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Checking In With Chancellor May: Preparing Our Students to Join the Workforce of Tomorrow

Spring at UC Davis is a season of transition. Students are already eagerly registering for commencement, and just a few weeks ...
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Global Strategies to Protect Seals and Sea Lions from Avian Influenza

When the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was discovered on a poultry farm in Asia in 1996, there was little indication that it would become so widespread and so destructive. Within 30 ...
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Extracting Rare Earth Elements from U.S. Wastewaters

Rare earth elements are vital to new technologies and industry but hard to obtain. A new project led by UC Davis and funded by a grant from ARPA-E aims to develop acid-tolerant bacteria that can ...
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Bezos Earth Fund Grants $2M to UC Davis and American Heart Association to Advance AI-Designed Foods

A grant of $2 million from the Bezos Earth Fund will support Swap it Smart, an AI-based platform to identify new food ingredients, combinations and recipes that promote nutrition while lowering costs ...
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The Unifying Impact of Javier Zamora’s 'Solito'

The Mondavi Center’s Jackson Hall was buzzing Tuesday, March 10 in anticipation for Javier Zamora’s discussion on his ...
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UC Davis Athletics Director Rocko Deluca Named NACDA Athletics Director of the Year

University of California, Davis, Director of Athletics Rocko DeLuca has been named a 2025–26 NACDA Athletics Director of the ...
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What Does it Mean to Remember Just About Everything?

Marilu Henner can immediately remember everything she did Feb. 24, 1977. It was a Thursday. She was living in New York. She ...
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The Science of Fatherhood

In the kitchen of UC Davis Professor Emerita Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, overlooking a long dining table, hangs a painting by artist Isabella Kirkland.
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Humans are Born to Run

Aggie alumna Kim Conley (center) competed in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter events at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. New research supports the idea that humans have long used endurance running as a way ...
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First Cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Northern Elephant Seals Confirmed in California

An adult male northern elephant seal attempts to mate with an adult female near the end of the breeding season. Note: March 12, 2026: This outbreak is ongoing. For the latest updates and materials, ...
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What Makes a Hit? On TikTok and Spotify, Listeners Only Partly Decide

TikTok is built for people to create and share their own content, so dance music and indie artists fill the platform’s Top 100. On Spotify, love songs and music from major record labels dominate its ...
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$9.8M Grant Will Fund College Corps for 3 More Years

A nearly $9.8 million grant will extend the College Corps program at UC Davis and enable up to 225 undergraduates in each of the next three academic years to learn and earn as they serve the community ...