News

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  Umbilical cord blood

  The UC Davis Health System starts a collection program that promises stem cells for research and an alternative to bone marrow for transplants

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  Blue Planet Prize goes to UC Davis transportation expert

  Daniel Sperling is one of two recipients of the 2013 Blue Planet Prize, described as the Nobel Prize for the environmental sciences

• Is interracial marriage still scandalous?

  UC Davis law professor Rose Cuison Villazor explores the complex but still divided map of interracial marriage (NY Times)

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  Prop. 8 possibilities

  Law prof Vik Amar points out options facing the Supreme Court regarding same-sex marriage in California (PBS NewsHour)

• Summerlong road closure

  Hutchison Drive closes to buses and reroutes pedestrians as construction continues on the $3.7M improvement project 
  

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Happenings

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  Friday, June 21

  Folk Music Jam Session

  Musicians and listeners invited to a lunch-hour jam, all skill levels welcome, noon-1 p.m., Wyatt Deck

• June 20, 27, July 18, 25, Aug. 1

  Aggie Campfires

  For kids 8-11: Campus Rec offers skits and songs, dinner and s'mores — and the kids get to sleep in their own beds, back at home, online registration, 5-8 p.m., Putah Creek Lodge

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  Sat., June 22

  Rock ‘n’ roll and R&B

  Singer-songwriter JD McPherson and band perform with his newest album, “Signs and Signifiers,” 7 p.m., Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center

• Through June 30

  'As You Like It'

  The Davis Shakespeare Ensemble presents its fourth annual summer show, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, UC Davis Arboretum gazebo

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