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.
The Capital Fellows Programs are nationally recognized public policy fellowships which offer unique experiences in policy-making and development in each branch of government.
We are now accepting applications for the 2024-2025 Library Graduate Student Prize! Graduate students, professional students and postdoctoral scholars can win up to $1,000 for their research.
The Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement (PSE) recently shared its current research at two major conferences — the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) and the Engagement Scholarship Consortium (ESC) — where the PSE team presented on fostering collective impact, leading institutional transformation and supporting community partnerships.
The Ted Bradshaw Student Engaged Scholars Award honors one of the CRC's original visionaries. As Bradshaw Scholars, select UCD undergraduate and graduate students spend 6-10 hours per week during Winter and Spring quarters, working on applied and policy-oriented research projects with community partners and UCD faculty.
We are now accepting applications for the 2024-2025 Library Graduate Student Prize! Graduate students, professional students and postdoctoral scholars can win up to $1,000 for their research.
Co-sponsored by the UC Davis Library and the Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement, the prize is in its second year and recognizes graduate student researchers who use the library to create outstanding, publicly engaged scholarship that contributes to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
The UC Davis Institute of the Environment and its Environmental Faculty Fellows and Scholars Program supports scholars – from undergraduate and graduate students to faculty and professional researchers – throughout their careers at UC Davis.
PAGE Fellows participate in a yearlong working group in support of collaborative art-making, teaching, writing, storytelling, and co-creating knowledge with and within community.
