  Crude oil toxicity continued to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species for at least more than a year after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to new findings from a research team that includes a UC Davis scientist.

• 4.30.13 — California exceeds Low Carbon Fuel Standard targets — for now

  Since California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard went into effect in 2011, low carbon transportation fuels have displaced roughly 2.14 billion gallons of gasoline and 77 million gasoline gallon equivalents of diesel, according to a new report by the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis. This prevented the emission of about 2.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions, equal to removing half a million vehicles from the road.

• 4.26.13 — Good to be green: Accolades add to UC Davis’ environmental reputation

  In a month that marked the annual Earth Day celebration, UC Davis received recognition for its environmental sustainability efforts from The Princeton Review and the League of American Bicyclists, reaffirming the school’s reputation as a green leader.

• 4.22.13 — Platinum award adds to campus's bike friendly status

  The League of American Bicyclists announced UC Davis as the first university or college to receive the league’s platinum Bicycle Friendly Business award for helping to lead America "toward a greener future."

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