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Recognizing Champions of Student Well-Being
1+ hour, 14+ min ago (784+ words) Four faculty members and five teaching assistants have been named Aggie Well-Being Champions in recognition of their efforts to integrate the health and wellness of their students into their teaching practices. The award recognizes work in four areas: This is…...
Top UC Davis Graduate Journeys Through Clubs, Neurodivergence, Identity
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (843+ words) Jason Pieck dashes from engineering classes to club meetings to music rehearsals and performances at the University of California, Davis. "My favorite days are when I'm all over campus," says the student from Los Alamos, New Mexico." Pieck's investment in…...
AI Suggests Simple Food Swaps to Make Meals Healthier and Cheaper
1+ week, 5+ day ago (255+ words) An artificial intelligence framework that suggests just one to three ingredient swaps can make meals meaningfully more nutritious and less expensive, according to a new study published May 28 in the open-access journal PLOS Digital Health by Trevor Chan and Ilias…...
Discovery of Addison's Disease Gene in Dogs Could Help Humans, Too
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (338+ words) Among dog breeds, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers (tollers) have an unusually high rate of Addison's disease, a condition in which the adrenal glands do not produce enough hormones, notably cortisol and aldosterone. In humans, Addison's disease is thought to…...
UC Davis Undergraduates Take Top Prize at Big Bang! Business Competition
2+ week, 5+ day ago (704+ words) The UC Davis Mike and Ren'e Child Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship awarded almost $100, 000 in grants and startup residencies Tuesday evening during the 26th annual Big Bang! Business Competition awards night. " This year's $25, 000 first-place prize went to"First Bite, an all-UC…...
Meet 4 Students from UC Davis" Newest Major
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1001+ words) UC Davis launched an undergraduate business major in the 2025-26 academic year." Out of more than 8, 500 applicants, only 150 students enrolled in UC Davis" inaugural business major cohort. The program is watching that carefully selected class begin to make its mark. "Student…...
Researchers Test Kids' Math Skills, Choice in Learning
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1200+ words) In a game played on the tablet screen, Sasha, a virtual flower shop customer with a bird on her shoulder, asks for a wreath divided equally into thirds between purple, blue and red blooms. The digital graphics look hand painted....
Children with Rare, Debilitating Brain Diseases Suffer From Mutations in a Little-Known Protein Complex
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (830+ words) Thousands of times per year, a family's moment of joy turns to unexpected grief. A seemingly healthy infant stops smiling or making eye contact. Their limbs grow weak. The tiny child suffers seizures and breathing problems. Jawdat Al-Bassam, an associate…...
Adolescent Social Health May Foretell Loneliness, Aggressive Behavior, Study Suggests
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (477+ words) Teens who are lonely and those who experience conflict in their home life are more likely to act aggressively toward peers or become victims themselves. These are some of the findings in a new University of California, Davis, study that…...
UC STEM Fest to Inspire Kids with Science and Engineering
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (179+ words) Hundreds of local schoolchildren will get hands-on exposure to science, technology, engineering and math at the 2026 UC STEM Fest, to be held Saturday, May 2 from 9 a. m. to noon at Rex & Margaret Fortune Early College High School in Elk Grove." More than…...