Every day faculty and students from the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis are highlighted in the news media, having their research featured and commenting on the most pressing issues facing the world. Check out some of these news media highlights from the past month.
An author blending fact and fiction in her second novel, an anthropologist studying the origins of rituals and pilgrimages, and a mathematician investigating the complexity of large datasets have been named the 2026 Dean’s Faculty Fellows for the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis.
The endowment helps the chair holder promote the mission to develop and commercialize energy-efficient technologies, teach future leaders in energy efficiency, and conduct critical policy-supporting research.
Professor Tessa Hill has been named associate dean of research and graduate education in the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis. In the position, Hill will facilitate and support cross-departmental and cross-college research initiatives, oversee contracts and grants, and develop mentorship programs to cultivate research expertise and collaboration among faculty. In addition, she’ll oversee graduate students and studies in the college.
TIME has named University of California, Davis Distinguished Research Professor Tony Tyson, of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, to the 2026 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
The newly relaunched Davis Humanities Institute intends to leave an impression on campus and community members alike with its inaugural event this spring: premiering Julie Wyman’s critically acclaimed documentary "The Tallest Dwarf" at the Ann E. Pitzer Center on April 8.
In this edition of Books of the Month, we're thinking about our built environment and the questions that might help us build better cities in the future. These scholars not only point out what isn’t working in our communities and current infrastructure, they highlight potential solutions – some based on real world examples while others have only been imagined.
Every day faculty and students from the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis are highlighted in the news media, having their research featured and commenting on the most pressing issues facing the world. Check out some of these news media highlights from the past month.
Stacy Fahrenthold, a professor of history, has been awarded the 2026 David Montgomery Award for her book Unmentionables: Textiles, Garment Work, and the Syrian American Working Class. The book also won the 2025 Nikkie Keddie Award.
Emorie Beck, Ariel Mosley and Tomiko Yoneda were named among this year’s Rising Stars by the Association for Psychological Science for their publications, discoveries and the potentially broad impact of their work.
