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Undergraduates, graduate students and faculty from Biological Sciences presented their research at the “California Native Plant Society’s 2009 Conservation Conference: Strategies and Solutions,” held at the Sacramento Convention Center, Jan. 17-20. Retired professor Mike Baad presented, “Long-Term monitoring of McDonald's rock cress on Red Mountain (Mendocino County) provides managers with evidence of population decline due to successional changes following fire.” Professor Jamie Kneitel (with graduate student co-author Carrie Lessin) presented “Nutrient addition effects on plant composition in vernal pool mesocosms,” a work supported by grants from the Department of Biological Sciences. Undergraduate Jim Alford (with co-author Jamie Kneitel) presented “Corn Lily (Veratrum californicum) presence structures sub-alpine meadows in the Sierra Nevada,” a work supported by a CSUS RCA Grant. Graduate student Byron Love presented “Nonnative bees and plants meet the natives along the Sacramento and Cosumnes rivers.”

Anne Fuller's article, “U.S. faculty patenting: Inside and outside the university,” was published in the February 2009 issue of the journal Research Policy. With co-authors from Georgia Tech, the article finds that 26 percent of patents with science or engineering faculty inventors are assigned directly to private firms. The characteristics of these patents are consistent with consulting activity which may legitimately explain why these patents are not assigned to their universities. Firm assignment varies by inventor, field of study and whether the university is public or private.

Joan Neide, Kinesiology and Health Science, just published a book, Teaching Self-Defense in Secondary Physical Education.

Metropolitan Universities Journal has featured Jana Noel, Teacher Education and Community Engagement Faculty Scholar, and the Urban Teacher Education Center (UTEC), in an online newsletter that supplements their print publication. Noel is also a recent recipient of the Outstanding Community Service award in recognition for her work in creating UTEC.