Multimedia features archive by subject

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Agriculture

Assessing the threat of mad cow disease

• Video (55 minutes, 2.5.04)
• Special report Web site

Bringing back Afghan agriculture

• "Vines for Mines " NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes;
• "New $10 Million Initiative Replaces Mines with Vines in Afghanistan" News Service press release, 5.11.04)

Cancer-fighting organic produce

• NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes
• "Organic and sustainable foods have more polyphenolics linked to health benefits"News Service press release, 3.7.03

Dairy air: An experiment to determine how much cows are polluting

• NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes
• "UC Davis corrals cows in bovine bubbles to study air emissions," News Service press release, 7.19.04

Feeding the waterfowl

• NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes,
• "Filling the dinner plates for winter ducks, geese," News Service press release, 12.18.03

Meat quality and safety: UC Davis students learn from the campus meat lab

• NewsWatch, 1:45 minutes

New feed supplement produces heart-healthy milk

• Video on process, 3:05 minutes
• "New feed supplement produces heart-healthy milk," News Service press release, 11.4.03

Salmon fishing and water rights

• Webcast, 1:49 hours, 6.2.05

Alumni

Aggie astronaut Steve Robinson

• RealOne or Windows Media webcast, 1:44 minutes, 12.04.05

Aggienaut's first time in space: Tracy Caldwell

• Windows Media 1:27 hours, 1.25.08
• Quicktime webcast, 1:27 hours, 1.25.08
• "Aggie astronaut spends ‘99 percent’ of her time training," Dateline, 2.1.08

Global technology innovation: Agilent President and CEO William Sullivan

• RealOne webcast, 54:34 minutes, 10.19.05
• Windows Media webcast, 54:34 minutes, 10.19.05

Gus Lee on success

• RealOne webcast, 55:10 minutes, 8.11.06
• Windows Media webcast, 55:10 minutes, 8.11.06
• "Author Gus Lee to speak at outreach graduation," UC Davis news release, 8.8.06

The arts and design

Art that changes society

• "Teaching the next generation, " NewsWatch video, 1:50 minutes
• "Exhibition on capital punishment," NewsWatch video, 1:51 minutes

Berlioz trip 2003: UC Davis Symphony in France

• Web site with video, audio and slideshow, 6.17.03

De Forest on De Forest

• Windows Media webcast, 29:27 minutes
• Quicktime webcast, 29:27 minutes
• "Bawdy, witty ’60s artists become UC Davis icons," UC Davis Spotlight, 10.17.07

Energy efficient lighting

• "Fluorescent lighting improves," NewsWatch video, 1:53 minutes
• "UC Davis Adds California Lighting Technology Center" News Service release, 7.1.04

Preserving old movies

• "Early films entertaining, lively experiments," NewsWatch video, 1:58 minutes
• "Audiences must learn rules of film making," NewsWatch video, 1:53 minutes
• "UC Davis scholar brings rare films to video screen," News Service release, 1.20.00

Robert Arneson: Images in and out of clay

• Windows Media webcast, 28:49 minutes
• Quicktime webcast, 28:49 minutes
• "Bawdy, witty ’60s artists become UC Davis icons," UC Davis Spotlight, 10.17.07

Unleashing the imagination: Design professor Dolph Gotelli

• "Motivating creativity," NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes
• "Students create edible art," NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes
• "Design alums foster holiday magic, spending," Dateline story, 12.6.02)

Wayne Thiebaud on his art

• Windows Media webcast, 29:27 minutes
• Quicktime webcast, 29:27 minutes
• "Bawdy, witty ’60s artists become UC Davis icons," UC Davis Spotlight, 10.17.07

Business

Doing what matters: Executive management coach Robert Lorber

• Windows Media webcast, 59:56 minutes, 11.15.07
• Quicktime webcast, 59:56 minutes, 11.15.07
• GSM Business Partner Breakfast with Robert Lorber, 11.15.07

Corporate responsibility: Cisco Systems Chairman John Morgridge

• RealOne webcast, 55:59 minutes; 1.11.06
• Windows Media webcast, 55:59 minutes; 1.11.06

