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How Urban Streams, Climate Change and Unhoused People Intertwine

Katherine E Kerlin — January 27, 2025 - 9:28am

A search for compassionate, sustainable solutions takes researchers to Bay Area streams to investigate the intersections of climate change, urban streams and unhoused people.

Mussel Bed Surveyed Before World War II Still Thriving

Katherine E Kerlin — January 16, 2025 - 12:22pm

A mussel bed in northern California is as healthy and biodiverse as it was about 80 years ago, when two young students surveyed it shortly before one was sent to fight in World War II, finds a new �ٺ��Ƶ study.

The Hunt Narrows for Ebolavirus Hosts

Katherine E Kerlin — January 15, 2025 - 9:30am

Bats are widely recognized as the primary hosts of filoviruses, such as Ebola, yet the specific host species of ebolaviruses are not definitively known. In a study led by the University of California, Davis, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein), scientists have developed a new tool to narrow down potential host species of filoviruses and better prioritize wildlife surveillance. The research is part of global efforts to prevent viral spillover between animals and humans.

Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Why Zika Virus Hijacks a Protein Needed for Brain Growth

Andy Fell — January 13, 2025 - 11:13am

The mosquito-borne Zika virus is known for causing microcephaly, a birth defect in which abnormal brain development results in a smaller-than-expected head. A new study published Jan. 13 in mBio shows that the Zika virus hijacks a host protein called ANKLE2, which happens to be important for brain development, to assist its own reproduction. Because Zika, unlike most related viruses, can cross the placenta, this can have disastrous consequences in pregnancy.

�ٺ��Ƶ’ Record Enrollment Brings Increased Diversity, HSI Eligibility

Julia Ann Easley — January 07, 2025 - 9:05am

The percentage of Latinx students enrolled at �ٺ��Ƶ in fall 2024 have made the campus eligible to become a Hispanic-Serving Institution, or HSI.

Your Smart TV is Watching What You Watch

Andy Fell — December 18, 2024 - 2:45pm

If you’re thinking of buying a “smart” TV for the holidays, you ought to know that your new device is constantly capturing snapshots of what’s on screen and sending them back to the manufacturer — even if you are using the device as a computer monitor and not watching TV at all. The findings come from a recent study by computer scientists at the University of California, Davis; University College London; and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, published in Proceedings of the 2024 ACM on Internet Measurement Conference.

The High Cost of Carbon

Katherine E Kerlin — December 17, 2024 - 11:05am

The social cost of carbon — an important figure used to analyze the benefits of climate policies — is too low, finds �ٺ��Ƶ study.

�ٺ��Ƶ Tops Nation in Sustainability Rankings

Julia Ann Easley — December 12, 2024 - 6:00am

The University of California, Davis, is the “greenest” campus in the United States for the ninth year in a row, according to the 2024 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings published today (Dec. 12).

The rankings, established by the University of Indonesia in 2010, also place �ٺ��Ƶ as the world’s seventh most sustainable university, the 12th consecutive year the campus has been in the world’s top 10.

�ٺ��Ƶ Health Vice Chancellor and CEO David Lubarsky to Retire

James Michael Nash — December 11, 2024 - 2:29pm

University of California, Davis, Chancellor Gary S. May announced today that David Lubarsky, �ٺ��Ƶ Health’s vice chancellor of human health sciences and chief executive officer, will retire from the university effective Feb. 15, 2025. After his retirement, Lubarsky will become president and CEO of Westchester Medical Center Health Network, a nine-hospital health system near where he grew up, in Valhalla, New York.

�ٺ��Ƶ Joins New $285 Million CHIPS Semiconductor Research Institute

Andy Fell — December 09, 2024 - 4:40pm

The University of California, Davis will be part of a new, $285 million nationwide institute dedicated to advancing research and manufacturing of American semiconductors.

The new institute, known as SMART USA (Semiconductor Manufacturing and Advanced Research with Twins USA) will develop, validate and use digital twins to improve domestic semiconductor design, manufacturing, advanced packaging, assembly and test processes.