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We are proud to share that Sergey Stavisky and David Brandman made the 2026 TIME100 Health List for a breakthrough that helped a person with ALS speak again! health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin... Image: Sergey and David stand in professional attire, smiling at the camera. @ucdavisresearch.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 11:19 PM
We are proud to share that Sergey Stavisky and David Brandman made the 2026 TIME100 Health List for a breakthrough that helped a person with ALS speak again! health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin... Image: Sergey and David stand in professional attire, smiling at the camera. @ucdavisresearch.bsky.social
Peter James studies how the places we live, work and play shape our health. His federally funded research combines satellite imagery, street-level images, smartphone data and health records to understand how heat, air pollution, trees and neighborhood design affect brain and heart health.
UC Davis Research Improving Health Where People Live
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February 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Peter James studies how the places we live, work and play shape our health. His federally funded research combines satellite imagery, street-level images, smartphone data and health records to understand how heat, air pollution, trees and neighborhood design affect brain and heart health.
In 2025, we were reminded of the value of UC Davis and its profound impact on lives. Our commitment to research, teaching and public service continued to drive progress and create opportunities for the next generation of leaders, scientists, engineers, athletes, artists, doctors and veterinarians.
February 11, 2026 at 12:56 AM
In 2025, we were reminded of the value of UC Davis and its profound impact on lives. Our commitment to research, teaching and public service continued to drive progress and create opportunities for the next generation of leaders, scientists, engineers, athletes, artists, doctors and veterinarians.
Prof. Marina Radulaski is working to build the future of the quantum internet. Her research creates tiny devices in silicon carbide that can connect quantum computers and sensors which could help discover new medicines, design safer materials and create stronger digital security systems.
February 9, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Prof. Marina Radulaski is working to build the future of the quantum internet. Her research creates tiny devices in silicon carbide that can connect quantum computers and sensors which could help discover new medicines, design safer materials and create stronger digital security systems.
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Ever wonder why mosquitoes seem to bite some people more than others?
UC Davis neurobiologist Lisa Baik explains how taste, skin chemistry, and environmental cues influence mosquito behavior — and how new research could lead to safer, more effective repellents.
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UC Davis neurobiologist Lisa Baik explains how taste, skin chemistry, and environmental cues influence mosquito behavior — and how new research could lead to safer, more effective repellents.
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Why Do Mosquitoes Bite Some People More Than Others? A Neurobiologist Explains
If you're reading this, chances are you've been bit by a mosquito. But what do you know about these creatures beyond them being perceived pesky annoyances? At the January Davis Science Cafe, neurobiologist Lisa Baik explained what can lead to mosquito b...
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February 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Ever wonder why mosquitoes seem to bite some people more than others?
UC Davis neurobiologist Lisa Baik explains how taste, skin chemistry, and environmental cues influence mosquito behavior — and how new research could lead to safer, more effective repellents.
@ucdavis.bsky.social
UC Davis neurobiologist Lisa Baik explains how taste, skin chemistry, and environmental cues influence mosquito behavior — and how new research could lead to safer, more effective repellents.
@ucdavis.bsky.social
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🌱 Frontiers in Environmental Science: Early ecovoltaic grassland restoration under solar panels boosts soil moisture and accelerates carbon and nitrogen gains, especially in runoff microsites. (Noah Z. Krasner, Rebecca R. Hernandez)
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Frontiers | Soil surface properties and implications for soil carbon sequestration in early-stage ecovoltaic grassland restoration
Large, ground-mounted photovoltaic solar energy (GPV) development is expanding rapidly, but its impact on soils and ecosystem services is unresolved. The co-...
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January 29, 2026 at 5:10 PM
🌱 Frontiers in Environmental Science: Early ecovoltaic grassland restoration under solar panels boosts soil moisture and accelerates carbon and nitrogen gains, especially in runoff microsites. (Noah Z. Krasner, Rebecca R. Hernandez)
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#PlantScience #SoilScience
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#PlantScience #SoilScience
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The birds are back in town: Peregrine falcons return to @ucdavishealth.bsky.social health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin...
The birds are back in town: Peregrine falcons return
A pair of peregrine falcons has once again returned to their nest atop UC Davis Medical Center.
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February 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The birds are back in town: Peregrine falcons return to @ucdavishealth.bsky.social health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin...
Diane M. Bryant, Class of '85, believes in UC Davis' resources for first-generation students that make life-long impacts. She established the Diane Bryant Engineering Student Center at UC Davis, and the Diane Bryant STEM Innovation Center at the American River Community College.
January 29, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Diane M. Bryant, Class of '85, believes in UC Davis' resources for first-generation students that make life-long impacts. She established the Diane Bryant Engineering Student Center at UC Davis, and the Diane Bryant STEM Innovation Center at the American River Community College.
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UC Davis has received a $120M gift—the largest ever made to veterinary medicine—from Joan and Sanford I. Weill. Our school is now the UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine, launching a bold new era with truly limitless impact for animal and human health. www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davi...
UC Davis Receives $120M Gift, Largest Ever to Veterinary Medicine
UC Davis Receives $120M Gift, Largest Ever to Veterinary Medicine from philanthropists Joan and Sanford I. Weill.
