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.

We are very sad to share news of the passing of Sandra Gilbert, Distinguished Professor Emerita of English at UC Davis. Gilbert was a distinguished and prolific literary critic, poet, memoirist, editor and teacher.

With flavor and flair, a community of academics, chefs and food justice advocates are sparking conversation at UC Davis and beyond through the new seminar Thinking Food at the Intersections: Justice and Critical Food Studies. The seminar series is supported by a $225,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation received earlier this year.

Alum Lieza Danan, CEO and co-founder of LiVeritas Biosciences, discusses her journey in startups and life, including her years at UC Davis, where she earned a Ph.D. degree in biological chemistry in 2009.

Marianne Page, a professor of economics, co-founded the UC Davis Center for Poverty and Inequality Research in 2010. Today, the center creates a wealth of research and outreach opportunities for its network of faculty affiliates and graduate students across the social sciences at UC Davis and beyond.

Four College of Letters and Science students who received the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship to study languages outside of the U.S. discuss their time in the programs abroad.

For close to 20 years, Matthew Smith has worked as the Department of Physics and Astronomy’s lecture demonstration support technician. Take a peak inside his physics demonstration workshop in this staff profile.

Jan Isaac Shrem, whose passions spanned publishing, winemaking, collecting art, and philanthropy, passed away peacefully this month at the age of 94 after a long illness. Shrem leaves a legacy of art at the University of California, Davis, that will live on for generations.

Held every spring quarter, the the Department of Physics and Astronomy's Alumni Seminar Program features Aggie alums from the department discussing ways they’ve applied their degree post-graduation.

Emily Marwedel is a service desk analyst with L&S IT. In 2018, she and colleagues at UC Davis Health co-founded Womxn in Tech at UC Davis, a group dedicated to ensuring that issues surrounding women in technology are reviewed and discussed with a focus on making continuous improvements towards equity.