Ralph Curtis Aldredge

This decision analysis evaluates long-term strategies for Delta water exports, focusing on environmental impacts and economic costs. It considers four main alternatives: continuing current export strategies, constructing a peripheral canal, implementing dual conveyance, or ending water exports. The analysis incorporates uncertainties such as sea level rise and seismic events, examining their implications for fish population viability and statewide economic costs. The primary conclusion suggests that a peripheral canal represents the most balanced approach for coequal fish and water supply objectives, potentially generating an economic surplus that could be reinvested into environmental improvements.

The meeting served as the inaugural gathering of the three Provost's Task Forces—Academic Resources, Enrollment Management, and Facilities—to discuss the 2020 Initiative. Key discussion topics included the strategic growth plan, which proposes adding 5,000 undergraduate students and 300 new faculty members to improve the university's financial stability and student-faculty ratios. The meeting highlighted the need to increase international student enrollment to roughly 14 percent, address facilities and laboratory needs, and ensure access for California students. Participants also reviewed preliminary financial models, including the impact of potential state support or tuition adjustments, and established a framework for future interdisciplinary coordination and development of enrollment strategies.

The Regents Working Group on Innovation Transfer and Entrepreneurship aims to develop recommendations and take direct actions to promote the translation of UC's discoveries into useful products, inspire faculty and student inventors, and pursue fair value for intellectual property. The initiative is structured through an organizational phase, a fact-finding phase, a design and build phase, and an implementation phase, with a focus on enhancing UC's tech transfer ecosystem and entrepreneurial culture.

This Draft UC Davis Bicycle and Transit Network Study outlines proposed improvements to the campus bikeway system and transit facilities. It details future conditions based on the 2003 Long Range Development Plan and the Centennial Plan, focusing on accommodating increased travel demand and reducing conflicts. Key areas include recommended bikeway types, intersection enhancements, campus-city gateways, bicycle parking, and transit service upgrades, with specific design guidelines to improve safety and accessibility for cyclists and pedestrians.

The 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment Implementation Strategy for UC Davis Medical Center focuses on addressing significant health needs in Sacramento County. Key areas include improving access to mental health and substance use services, basic needs such as housing and food, and quality primary health care. The strategy also emphasizes system navigation, injury and disease prevention, health equity, and access to specialty and extended care. The plan aims to reduce health disparities, promote community health, and leverage partnerships to support vulnerable populations.