A snapshot of University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Assembly District 3 - Rick Keene, R- Chico UC Alumni in this district: 3,659
UC in Your District
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cultural resources and innovative
research programs. From health-
care education for rural physicians
to agricultural research advice for
local farmers to college preparation
efforts in nearly every public
school, UC has a direct influence in
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EAGLE LAKE FIELD STATION THE UC DAVIS TAHOE RESEARCH THE UC DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER
GROUP
The UC-affiliated Eagle Lake Field The UC Davis Medical Center
Station in Susanville in District 3, The UC Davis Tahoe Research located near District 3, is the
conducts practical and cutting edge Group (TRG) near District 3, is region’s only academic medical
environmental research. The site also composed of public and private center and is the sole Level 1 Trauma
offers a variety of field courses and partners and has been at the forefront Center serving the residents of
visiting programs in topics such as of environmental research. TRG Humboldt, Lake and surrounding
surveying and wildlife/fish biology. studies are now being replicated at counties. The UCD Health System is
Russia's Lake Baikal, through the UC also a leader in the field of
Tahoe-Baikal Institute, which is helping Telemedicine, which links remote
to pioneer research on environmental hospitals and primary care practices
stresses and global policy directions. to the medical center. This
The TRG also provides educational innovative program allows physicians
seminars and presentations to schools in remote areas of the North State to
and service clubs throughout the care for their patients locally.
region. A new TRG center is under
development and will provide an even
deeper understanding of the ecology
and future of Lake Tahoe.
A snapshot of University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Assembly District 3 - Rick Keene, R- Chico UC Alumni in this district: 3,659
UC’s MESA (Mathematics, UC’s California Subject Matter Projects develop teachers'
Engineering & Science knowledge in K-12 subjects by enhancing instructional
Achievement) works to prepare strategies, improving teacher retention and support systems,
educationally disadvantaged providing access to techniques that improve achievement, and
students for four-year colleges at K- developing ‘teacher-leaders’ a t over 500 California school
12 schools in the North State districts. The project works with several schools in District 3,
region, including Chico High and including Johnstonville Elementary in Susanville. With the
Chico Junior High in District 3. expertise of teachers and UC faculty, the program annually
http://mesa.ucop.edu trains thousands of teachers through intensive summer
courses. http://csmp.ucop.edu
UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Cooperative Extension offices in Placer-Nevada, Butte, The UC Davis Mathematics Project
Plumas-Sierra and Lassen work with Northern Californians on (UCDMP) serves teachers and
community development and 4-H youth development. Research school districts throughout the
on forestry and rangeland and watershed management is entire Central Valley and into the
conducted at Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center lower reaches of the Sierras.
in Browns Valley. http://www.ucanr.org/ UCDMP offers a variety of programs for
mathematics teachers, including two
VA Northern California tiers of intensive Summer Institutes that
Health Care System is an provide teachers from K-Community
affiliate of the UC Davis College the opportunity to develop
Medical Center, and problem -solving strategies, learn new
provides a full range of math content and instructional techniques .
medical care to over http://sup.ucdavis.edu/
417,000 veterans in the
region. The system
includes the Chico The Veterinary Teaching
Outpatient Clinic in District 3, which offers a wide range of Hospital at UC Davis is the
medical and surgical inpatient and outpatient programs and only veterinary teaching
services. http://www.va.gov hospital in California and
provides services to more
The Public Law Research Institute at UC’s Hastings College than 27,000 animals each
of the Law serves California legislators and agencies by year. UC Davis' Center for
analyzing the legal issues that confront California's state and Equine Health (CEH) is
local governments. The range of research topics has included leading the way in research
the AIDS crisis, corporate governance, welfare reform, to unravel the mysteries of colic, the painful abdominal
economic development, crime control, and health care reform. malady that is the number one killer of horses. The School
http://www.uchastings.edu/plri/ of Vet Medicine’s new Kenneth L. Maddy Equine Analytical
Chemistry Lab will provide drug testing for California
racehorses, as well as studies evaluating the effectiveness of
medications and other products on racehorse performance.
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California Partners for Advanced Transit in Highways
(PATH), at the UC Institute of Transportation Studies brings
together faculty and students with private industry and
state/local agencies to develop the research technologies that
will improve California's transport systems. PATH is working to
develop lasting solutions to the state’s public transit challenges.
http://www.path.berkeley.edu