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13 Majors to Help You Combat Climate Change

Rebecca D Huval — May 02, 2022 - 1:52pm

If you’d like to prepare for a climate career, consider a major that immerses you in the study of the environment and ecology. These 13 majors at with �ٺ��Ƶ College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences could prepare you to become part of the solution.

�ٺ��Ƶ Job Shadowing Program to Partner Students With Senior Campus Leaders

Julia Ann Easley — April 03, 2018 - 12:05pm

Students at the University of California, Davis, have a special opportunity to learn more about their university through a new job shadowing program with campus leaders.

Chancellor Gary S. May is launching the �ٺ��Ƶ Leadership Job Shadow Program.

The program will partner a student with one of 12 senior campus leaders, including the chancellor, for a full day that may include observing and participating in meetings, attending events, and meeting other staff and faculty.

Solving the Conference/Child Care Career Conundrum

Andy Fell — March 05, 2018 - 3:06pm

A group of female academics is calling on scientific conferences to do more to accommodate nursing mothers and parents to help normalize parenthood in academia — removing a significant barrier to women beginning their careers in science.

“Nursing and child care, most often provided by women, are not a luxury; they are a biological necessity,” said Rebecca Calisi Rodriguez, assistant professor of neurobiology, physiology and behavior at the University of California, Davis, who is organizing the effort.

4 Paths at Summer Sessions for Exploring Careers

Susanne Rockwell — May 26, 2017 - 9:48am

�ٺ��Ƶ students can use Summer Sessions to explore careers by digging into new subjects, testing for alternative majors and getting a language or minor.

5 Reasons Why Undergraduates Should Do Research

Julia Ann Easley — April 25, 2017 - 1:42pm

Nearly 40 percent of �ٺ��Ƶ undergraduates participate in hands-on research. On the occasion of the 28th annual Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference on April 28 and 29 — where more than 700 students will present their work — we introduce you to some students and alumni who share what they’ve gained. Consider how the experience can benefit you, too.

Making Politics Personal

Robyn Frances Huey — December 01, 2015 - 8:00am

The lessons learned best are often the ones that affect us personally.

Alumnus Kyle Fradkin graduated in 2011, but he still remembers a particular political science assignment where his actions had the potential to impact not only his grade, but those of his classmates.

“Professor Ethan Scheiner asked us to devise our own electoral system to determine when to hold our midterm,” Fradkin recalls. “We picked a type of voting system, argued our positions and ultimately decided our own fate.”