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New Medical Technology Emerges From Quarter at Aggie Square Program

Cody Kitaura — February 04, 2025 - 8:00am

The Quarter at Aggie Square Biomedical Engineering cohort wrapped up their 10-week experience on Dec. 6 with a presentation of three medical prototypes for growth-accommodating heart valves, noninvasive glucose monitors and stroke-detection devices. The students chose the concepts to solve complex health challenges they encountered.

Catalyzing Change: Engineering Enzymes to Meet Human Needs

Jocelyn C Anderson — October 01, 2024 - 9:05am

Enzyme engineering is key to the future of human health. The Design2Data program teaches students to solve problems in the food, energy and health industries.

Student Entomologists Gain Hands-On Skills in Insect Biology

Jocelyn C Anderson — May 28, 2024 - 9:00am

Discover how student researchers are gaining hands-on biology and entomology skills and protecting pollinators through the Insect Scholars Program.

Understanding How Students Learn Through Virtual Reality

Jocelyn C Anderson — March 25, 2024 - 9:02am

How UC Davis virtual reality research is promoting STEAM learning and helping improve child education.

Studying Sharks in San Francisco Bay

Jocelyn C Anderson — November 14, 2023 - 8:30am

How Students Dive into Marine Science at UC Davis

Jocelyn C Anderson — October 24, 2023 - 9:15pm

What’s it like to take a summer session in a marine lab? Explore our undergraduate marine research from mussels’ byssal threads to ocean ecosystem impacts.

Science-y Summers

Malia N Reiss — October 10, 2023 - 11:38am

Three UC Davis undergrads share their summer fieldwork experiences in the mountains, meadows and tidepools of California.

Meet 8 Students Graduating From UC Davis

Julia Ann Easley — June 13, 2023 - 8:30am

Editor’s note: Contact information for the students is available to members of the news media by emailing jaeasley@ucdavis.edu.

Meet eight of UC Davis’ graduating students with special stories: a graduate student who completed his doctoral degree while still age 19, the University Medalist, a 48-year-old fulfilling a promise to his parents, and the five student speakers for the undergraduate commencements June 16 to 18.

Automated College Degree-Planning Tool Wins Top Prize in Annual UC Davis Business Competition

Karen Michele Nikos — May 23, 2023 - 8:00pm

A team of two University of California, Davis, MBA students and a senior computer science major received the $20,000 first prize for the best innovation in the 23rd annual Big Bang! Business Competition Tuesday.

Grandma’s Genes Top UC Davis Grad Slam

Cody Kitaura — April 10, 2023 - 2:07pm

The final round of the UC Davis Grad Slam had a flurry of PowerPoint slides, a giant deck of cards and a stuffed monkey, but in the end the top prize went to someone talking about genetic “ghosts.”