For the last five years, university students around the world have brought their innovative climate solutions to the United Nations in New York, competing for prestige, mentorship, a $10,000 prize and, of course, the opportunity to help save the world. This year, for the first time, Universities for Goal 13 is open to students at UC Davis.
Welcome to Books of the Month, where once a month, L&S staff select works from our Bookshelf of authors within the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis. This month, we’re focusing on religion and spirituality.
What does it take to climb more than 23,000 feet? UC Davis chemistry professor and mountaineer Davide Donadio spent a month in Tajikistan, summiting Ismoil Somoni Peak and Korzhenevskaya Peak in the Pamir
Mountains.
Ana Castellon and Casey Manogue, both instructors for the UC Davis Writing Center, were approached by the Peer & AI Review + Reflection, or PAIRR, research team to collect data in their classrooms. Over the course of one quarter, they and other participating instructors implemented the PAIRR curriculum. Students discussed readings about AI and language equity, completed peer and AI reviews of their drafts, compared the feedback, and decided which recommendations to incorporate into their final work.
From concerts to rehearsals, to lectures on musical literature, the Ann E. Pitzer Center is a home for music at UC Davis. This year mark's the venue's 10th anniversary. The celebration kicks off this October with the noon concert series.
Alum Deborah Austin has built a career as a healthcare executive while remaining deeply involved with UC Davis. She has served on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Letters and Science, worked with the African and African American Alumni Association and is now serving a two-year term as president of the Cal Aggie Alumni Association.
This month’s Face to Face with Chancellor May features two guests from the California History-Social Science Project, a UC Davis entity that provides professional development, curriculum resources and support for teachers across the state: Executive Director Dawniell Black and Deputy Director Beth Slutsky.
The California Studio: Manetti Shrem Artist Residencies in the Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Program is bringing two speakers to the UC Davis campus this fall to discuss video games, video culture and integrating the internet into curatorial practices. Artist Alice Bucknell will speak on Oct. 1. Curator and writer Barbara London will speak Oct. 22.
Award-winning Italian writer Carlo Lucarelli spoke with students about what makes crime fiction work and how fictional stories can reveal truths about difficult moments in history. He also discussed his latest novel, L’inverno più nero, or The Darkest Winter.
William Shakespeare wrote, “All the world’s a stage.” But what would the late-16th-century playwright’s work look like in the virtual world? A collaboration at the University of California, Davis, among the DataLab, the ModLab and the Department of English is giving undergraduate students the chance to find out.
