Tessa Hill Named Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Education

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.

Picnic Day: Your Guide to a Very L&S Day

Here in the College of Letters and Science, we love all that Picnic Day has to offer, but we love what our departments are doing best! So, if you, like us, don't want to miss what L&S Aggies are planning for April 18, we wanted to make it easier by providing this guide, featuring events from across the arts and humanities as well as math and science.

UC Davis Alumni Exhibit Art in Sausalito

Twenty-one UC Davis alumni have been selected to exhibit their artistic works alongside other emerging artists from UC Berkeley and UCLA as part of the 'Open Inquiry: UC Arts' exhibit at Sausalito Center For The Arts, March 14 - April 26.

Behind the Funding: How the College’s Research Support Committee Deliberates Over Internal Awards

Currently chaired by Professor of Science and Technology Studies Finn Brunton, the college's Research Support Committee is charged with the decision-making behind the college’s internal awards/grants. In addition to the Dean’s Faculty Fellowships, they’re responsible for the L&S Unites Initiative, Incentives for Large Grants Initiative and the new Regeneration Program Grants.

How Faculty Can Support and Mentor the Next Generation of Scholars

As a professor of history and UC Davis associate dean for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor teaches and coaches them through both common challenges, like how to connect with a faculty advisor, and very thorny ones that don’t always have clear solutions.

What Does it Mean to Remember Just About Everything?

Henner, the actress perhaps best-known for her role on the classic TV show Taxi, spent the afternoon of February 24 on campus while filming a documentary with Ranganath, a professor of psychology and a leading expert on memory. Henner is one of fewer than 70 people worldwide who have been identified to have highly superior autobiographical memory, or HSAM.