University News

Smoke From Megafires Puts Orchard Trees at Risk

Amy M Quinton — October 02, 2024

�ٺ��Ƶ researchers say long-term smoke exposure from massive wildfires lowers the energy reserves of orchard trees and can cut their nut production by half.

A Message From President Drake: Working Together Toward Inclusive Excellence

Cody Kitaura — October 02, 2024

University of California President Michael V. Drake issued the following statement yesterday (Oct. 1):

THE DOWNLOAD: Latinx Heritage Month, New Quarter, Football

Cody Kitaura — October 01, 2024

Research in 4 Continents Links Outdoor Air Pollution to Differences in Children’s Brains

Karen Michele Nikos — October 01, 2024

Outdoor air pollution from power plants, fires and cars continues to degrade human, animal and environmental health around the globe. New research shows that even pollution levels that are below government air-quality standards are associated with differences in children’s brains.

Catalyzing Change: Engineering Enzymes to Meet Human Needs

Jocelyn C Anderson — October 01, 2024

Enzyme engineering is key to the future of human health. The Design2Data program teaches students to solve problems in the food, energy and health industries.

Do Rom-Coms Depict Realistic Relationships?

Jocelyn C Anderson — September 30, 2024

�ٺ��Ƶ psychology professor Paul Eastwick analyzes rom-coms in a new podcast.

Genetic Rescue for Rare Red Foxes?

Katherine E Kerlin — September 26, 2024

A �ٺ��Ƶ study shows inbreeding is affecting Lassen's small, isolated red fox population. Genetic rescue could be a viable option for their recovery.

Fall ’24 Dining Guide

Jose Antonio Vadi — September 24, 2024

The leaves are changing and the pumpkin lattes are brewing, which can only mean that fall quarter has begun.

�ٺ��Ƶ recently earned a grade of A+ in Niche’s Best College Food in America ranking: Celebrate and sample new and returning campus offerings with this guide to fall dining specials across campus.

‘Face to Face’: Homecoming for New Football Coach Tim Plough

Jose Antonio Vadi — September 24, 2024

Kick off the fall quarter with this month’s episode of Face to Face With Chancellor May, featuring new head football coach Tim Plough ’08 in conversation with Chancellor Gary S. May.

THE DOWNLOAD: Football Recap, Astronaut, Augmented Reality

Cody Kitaura — September 24, 2024

Among the Academies: Defining Biology’s Systems

Jose Antonio Vadi — September 24, 2024

Our daily life consists of a science invisible to the naked eye. Think of how molecules come together to form tiny machines within different parts of our bodies, like how the neural networks of our brains are a product of neurons coming together and sending digital signals with other bodily functions.

How do we model the forces of nature that we cannot see but that are indispensable to our everyday life?

LAURELS: Community Engagement, AI and Society, Law, Ceramics, More

Cody Kitaura — September 24, 2024

Numerous �ٺ��Ƶ faculty members have recent fellowships, elections to associations, awards and more to add to their curriculum vitaes. Dateline �ٺ��Ƶ is presenting a roundup of some of those honors in this column: Read on for more information.

Dateline �ٺ��Ƶ welcomes news of faculty and staff awards, for publication in Laurels. Send information to dateline@ucdavis.edu.

Come 1, Come All to The Greatest Show

Cody Kitaura — September 24, 2024

Join us Oct. 18 to celebrate philanthropy at �ٺ��Ƶ. Bring your friends and family to experience the incredible impact of the $2.25 billion that donors gave during the university’s comprehensive campaign, Expect Greater: From �ٺ��Ƶ, for the World.

�ٺ��Ƶ’ Historic Expect Greater Campaign Raises $2.25 Billion

James Michael Nash — September 24, 2024

The University of California, Davis, is celebrating its most successful fundraising campaign — Expect Greater: From �ٺ��Ƶ, for the World — a multi-year effort that raised over $2.25 billion for student support, health research and care, sustainability, innovation and more.

