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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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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 indication that it would become so widespread and so destructive. Within 30 ...
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The Unifying Impact of Javier Zamora’s 'Solito'

The Mondavi Center’s Jackson Hall was buzzing Tuesday, March 10 in anticipation for Javier Zamora’s discussion on his ...
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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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$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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What Makes a Hit? On TikTok and Spotify, Listeners Only Partly Decide

TikTok is built for people to create and share their own content, so dance music and indie artists fill the platform’s Top 100. On Spotify, love songs and music from major record labels dominate its ...
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What Does it Mean to Remember Just About Everything?

Marilu Henner can immediately remember everything she did Feb. 24, 1977. It was a Thursday. She was living in New York. She ...
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The Science of Fatherhood

In the kitchen of UC Davis Professor Emerita Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, overlooking a long dining table, hangs a painting by artist Isabella Kirkland.
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2025-26 Chancellor’s Fellows Rise to the Top

They are experts in a parasitic amoeba, scientific history, the health effects of stress and more, and now these eight faculty members can add a new title: Chancellor’s Fellow.The recognition is given ...
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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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UC Davis Receives $120M Gift, Largest Ever to Veterinary Medicine

Rendering of the front of the proposed new small animal hospital at the UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine, as shown from Garrod Drive. (WRNS Studio) The University of California, Davis, ...
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Creating Hallucination-free, Psychedelic-like Molecules by Shining Light on Life’s Basic Building Blocks

Researchers at the UC Davis Department of Chemistry and Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics have come up with a new technique to create candidate drugs that engage the serotonin receptor ...