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.

 

Ph.D. student Jadda Miller has received two recognitions for her work at the intersection of environmental education and community-based approaches to scientific research. She has been named a 2024-2025 Earth Scholar by the UC Davis Institute of the Environment and, with her advisor Prof.

Global migration is increasing, and more and more families face resettlement in new and often culturally foreign settings.

A new community-based flood insurance pilot program in the Sacramento River Delta hopes to more quickly connect residents with aid in the event of a flooding emergency.

Improving indoor air quality is the goal of a new video series developed by experts at the University of California, Davis in collaboration with the California Department of Public Health.

Chinook salmon are facing unprecedented challenges as their once-thriving populations struggle to survive. A new study published in the journal Ecosphere suggests that decades of human activities, including ocean harvest, artificial propagation and reservoir construction, have not only reduced the size of these fish, but also disrupted their ability to spawn successfully.

A documentary confronting structural racism has shed light on the issue of racism within the health care system, focusing specifically on its largest workforce — nurses.

A community college English assignment to write a poem about herself inspired Celine Gomez to pursue a career in social work and help her community.

Public Scholarship and Engagement is participating in the SPIRIT project, funded by a $1.249 million NSF grant, to better recognize and support public impact research by faculty, particularly for underrepresented scholars.