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Federal Governmental
Relations: Events
Recent Events
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Chancellors' Forum in
Washington, DC - April 2001
The annual UC Chancellors' Forum was held in Washington,
D.C on April 23-24 coinciding with the annual Association
of American Universities (AAU) meeting. This year set
a precedent with all ten Chancellors and President Atkinson
attending to meet with national leaders and advance
issues of importance to the university. This year, the
messages carried to the Administration and members of
the California Congressional delegation included the
need for a balanced investment in federal research funding,
a stable source of funding for graduate medical education,
and support for graduate student tax credits. The event
also included a luncheon with members of the Washington,
D.C. press corps.
Chancellors participated in
approximately thirty federal meetings both inCongress
and the Administration. Highlights included: meeting
with the Secretary of Education Rod Paige to discuss
year round Pell grants, K-12 outreach initiatives, and
other student aid priorities for UC; with Rep. George
Miller (D-Martinez) Ranking Member on the House Committee
on Education and the Workforce to discuss similar K-12
concerns; with Rep. Chris Cox (R-Irvine), Rep. Nancy
Pelosi (D-San
Francisco) and Chairman Bill Thomas (R-Bakersfield)
of the Ways and Means Committee.
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UC
Davis College of
Agriculture
and Environmental Sciences -
April 2001
On April 9-10, the UC Davis College of Agriculture and
Environmental Sciences hosted 17 congressional staffers
on an educational tour around campus and to the Napa Valley.
Congressional staff with responsibility for agriculture
issues from the offices of Reps. Farr (D-Santa Cruz),
Issa (R-San Clemente), Lewis (R-edlands), Pombo (R-Stockton),
Radanovich (R-Mariposa), Thompson (D-Napa), Ose (R-Davis),
Calvert (R-Riverside), Condit (D-Modesto), and Senators
Boxer and Feinstein participated in the two-day tour of
UC Davis and the Napa Valley. In addition, key stafffrom
the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and House
Agriculture Committee were in attendance. UCD faculty
gave presentations on several research areas including
invasive species, agricultural genomics, and Pierce's
Disease. The staffers visited a genomics laboratory, the
Oakville experimental vineyard, and UCD's Department of
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UC San
Francisco's
Academic Medical Center -
January 2001
On January 16 - 17, 2001 UC San Francisco, working with
UC FGR, hosted nine congressional staffers for a Project
Medical Education (PME) visit. PME is a partnership
of the Association of American Medical Colleges and
a coalition of America's leading medical schools and
teaching hospitals working together to inform Congresson
how medical education benefits the nation.
Key Congressional staff with
responsibility for health issues from the offices of
Reps. Pelosi (D-San Francisco), Matsui (D-Sacramento),
Woolsey (D-Marin), Eshoo (D-Palo Alto), Markey (D-MA),
Gephardt (D-MO), and Senators Feinstein (D-CA), Boxer
(D-CA) and Chafee (R-RI) participated in a two-day intensive
workshop that simulated the process of becoming a physician.
The staffers received an overview of the UCSF Academic
Medical Center, medical school curriculum and graduate
medical education (GME). They attended classes, joined
faculty on rounds at different departments of the teaching
hospitals, including ICU and Radiology, and visited
with medical students and residents. They also toured
the new UCSF Mission Bay facility, and learned about
UCSF's medical partnerships by visiting San Francisco
General Hospital, Mt. Zion's Comprehensive Cancer Center
and the Veterans' Administration Hospital. At the conclusion,
staffers received a long white coat embroidered with
their name to mark their graduation from the PME program.
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