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November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, & a time to recognize @ucdavis.bsky.social leadership in research, treatments, & support for people living with the disease in our community and beyond. Read more in our @chancellormay.bsky.social monthly column.
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CHANCELL-ING: Finding a Cure for Alzheimer’s Disease While Forming Friendships
The impact of Alzheimer’s Disease touches nearly all of us in some way. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 1 in 9 Americans over 65 is afflicted with the disease.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, & a time to recognize @ucdavis.bsky.social leadership in research, treatments, & support for people living with the disease in our community and beyond. Read more in our @chancellormay.bsky.social monthly column.
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Recently, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, or CASE, honored UC Davis with 36 “Best of District VII” awards. Congratulations to our campus communications community for their continuous outstanding work in storytelling! ucdav.is/3LpAchf
CASE Honors Campus Storytelling
Telling unique stories about the initiatives and people that make UC Davis thrive is essential to the many colleges and research centers that define campus life. Recently, the Council for Advancement ...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Recently, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, or CASE, honored UC Davis with 36 “Best of District VII” awards. Congratulations to our campus communications community for their continuous outstanding work in storytelling! ucdav.is/3LpAchf
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Every year, yellow ribbons are tied around the trees surrounding the Quad in honor of our veterans 🌳🎗️ All students, staff and faculty are welcome to join the event with the UC Davis Veterans Success Center on Monday, November 10 from 12:00-1:30 PM.
#OurUCDavis | #VeteransWeek
#OurUCDavis | #VeteransWeek
November 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Every year, yellow ribbons are tied around the trees surrounding the Quad in honor of our veterans 🌳🎗️ All students, staff and faculty are welcome to join the event with the UC Davis Veterans Success Center on Monday, November 10 from 12:00-1:30 PM.
#OurUCDavis | #VeteransWeek
#OurUCDavis | #VeteransWeek
Arthur Sze, newly named 2025 U.S. Poet Laureate, visited UC Davis to share his love of poetry and translation.
From reading his own work to discussing his unique “cascade” form, Sze inspired students and the campus community to slow down, reflect, and connect through poetry.
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From reading his own work to discussing his unique “cascade” form, Sze inspired students and the campus community to slow down, reflect, and connect through poetry.
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Living Life More Fully: U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze Connects with UC Davis Students
Just weeks after being named U.S. Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress, Arthur Sze visited UC Davis, sharing his love of poetry and translation with students, faculty and community members. Sze was joined by poet Carol Moldaw.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Arthur Sze, newly named 2025 U.S. Poet Laureate, visited UC Davis to share his love of poetry and translation.
From reading his own work to discussing his unique “cascade” form, Sze inspired students and the campus community to slow down, reflect, and connect through poetry.
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From reading his own work to discussing his unique “cascade” form, Sze inspired students and the campus community to slow down, reflect, and connect through poetry.
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New sounds. New ideas. Endless creativity.
Happening now! Join us as UC Davis musicians, composers, and guest artists take creative risks, push boundaries, and invite you to discover new sounds at the 2025 Taproot Festival.
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Happening now! Join us as UC Davis musicians, composers, and guest artists take creative risks, push boundaries, and invite you to discover new sounds at the 2025 Taproot Festival.
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Taproot Festival Brings New Music, Experimental Performances
Composers and musicians will come together this fall to build community and experiment with new sounds at the Taproot New Music Festival at UC Davis. Curator Sam Nichols says “there is a sense of adventure” to the festival, which promises to provide aud...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
New sounds. New ideas. Endless creativity.
Happening now! Join us as UC Davis musicians, composers, and guest artists take creative risks, push boundaries, and invite you to discover new sounds at the 2025 Taproot Festival.
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Happening now! Join us as UC Davis musicians, composers, and guest artists take creative risks, push boundaries, and invite you to discover new sounds at the 2025 Taproot Festival.
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Opportunity is closer than you think!
For student Jasmine Khdrlaryan, the UC Center Sacramento program became a bridge between classroom learning and real-world policymaking.
She learned how research, policy, and collaboration come together to create real change, all while expanding her network.
For student Jasmine Khdrlaryan, the UC Center Sacramento program became a bridge between classroom learning and real-world policymaking.
She learned how research, policy, and collaboration come together to create real change, all while expanding her network.
