Following Passions and Finding Community

The moment Vinh Ton got accepted at UC Davis, he started a spreadsheet. He already knew he would major in statistics, but he also wanted to minor in theater & dance. As a transfer student, packing everything into two years would require careful planning, and it wasn’t too soon to start.

Solving the Moving Sofa Problem

Korean mathematician Jineon Baek may have come up with a proof for a long-standing problem: What is the largest object that can fit around a corner of a certain size? UC Davis mathematician Dan Romik has worked on the moving sofa problem and has a web page dedicated to it.

More Than Lighting

As society explores alternative and renewable energy sources, the California Lighting Technology Center aims to be a guiding beacon, showcasing through research and design the best ways to integrate efficient and human-centric energy systems into new and existing infrastructure.

Evidence of a New Type of Superconductor

A research team has found the strongest evidence yet of a novel type of superconducting material, a fundamental science breakthrough that may open the door to coaxing superconductivity — the flow of electric current without a loss of energy — in a new way.