Through the UC Davis College Corps program, students like Parker Lamos gain hands-on experience while providing vital support to community partners tackling pressing challenges like climate change, food insecurity and K-12 education.
To prepare undergraduates at UC Davis to engage with the consequences of a changing climate, 13 UC Davis faculty have proposed a new Climate Crisis General Education (GE) Requirement. The requirement would apply across disciplines, reinforcing the idea that climate change is not just an environmental issue but one with economic, political and societal impacts.
Congratulations to the 2025 recipients of the UC Davis Library Graduate Student Prize: Maria Cruz (Ph.D. Candidate, Public Health Sciences), Tara Pozzi (Ph.D. Candidate, Ecology), and Mikhaila Redovian and Kirsten Schuhmacher (Ph.D. Candidates, English).
Standing at five-feet tall with a long torso and shorter limbs, Julie Wyman realized from a young age that her proportions seemed different from her peers. Growing up, she was often teased and repeatedly told that her body wasn’t suited for some of her dreams for the future.
In Fairfield, on the northeast edge of California’s Bay Area, there is a spot where the land drops below a gravel parking lot and into a ravine. Ledgewood Creek flows through an underpass, just out of sight from passing traffic and across from a Home Depot. On a hot day in early September 2024, researchers from UC Davis are in the creek, setting up transects to measure its size and shape.
Tiny fragments of DNA permeate the air, soil, and water around us. This environmental DNA (eDNA) unlocks a non-invasive way to monitor biodiversity and detect species that might otherwise go unnoticed. Dr.
In "Innovation for Impact," a class also known as "Hacking 4 Climate" that was offered for the first time this fall and will be offered in the winter quarter, six teams of five students are assigned to investigate an environmental issue. During the investigation, which involves speaking with companies, advocates and other issue stakeholders, the students search for gaps that could lead to opportunities for a business-based solution in the form of a startup.
An international team, including researchers from the University of California, Davis, worked with the government of Africa’s most populous country to model the public health benefits of fortifying bouillon cubes, a staple in West African cooking.
The 2024 Voluntary Local Review (VLR) on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the City of Sacramento maps Sacramento’s 2040 General Plan and Climate Action & Adaptation Plan to the 17 SDGs and its underlying principles. This is a collaborative project between the City of Sacramento and UC Davis. The VLR demonstrates that long-range city planning provides a unique opportunity to connect shared local and global goals, and that university-city partnerships can play an important role in this effort.