Corporate smarts: Russell Read and Robert Fox

• Windows Media webacast, 44:30 minutes
• Quicktime webcast, 44:30 minutes
• "Management students reap benefits from visiting executives," UC Davis Spotlight, 5.24.07

Dress for success

• NewsWatch Real Player video, 1:45 minutes

Global technology innovation: Agilent President and CEO William Sullivan

• RealOne webcast, 54:34 minutes
• Windows Media webcast, 54:34 minutes

Hershey chair talks business

• Windows Media webcast, 57:48 minutes, 10.9.06
• Quicktime webcast, 57:48 minutes, 10.9.06

Janis Heaphy, Sacramento Bee publisher

• Windows Media1:08 hours, 10.5.07
• Quicktime video, 1:08 hours, 10.5.07
• Graduate School of Management announcement

Jelly Belly Candy Co. boss Robert Simpson speaks

• Windows Media webcast, 1:26 hours, 11.1.07
• Quicktime webcast, 1:26 hours, 11.1.07
• Graduate School of Management announcement

Marketing superfoods

• NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes
• "Superfoods offer shoppers new way to eat," News Service release, 1.29.04

Science and entrepreneurism: John Hamer

• RealOne video, 1:14:57 hours
• Windows Media video 1:14:57 hours
• "Entomologist forms research company to tackle hypertension," Dateline 3.04.05

Campus news

Campus authors

• RealOne webcast, 1:01 hours
• Windows Media webcast, 1:01 hours
• "Why Textbook Writing Matters in Academia," text excerpt by Dan Brower
• Campus Authors Event publicity

Campus growth

• NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes
• "Regents OK growth plan" Dateline 12.5.04

Campus's economic impact

• NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes
• Economic Impact Report Web site)

Doxie Derby history

• RealOne, 2.17 minutes
• 2005 Doxie Derby home page

Going to Division I

• NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes
• Big West Conference and NCAA Division I press release, 3.11.03
• Great West Football Conference press release, 2.25.04

How green are we?

• Windows Media webcast, 20:02 minutes, 10.24.07
• Quicktime webcast, 20:02 minutes, 10.24.07
• "Sustainability Day celebrates many aspects of campus effort," UC Davis Spotlight 10.29.07

Human rights message: Nobel peace laureate Rigoberta Menchú

• RealOne webcast, Windows Media webcast, 1:11 hours
• "Nobel laureate to address human rights and indigenous peoples," News Service press release, 10.3.05

Managing a campus emergency

• Windows Mediawebinar, 59:31 minutes
• Quicktime webinar, 59:31 minutes
• Aggie Family Pack Web site on the topic, 11.7.07

Nobel peace laureate Sherin Ebadi: 'Human Rights, Democracy and Islam'

• RealOne webcast, 1:34 hours
• "Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner to speak May 17 at UC Davis," News Service press release, 4.26.05

'Building a Connected Campus'

• Windows Media webcast, 17:24 minutes, 9.18.07
• Quicktime webcast, 17:24 minutes, 9.18.07
• "Planners create places that spur memorable experiences," UC Davis Spotlight 9.20.07

UC President Dynes visits Davis

• RealOne webcast, 57.42 minutes, 5.27.04

Education

Kozol on education

• Quicktime webcast, 1:01 hours, 10.12.06
• Windows Media webcast, 1:01 hours, 10.12.06
• "Jonathan Kozol: Still Separate, Still Unequal," Mondavi center publicity

Engineering

Aggie astronaut Steve Robinson

• RealOne webcast or Windows Media webcast, 1:44 minutes, 12.04.05

Energy efficient lighting

• "Lighting technology center," NewsWatch video, 1:53 minutes
• "Fluorescent lighting improves," NewsWatch video, 1:53 minutes
• "UC Davis Adds California Lighting Technology Center" News Service release, 7.1.04

Future driven by fuel cells

• "Fuel-cell partnerships may create the power technology of the 21st century NewsWatch video" 1:45 minutes
• "Hydrogen could power a new generation of autos" NewsWatch video 1:45 minutes
• "Developing fuel stations for hydrogen-powered cars is a major task" NewsWatch video 1:45 minutes
• "Research Institute Shines as Future Fuels Get National Attention," 2.25.03