Where Opportunity Awaits: Davis to Sacramento
Finding an internship is not an easy task – it is overwhelming, tedious, and often seems impossible.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Opportunity is closer than you think!
For student Jasmine Khdrlaryan, the UC Center Sacramento program became a bridge between classroom learning and real-world policymaking.
She learned how research, policy, and collaboration come together to create real change, all while expanding her network.
For student Jasmine Khdrlaryan, the UC Center Sacramento program became a bridge between classroom learning and real-world policymaking.
She learned how research, policy, and collaboration come together to create real change, all while expanding her network.
UC Davis Distinguished Professor Richard Robins has received the 2025 Block Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, recognizing a career spent exploring how people’s personalities evolve over time.
Congratulations, Professor Robins!
Congratulations, Professor Robins!
Career Award for Richard Robins Among Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2025 Honors
Richard Robins is among the 2025 honorees of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), the world’s largest association of social and personality psychologists.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
UC Davis Distinguished Professor Richard Robins has received the 2025 Block Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, recognizing a career spent exploring how people’s personalities evolve over time.
Congratulations, Professor Robins!
Congratulations, Professor Robins!
Check out Letters and Science Economist Giovanni Peri on @mindsovermatters.bsky.social !
Did you catch our second episode last week with Giovanni Peri?
Peri -- an award-winning global economist and one of the world’s leading experts on migration -- joined us to discuss the impact of deportation and immigration on the U.S. economy.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC2hASkuIp8
Peri -- an award-winning global economist and one of the world’s leading experts on migration -- joined us to discuss the impact of deportation and immigration on the U.S. economy.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC2hASkuIp8
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Check out Letters and Science Economist Giovanni Peri on @mindsovermatters.bsky.social !
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New UC Davis study uncovers how cells prevent dangerous blood sugar crashes, offering hope for better ways to avoid hypoglycemia in people with diabetes. ucdav.is/4pV7vIy
#FromLabsToLives #DiabetesAwarenessMonth
#FromLabsToLives #DiabetesAwarenessMonth
November 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
New UC Davis study uncovers how cells prevent dangerous blood sugar crashes, offering hope for better ways to avoid hypoglycemia in people with diabetes. ucdav.is/4pV7vIy
#FromLabsToLives #DiabetesAwarenessMonth
#FromLabsToLives #DiabetesAwarenessMonth
With an NSF grant, UC Davis mathematician Sameer Iyer is refining Navier-Stokes equations and studying turbulence and boundary layers. His work has applications in multiple disciplines and includes initiatives to make these fields more accessible to students.
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UC Davis Mathematician Awarded $400K National Science Foundation CAREER Grant to Study Complexity of Fluid Flows
Sameer Iyer, an associate professor of mathematics at the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis, recently received a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development Program to advance his theoretical work on t...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
With an NSF grant, UC Davis mathematician Sameer Iyer is refining Navier-Stokes equations and studying turbulence and boundary layers. His work has applications in multiple disciplines and includes initiatives to make these fields more accessible to students.
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Parenting lessons...from poison frogs? At the next Davis Science Cafe, herpetologist Eva Fischer talks about the home life of small, colorful amphibians. Wed. Nov. 12, 5:30 p.m., G Street Wunderbar @ucdlands.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Parenting lessons...from poison frogs? At the next Davis Science Cafe, herpetologist Eva Fischer talks about the home life of small, colorful amphibians. Wed. Nov. 12, 5:30 p.m., G Street Wunderbar @ucdlands.bsky.social
Happy Halloween, Aggies!
Remember to stay safe, be kind, bring a sweater, and have fun! 🎃👻
Remember to stay safe, be kind, bring a sweater, and have fun! 🎃👻
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Happy Halloween, Aggies!
Remember to stay safe, be kind, bring a sweater, and have fun! 🎃👻
Remember to stay safe, be kind, bring a sweater, and have fun! 🎃👻
Ever freeze on a trail after spotting something that might be a snake? That instinct comes from deep in our evolutionary past. 🐍
UC Davis research reveals that primate encounters with snakes helped shape our highly developed visual system.
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UC Davis research reveals that primate encounters with snakes helped shape our highly developed visual system.
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Why Do We Fear Snakes?
Why are so many of us afraid of snakes? And more curiously, why does our unconscious mind recognize them as a threat before our conscious mind? Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology Lynne A. Isbell dives into how our relationship with snakes i...
