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Black children in classroom at St. HOPE's Public School 7, Sacramento

How Does Investment in Black Communities Help Everyone?

by Ya Yang/UC Davis Graduate Student/for Cal Matters
February 21, 2025

People holding American flags at citizenship ceremony

What is Birthright Citizenship?

by Alex Russell
February 21, 2025

Isidore String Quartet brings Juilliard talent to Mozart’s classics this weekend at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. (Courtesy)

Weekender: Experience the Art, Music of Different Cultures

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
February 19, 2025

Figures in art work in Native dress in gold and brown

Gorman Museum Features 'Olé Ham Nees: We Call Him Coyote'

by Karen Nikos-Rose
February 19, 2025

This year’s Templeton Colloquium, moderated by UC Davis professor of art and architectural history Heghnar Watenpaugh, features a powerful conversation on cultural heritage on Feb. 21. Join two of the most incisive voices in cultural heritage debates at the 2025 Templeton Colloquium to explore the stakes for its protection worldwide. Photo: The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem in August 2017. (Hrag Vartanian, Hyperallergic/ courtesy photo)

Weekender: Celebrate Your Love of Art this Valentine's Weekend

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
February 13, 2025

UC Davis Art History professor, Heghnar Watenpaugh, gave lecture “Survivor Objects and Captive Sites: Art and Cultural Heritage in Genocide” at The Getty Center in Los Angeles this past December on the Armenian genocide and the significance of art. (Jamie Gelfond/ photography)

UC Davis Art History’s Watenpaugh Inspires with Her Perspective on Art and Cultural Heritage Destruction

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
February 10, 2025

Dirt road near border

UC Davis Experts on Immigration, Labor and Human Trafficking

by Karen Nikos-Rose
February 10, 2025

The Bereishit Dance Company is known for their contemporary approach to traditional Korean culture with work that beautifully connects the forms and themes of sports and traditional arts. They will perform at Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, Feb. 20.

Weekender: Soul Music, Drag and ArtMix Bring Fun to the Arts

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
February 06, 2025

Sign in window for SNAP

Is There Too Much Administrative Burden in Accessing SNAP and WIC Benefits?

by Marianne Bitler and Seojung Oh
February 06, 2025

Artwork of figures in Native costumes in golds and browns

Weekender: Ruby Neri and Her Art, Thiebaud Endowed Lecture, New Art Coming to Gorman

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
January 30, 2025

First Opera by Black American — Brought to Light by UC Davis Historian — Gets Its Due

by Karen Nikos-Rose
January 30, 2025

Couple having ice cream cones at park

Men and Women Equally Attracted to Younger Partners, UC Davis Study Suggests

by Karen Nikos-Rose
January 27, 2025

Three people having cut a ribbon with a large scissors in front of Manetti Shrem sign

UC Davis Unveils Maria Manetti Shrem Art District: A Bold New Era for the Arts

by Courtney Tompkins
January 27, 2025

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Weekender: 10th Annual Tea Colloquium; New Exhibits Opening

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
January 23, 2025

Man participates in festival in India, blowing into conch shell, while others look on

How Does Kumbh Mela Connect India's Present to its Past?

by Alex Russell, College of Letters and Science
January 16, 2025

Art work featuring man in native or historic costume against wall in blue and brown

Weekender: Exciting Art Lectures, Music, More

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
January 16, 2025

Woman in clothing of her culture

Ongoing Art in Davis: Winter 2025

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
January 16, 2025

Students sitting in informal meeting with laptops

International Students Boost Startup Creation, Lifting Local Jobs and Revenue, New Research Shows

by Alex Russell, College of Letters and Science
January 14, 2025

Artist's depiction of women sitting in a row eating pasta

Manetti Shrem Museum to Present U.S. Debut of Italy’s Sandretto Collection, Solo Exhibition of Ceramic Artist Ruby Neri

by Laura Compton, Manetti Shrem Museum
January 13, 2025

Black and white image of building with trees surrounding it

Postcards from the Edge (of Davis) and Cookbooks through the Ages at Library

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
January 07, 2025

Workers convene in office, one with box

Can You Go Home Again? New Study Looks at the Workplace Effects of Boomerangs

by Karen Nikos-Rose
December 18, 2024

Woman in red sweater sleeping

UC Davis Story Tip Sheet: Coping During the Holidays

by Karen Nikos-Rose
December 16, 2024

Get a “Last Look” at fall quarter exhibits like Ritual Clay and Entangled Writing at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art on Saturday, Dec. 28 and Sunday, Dec. 29.

Weekender: A Last Look at Exhibits; Film Screening

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
December 12, 2024

Man in front of classroom

Psychologist of ‘Attention’ Receives UC Davis Teaching Prize

by Alex Russell, College of Letters and Science
December 10, 2024

Choruses of UC Davis present Seasons of Migration this Friday at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts (Courtesy photo).

Weekender: A White Christmas Performance, UC Davis Alum Exhibit, and More!

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
December 05, 2024

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