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Students Help Digitize UC Davis Fine Arts Collection

It invites them to see the inner workings of collection management, digitizing, research, documentation, art preparation and ...
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Unlocking Longevity Insights From Ancient Bristlecone Pine

Scientists have sequenced the bristlecone pine genome, which could help unlock the secrets of this tree's exceptionally long ...
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Extracting Rare Earth Elements from U.S. Wastewaters

Rare earth elements are vital to new technologies and industry but hard to obtain. A new project led by UC Davis and funded by a grant from ARPA-E aims to develop acid-tolerant bacteria that can ...
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Bezos Earth Fund Grants $2M to UC Davis and American Heart Association to Advance AI-Designed Foods

A grant of $2 million from the Bezos Earth Fund will support Swap it Smart, an AI-based platform to identify new food ingredients, combinations and recipes that promote nutrition while lowering costs ...
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Checking In With Chancellor May: Preparing Our Students to Join the Workforce of Tomorrow

Spring at UC Davis is a season of transition. Students are already eagerly registering for commencement, and just a few weeks ...
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UC Davis Athletics Director Rocko Deluca Named NACDA Athletics Director of the Year

University of California, Davis, Director of Athletics Rocko DeLuca has been named a 2025–26 NACDA Athletics Director of the ...
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Global Strategies to Protect Seals and Sea Lions from Avian Influenza

When the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was discovered on a poultry farm in Asia in 1996, there was little ...
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Humans are Born to Run

Aggie alumna Kim Conley (center) competed in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter events at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. New research supports the idea that humans have long used endurance running as a way ...
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First Cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Northern Elephant Seals Confirmed in California

An adult male northern elephant seal attempts to mate with an adult female near the end of the breeding season. Note: March 12, 2026: This outbreak is ongoing. For the latest updates and materials, ...
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Study Improves Understanding of Food Safety Risks in California Central Coast Produce

A view of the Salinas Valley in the Central Coast of California, where more than 400 crops are grown. (Ronald Bond / Western Center for Food Safety and Security at UC Davis) A major five-year study on ...
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$9.8M Grant Will Fund College Corps for 3 More Years

A nearly $9.8 million grant will extend the College Corps program at UC Davis and enable up to 225 undergraduates in each of the next three academic years to learn and earn as they serve the community ...
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Among the Academies: Forecasting Earth’s Response

Professor Isabel Montañez, a chancellor’s leadership professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, joined UC Davis in 1998.(Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis) Our planet’s history is one of ...