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January 28, 2026 at 4:03 PM
UC Davis has received a $120M gift—the largest ever made to veterinary medicine—from Joan and Sanford I. Weill. Our school is now the UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine, launching a bold new era with truly limitless impact for animal and human health. www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davi...
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UC Davis Receives $120M Gift, Largest Ever to Veterinary Medicine: Commitment From the Weill Family Foundation Will Modernize Facilities, Advance Animal and Human Health @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davi...
UC Davis Receives $120M Gift, Largest Ever to Veterinary Medicine
UC Davis Receives $120M Gift, Largest Ever to Veterinary Medicine from philanthropists Joan and Sanford I. Weill.
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January 28, 2026 at 4:04 PM
UC Davis Receives $120M Gift, Largest Ever to Veterinary Medicine: Commitment From the Weill Family Foundation Will Modernize Facilities, Advance Animal and Human Health @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davi...
Garen Wintemute is a UC Davis Health emergency medicine physician and firearm violence researcher. He's explored the experience of violence among adults in California, safety perceptions related to firearms firearms and dementia, and California’s Gun Violence Restraining Order law: ucdav.is/4k9l6d8
Among the Academies: The Physician Changing How We Understand Violence
Garen Wintemute’s distinguished research career shows that violence is not only a public safety issue — it’s also a health problem.“It has turned out empirically that violence behaves as if it were a ...
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January 27, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Garen Wintemute is a UC Davis Health emergency medicine physician and firearm violence researcher. He's explored the experience of violence among adults in California, safety perceptions related to firearms firearms and dementia, and California’s Gun Violence Restraining Order law: ucdav.is/4k9l6d8
Coral reefs support about 25% of all marine life, yet rising ocean temperatures are pushing them toward collapse.
New UC Davis research explores how heat-tolerant corals, and their genes and microbes, might help reefs survive a warming world.
Learn more: ucdav.is/45vRDDY
New UC Davis research explores how heat-tolerant corals, and their genes and microbes, might help reefs survive a warming world.
Learn more: ucdav.is/45vRDDY
January 27, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Coral reefs support about 25% of all marine life, yet rising ocean temperatures are pushing them toward collapse.
New UC Davis research explores how heat-tolerant corals, and their genes and microbes, might help reefs survive a warming world.
Learn more: ucdav.is/45vRDDY
New UC Davis research explores how heat-tolerant corals, and their genes and microbes, might help reefs survive a warming world.
Learn more: ucdav.is/45vRDDY
UC Davis will test its emergency notification system at noon Wednesday, 1/28. Verify and update your contact information on the WarnMe website. WarnMe should already include your official email address.
To learn more about the test and how to stay in the know, visit ucdav.is/4jR4ypO.
To learn more about the test and how to stay in the know, visit ucdav.is/4jR4ypO.
Campus To Test WarnMe Jan. 28
UC Davis will test its emergency notification system Jan. 28. Students and employees should verify and update their contact information on the WarnMe website.
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January 25, 2026 at 7:46 PM
UC Davis will test its emergency notification system at noon Wednesday, 1/28. Verify and update your contact information on the WarnMe website. WarnMe should already include your official email address.
To learn more about the test and how to stay in the know, visit ucdav.is/4jR4ypO.
To learn more about the test and how to stay in the know, visit ucdav.is/4jR4ypO.
A team from UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center are on a journey to Antarctica! Their mission is to deploy an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) which will take high-resolution measurements over a large geographic area. Follow their progress from @nytimes.com: ucdav.is/3LTnWpH
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January 23, 2026 at 9:03 PM
A team from UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center are on a journey to Antarctica! Their mission is to deploy an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) which will take high-resolution measurements over a large geographic area. Follow their progress from @nytimes.com: ucdav.is/3LTnWpH
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A new multi-institutional study led by @ucdavis.bsky.social found that more trees in a neighborhood were linked to a 4% lower risk of #cardiovascular disease.
Image: An empty street with trees on both sides.
Image: An empty street with trees on both sides.
January 22, 2026 at 6:48 PM
A new multi-institutional study led by @ucdavis.bsky.social found that more trees in a neighborhood were linked to a 4% lower risk of #cardiovascular disease.
Image: An empty street with trees on both sides.
Image: An empty street with trees on both sides.
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#UCDavis symphony debuts '26 season with Mendelssohn this weekend; tea symposium next week, and Super Bowl Roman numerals coming to SFMOMA. All in this week's Arts Blog Weekender www.ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/we... @ucdlands.bsky.social @history-ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social
Weekender: Music of Mendelssohns with UC Davis Symphony; Prepare for Tea Symposium, and More
‘Music with the Mendelssohns:’ UC Davis symphony begins 2026 season Saturday Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, Saturday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m., UC Davis (There is no noon concert this week)
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January 22, 2026 at 6:24 PM
#UCDavis symphony debuts '26 season with Mendelssohn this weekend; tea symposium next week, and Super Bowl Roman numerals coming to SFMOMA. All in this week's Arts Blog Weekender www.ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/we... @ucdlands.bsky.social @history-ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social
Stewart Resnick, President and CEO at The Wonderful Company and member of the Chancellor's Board of Advisors, knows the importance of UC Davis research. He is grateful for the land-grant system that allows universities like ours to focus on agricultural research to help farmers and growers.
