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What can I do with my major?

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What Can I Do With A Psychology Degree?
by Elle Brennan
What Can I Expect as a Nutrition Science Major?
What Can I Do With an Atmospheric Science Degree?
more about majors

How do I get into UC Davis?

The UC Davis water tower rises above trees as a bicyclist rides past cars on a campus street at sunset.
What unlocks success for new university students?
by Colette Daulton
How one UC Davis student turns a question about animal physiology into innovative immune research
How one UC Davis student imagined systems to accelerate lab breakthroughs
more about admission

What can I do about climate change?

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Deer Are First Animals to Cross California’s First Wildlife Overcrossing
by Kat Kerlin
How Redefining One Word Strips the Endangered Species Act’s Ability to Protect Vital Habitat
Can Winter Grains Prevent Fallowing Fields?
more about climate

The Curiosity Gap

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Do Innovations Affect Accounting?
by Ayung Tseng, Gradate School of Management, UC Davis
What Is a Media Storm? New Research Explains Why Some Stories Dominate the News
How Can Spanish Students Help a City Serve Spanish Speakers?
more about curiosity

Savoring Science

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Chef Santana Diaz: Bridging Good Health and Fine Flavors
by Chris Macias
What’s a GMO Dinner?
Welcome to Savoring Science
more about savoring science

UC Davis Arts blog

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Weekender: De Forest Whimsy at the Manetti Shrem; Last Chance for Many Exhibitions
by Karen Nikos-Rose, Arts Blog Editor
Arts and Humanities Grads Celebrate, Receive Awards; Mural Created in Library
Weekender: Grad Exhibition Grand Opening; Classic Piano at Mondavi
more about the arts

UC Davis Books blog

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June Book Talk: ‘Multiracial Identities in Colonial French Africa’
by Dateline Staff
May Book Talks: ‘Geology and Landscapes’ and ‘Queering Mesoamerican Diasporas’
Musical Update, Including Awards
more about books

Egghead Blog

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Machine Learning Accelerates Search for Longer-Lasting Materials for Solar Cells
by Jessica Heath
Taking Dark Energy Out of the Equation
Overcoming the Casimir Force, a Fundamental Limitation in Quantum Tech
more about the Egghead blog

DEI: Documenting the journey

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Why We Are Documenting the Journey
by Dana Topousis
Language Choice Should Not Be Unnecessarily Exclusionary
How to (Not) Apologize
more about the journey

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