Exhibition Features Work of Brenda Mallory, Citizen of Cherokee Nation, at Gorman

Karen Michele Nikos — September 24, 2024

Brenda Mallory, Fragment (To Gather), 2023, Thread, thread cores, staples, wax on wood panels is one of the works on view at the Gorman.

�ٺ��Ƶ in Top 10 of Nation’s Public Universities for 4th Year

Julia Ann Easley — September 23, 2024

The University of California, Davis, is No. 9 among the nation’s top public universities in rankings published today (Sept. 23) by U.S. News & World Report.

It is the fourth consecutive year the campus has been ranked among the media company’s top 10 public universities; for the past 10 years, it has been among the top 12.

�ٺ��Ƶ continues to score high in the most prestigious college rankings for its quality of education, impact of its research and the social mobility it offers students.

Sharks and Rays Leap Out of the Water for Many Reasons, Including Feeding, Courtship and Communication

Andy Fell — September 23, 2024

Many sharks and rays are known to breach, leaping fully or partly out of the water. In a recent study, colleagues and I reviewed research on breaching and ranked the most commonly hypothesized functions for it.

Chancellor’s Fall Welcome: Looking Forward to the New Year

Cody Kitaura — September 23, 2024

�ٺ��Ƶ Enters New International Strawberry Licensing Agreements

Bill Kisliuk — September 23, 2024

The University of California, Davis, has reached new agreements to license more than a dozen of its world-renowned strawberry varieties to growers in countries across the world.

The agreements ensure that nurseries and fruit growers in Mexico, South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East have access to all available varieties developed by the �ٺ��Ƶ Public Strawberry Breeding Program.

Strawberry plant varieties developed at �ٺ��Ƶ produce about 60% of all strawberries consumed around the world.

Aggie Square Shows the Way as It Rises

Cody Kitaura — September 19, 2024

Hundreds of people gathered steps away from Aggie Square’s future public square today (Sept. 19) to hear Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s final State of the City address, in which he held up the innovation district as a model partnership that can improve the city and region.

“I chose to deliver my last State of the City speech here at Aggie Square because it represents everything I believe a city should aspire to,” Steinberg said.

University News

Smoke From Megafires Puts Orchard Trees at Risk

A Message From President Drake: Working Together Toward Inclusive Excellence

THE DOWNLOAD: Latinx Heritage Month, New Quarter, Football

Research in 4 Continents Links Outdoor Air Pollution to Differences in Children’s Brains

Catalyzing Change: Engineering Enzymes to Meet Human Needs

Do Rom-Coms Depict Realistic Relationships?

Genetic Rescue for Rare Red Foxes?

Fall ’24 Dining Guide

‘Face to Face’: Homecoming for New Football Coach Tim Plough

THE DOWNLOAD: Football Recap, Astronaut, Augmented Reality

Among the Academies: Defining Biology’s Systems

LAURELS: Community Engagement, AI and Society, Law, Ceramics, More

Come 1, Come All to The Greatest Show

�ٺ���Ƶ’ Historic Expect Greater Campaign Raises $2.25 Billion

Exhibition Features Work of Brenda Mallory, Citizen of Cherokee Nation, at Gorman

�ٺ���Ƶ in Top 10 of Nation’s Public Universities for 4th Year

Sharks and Rays Leap Out of the Water for Many Reasons, Including Feeding, Courtship and Communication

Chancellor’s Fall Welcome: Looking Forward to the New Year

�ٺ���Ƶ Enters New International Strawberry Licensing Agreements

Aggie Square Shows the Way as It Rises

�ٺ��Ƶ’ Historic Expect Greater Campaign Raises $2.25 Billion

�ٺ��Ƶ in Top 10 of Nation’s Public Universities for 4th Year

�ٺ��Ƶ Enters New International Strawberry Licensing Agreements