January 21, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Stewart Resnick, President and CEO at The Wonderful Company and member of the Chancellor's Board of Advisors, knows the importance of UC Davis research. He is grateful for the land-grant system that allows universities like ours to focus on agricultural research to help farmers and growers.
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We have some freshly pressed news! 🫒
We’re excited to announce Selina Wang as the new faculty director of the UC Davis Olive Center! Wang will help guide the next phase of research and innovation for the state’s growing olive industry.
Kudos, Selina! 🫒
We’re excited to announce Selina Wang as the new faculty director of the UC Davis Olive Center! Wang will help guide the next phase of research and innovation for the state’s growing olive industry.
Kudos, Selina! 🫒
Selina Wang Named Faculty Director of the UC Davis Olive Center
For nearly 20 years, the Olive Center at the University of California, Davis, has worked to improve the olive and olive oil industry through research, education and outreach. The center, known for its work in sustainable olive growing and improving oliv...
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January 20, 2026 at 6:10 PM
We have some freshly pressed news! 🫒
We’re excited to announce Selina Wang as the new faculty director of the UC Davis Olive Center! Wang will help guide the next phase of research and innovation for the state’s growing olive industry.
Kudos, Selina! 🫒
We’re excited to announce Selina Wang as the new faculty director of the UC Davis Olive Center! Wang will help guide the next phase of research and innovation for the state’s growing olive industry.
Kudos, Selina! 🫒
By tracking swarms of tiny earthquakes, seismologists see a new picture where the San Andreas fault meets the Cascadia subduction zone, an area that could give rise to devastating earthquakes. The work by researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey, UC Davis & @colorado.edu published in @science.org.
January 20, 2026 at 8:08 PM
By tracking swarms of tiny earthquakes, seismologists see a new picture where the San Andreas fault meets the Cascadia subduction zone, an area that could give rise to devastating earthquakes. The work by researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey, UC Davis & @colorado.edu published in @science.org.
The Employee Giving Committee is hosting a supplies drive to support the UC Davis Pantry and the Graduate Student Pantry in Walker Hall, helping to replenish essential goods for students. The drive will run from Jan. 20-26, in recognition of MLK Day Week of Service: ucdav.is/3NNXtKJ
January 20, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The Employee Giving Committee is hosting a supplies drive to support the UC Davis Pantry and the Graduate Student Pantry in Walker Hall, helping to replenish essential goods for students. The drive will run from Jan. 20-26, in recognition of MLK Day Week of Service: ucdav.is/3NNXtKJ
Debby Stegura, Class of '79, advocates for continued funding for land-grant universities such as UC Davis because of the significant return on investment for the public good.
Discover how UC Davis’ federally-funded research transforms lives at ucdav.is/FLTL.
#FromLabsToLives | #SaveResearch
Discover how UC Davis’ federally-funded research transforms lives at ucdav.is/FLTL.
#FromLabsToLives | #SaveResearch
January 13, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Debby Stegura, Class of '79, advocates for continued funding for land-grant universities such as UC Davis because of the significant return on investment for the public good.
Discover how UC Davis’ federally-funded research transforms lives at ucdav.is/FLTL.
#FromLabsToLives | #SaveResearch
Discover how UC Davis’ federally-funded research transforms lives at ucdav.is/FLTL.
#FromLabsToLives | #SaveResearch
UC Davis was recognized today, Jan. 12 for its outstanding community engagement by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Council on Education, or ACE.
January 12, 2026 at 11:19 PM
UC Davis was recognized today, Jan. 12 for its outstanding community engagement by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Council on Education, or ACE.
UC Davis enrolled record numbers of both Latinx and African American new undergraduates as it welcomed one of its most diverse entering classes in fall 2025.
Read the full report by visiting ucdav.is/49uA7B4
Read the full report by visiting ucdav.is/49uA7B4
January 8, 2026 at 10:24 PM
UC Davis enrolled record numbers of both Latinx and African American new undergraduates as it welcomed one of its most diverse entering classes in fall 2025.
Read the full report by visiting ucdav.is/49uA7B4
Read the full report by visiting ucdav.is/49uA7B4
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UC Davis Coffee House Introduces Reusable Containers www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davi...
UC Davis Introduces Reusable Containers
A student-run eatery at UC Davis has introduced reusable to-go containers in a six-month pilot, part of a fast-growing trend at college campuses.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:55 AM
UC Davis Coffee House Introduces Reusable Containers www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davi...
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Student achievements at @ucdavis.bsky.social reach beyond the classroom and contribute to the Davis community, all while building necessary skills to make a difference for our future.
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CHANCELL-ING: Students making a difference in Yolo County
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January 5, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Student achievements at @ucdavis.bsky.social reach beyond the classroom and contribute to the Davis community, all while building necessary skills to make a difference for our future.
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