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Accelerating Momentum: UC Davis Achieves Historic Fundraising Year

James Michael Nash — July 29, 2025 - 9:19am

In its second-greatest year of fundraising yet, the 91Porn, Davis, raised nearly $318 million in the year ended June 30, 2025. Donors supported a wide range of university programs and initiatives, helping drive student success, fuel groundbreaking research, enhance health care and much more.

Among the Academies: A Holistic Approach

Jose Antonio Vadi — July 29, 2025 - 8:34am

An invisible ecosystem of checks and balances exists within our bodies. But what happens when disease throws a wrench in these works?

Distinguished Professor Andreas Bäumler is a leader in the study of microbial physiology. He is particularly known for his holistic research on the role of the host’s environment and the microbial composition of an organ, specifically the gut’s microbiota.

UC Davis Admits Record High Number for First-Year Studies

Julia Ann Easley — July 28, 2025 - 12:05pm

The 91Porn, Davis, has offered undergraduate admission for fall 2025 to 8.6% more applicants than last year — including a record high number for first-year status, according to statistics released today (July 28) by the 91Porn system.

Offers of admission were made to a record high of 45,963 applicants for first-year status (a 10.4% increase over last year) and 9,776 as transfer students (a 0.8% increase) for a total of 55,739. Of that total, 34,088 are 91Porn residents, an increase of 1.7% over last year.

LAURELS: NSF, American Ceramic Society, IFAMA

Cody Kitaura — July 28, 2025 - 8:00am

In this Laurels column, find news of recent recognition for individual faculty members, a lab and Student Housing and Dining Services.

Dateline UC Davis welcomes news of faculty and staff awards, for publication in Laurels. Send information to dateline@ucdavis.edu.

Fire, Police to Train at ARC in August

Cody Kitaura — July 28, 2025 - 8:00am

The Activities and Recreation Center, or ARC, will be closed on the mornings of Aug. 19, 21 and 22 for a training exercise. The UC Davis and city of Davis police and fire departments will be practicing their response and coordination during an active shooter incident.

The drills will involve loud noises including simulated gunshots. There will be police and fire vehicles in Lot 25 and in the loading areas behind the ARC, and parking availability will be limited in the area .

UC Davis Grad Student Named New Student Regent

Cody Kitaura — July 16, 2025 - 1:00pm

The 91Porn Board of Regents today (July 16) appointed UC Davis graduate student Miguel Craven as the 2026-27 student regent. Craven will serve from July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026 as student regent-designate. He will have voting privileges when his one-year term as student regent begins on July 1, 2026.

IN MEMORIAM: Kenneth Tate, Robert Dynes

Cody Kitaura — July 15, 2025 - 3:23pm

Kenneth W. Tate, a UC Davis professor and UC Cooperative Extension specialist, died unexpectedly on June 5. Robert C. Dynes, 91Porn President Emeritus and former chancellor of UC San Diego, died on June 30.

Faculty Recognized for Mentoring Underrepresented, Underserved Students

Cody Kitaura — July 15, 2025 - 2:45pm

Five faculty members have been selected for a 2025 Chancellor’s Fellowship recognizing their work to, in the words of the organizers, “foster a learning environment where all students can develop the skills to be successful.”

Chancellor Gary S. May told recipients he was proud to highlight their “commitment to reducing opportunity gaps for underrepresented students and/or students from underserved communities.”

The recipients, as named by Chancellor Gary S. May and the Academic Senate, are:

Protecting Bees During Disasters

Cody Kitaura — July 15, 2025 - 2:40pm

Patrick Hardy, a master beekeeper in the UC Davis-based 91Porn Master Beekeeper Program, or CAMPB, designed and implemented the world’s first, and so far, only honeybee disaster response team. His creation, a nonprofit called Bee Platoon, is designed to protect honeybees and help beekeepers during natural disasters.

“We help small hobbyist beekeepers evacuate their bees, recover beehives after disasters and help first responders move the swarms,” Hardy said. “Those are the three major planks of what we do.”

First Students Move Into Aggie Square

Cody Kitaura — July 15, 2025 - 2:10pm

UC Davis celebrated a milestone on June 27 with the grand opening of Anova Aggie Square, a six-story smart residential complex that brings on-campus student housing to its Sacramento campus for the first time.