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23rd Annual R. Bryan Miller Symposium to be Held In-Person for First Time Since Pandemic

  • by Greg Watry
  • March 21, 2023
Mark your calendars because the R. Bryan Miller Symposium returns this April for its first in-person event since 2020. Featuring a stellar lineup of high-profile speakers and leading-edge researchers in chemical biology, organic, medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, the 23rd annual symposium creates a pipeline between academia and industry, allowing students to network, present their research and learn skills pivotal to their future professional careers. The free event is scheduled for April 13 and 14 at the UC Davis Conference Center.
A group of students in lab attire gather around a table to investigate aromas associated with whiskey.

UC Davis Professors Bring Chemical Engineering Back to Its Whiskey Roots

  • by Noah Pflueger-Peters
  • January 12, 2023
Chemical engineering professor Greg Miller and chemistry professor Mike Toney teach the “Chemical and Engineering Principles in Whiskey and Fuel Alcohol” (ECH/CHE 168) course at UC Davis, which teaches undergraduate students the chemical engineering and chemistry of making whiskey.
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Chancellor Honors College Mentors and Innovators With Undergraduate Research Awards

  • by Jeffrey Day
  • June 21, 2021

Two undergraduate students, a professor and a graduate student in the UC Davis College of Letters and Science recently received 2021 Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Research. Since 1994, these awards have recognized outstanding undergraduate students for their research, scholarship or creative activity and faculty, graduate students and postdoctorate individuals for excellence in mentorship.

Students from the UC Davis First Nations Launch team.

First Nations Rocket Team Prepares for Launch

  • by Becky Oskin
  • May 14, 2021
Students from the First Nations Launch team at the University of California, Davis, will launch a rocket this Saturday, May 15 — on behalf of a team from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. The rocket launch is part of the First Nations Launch competition sponsored by NASA and the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium at Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Hipolito Angel Cerros

UC Davis Student Elected to City Council

  • by Becky Oskin
  • December 16, 2020

In an election year with record turnout among young voters, 22-year-old Hipolito Angel Cerros took civic engagement a step beyond most of his peers. Cerros, a science and technology studies (STS) major at UC Davis, won a seat on the city council in his hometown of Lindsay, in California’s Central Valley.

“I couldn’t sit idly by and watch events unfold around me,” Cerros said. “I wanted to make an impact.”

Julie He

Undergraduate Research Conference Goes Virtual

  • by Becky Oskin
  • May 29, 2020
Undergraduate research provides students with skills that employers value, including critical thinking, collaboration and communication. One way students practice those skills is participating in the annual Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference.
Angie Ni at HackDavis

Code for Social Good

  • by Becky Oskin
  • March 02, 2020
Held in January 2020, the UC Davis hackathon brought together more than 600 of the most talented students in California to develop apps that address the world's most pressing social issues. 
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