Centers, Labs, Museums & Institutes
California Lighting Technology Center
Accelerating the development and commercialization of electric building systems & controls technology in pursuit of decarbonization, grid resiliency, and community wellbeing
Center for Mind and Brain
A UC Davis research initiative giving world-class scientists access to the latest technology to study the human mind all while teaching the next generation of researchers.
Center for Poverty and Inequality Research
We facilitate and disseminate non-partisan academic research on poverty in the U.S. and train the next generation of poverty scholars on labor markets, intergenerational transmission of poverty, the non-traditional safety net, and immigration.
Center for Quantum Mathematics and Physics (QMAP)
An ambitious initiative at UC Davis fostering a vibrant research environment to address foundational questions in modern theoretical and mathematical physics.
Crocker Nuclear Laboratory
A multidisciplinary facility that provides services and performs research in the fields of air quality monitoring, radiation's effects on electronics, proton radiation therapy for ocular cancer and chemical analysis
Davis Language Center
The central support site for language teaching, testing, learning and research, the Center maintains specialized, media-equipped classrooms and computer laboratories available for instructors and students.
Design Museum and Collection
Enhancing the teaching and research activities of the UC Davis Department of Design, the Design Museum explores how design shapes, improves and makes viable the objects, technology and environments we use, inhabit and experience every day.
Department of Anthropology Museum
Through preservation, documentation and organization of collections pertaining to non-western civilizations of the past, we make our holdings accessible to researchers working to advance and communicate knowledge about people and the environment.
Global Migration Center
A multi-disciplinary team working to produce fact-based knowledge through research that drives effective policies and interventions related to international migration with a focus on vulnerable migrants.
Gorman Museum of Native American Art
The Gorman Museum of Native American Art at UC Davis is committed to contemporary Native American Art that enacts “Visual Sovereignty” by stimulating critical thinking through politically and socially engaging exhibitions.
Hemispheric Institute on the Americas
Explores the connections throughout the social, cultural, and economic landscape of the Western Hemisphere from an array of perspectives across multiple academic units, to redirect and redefine the study of Latin America
Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics
Improving Mental Health Through Chemistry and Neuroscience: IPN advances our understanding of the basic neurobiology of psychedelics and translate this knowledge into safe and effective therapeutics.
Native American Language Center
Encourages the active participation of scholars and students, both native and non-native, in the task of language preservation and revitalization, while also providing the resources and support for the training of a new and engaged generation of linguists
Taller arte del nuevo amanecer (TANA)
Through exhibiting, printing, and teaching, TANA cultivates the cultural and artistic life of the community, viewing the arts as essential to a community's development and well-being.
UC Davis Humanities Institute
The campus hub for research and outreach in the humanities, arts, and humanistic social sciences, DHI fosters innovative initiatives in arts and humanistic fields undertaken by our faculty and students across disciplines, colleges, campuses, and communities.