Entries by Aj Cheline
Going BIG for the One Climate Initiative
By Lisa Howard Muir Institute fellows and researchers presented the One Climate Initiative to a packed room at the Big Ideas Symposium at UC Davis on October 18. The half-day event at the Conference Center was a chance for the campus community and the public to learn about the many forward-looking “Big Ideas” being promoted […]
Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies at UC Davis receives $1M to Expand Research
By Jeffrey Day October 24, 2019 The new Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies at University of California, Davis, is receiving $1 million in state funding to expand research on one of the nation’s largest and fastest growing Asian American communities. The funding was announced by Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda, who championed the funding, at an […]
$7M Grant to Study Cooperative Automated Vehicles in Rural and Multimodal Environments
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering professor Francis Assadian is a co-PI on a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to study cooperative automated vehicles (CAVs) in rural and multimodal environments. Led by at Texas A&M University, the four-year project titled, “AVA: Automated Vehicles for All” involves collaborators at George Washington University, General Motors, […]
EicOsis Receives $15M to Help Fund Human Clinical Trials of Non-opioid Pain Therapy
By Lisa Howard EicOsis LLC, a UC Davis-enabled startup, announced yesterday (Oct. 15) it has been awarded a $15 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to support human clinical trials of a non-opioid pain therapy. The technology of the lead compounds was developed at UC Davis in the lab of Professor […]
UC Davis Hosts International Workshop to Tackle Global Food Challenges
By Lisa Howard Researchers from eight countries and nine institutions gathered at the International Center at UC Davis on October 8 and 9 for a two-day workshop, “Food Security and Food Innovation.” The event, organized by UC Davis and the University of Sydney, was designed to strengthen existing partnerships and build upon complementary scientific expertise […]
Project to Restore Natural Flow of Alameda Creek Receives $31.4 million Grant
by Jeffrey Day Work to restore the natural flow of Alameda Creek into the San Francisco Bay involving two design department faculty is moving forward with $31.4 million from the State of California. Alameda Creek flows though the cities of Fremont, Union City and Newark before entering the bay. The sediment it deposits in the […]
University College Dublin and University of California, Davis Strengthen Strategic Partnership
The University College Dublin (UCD) and the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) have signed an agreement of co-operation. The agreement, to further develop education, research, innovation and cultural links between the both institutions, builds on a strategic partnership agreement signed in September 2014. The signing took place at an international Food Innovation and Food […]
Psychology Professor Receives $275K Grant to Explore Links between Music and Memory
By Becky Oskin, College of Letters and Science “Earworms” are those fragments of songs that get stuck on repeat in your head. While earworms are often frustrating, repeated exposure to catchy tunes can also trigger old memories, even in people whose memory skills are impaired by Alzheimer’s disease or other cognitive disorders. Petr Janata, professor […]
