UC Davis Public Scholarship and Engagement

School of Nursing Leader Honored by University of Portland

by Rebecca Badeaux
May 12, 2023

University News

When the Class of 2023 at the University of Portland School of Nursing and Health Innovations received their diplomas on May 7, a Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis leader was right alongside them.

Ermias Kebreab and Matthias Hess with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences stand in front of a cow eating feed at the UC Davis dairy barn. They will work with UC collaborators to cut methane emissions from cow guts using the genome-editing tool CRSPR. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis)

Can CRISPR Cut Methane Emissions From Cow Guts?

by Clémentine Sicard
April 10, 2023

Science & Technology

University of California, Davis, scientists are teaming up with UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco researchers on a $70-million donor-funded initiative that aims in part to cut climate change-causing emissions from cattle by using the genome-editing tool CRISPR on microbes in the cows’ gut.

Student, Alice Dien, stand with J.P. Deplanque. Alice holds a grad slam award. They both hold a large check for the amount of $2,500.

Alice Dien Hits it Out of the Park, Advances to UC Grad Slam Finals with Revolutionary Drying Research

by Noah Pflueger-Peters
May 03, 2022

University News

Biological Systems Engineering Ph.D. student Alice Dien won first place at UC Davis Grad Slam on April 6.

Small circles in a spiral to form a big circle with the text “Public Scholars UC Davis Humanities Institute”

Welcome to the 2022 Mellon Public Scholars

by Stephanie Maroney
February 22, 2022

The UC Davis Humanities Institute is proud to announce the 2022 cohort of Mellon Public Scholars (MPS). The MPS Faculty Advisory Board selected ten graduate student proposals for mutually beneficial research projects with community partners.

Two Elected to National Academy of Engineering

by Kat Kerlin
February 10, 2022

University News

Two professors from the University of California, Davis, have been elected as members of the National Academy of Engineering. Professors Kate Scow and Daniel Sperling join 13 other current UC Davis faculty members who are in the academy.

The Conversation

Hosted by: Davis Humanities Institute

The Conversation is a public online event series that puts UC scholars in dialogue with one another, the community, and students on topics ranging from the removal of confederate monuments to d

Clarifying Our Purpose, Setting Our Course

As we grapple with the overlapping impacts of the pandemic, racial justice uprisings, and climate change, engaged scholars are called to reflect on the limitations and possibilities of our work in advancing a more just and equitable world. How might we re-examine our identities, roles and commitments?

Academic Senate, Academic Federation Announce Annual Award Recipients

May 13, 2020

University News

The Academic Senate and Academic Federation have chosen their award recipients for 2020, members honored for their teaching, research and public service

Public Scholarship Faculty Fellows Program: Call for Applications

April 29, 2020

Announcements

Applications are now being accepted for this faculty development program, set to run in fall quarter 2020 through winter quarter 2021, which aims to support individuals working on academic publications by organizing a public scholarship peer group, facilitating structured time for advancing a peer-review manuscript or academic book chapter, coordinating internal peer group feedback, and identifying dissemination outlets.

2019 Mellon Public Scholars Showcase

The twelve UC Davis graduate students in the arts, humanities, and humanistic social sciences in the 2019 cohort will present their community-based projects, followed by a reception and resource share.