We a deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of David Biale just following his 75th birthday. Biale was a professor emeritus at UC Davis and a long-time Berkeley resident.
UC Davis director of choirs and assistant professor of teaching Nicolás Alberto Dosman has just published a book to help those new to the profession. "Growing Your Choral Program: A Practical Guide for New Directors" was published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers in 2024.
Students and recent graduates of the College of Letters and Science discuss the 2024 Film Festival at UC Davis, sharing the inspiration behind their films and the films themselves. The festival is produced by students in “CDM 189: Where Do Films Go: Film Festivals and Distribution,” which is taught by Associate Professor of Cinema and Digital Media Julie Wyman.
Five students from the College of Letters and Science were awarded the Norma J. Lang Prize for Undergraduate Information Research. Their work spans multiple disciplines across the prize category of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences.
In his most recent book, Professor Hsuan Hsu explores the origin of air conditioning and U.S. dependence on the technology, as well as the consequences of it on the environment, public health and society. He also grapples with when and how air conditioning becomes a need — or even a human right — and when it is a luxury.
Submissions are being accepted for the 2024 Maurice Prize for Fiction, a $10,000 award for the best novel written by a UC Davis graduate who has not yet published or been accepted for publication by the contest deadline. Submissions are limited to novels; no short story collections.
A $1.6 million Climate Action Seed Grant is funding a project to survey the landscape and plan climate resilience projects on Indian allotment lands. The UC Davis-led project will utilize landscape surveys, climate modeling, and the expertise of allottees to understand what is on their land and how it has changed over the past 20 years.
The Arts & Humanities 2024 Graduate Exhibition features an array of thought-provoking and sensory stimulating displays. Four students were awarded prizes during the exhibition's opening reception. The work is on display through June 24.
Noah Guynn, professor of French and comparative literature, accepts appointment as Associate Dean of Faculty for Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies in the College of Letters and Science.
The Department of Asian American Studies, Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, and Department of African and African American Studies each will receive $100,000 in funding as part of a new set of grants from the Mellon Foundation. The grants recognize the importance of studying race, ethnic, gender and sexuality.
