Over 1,000 student researchers presented projects on topics ranging from accelerating jalapeno growth to studying links between Alzheimer's disease and Type 2 diabetes at the Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference on April 25 and 26.
Los Rios Community College District honors students admitted to UC Davis next month are invited to apply to the UC Davis University Honors Program as part of an effort to establish an honors-to-honors pathway for transfer students and expand access to more California community college students.
The UC Davis Undergraduate Research Center recently launched a new initiative to support arts, social sciences and humanities undergraduates with $1,000 stipends and research mentorship. Applications close Feb. 27.
The UC Davis Writing Center now offers more writing resources to the UC Davis community, including extended consulting hours, dissertation retreats and new academic and creative writing groups.
Fourth-year student Christian Caceres shadowed UC Davis Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education Michael Bradford Nov. 7 as part of the UC Davis Leadership Job Shadow Program. Dean Bradford participated in the shadow program for the second year.
More than 100 undergraduate students filled the Teaching and Learning Complex Learning Lab Nov. 14 to learn how to find research projects that matter to them. The Undergraduate Research Center and University Honors Program invited award-winning Stanford University author Thomas S. Mullaney to lead the event.
UC Davis undergraduate students who want to conduct research can meet with more than 37 faculty at the second-ever Undergraduate Research Fair Oct. 10.
The fair, which runs 3 to 5 p.m. Oct. 10 in the ARC Ballroom and Courtyard, provides students information about how to participate in research projects, learn about research programs and explore opportunities to work in labs.
UC Davis undergraduates spoke, and Summer Sessions listened. Over 2,000 students responded to questions about desired summer courses, their motivation for taking summer courses and preferences for online, in-person or hybrid courses. This was in response
Mention First-Year Seminars to UC Davis students and alumni and you’ll most likely hear a positive recollection.
Recalling his time in a Sports Law First-Year Seminar, attorney Scott Judson, who graduated with his undergraduate degree in 2009, said he still remembers his experience 18 years ago.
“In my seminar, I built a relationship with the professor, had dynamic discussions with others and developed skills that helped shape me into the attorney I am today,” he said.
When Erin Park came to UC Davis in 2022, she enrolled in the University Honors Program, or UHP. Park, now a double major in cognitive science and design, quickly realized how special the honors program experience was for her and many others.