High school battle of the robots

• Battle of the robots story and slideshow, UC Davis Spotlight 11.29.06
• Robotic Ruckus Comes to Campus, News Service release, 3.4.05

Hydrogen highway to the future with Gov. Schwarzenegger

• Slideshow
• NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes
• "UC Davis Hosts Calif. Governor's Hydrogen Highways Event," News Service press release, 4.20.04

Movement brings computer images to life

• Videos
• "Movement Brings Computer Images to Life," News Service press release, 6.18.03

Students try weightless science

• "Experiments begin," RealPlayer, 1:20 minutes
• "Weightless," RealPlayer, 1:44 minutes
• Newswatch video, RealPlayer, 1:45 minutes
• "Students Try Weightless Science," New Service press release, 12.11.03

The five-minute bridge

• NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes

Environmental sciences

Dairy air

• NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes
• "UC Davis Corrals Cows in Bovine Bubbles to Study Air Emissions," News Service press release, 7.19.04

Endangered fish

• NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes
• "Salmon return to Putah Creek," News Service press release, 12.18.03

Energy efficient lighting

• "Lighting technology center," NewsWatch video, 1:53 minutes
• "Fluorescent lighting improves," NewsWatch video, 1:53 minutes
• "UC Davis Adds California Lighting Technology Center," News Service release, 7.1.04

Feeding the waterfowl

• NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes,
• "Filling the dinner plates for winter ducks, geese," News Service press release, 12.18.03

Future driven by fuel cells

• "Fuel-cell partnerships may create the power technology of the 21st century," NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes
• "Hydrogen could power a new generation of autos," NewsWatch video 1:45 minutes
• "Developing fuel stations for hydrogen-powered cars is a major task," NewsWatch video 1:45 minutes
• "Research Institute Shines as Future Fuels Get National Attention," News Service press release, 2.25.03

Hydrogen highway to the future with Gov. Schwarzenegger

• Slideshow
• NewsWatch Real Playervideo, 1:45 minutes
• "UC Davis Hosts Calif. Governor's Hydrogen Highways Event," News Service press release, 4.20.04

Lake Tahoe

• Reservoir of History, Body of Hope (Web site with video and interactive Flash) 4.10.01

Large tree advocate

• NewsWatch Real Player video, 1:46 minutes

Marine ecologists track currents

• "How Codar is useful in marine research," NewsWatch Real Player video, 1:45 minutes
• "Detecting oil spills, lost boats and homeland security problems," NewsWatch Real Player video, 1:45 minutes

Peacock problem

• NewsWatch Real Player video, 1:45 minutes
• "Scientist Helps Solve Peacock Problems," News Service press release, 4.23.03

Planting pests that endanger the natives

• NewsWatch Real Player video, 1:45 minutes

Porpoise deaths

• NewsWatch Real Player video, 1:45 minutes
• "Cause of Porpoise Deaths Remains Uncertain, Panel Says," News Service press release, 2.9.04

Salmon fishing and water rights

• Webcast, 1:49 hours, 6.2.05

Secret life of sharks

• "Sharks are not man-eaters," NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes
• "How sharks are masters in the ocean," NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes

Suburban pumas

• Slideshow
• Newswatch video No. 1, 1:45 minutes
• Newswatch video No. 2, 1:45 minutes
• "New Study Details the Double Lives of Suburban Pumas," News Service press release, 1.20.04

Tracking mosquito diseases

• NewsWatch video on mosquito research, 1:45 minutes
• NewsWatch video on vaccinating horses for West Nile virus, 1:45 minutes
• First West Nile Virus Found by UC Davis," News Service press release, 8.20.03
• "What Horse Owners Should Do Now to Prevent West Nile Virus," News Service press release, 3.11.03

Humanities

Death penalty talk: Mike Farrell

• RealOne webcast, 1:41 hours, (video contains strong language), 4.11.06
• Windows Media webcast, 1:41 hours, (video contains strong language), 4.11.06
• "Students, Community Explore Capital Punishment at UC Davis" press release, 3.27.06

Human rights for slaves

• RealOne webcast, 1:12 hours
• "Journalist Hochschild to talk about slavery's end," News Service press release, 4.14.05

Internment camps: Farewell to Manzanar author Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