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October 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Ever freeze on a trail after spotting something that might be a snake? That instinct comes from deep in our evolutionary past. 🐍
UC Davis research reveals that primate encounters with snakes helped shape our highly developed visual system.
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UC Davis research reveals that primate encounters with snakes helped shape our highly developed visual system.
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Check out this @npr.org article featuring research from our own Associate Professor, Richard Huskey!
Social media can push us to the dark side, with negative content. A new study finds watching inspiring videos for just 3 minutes a day is on par with meditation for boosting mood and reducing stress.
Got 3 minutes? This habit may help boost hope and reduce stress
Social media can push us to the dark side, with negative content. A new study finds watching inspiring videos for just 3 minutes a day is on par with meditation for boosting mood and reducing stress.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Check out this @npr.org article featuring research from our own Associate Professor, Richard Huskey!
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Plenty of spooky and Hallowed art events starting today and all weekend. Don't miss out. Read the #UCDavis Arts Blog for all the info. www.ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/we... @ucdlands.bsky.social
Weekender: Día de Los Muertos, Halloween Inspire Events
Halloween and Día De Los Muertos weekend at UC Davis offer events at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts and Pitzer Center on the UC Davis campus and TANA in Woodland. Catch all of them. Most e...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Plenty of spooky and Hallowed art events starting today and all weekend. Don't miss out. Read the #UCDavis Arts Blog for all the info. www.ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/we... @ucdlands.bsky.social
Teen mental health is complex, but UC Davis research is illuminating new paths. Amanda Guyer’s research explores how brain development and social interactions shape emotional well-being, providing critical insights into mental health.
Learn more about how #UCDavisDelivers: https://bit.ly/47BrJQx
Learn more about how #UCDavisDelivers: https://bit.ly/47BrJQx
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Teen mental health is complex, but UC Davis research is illuminating new paths. Amanda Guyer’s research explores how brain development and social interactions shape emotional well-being, providing critical insights into mental health.
Learn more about how #UCDavisDelivers: https://bit.ly/47BrJQx
Learn more about how #UCDavisDelivers: https://bit.ly/47BrJQx
When academic freedom is threatened, universities lose their ability to serve the public.
@ucdavis.bsky.social’ Rana Jaleel explains how academic freedom protects the right to teach, research, and question freely – all in service of society.
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@ucdavis.bsky.social’ Rana Jaleel explains how academic freedom protects the right to teach, research, and question freely – all in service of society.
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How Academic Freedom in Universities Generates the Greatest Value for Society
Academic freedom is at the foundation of one of the most powerful and fundamental ideas about universities. Learn about how academic freedom has contributed to broad benefits in society and UC Davis faculty working to expand that freedom for the benefit...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
When academic freedom is threatened, universities lose their ability to serve the public.
@ucdavis.bsky.social’ Rana Jaleel explains how academic freedom protects the right to teach, research, and question freely – all in service of society.
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@ucdavis.bsky.social’ Rana Jaleel explains how academic freedom protects the right to teach, research, and question freely – all in service of society.
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Honor loved ones this Día de Muertos! There are multiple celebrations across our campus community, including public ofrendas, traditional crafts, mariachi, and readings of calveritas. https://ucdav.is/47wtyx4
October 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Honor loved ones this Día de Muertos! There are multiple celebrations across our campus community, including public ofrendas, traditional crafts, mariachi, and readings of calveritas. https://ucdav.is/47wtyx4
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UC Davis scientists have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California’s coastal sand dunes named Aptostichus ramirezae. The scariest part about this discovery isn’t the spider, it’s what could happen if its home is lost for good. Read more: https://ucdav.is/4npQVhx
October 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
UC Davis scientists have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California’s coastal sand dunes named Aptostichus ramirezae. The scariest part about this discovery isn’t the spider, it’s what could happen if its home is lost for good. Read more: https://ucdav.is/4npQVhx
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Drought takes a toll on rice crops, but now farmers have help deciding what to plant. #UCDavis & partners developed a tool that calculates the cost of transitioning to less thirsty crops like dry beans, sunflower or tomato.
