Trending Content / Trending Content for ΢Ƶ en Innovative New Technology Helps Seniors Age in Place /health/news/innovative-new-technology-helps-seniors-age-place I-Care connects older adults with mild cognitive impairment to long-distance family members, providing support for daily tasks and continuing care at home. August 27, 2024 - 10:30am Jocelyn C Anderson /health/news/innovative-new-technology-helps-seniors-age-place Finding Solutions With Benjamin Weber /news/podcasts-and-shows/face-to-face/finding-solutions <p>Associate professor of African American studies Benjamin Weber joins Chancellor Gary S. May on this month’s episode of Face to Face.</p> August 27, 2024 - 9:00am Jose Antonio Vadi /news/podcasts-and-shows/face-to-face/finding-solutions 2 Rankings Recognize ΢Ƶ for Excellence, Value, Impact /news/two-rankings-recognize-uc-davis-excellence-value-impact ΢Ƶ took the No. 11 spot among public universities in Washington Monthly's 2024 rankings. August 27, 2024 - 8:14am Bill Kisliuk /news/two-rankings-recognize-uc-davis-excellence-value-impact Campus Serves Up Award-Winning Response to Cook Shortage /news/campus-serves-award-winning-response-cook-shortage <p><span>Roger Thompson clapped his hands together. “You’ve got two hours to open. Let’s get to it.”</span></p><p><span>“Yes, Chef!” Andrea Rivera replied. She turned to a class visitor and whispered: “That’s so they know we heard them, and it’s fun too.”</span></p><p><span>And with that, Rivera and five other food service workers left their classroom space at dining tables in Latitude and headed toward the dining facility’s kitchen on their way to becoming cooks at ΢Ƶ.</span></p> August 27, 2024 - 8:00am Julia Ann Easley /news/campus-serves-award-winning-response-cook-shortage New NSF Center for Pandemic Insights /health/news/new-nsf-center-pandemic-insights ΢Ƶ to lead NSF Center for Pandemic Insights with $18M in funding, blending expertise from across the U.S. and 4 ΢Ƶ powerhouse schools and colleges. August 22, 2024 - 8:00am Katherine E Kerlin /health/news/new-nsf-center-pandemic-insights ΢Ƶ Admits 4% More Applicants, California Residents /news/uc-davis-admits-4-more-applicants-california-residents For fall 2024, ΢Ƶ admitted 4.4% more applicants and 4.2% more California residents than last year, according to statistics released (July 31). July 31, 2024 - 3:45pm Julia Ann Easley /news/uc-davis-admits-4-more-applicants-california-residents Lake Tahoe Clarity Report Shows Highs and Lows of 2023 /climate/news/lake-tahoe-clarity-report-shows-highs-and-lows-2023 <p><span>The clarity of Lake Tahoe’s famed blue waters in 2023 continued its years-long trend of improving during the winter and deteriorating during the summer. The annual clarity report, released today by the University of California, Davis – Tahoe Environmental Research Center, found that winter lake conditions were the clearest observed since 1983, with visibility of 91.9 feet under the surface, compared with 72.2 feet in 2022.&nbsp;</span></p> July 30, 2024 - 10:07am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/lake-tahoe-clarity-report-shows-highs-and-lows-2023 Among the Academies: Formulas for the Environment /news/among-academies-formulas-environment <p>To understand Alan Hastings’ theoretical ecology research at ΢Ƶ, sometimes it can be helpful to start by thinking about counting fish.</p><p>That’s how the distinguished professor emeritus of environmental science and policy recalled once describing his work to an immigration official in Canada while on his way to a conference.</p> July 30, 2024 - 9:00am Cody Kitaura /news/among-academies-formulas-environment UC Regents Approve New Student Housing at ΢Ƶ /news/uc-regents-approve-new-student-housing-uc-davis ΢Ƶ to break ground on a new residence hall next spring in the Segundo area. July 19, 2024 - 2:01pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/uc-regents-approve-new-student-housing-uc-davis Plant Biologist Venkatesan Sundaresan Wins 2024 Wolf Prize in Agriculture /news/plant-biologist-venkatesan-sundaresan-wins-2024-wolf-prize-agriculture <p><a href="https://biology.ucdavis.edu/people/venkatesan-sundaresan">Venkatesan Sundaresan</a>, Distinguished Professor in the Departments of <a href="https://www-plb.ucdavis.edu/">Plant Biology</a> and <a href="https://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/">Plant Sciences</a> at the University of California, Davis, has been awarded a <a href="https://wolffund.org.il/venkatesan-sundaresan/">2024 Wolf Prize in Agriculture</a> for key discoveries on plant developmental biology of relevance to crop improvement.</p> July 17, 2024 - 9:36am Andy Fell /news/plant-biologist-venkatesan-sundaresan-wins-2024-wolf-prize-agriculture