Entries by Aj Cheline

Research Core Facilities Program Invests $775,000 in New Equipment and Strategic Operating Expansions to Advance Research Infrastructure

By AJ Cheline In February 2019, the Research Core Facilities Program (RCFP) within the Office of Research invited proposal submissions for investments to support the acquisition of new equipment and strategic operational expansions of core facilities that would advance the research infrastructure at UC Davis. Campus Research Core Facilities (CRCFs) and Shared Resource Facilities (SRFs) […]

School of Law Receives $1.15M to Serve Immigrants through Immigration Law Clinics

By Carla Meyer August 1, 2019 Two nonprofit organizations have given UC Davis School of Law a total of $1.15 million to help fund additional staff attorneys and further serve immigrants through its Immigration Law Clinic. Together Rising donated $900,000 it generated through a highly successful crowdfunding effort. The James Irvine Foundation granted $250,000 to […]

UC Davis Scientist Bruce Hammock Wins $6 Million Federal Program Award

By Kathy Keatley Garvey Distinguished professor Bruce Hammock of the University of California, Davis, has received a $6 million, eight-year “Outstanding Investigator” federal grant for his innovative and visionary environmental health research. The award is part of the Revolutionizing Innovative, Visionary Environmental Health Research (RIVER) Program of the National Institutes of Environmental Health (NIEHS). This award is based on […]

14 New Startups Emerge from UC Davis Innovations

By Lisa Howard Technologies developed at the University of California, Davis, enabled the foundation of 14 startup companies during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019. “Research universities like UC Davis are a key source of vital innovation for numerous industries,” said Prasant Mohapatra, vice chancellor for research at UC Davis. “These startups are undertaking […]

Denneal Jamison-McClung Named Director of UC Davis Biotechnology Program

By Lisa Howard Denneal Jamison-McClung has been named director of the UC Davis Biotechnology Program by the Office of Research. Founded in 1986, the program provides a hub for biotechnology efforts on campus and creates a critical bridge between academia and the biotech industry as well as government entities involved in bioscience. “The Biotechnology Program […]

Tahoe Environmental Research Center Transitions to a Special Research Program

On July 1, 2019, the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) transitioned to being a Special Research Program within the Office of Research. Previously a center of the John Muir Institute of the Environment (JMIE), TERC’s rapidly growing national and international portfolio of science and education programs, made a more independent structure favorable for […]