#UCDavisDelivers…economic stability #UCDD
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#UCDavisDelivers…economic stability #UCDD
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October 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Drought takes a toll on rice crops, but now farmers have help deciding what to plant. #UCDavis & partners developed a tool that calculates the cost of transitioning to less thirsty crops like dry beans, sunflower or tomato.
#UCDavisDelivers…economic stability #UCDD
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#UCDavisDelivers…economic stability #UCDD
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What do auctions say about a society? UC Davis historian Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor uncovers how auctions influenced not just what people owned, but what it meant to own, shaping the foundations of American capitalism.
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How Auctions Shaped Buying, Value and What Can Be Owned in Early America
Historian Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor's recent book details how auctions created the foundations for our modern economic system as it made and unmade people and communities by collectively setting a price on anything for sale.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
What do auctions say about a society? UC Davis historian Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor uncovers how auctions influenced not just what people owned, but what it meant to own, shaping the foundations of American capitalism.
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Join us TOMORROW for the Majors Fair!
Enjoy games and prizes while taking the opportunity to explore over 80 majors and minors spanning across Letters and Science, Agricultural and Environmental Studies, and Engineering!
Visit https://lettersandscience.ucdavis.edu/events/majors-fair-2025 for more.
Enjoy games and prizes while taking the opportunity to explore over 80 majors and minors spanning across Letters and Science, Agricultural and Environmental Studies, and Engineering!
Visit https://lettersandscience.ucdavis.edu/events/majors-fair-2025 for more.
October 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Join us TOMORROW for the Majors Fair!
Enjoy games and prizes while taking the opportunity to explore over 80 majors and minors spanning across Letters and Science, Agricultural and Environmental Studies, and Engineering!
Visit https://lettersandscience.ucdavis.edu/events/majors-fair-2025 for more.
Enjoy games and prizes while taking the opportunity to explore over 80 majors and minors spanning across Letters and Science, Agricultural and Environmental Studies, and Engineering!
Visit https://lettersandscience.ucdavis.edu/events/majors-fair-2025 for more.
Personality is more flexible than we think. @ucdavis.bsky.social researchers studied daily behaviors and the Big Five traits over multiple years, showing how our personalities shift with time.
Do you know your Big Five? Visit our magazine to find out.
Do you know your Big Five? Visit our magazine to find out.
Take the Big Five Inventory of Personality Traits and Learn about What It Means for You
The Big Five inventory of personality traits is the only scientifically supported model of human personality endorsed by scientists and scientific societies. Take this test to get your scores on the Big Five and learn what they mean about your personality.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Personality is more flexible than we think. @ucdavis.bsky.social researchers studied daily behaviors and the Big Five traits over multiple years, showing how our personalities shift with time.
Do you know your Big Five? Visit our magazine to find out.
Do you know your Big Five? Visit our magazine to find out.
Why is the universe expanding faster than predicted?
This November, Nobel Laureate Adam Riess visits @ucdavis.bsky.social to share how his team’s research reshaped cosmology, and what dark energy might reveal about our universe’s future.
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This November, Nobel Laureate Adam Riess visits @ucdavis.bsky.social to share how his team’s research reshaped cosmology, and what dark energy might reveal about our universe’s future.
Visit our magazine for more information.
Nobel Laureate Adam Riess to Speak at UC Davis on Universe Expansion
On Tuesday, Nov. 4, Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Adam Riess will give a free public lecture titled “The Surprising Expansion History of the Universe.” The lecture will start at 7 p.m. with a reception before the lecture at 6 p.m. The event is bein...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Why is the universe expanding faster than predicted?
This November, Nobel Laureate Adam Riess visits @ucdavis.bsky.social to share how his team’s research reshaped cosmology, and what dark energy might reveal about our universe’s future.
Visit our magazine for more information.
This November, Nobel Laureate Adam Riess visits @ucdavis.bsky.social to share how his team’s research reshaped cosmology, and what dark energy might reveal about our universe’s future.
Visit our magazine for more information.
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About 85% of elementary schools studied in California experienced some loss of trees between 2018 and 2022, according to a paper from @ucdavis.bsky.social.
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California Schools Are Losing Tree Canopy
About 85% of elementary schools studied in California experienced some loss of trees between 2018 and 2022, found a UC Davis study.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
About 85% of elementary schools studied in California experienced some loss of trees between 2018 and 2022, according to a paper from @ucdavis.bsky.social.
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