• RealOne video, 1:01 hours, 12.3.03)

John McPhee talks about writing

• Q&A on writing RealOne video, 1:24 hours
• Discussion with Eldridge Moores RealOne video, 1:18 hours
• Panel with Poet Laureate Robert Haas and Pulitizer Prize winning poet Gary Snyder RealOne video, 1:27 hours
• "Writer John McPhee Speaks at UC Davis Nov. 10-13," News Service press release, 10.29.03

Preserving old movies

• "Early films entertaining, lively experiments," NewsWatch video, 1:58 minutes
• "Audiences must learn rules of film making," NewsWatch video, 1:53 minutes
• "UC Davis scholar brings rare films to video screen," News Service release, 1.20.00

"The Culture of Rivers": Sharing the watershed

• RealOne Video, Pacific Regional Humanities Center, 1:30 hours

Vietnam War through new eyes

• Web site including Flash audio slide show 5.27.04

Medicine

Attention deficit hyperactivity

• RealOne video, 1:06 hours
• UC Davis Health System news release, 5.7.04

Breast cancer treatment

• "Immediate Reconstruction Research," NewsWatch video, 1:53 minutes
• "Advances in Medical Procedures," NewsWatch video, 1:53 minutes

Genetic contributions to autism: Susan Folstein of Tufts University

• RealOne video, 1:23 hours, 2.11.02

Helping autistic children succeed: Peter Szatmari of McMaster University

• RealOne video 1:26 hours
• "Szatmari to speak on autism," UC Davis Health System press release, 1.14.04

How the brain handles emotions: Ralph Adolphs of California Institute of Technology

• RealOne video, 59 minutes, 5.11.05
• "Adolphs to Speak on How Individuals Process Social Information," UC Davis Health System press release, 5.3.05

"The Metabolic Tune-up to Optimizing Health" with Bruce Ames of UC Berkeley

• RealOne video, 1:11 hours, 2.18.04

Virtual medicine

• NewsWatch, 1:45 minutes
• UC Davis Medicine article, fall 2003

What's behind reading disabilities?

• Real Player video, 1:22 hours

Nutrition and exercise

Cancer-fighting organic produce

• NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes
• "Organic and sustainable foods have more polyphenolics linked to health benefits"News Service press release, 3.7.03

Health at every size

• NewsWatch video, 1:52 minutes
• "Non-Dieters More Successful at Boosting Health Than Dieters, Study Finds," UC Davis press release, 5.31.05

Marketing superfoods

• NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes
• "Superfoods offer shoppers new way to eat," News Service release, 1.29.04

Meat quality and safety

• NewsWatch, 1:45 minutes

"The Metabolic Tune-up to Optimizing Health" with Bruce Ames of UC Berkeley

• RealOne video, 1:11 hours, 2.18.04

New feed supplement produces heart-healthy milk

• Video on process, 3:05 minutes
• "New feed supplement produces heart-healthy milk," News Service press release, 11.4.03

Why beer is healthy

• "Beer has the good carbs," NewsWatch RealOne video, 1:57 minutes
• "Beer's bad rap for carbs unjustified," News Service press release, 10.25.05

Public policy

Death penalty talk: Mike Farrell

• RealOne webcast, 1:41 hours, (video contains strong language), 4.11.06
• Windows Media webcast, 1:41 hours, (video contains strong language), 4.11.06
• "Students, Community Explore Capital Punishment at UC Davis" press release, 3.27.06

The governor and the state: Dan Walters

• RealOne webcast, 1:01 hours, 4.19.06
• Windows Media webcast, 1:01 hours, 4.19.06

Iraq, intelligence and policy: Paul Pillar

• RealOne webcast, 1:03 hours, 5.17.06
• Windows Media webcast, 1:03 hours, 5.17.06

Science

Experiences in space: Aggie astronaut Tracy Caldwell

• Windows Media 1:27 hours, 1.25.08
• Quicktime webcast, 1:27 hours, 1.25.08
• "Aggie astronaut spends ‘99 percent’ of her time training," Dateline, 2.1.08

Genetic geography: Luigi Cavalli-Sforza on human history*

• Real Player webcast, 1:16 hours, 1.31.05
• More videos from Major Issues in Modern Biology lectures

