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Video: Healthy Aging in a Digital World Virtual Event with Dr. Thomas Nesbitt and Dr. Heather M. Young

Learn how UC Davis is leveraging its existing strengths in telehealth to deliver quality care to populations within the comfort of their homes.

Health

Bringing Big Data to the Vineyard

Big data is all around us –– even in the wine we drink. UC Davis’ Smart Farm Big Idea is tackling how to take some of this vast trove of information and synthesize it for the benefit of agriculture.

Sustainability

Coronavirus and Violence: Q&A with Champion Garen Wintemute

Stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic may protect people from the disease, but another aspect of public safety is at risk.

Health

Video: A View into the Future of UC Davis Veterinary Medicine with Dean Michael Lairmore

Learn about the vision for a dramatically redesigned veterinary hospital where clinicians, scholars, and veterinary students collaborate in integrated teams to advance the health of animals, people, and our environment.

Health

Big Tech was first to send workers home. Now it’s in no rush to bring them back.

Andrew Hargadon, professor of technology management at the University of California, Davis, says there's still value in being together in person.

Education

COVID-19 Hitting Hardest in Chicago ZIP Codes Already Struggling with Deadly Threat of Gun Violence

Dr. Garen Wintemute, an epidemiologist and emergency room physician who runs the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California at Davis, said homicides by firearms among African American males is one of the most concentrated public health problems he is aware of.

Health

Video: One Climate Virtual Event with Benjamin Houlton

Climate change is the defining challenge of the 21st century. Learn more from One Climate Big Idea Champion Benjamin Houlton during this online talk, which includes a live Q&A.

Sustainability

The Coronavirus Pandemic Isn’t Slowing Climate Change

With the coronavirus pandemic shutting down most global activity, a consequent crash in global carbon emissions has been widely reported. While analysts agree the historic lockdowns will significantly lower emissions, some environmentalists argue the drop is nowhere near enough.

Sustainability

Video: Aggie Launch Virtual Event with Marcie Kirk Holland

Marcie Kirk Holland, executive director of the Internship & Career Center and Aggie Launch co-champion, shares UC Davis' vision for integrating career preparation into every student’s pathway.

Education

Taking Equine Critical Care to New Heights

Following a normal morning feeding, Easy, a 19-year-old Missouri Fox Trotter gelding, was found down and rolling in his pasture (a sign of a potential colic problem). Owners Meredith Reinhart and Mark McLean knew exactly who to call.

Health

Can pets get coronavirus? Chief veterinarian at UC Davis says dogs, cats are likely 'dead-end hosts'

In North Carolina, a pug named Winston is first dog in the U.S. to contract COVID-19. Researchers believe he got the virus from his owners. According to experts, Winston the pug's positive test results are rare.

Health

Concrete Solutions That Lower Both Emissions and Air Pollution

Concrete production contributes 8 percent of global greenhouse gases, and demand continues to rise as populations and incomes grow. Yet some commonly discussed strategies to reduce the sector’s global GHG emissions could, under some scenarios, increase local air pollution and related health damages, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.

Sustainability

Why Aggie Square? And Why Me?

Davis faculty have questions about Aggie Square. I’ve been hearing a lot of them, both from the Sacramento-curious and from skeptics, during my first months working in the provost’s office.

Education

UC Davis Claims Top World Ranking in Veterinary Science

The University of California, Davis, tops the world in veterinary science, according to the 2020 QS World University Rankings by Subject released today (March 3). QS, or Quacquarelli Symonds, is considered one of the most influential international university rankings providers.

Health

With Input from UC Davis Expert, Congress Passes Federal Funding for Gun Violence Prevention

It’s a milestone year for safety research — for the first time in over two decades, Congress has approved substantial federal funding for research on firearm violence and injury prevention.

Health