The 2026 Film Festival at UC Davis showcases short films created by UC Davis students and recent alumni as well as submissions from student filmmakers from Northern California colleges and universities. This year’s festival is being produced by a team of students who are mentored by Julie Wyman, associate professor of cinema and digital media.
Homer’s ancient epic is given new life in the UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance’s presentation of "The Odyssey in Shadow," a large-scale cinematic shadow theater experience. The production will preview on June 1 and will run on June 2, 3 and 4 in the Arena Theatre, Wright Hall.
When her ovarian tumor symptoms were misdiagnosed, UC Davis researcher Elizabeth Neumann trusted her instincts and it changed the course of her work. Now, she’s using advanced imaging and mass spectrometry to improve early detection of ovarian cancer, while also speaking out about the challenges women face in healthcare.
A new book by UC Davis political scientist Amber Boydstun explains why some events drive media storms, an explosion of sustained media coverage, and why other events, even very similar ones, don’t.
Monique Borgerhoff Mulder has been recognized again with the 2026 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award, which exemplifies tremendous contributions of emeriti to the continued excellence of the University of California system.
Keith David Watenpaugh, professor of human rights, guides UC Davis undergraduate and graduate students through the modern world’s greatest tragedies with a focus on empowerment and solutions. Learning this human rights perspective prepares students to lead and promote the good wherever life leads them.
Just weeks before heading to New York City to perform at the legendary Carnegie Hall, the choruses of UC Davis will join the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Rosephanye Powell’s “The Cry of Jeremiah” at the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts on May 31.
“Relative Motion,” the UC Davis 2026 Spring Dance Concert, showcases new works by student choreographers. The Department of Theatre and Dance is presenting the concert starting on May 14 and runs for two weekends in the Main Theatre, Wright Hall.
While almost the complete inverse of astronomy and cosmology, fields concerned with the largest objects in our universe, particle physics aims to answer similar questions but from a different vantage. Matthew Citron discusses how particle physicists like himself use particle accelerators to search for dark matter.
The College of Letters and Science is proud to announce the 2026 faculty awards, which honor faculty for exceptional achievement in research innovation, faculty mentoring faculty, faculty mentoring students and community and connection.
