A new Center for Poverty and Inequality Research analysis shows how the COVID-19 pandemic intensified inequality between K-12 students based on their race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.

Paleontologists are getting a glimpse at life over a billion years in the past based on chemical traces in ancient rocks and the genetics of living animals. Research published Dec. 1 in Nature Communications combines geology and genetics, showing how changes in the early Earth prompted a shift in how animals eat.

The call is open for paper and exhibition proposals for the forthcoming Wearables Collective Symposium, a two-day event at UC Davis focused on weaving innovation into all stages of life through e-textiles, smart clothing and other forms of wearable technology for health and well-being. Paper and exhibition proposals are due by January 1 and January 15, respectively.

Jingwen Zhang, a professor of communication, has been developing and testing artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots designed to motivate and persuade us to get in those extra steps for health.

People with personality traits such as conscientiousness, extraversion and positive affect are less likely to be diagnosed with dementia than those with neuroticism and negative affect, according to a new analysis by researchers at the University of California, Davis and Northwestern University

Kathryn Olmsted, a professor in the Department of History at UC Davis, has been named Associate Dean of the Faculty in the Social Sciences in the College of Letters and Science. She is a recognized leader in research on U.S. history and brings broad academic leadership experience at UC Davis.

In a new paper appearing in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Professor of Chemistry Frank Osterloh and his colleagues unveiled a new type of solar cell that might be used in tandem with current commercial solar cell technologies to improve solar conversion efficiency and produce clean hydrogen fuel.

This past month, UC Davis Girls Who Code hosted the first campus hackathon dedicated to women and non-binary individuals. The event, titled Her Hacks, was a smashing success with around 100 students participating in the ideation and design of a product dedicated to social impact, sustainability or student life.

Malaquías Montoya, a professor emeritus of Chicana and Chicano studies at UC Davis, is being widely celebrated with two major exhibitions at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis and at the Oakland Museum of California. But he is much more than an artist. Montoya, 85, has influenced several generations of students who went on to make art or make a mark on the world in other ways.

Shellfish, along with other marine organisms, are facing a crisis, one that affects the integrity of their shells. As carbon dioxide emissions increase in the atmosphere, so too does the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by our oceans, leading to ocean acidification. Graduate student Meghan Zulian has devoted her doctoral studies to understanding how ocean acidification, and more broadly climate change, affects culturally, economically and ecologically important shellfish, including abalone