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Project Helping Instructors Improve Accessibility

Julia Ann Easley — March 11, 2025 - 4:51pm

A UC Davis education specialist is designing and leading a course to equip instructors with the tools to make digital course materials more accessible.

Sue Ebeler Wins 2024 Women & Philanthropy Impact Award

Anila Mary Lijo — March 11, 2025 - 3:11pm

For Sue Ebeler, M.S. ’85, Ph.D. ’93, the most rewarding part of her career isn’t the research awards or the international recognition — it’s the students whose lives she has changed.

As a professor of viticulture and enology and associate dean of Undergraduate Academic Programs in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Ebeler has spent more than 30 years at UC Davis building a culture of belonging, mentorship and opportunity. Her leadership has empowered countless students — especially women — to find their place and thrive.

Academic Senate and Federation 2025 Awardees

Jose Antonio Vadi — March 10, 2025 - 1:50pm

Presenting their top academic honors for 2025, the Academic Senate and Federation recognize and showcase faculty not just for their expertise, but also for their impact across campus, mentorship roles, excellence in teaching and overall public service.

The full list of winners, with profiles submitted by awards committees from the senate and federation, follow:

The Societal Role of Health and Aging

Jose Antonio Vadi — March 10, 2025 - 9:49am

A packed audience at the Mondavi Center’s Vanderhoef Studio Theatre gathered Tuesday, March 4 for a presentation by Arline T. Geronimus, author of the 2024-2025 selection of the UC Davis Campus Community Book Project, Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society.

Construction Managers Come Full Circle at Aggie Square

Anila Mary Lijo — March 04, 2025 - 3:16pm

For Joshua Chavez, working on Aggie Square was something of a homecoming, even though he’d only passed by the site of the Sacramento innovation district.

A 2021 graduate of UC Davis who majored in managerial economics, Chavez helped to manage some of the early, pivotal work on the Aggie Square site in 2023 — such as bringing power, water and sewer lines to the 11-acre site, which is a partnership between the university and Wexford Science & Technology LLC.

UC Davis Achieves Reaccreditation for 10 Years

Anila Mary Lijo — March 04, 2025 - 2:31pm

The Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission cited UC Davis’ “shared purpose, professional pride, and inclusive belonging that fosters active engagement and shared governance across the university” as the regional accreditation agency renewed the university’s accreditation for 10 years.

UC Davis to Celebrate Alumni and Friends at 52nd Alumni Awards Gala

Anila Mary Lijo — March 04, 2025 - 9:00am

The University of California, Davis, Cal Aggie Alumni Association has announced the recipients of its 2025 Alumni Awards, celebrating extraordinary alumni and friends who have made a lasting impact on their communities and the university.

This year’s honorees are trailblazers in their fields — driving innovation, championing equity, and transforming the future of science, technology and veterinary care. They are also committed to supporting students by providing mentorship, resources and opportunities for success at UC Davis and beyond.

Meet The 2024-2025 Chancellor's Fellows

Jose Antonio Vadi — March 03, 2025 - 10:38am

Meet the eight faculty members who comprise the newest class of Chancellor’s Fellows, given to early career academics doing exemplary work in their fields.

‘Face to Face’: Davis Students Launch Seizure-Prediction Startup

Anila Mary Lijo — February 25, 2025 - 11:00am

On this month’s Face to Face With Chancellor May, meet Simran Lallian and Jaya Athuluru, two ambitious undergraduates at UC Davis behind the medtech startup, EpiSense, a seizure prediction system that utilizes a recording of brain activity, an electroencephalogram (EEG) and machine learning.

Checking In With Chancellor May: Empowering Our Student Entrepreneurs

Cody Kitaura — February 21, 2025 - 12:30pm

To the UC Davis Community:

The past few months have been challenging for all of us. We are navigating a complex national political landscape, budget constraints, operational challenges and, consequently, a period of deep uncertainty. Many members of our community have told me about the anxiety they are feeling — I feel it too.