Current News

11.20.2009
Students end second day of fee-hike protests
Marching against fee hikes (Flash slideshow) Photography by Cheng Saechao / UC Davis News Service Download: Adobe Flash (free) Following a sometimes noisy forum with campus leaders, ... [ More ]

11.20.2009
Super-High-Density Olive Sector Thriving in California, Study Finds
A recently completed survey of California’s super-high-density olive sector, prepared by the UC Davis Olive Center, paints the picture of a young but vibrant industry, well positioned to ... [ More ]

11.19.2009
Bone Implant Offers Hope for Skull Deformities
A synthetic bone matrix offers hope for babies born with craniosynostosis, a condition that causes the plates in the skull to fuse too soon. Implants replacing some of the infant’s bone with ... [ More ]

11.19.2009
New Maize Map to Aid Plant Breeding Efforts
In a massive survey of genetic diversity in maize, also known as corn, researchers across the United States, have developed a gene map that should pave the way to significant improvements in a plant ... [ More ]

11.19.2009
Women Remain Distinct Minority in California's Corporate Executive Suites, Boardrooms
Despite decades of public pressure to shatter the so-called “glass ceiling,” women remain a distinct minority in the boardrooms and executive suites of California’s 400 largest ... [ More ]

11.19.2009
Workshop on Economics, Neuroscience and Hormones
A workshop on "Neuroeconomics and Endocrinological Economics," to be held Nov. 20 and 21 at UC Davis, will be the first to bring together experts in neuroscience, economics and hormone ... [ More ]

11.17.2009
Enrollment of Transfer Students Up by 15.9 Percent
The University of California, Davis, this fall enrolled its largest number of transfer students even as UC budget constraints reduced the size of the freshman class. New students who transferred ... [ More ]

11.16.2009
UC Davis Dedicates Historic Native American Garden
California Indian song, bustling tours and quiet, personal moments were all part of the dedication on Nov. 14 of a new outdoor reflective space honoring the Patwin who once lived on the land that ... [ More ]

11.16.2009
Trinchero Family Gift Will Support UC Davis Grapevine Program

11.13.2009
Marc Blanchard, 67, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

11.10.2009
California's Ancient Kelp Forest

11.10.2009
Cave Study Links Climate Change to California Droughts