We hope you haven’t had your fill of holiday treats, because we’ve got some yummy news to share: the results of the second annual Staff Assembly Holiday Bake-Off. This year’s contest, an all-bars edition, drew 22 entries. Taking first place was Ed’s Fantasy Bar, a three-layered treat of shortbread on the bottom, salted caramel in the middle and chocolate on top. It was entered by the Coffee House management team. Read the complete story, including all the results.
Twitter: A researcher learns to live with a hydrogen car
The California Hydrogen Business Council: Dan Sperling of @ITS_UCDavis shares his experience with his @Toyota Mirai on @Forbes [Click for link]
‘Beer for a Butterfly’ kicks off
You can contribute to science and win a pitcher of beer by competing in Professor Art Shapiro’s “Beer for a Butterfly” contest, now in its 46th year. The object: Catch the first cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) of the new year in Yolo, Sacramento or Solano counties.
Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, uses the data in his studies of butterfly life cycles and response to climate change. Shapiro said the current weather means there is "virtually no hope of it emerging before the 15th, if not later."
Read more about the contest (and the rules), and what to look for and where to look.
Instagram: You think this weather is bad?
UC Davis Library: It was frosty this morning...but here's proof that it has actually SNOWED in Davis! (Can you see the Silo in the background?) Circa January 8, 1973, from our #SpecialCollections.