Trending Content / Trending Content for UC Davis en Construction Managers Come Full Circle at Aggie Square /news/construction-managers-come-full-circle-aggie-square <p>For Joshua Chavez, working on Aggie Square was something of a homecoming, even though he’d only passed by the site of the Sacramento innovation district.</p><p>A 2021 graduate of UC Davis who majored in managerial economics, Chavez helped to manage some of the early, pivotal work on the Aggie Square site in 2023 — such as bringing power, water and sewer lines to the 11-acre site, which is a partnership between the ԹϺ and Wexford Science &amp; Technology LLC.</p> March 04, 2025 - 3:16pm Anila Mary Lijo /news/construction-managers-come-full-circle-aggie-square UC Davis Achieves Reaccreditation for 10 Years /news/uc-davis-achieves-reaccreditation-10-years <p>The Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission cited UC Davis’ “shared purpose, professional pride, and inclusive belonging that fosters active engagement and shared governance across the ԹϺ” as the regional accreditation agency renewed the ԹϺ’s accreditation for 10 years.</p> March 04, 2025 - 2:31pm Anila Mary Lijo /news/uc-davis-achieves-reaccreditation-10-years UC Davis to Celebrate Alumni and Friends at 52nd Alumni Awards Gala /news/uc-davis-celebrate-alumni-and-friends-52nd-alumni-awards-gala <p><span>The University of California, Davis, Cal Aggie Alumni Association has announced the recipients of its 2025 Alumni Awards, celebrating extraordinary alumni and friends who have made a lasting impact on their communities and the ԹϺ.</span></p><p><span>This year’s honorees are trailblazers in their fields — driving innovation, championing equity, and transforming the future of science, technology and veterinary care. They are also committed to supporting students by providing mentorship, resources and opportunities for success at UC Davis and beyond.</span></p> March 04, 2025 - 9:00am Anila Mary Lijo /news/uc-davis-celebrate-alumni-and-friends-52nd-alumni-awards-gala UC Davis Launches 'From Labs to Lives' to Highlight Federally Funded Research /news/uc-davis-launches-labs-lives-highlight-federally-funded-research <p><span>The University of California, Davis, has launched a website and video series titled, “</span><a href="/research/labs-to-lives"><span>From Labs to Lives</span></a>,<span>” to highlight federally funded research, describe how the research benefits the public, and share the consequences to the public if funding is reduced or eliminated.&nbsp;</span></p> March 03, 2025 - 12:42pm Julia Ann Easley /news/uc-davis-launches-labs-lives-highlight-federally-funded-research Burning Question: How to Save an Old-Growth Forest in Tahoe /climate/news/burning-question-how-save-old-growth-forest-tahoe <p><span>On the shores of Lake Tahoe at Emerald Bay State Park grows what some consider to be the most iconic old-growth forest in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Giant ponderosa pines — some of the last remaining in the area — share space with at least 13 other tree species.&nbsp;</span></p> March 03, 2025 - 9:02am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/burning-question-how-save-old-growth-forest-tahoe ‘Face to Face’: Davis Students Launch Seizure-Prediction Startup /news/podcasts-and-shows/face-to-face/davis-students-launch-seizure-prediction-startup <p dir="ltr"><span>On this month’s&nbsp;</span><em>Face to Face With Chancellor May</em><span>, meet Simran Lallian and Jaya Athuluru, two ambitious undergraduates at UC Davis behind the medtech startup,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.episense.net"><span>EpiSense</span></a><span>, a seizure prediction system that utilizes a recording of brain activity, an electroencephalogram (EEG) and machine learning.&nbsp;</span></p> February 25, 2025 - 11:00am Anila Mary Lijo /news/podcasts-and-shows/face-to-face/davis-students-launch-seizure-prediction-startup Connections Are Central at Black Futures Kickoff /news/connections-are-central-black-futures-kickoff <p>The nearly 100 people who gathered on campus before a concert last weekend were there to celebrate the start of Black Futures Month, but they also shared a broader purpose: to celebrate a storied history and work toward creating a bright future for all through networking, student support and more.</p> February 14, 2025 - 11:30am Cody Kitaura /news/connections-are-central-black-futures-kickoff Killing H5N1 in Waste Milk — An Alternative To Pasteurization /news/killing-h5n1-waste-milk-alternative-pasteurization UC Davis researchers have found that acidification can kill H5N1 in waste milk, providing dairy farmers an affordable, easy-to-use alternative to pasteurization. February 13, 2025 - 9:52am Amy M Quinton /news/killing-h5n1-waste-milk-alternative-pasteurization Record Number Apply for Undergraduate Studies at UC Davis /news/record-number-apply-undergraduate-studies-uc-davis-0 <p><span>For the second consecutive year, a record high number of students have applied to the University of California, Davis, for undergraduate studies in fall 2025.</span></p><p><span>The 120,131 applications represented a 4.1% increase over the previous record of 115,349 last year and included a record high number of California residents. Growth in applications from groups historically underrepresented in higher education ranged from 0.4% to 5.8%.&nbsp;</span></p> February 12, 2025 - 3:11pm Julia Ann Easley /news/record-number-apply-undergraduate-studies-uc-davis-0 UC Davis Art History’s Watenpaugh Inspires with Her Perspective on Art and Cultural Heritage Destruction /arts/blog/uc-davis-art-historys-watenpaugh-inspires-her-perspective-art-and-cultural-heritage <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-left"> <div class="media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/images/images.jpeg" width="678" height="452" alt="Heghnar Watenpaugh, professor of Art History at UC Davis."></div></figure> February 10, 2025 - 3:01pm Jamie Sara Gelfond /arts/blog/uc-davis-art-historys-watenpaugh-inspires-her-perspective-art-and-cultural-heritage