26 percent of nonhuman primates lost pregnancies despite not showing symptoms Research from several institutions, including the California National Primate Research Center at UC Davis, suggests that more women could be losing their pregnancies to the Zika virus without knowing they are infected. The study, published in Nature Medicine July 2, found 26 percent of […]
By Dana Topousis in University News UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May has selected Prasant Mohapatra to serve as vice chancellor for research. Mohapatra, who has been the dean of graduate studies and vice provost of graduate education since 2016, will oversee an annual research funding portfolio of about $783 million (as of fiscal year […]
By Lisa Howard June 25, 2018 DAVIS, Calif. — Innovators at the University of California, Davis, are receiving financial support to advance their research and technologies toward commercialization. Managed by Venture Catalyst, the Science Translation and Innovative Research (STAIR™) and the Data, Informatics & Application Launch (DIAL™) grant programs are designed to provide funding to […]
By Lisa Howard During the early days of the Great Depression, when many Americans were desperate to find jobs, state and local officials in the United States began forcibly repatriating Mexicans, including American citizens of Mexican descent, to Mexico. Jobs were scarce — unemployment would eventually reach 25 percent in 1933 — and the thinking […]
By Lisa Howard The very first flight Hilal Cansizoglu ever took was when she left Turkey in 2008 to pursue a master’s degree in electrical engineering in the United States. Her family was at Istanbul Atatürk Airport to see her off, and one of her younger sisters — she has two — later told Hilal […]
The University of California, Davis, tonight (May 15) announced the recipients of the university’s 2018 Chancellor’s Innovation Awards at a ceremony on campus. Established in 2016, the awards recognize faculty, community partners and industry leaders for their work, dedication and success in improving the lives of others and addressing the needs of our global society […]
The University of California, Davis announced a partnership with CSIRO, Australia’s pre-eminent national science organization. The partnership marks the first major collaboration agreement between CSIRO and an American university. The five-year partnership agreement encourages scientists and research facilities across the globe, including more than 4,500 CSIRO scientists, to seamlessly collaborate across disciplines including, but not […]
By Lisa Howard UC Davis students, postdocs, faculty, staff and community members are invited to explore how feminism can inform research at the third annual Feminist Research Symposium, May 8 in the Student Community Center Multipurpose Room. This event is organized by the UC Davis Feminist Research Institute (FRI). The symposium will highlight the results […]
