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'Taming the Lightning,' an immersive, interactive, environment that blends live performance with digital and tactile elements, opens June 3rd in the Arena Theatre at Wright Hall.

Weekender: Students Exhibit Work in Film, Theatre, Art, Recitals, More

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
May 29, 2025

Four adult female eastern lowlad gorillas in a forest

4 Gorillas Reintroduced to the Wild in DRC

by Kat Kerlin
May 29, 2025

symphony orchestra on stage in darkened theater

Weekender: Hum a Gershwin Tune; Listen to Grammy-award Winning Violinist; Visit Gorman Museum

by Karen Michele Nikos-Rose
May 20, 2025

Arts Blog

Dancers on white stage dressed in red costumes

Weekender: Wearable Design; Spring Music; Next Season Mondavi Tickets Go on Sale

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
May 15, 2025

Drone shot of California aqueduct curving between an auburn barren hillside and agricultural fields in Kern County at sunset

California Risks Billions in Economic Losses Without Water Supply Action

by Kat Kerlin, adapted from CMUA press release
May 14, 2025

Close-up photo of a green sea turtle hatchling moving through sand

How One Word Could Strip the Endangered Species Act

by Karrigan Börk and Mariah Meek
May 13, 2025

Illustration of Ben Franklin on $100 bill with a mask on.

Did Economic Predictions of COVID-19 Pan Out?

by Alex Russell, College of Letters and Science
May 09, 2025

The Curiosity Gap

Photo of teacher walking through a classroom

How Can Teachers Avoid Burnout?

by Madeline Gorrell, School of Education
May 08, 2025

The Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band brings charisma, passion, and purpose to the Jackson Hall stage at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts this week (Jasz Garrett/ photography).

Weekender: Art, Lectures, Film Explore Structures and Movie Magic

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

Judicial gavel on desk next to word "deportation" on a name plate

The Conversation: Are Trump's Deportation Cases about Foreign Policy or Something Else?

by Chimene Keitner, UC Davis Professor of Law
May 07, 2025

The Curiosity Gap

Don't miss the exhibit ‘Community in Bloom’ at Shields Library about the history of the UC Davis arboretum, where a pop-up performance will be happening Wednesday, May 7, from 2-3 p.m. on the Grand Staircase Mezzanine featuring dancers from the Department of Theatre and Dance (courtesy).

Weekender: Student-Created, Curated Art Takes On Davis in Performances, Exhibitions

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
May 01, 2025

Gallery view of 'Through Their Eyes: Selections from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection' on display until June 22. (Courtesy/ The Manetti Shrem Museum of Art)

Ongoing Art at UC Davis: Spring 2025

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

A shallow stream runs through purplish-pink flowers and green plants on the Canadian Arctic. A snowy mountain is in the background.

Arctic Plants React Unexpectedly to Climate Change

by University of Edinburgh, Press Office
April 30, 2025

A woman with dark hair wearing a white lab coat and dark wraparound eyeglasses leans over technical equipment on a lab workbench.

New Two-photon Microscopy System Aims to See Into 'Impossible' Spaces

by Matt Marcure
April 28, 2025

A young man in a white t-shirt sits at a desk and flexes his forearm, which has a band around it. On the desk is a robotic arm and a computer monitor.

Combining Signals Could Make for Better Control of Prosthetics

by Andy Fell
April 23, 2025

three students looking at a slide

What Is Science Outreach and Why Is It Important?

by Jace Kuske, Clarisa Martinez, Tess Leathers and Deana Villagomes
April 22, 2025

Two porcelain cast Styrofoam teacups for lecture with Amber Ginsburg and Aaron Hughes (courtesy)

Weekender: Music, New Book, Puppet Master and More

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
April 17, 2025

Healthy elephant seals lie on the beach under blue-orange sky

Avian Influenza Major Setback for Patagonian Seals

by Wildife Conservation Society
April 16, 2025

(Aarn Giri/ Unsplash)

What Do Butterflies Have to Do with ADHD?

by Alex Russell
April 15, 2025

This Picnic Day, spark your creativity and wonder with a stop at the Manetti Shrem Museum from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. by making art with friends, family, and other Davis residents (courtesy).

Weekender: Picnic Day Brings the Art to Davis

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

Head and shoulders of a man with glasses and short dark hair cradling a white and black rooster.

Map of Genetic Regulation in Chickens Could Help Fight Against Bird Flu

by Huaijun Zhou and Emily Dooley
April 09, 2025

Composite image made up of 3 rows of 3 photos. Left to right, starting from top row: Rice being loaded into an open trailer; garter snake; ducks; a seabird sitting on a straw nest; flooded rice fields at sunset; flock of birds over flooded fields; sandhill cranes; school of fish; three people walk through a field.

California Rice and Conservation

by Andy Fell
April 07, 2025

Gracianne Kirsch, a UC Davis Art Studio M.F.A. alum, with their work at the Arts & Humanities 2024 Graduate Exhibition held in the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art. Kirsch won the inaugural Letters & Science Prize for Excellence. (Hung Q. Pham Photography)

Merging the Ethereal and the Tangible

by Maria Sestito, College of Letters and Science
April 07, 2025

This weekend in Circa's "Opus", 10 acrobats and the Debussy String Quartet celebrate the music of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich in a work of stunning power, virtuosity and physical poetry (Justin Nicholas/ photography).

Weekender: Spring into Spring Arts

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
April 03, 2025

Left, a man with cropped hair and glasses wearing a grey jacket; right, a shorter woman with shoulder length brown hair, glasses and a pink jacket. They stand in front of a poster for the 25th Anniversary of the Bryan Miller Symposium with a list of sponsors.

The Rise of Pseudocannabinoids

by Greg Watry
April 02, 2025

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