Rio Games Content / Rio Games Content for аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis en Meet Our Olympians Seth Weil and Kim Conley /news/meet-our-olympians-set-weil-kim-conley <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-center"> <div class="media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/news/campus-news/2016/aug/seth-boat3.jpg" width="850" height="536" alt=" Seth Weil with boat on shoulder" typeof="Image"> </div> <figcaption>Rowing to Rio: Seth Weil, who began rowing with the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis sport club in 2005, competes Aug. 7 in the Olympics. (Photo by U.S.</figcaption></figure> August 16, 2016 - 11:25am Dave Jones /news/meet-our-olympians-set-weil-kim-conley аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis Experts: Olympic Summer Games /news/olympics-source-list <p>аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis experts are available to comment on various aspects of the Summer Olympic Games including nutrition, sports psychology and injury prevention.</p> August 02, 2016 - 3:27pm Patricia Bailey /news/olympics-source-list Library Celebrates Olympics Rugby Great ‘Babe’ Slater /news/rugby-great-honored-uc-davis <p>It may come as a surprise to even the most avid sports fans, but when the U.S.&nbsp;men’s rugby team takes the field this summer in the Rio Olympics, they’ll actually be defending their title.</p> <p>Often thought of as a foreign sport, rugby actually enjoys a rich history in the United States, especially here in Northern California where a local sporting legend helped the United States to win two gold medals in the Olympic Games nearly a century ago.</p> August 01, 2016 - 11:12am Cody Kitaura /news/rugby-great-honored-uc-davis The Physics of Rowing /news/physics-rowing <section class="wysiwyg-feature-block "> <h3 class="wysiwyg-feature-block__title">Meet Our Aggie Olympians</h3> <div class="wysiwyg-feature-block__body"> <p>Why are we talking about rowing? Because Aggie alum Seth Weil ’11 will be rowing in the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. <a href="/news/meet-our-olympians-seth-weil-and-kim-conley">Read more about Weil and Aggie alum Kim Conley ’09</a>, our other Aggie alum who’s going to Rio.</p> </div> </section> <p>What is the key to rowing speed?</p> July 26, 2016 - 3:52pm Jocelyn C Anderson /news/physics-rowing Runner and Rower Going to Rio! /news/conley-09-weil-11-compete-rio-games <p>Let the Games begin — but not before we tell you about аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis’ connections to the 2016 Summer Olympics (including one connection that dates back nearly a century).</p> July 11, 2016 - 7:36pm Dave Jones /news/conley-09-weil-11-compete-rio-games NEWS BRIEFS: Safety Walk Will Go On, Rain or Moonlight /news/news-briefs-safety-walk-will-go-on-rain-moonlight <p>аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis won't let rain stop the safety walk planned for Wednesday night (March 9), the Police Department announced. So, show up at 6:30 p.m. at the flagpole on the <a href="http://campusmap.ucdavis.edu/?b=104">Memorial Union’s South Patio</a>, and bring your umbrellas! The organizers will be serving hot chocolate and snacks before the walk.</p> March 08, 2016 - 11:56am Dave Jones /news/news-briefs-safety-walk-will-go-on-rain-moonlight