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Artificial Intelligence: Can We Trust Machines to Make Fair Decisions?

Artificial Intelligence touches almost every aspect of our lives, from mobile banking and online shopping to social media and real-time traffic maps. But what happens when artificial intelligence is biased?

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How a UC Davis Professor Addressed Racism in Monopoly

The game was created by the late UC Davis Professor Robert Sommer and his friend Judy Tart in the 1960s. Published by Psychology Today in 1970, it was conceived as a racially conscious version of Monopoly.

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Researchers have forged a path from UC Davis to space

In barnlike buildings on an acre of land among alfalfa fields and cattle, dedicated UC Davis scientists have studied gravitational biology for more than five decades.

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Global Migration Center
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College of Letters and Science

UC Davis pioneered the study of romance as science

UC Davis was only the second university in the nation to offer a Ph.D. in Native American Studies

The School of Law is known for its dedication to the ideals of social justice, equality and public service.

UC Davis houses the Transformative Justice in Education Center, disrupting educational inequities in education

Among many art distinctions, UC Davis faculty are known for birthing the “funk art” movement of the 1960s.

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