UC Davis Public Scholarship and Engagement

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Citizen Science

by Ula Chrobak
October 04, 2023

Science & Technology

Scientific research can feel impenetrable and exclusive to many people. These six community science projects at UC Davis are changing that.

Garden at Avenal, with blooming shrubs framing a dirt path ending with a vine-covered archway. A cell block stands behind the garden, which is surrounded by 10 foot chain-link fence topped with razor wire.

Piloting Citizen Science in Prison Gardens

by Ryan Meyer, Laci Gerhart, Chris Jadallah, Heidi Ballard
February 08, 2023

UC Davis researchers teamed with the Insight Garden Program to bring hands-on science opportunities to people in prison.

Image of a bridge over a bay with sailboats. A Living Atlas: Community-sourced Design for Citizen Science, Open to the public.

A Living Atlas: Community-sourced Design for Citizen Science Public Forum + Workshop

Hosted by: the Design Makerspace at the UC Davis Department of Design Presentation Panel: Rm 1003, 2:30 -3:30 pm

Nov 19, 2021 @ 2:30pm - 5:30pm
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Cruess Hall, Rooms 1103 + 1105 | 375 California Avenue | Davis, CA 95616
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Student-Built Air Purifiers Tackle Wildfire Smoke and COVID-19

by Ali Loge
September 21, 2021

Schools are facing many challenges this fall, including minimizing risks to students and staff from COVID-19 and wildfire smoke exposure. Air purifiers are one tool that can help.

Community-powered biodiversity conservation

How your observations can guide management on the California coast

Over the last decade, tens of thousands of community scientists and volunteer naturalists together have collected hundreds of thousands of observations of biodiversity up and down the California coast.

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Interdependence Builds Trust

January 20, 2021

Science & Technology

Professor Heidi Ballard knows how powerful it can be when scientists partner with the public to do research on environmental issues that affect their communities.

Becoming a citizen scientist in your own backyard

May 21, 2020

Science & Technology

Rachel Davis, UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden GATEways horticulturist, and Lauren Glevanik, UC Davis student and Learning by Leading intern share information about how we can all be naturalists and citizen scientists in our own yards or local areas with the help of the iNaturalist app.

Biodiversity Museum Day

Biodiversity Museum Day is a free, educational event for the community where visitors get to meet and talk with UC Davis scientists from undergraduate students to staff to emeritus professors.

Demonstration garden at Incline Village seeks new leadership

October 25, 2019

Environment

Alison Toy, Program Manager for UC Davis Tahoe Center for Environmental Science, has taken on a huge responsibility of keeping the North Lake Tahoe Demonstration Garden alive. The garden is going through a transformation, it is being rebranded as the North Lake Tahoe Educational Garden. She gathered members from UC Davis, SNC and IVGID to formulate a plan for the future of the garden.