Entries by Aj Cheline

The Impact of Inflation and Recession on Poverty and Low-Income Households

November 30, 2022 Despite being described as “transitory” in early 2021, inflation has remained high since, even reaching a four-decade high of 9.1% over the summer of 2022. The Federal Reserve began taking action in response, implementing several interest rate hikes, with the latest short-term rate reaching 4%. Those increases have helped steady the inflation […]

Call for Proposals: COVID-19 Research Accelerator Funding Track (CRAFT)

Program Overview In response to the unprecedented research challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UC Davis Office of Research is launching the second call of the COVID-19 Research Accelerator Funding Track (CRAFT) which aims to provide awards to support research activity on campus that was negatively affected by the pandemic and pandemic response. This […]

UC Davis Professor Louise Berben Awarded the Breakthrough Energy Explorer Grant

November 16, 2022 The University of California, Davis, is pleased to announce that Louise Berben, a professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been recently awarded the 2022 Breakthrough Energy Explorer grant to advance her research on redox flow batteries. Founded by Bill Gates, Breakthrough Energy is a climate organization to support clean energy research […]

UC Davis Research Celebration and Exploration

  This year UC Davis reached a major milestone, surpassing $1 billion in research funding, a goal achieved by fewer than 20 public universities across the nation. This accomplishment is the result of our exceptional research community and reflects a commitment to think beyond what is expected. To celebrate, the Office of Research hosted a […]

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Renews Funding for the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety at the University of California, Davis

For more than three decades, the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (WCAHS) at UC Davis has been dedicated to the understanding and prevention of illness and injury in western agriculture. WCAHS is pleased to announce the center has received funding from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for the next […]

Special Event to Celebrate Surpassing $1 Billion in Annual Research Funding

  Join us on Nov. 1, 2022, at a special event to celebrate surpassing $1 billion in annual research funding and to explore bold visions for future research. This year UC Davis reached a major milestone, surpassing $1 billion in research funding, a goal achieved by fewer than 20 public universities across the nation. This […]

Pathway to Citizenship for 10 million Undocumented Immigrants Would Boost GDP by $1.7 Trillion

UC Davis Global Migration and Center for American Progress: A Report Summary September 12, 2022 For a long time, researchers in the field of global migration have been studying the challenges and opportunities that large-scale population movements present. In 2021, a report by the University of California, Davis’ Global Migration Center, one of the IMPACT […]