Global technology innovation: Agilent President and CEO William Sullivan

• RealOne webcast, 54:34 minutes
• Windows Media webcast, 54:34 minutes

How the brain handles emotions: Ralph Adolphs

• Real Player video, 59 minutes, 5.11.05
• "Adolphs to Speak on How Individuals Process Social Information," UC Health System press release, 5.3.05

Particle physics revolution: UC Davis cosmologist Andreas Albrecht

• "Quantum Universe" Real Player video, 4:02 minutes
• "Quantum Universe" report

Science and entrepreneurism: John Hamer

• Real Player video
• Windows Media video
• "Entomologist forms research company to tackle hypertension," Dateline 3.04.05

Science of kissing

• NewsWatch Real Player video, 1:59 minutes

Scorpion chemistry

• NewsWatch Real Player video, 1:45 minutes

The fall of ancient societies: Evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond

• Real Player video, 1:16 hours, 10.7.03

Social sciences

Communicating with toddlers

• NewsWatch Real Player video, 1:45 minutes
• "Tiny bubbles, big learning opportunity," Dateline 5.7.04

Family studies

• "Sibling Rivalry Not Always the Problem" NewsWatch Real Player video, 1:45 minutes
• "Warmth Essential to Success" NewsWatch Real Player video, 1:45 minutes
• "Long-term studies of families show surprising results" News Service release, 4.1.04

Genetic geography: Luigi Cavalli-Sforza on human history*

• Real Player webcast, 1:16 hours, 1.31.05
• More videos from Major Issues in Modern Biology lectures

The governor and the state: Dan Walters

• RealOne webcast, 1:01 hours, 4.19.06
• Windows Media webcast, 1:01 hours, 4.19.06

Iraq, intelligence and policy: Paul Pillar

• RealOne webcast, 1:03 hours, 5.17.06
• Windows Media webcast, 1:03 hours, 5.17.06

Marketing superfoods: The lure of technology in foods

• NewsWatch Real Player video, 1:45 minutes
• "Superfoods offer shoppers new way to eat" News Service release 1.29.04

Salmon fishing and water rights

• Webcast, 1:49 hours, 6.2.05

Science of kissing

• NewsWatch video, 1:59 minutes

Smuggled terrorists is possibility

• NewsWatch video, 1:47 minutes
• "The New Slave Trade," UC Davis Magazine, Spring 2004

Student life

Bouncing to beauty: Liz Applegate

• NewsWatch Real Player video 1:45 minutes
• Dateline story, 3.21.03

Going to athletic Division I

• NewsWatch video, 1:45 minutes
• Press release on Big West Conference and NCAA Division I, 3.11.03
• Press release on Great West Football Conference, 2.25.04

Gus Lee on success

• RealOne webcast, 55:10 minutes, 8.11.06
• Windows Media webcast, 55:10 minutes, 8.11.06
• "Author Gus Lee to speak at outreach graduation," UC Davis news release, 8.8.06

Psychologist prepares athletes

• NewsWatch video, 1:52 minutes
• "Ross Flowers counsels the inner athlete," Dateline 3.18.05

Student health

• NewsWatch video, 1:56 minutes
• "New center promotes a healthy lifestyle for students," News Service release, 10.7.04

Student firefighters

• NewsWatch video 1:45 minutes

Veterinary Medicine

Animal shelter medicine

• Video segment from "State of Minds," 7 minutes
• "New Leash on Life," UC Davis Magazine, Fall 2004

Assessing the threat of mad cow disease

• Video, 55 minutes
• Special report Web site, 2.5.04

Doxie Derby history

• RealOne, 2.17 minutes
• 2005 Doxie Derby home page

Porpoise deaths

• NewsWatch Real Player video, 1:45 minutes
• "Cause of Porpoise Deaths Remains Uncertain, Panel Says," News Service press release, 2.9.04

Tracking mosquito diseases

• NewsWatch video on mosquito research, 1:45 minutes
• NewsWatch video on vaccinating horses for West Nile virus, 1:45 minutes
• Press release on UC Davis discovery of West Nile virus, 8.20.03
• Press release for horse owners on preventing the West Nile virus, 3.11.03