Professor Tessa Hill

Professor Tessa Hill Elected AAAS Fellow

  • by Becky Oskin
Professor Tessa Hill, a leading expert in marine geochemistry and a strong advocate for public outreach and education access, has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society.
Snapshot of faculty member Milmon Harrison as a baby with his mother

Professor Engages Students in Research on Sacramento's African American Community

  • by Jeffrey A Day

When Milmon Harrison, associate professor of African American and African studies, began writing a book about the Great Migration, he wondered if he could bring students into the research process as part of his teaching. Now he’s teaching students how to document the history of Sacramento’s African American community through interviews with residents and archival research, thanks to the Community Engaged Learning Faculty Fellows (CELFF) program.

Professor Qing-zhu Yin

AGU Honors UC Davis Earth Scientists

  • by Becky Oskin
Distinguished Professor Isabel Montañez and Professor Qing-zhu Yin of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences have been named fellows of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
UC Davis students in California Hall

UC Davis Statistics Maintains Top Ranking

  • by Becky Oskin
The UC Davis Department of Statistics continues to lead in educating undergraduates, ranking third among statistics degree-granting institutions in the U.S. in 2019, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
Book cover with collage of images of Thai temples and lottery posters

Anthropologist Alan Klima Wins 2020 Bateson Prize

  • by Kathleen Holder
A book by UC Davis anthropology professor Alan Klima on Thai spiritual and financial practices is the winner of a 2020 Gregory Bateson Book Prize from the Society for Cultural Anthropology. "Ethnography #9" is one of three recipients of this year’s Bateson Prize, given for works deemed “interdisciplinary, experimental and innovative.” ​
Photo of young woman wearing a face mask with UC Davis printed on it.

Psychology of a Pandemic

Researchers study the social and emotional toll of sheltering in place, and ways people cope.

After COVID-19 precautions shut down the campus last spring  — and with it most UC Davis laboratories — psychology professors turned their research upside down and shifted focus, fast.

Social scientists, in particular Professor of Psychology Paul Hastings, recognized the unprecedented human “experiment” presented by the pandemic and global efforts to “bend the curve.”

Greta McLain's mural honoring George Floyd

Mural of Remembrance

Just days after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police in May, alumna and artist Greta McLain, with Cadex Herrera and Xena Goldman, created a mural at the intersection where he died. In the weeks following his death, the mural went viral online as Black Lives Matter protests erupted worldwide.
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