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IMPACT

UCDelivers: The Impact of the College of Letters and Science

Associate Professor of Religious Studies Meaghan O'Keefe teaches  in front of a white board in a classroom from the students' perspective, with the backs of some heads in the foreground.

EDUCATION

From Clinical to Compassionate: Educating the Next Generation of Medical Professionals

A person wearing a colorful shirt looks at Damien Mitchell's display during the Arts & Humanities 2024 Graduation Exhibition at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis.

Elevating the Arts at UC Davis: Showcasing the World’s Next Creatives

by Maria Sestito

Engage with the world in new, thoughtful and imaginative ways during the upcoming Arts & Humanities 2025 Graduate Exhibition.

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AWARDS

UC Davis Humanities Institute Announces Faculty Research Fellowships

The UC Davis Humanities Institute has announced five new faculty research fellowships for the 2025-2026 academic year. All five projects among faculty within the College of Letters and Science are centered around book projects.

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ART

Painting a Story of Struggle and Triumph in India

M.F.A. alum Nitheen Ramalingam speaks about the growth he experienced at UC Davis and how his home of India influences his art.

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AWARDS

Lifelong Aggie Wins $10K Fiction Prize for New Novel

Shayne Langford, a lecturer in the Department of English in the College of Letters and Science, won the Maurice Prize for Fiction for his unpublished novel, which he's been working on since his days as an undergraduate at UC Davis.

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EXHIBITS

Inside the Planning of an Art Exhibition

From ideation to creation, explore how students left their mark on the recent exhibition Light into Density: Abstract Encounters 1920s-1960s.

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A museum guest takes in "Remnants: an Entanglement of Time, Grief and Textiles" by Isadora Goldschneider, M.F.A in design, during opening night of the Arts & Humanities 2025 Graduate Exhibition at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art on Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Carol Kepler Araujo / UC Davis)

L&S Students Celebrated at Arts & Humanities Graduate Exhibition

  • by Maria Sestito
  • June 09, 2025
  • Arts & Humanities
  • Community
The multidisciplinary showcase is on view June 5–22 at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art and features graduate students in art history, art studio, comparative literature, design, English, environmental science and policy, music and performance studies.
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Imagination on Fire: ‘Thinking Food’ Colloquium Explores New Food Futures

  • by Maria Sestito
  • May 05, 2025
  • Arts & Humanities
  • Self & Society
If we could start all over again, what would our food system look like? What would we want it to look like? And can we make that dream a reality? These are some of the questions the Thinking Food at the Intersections: Justice and Critical Food Studies seeks to explore in "Imagining and Enacting Just Food Futures” on May 30 – 31. The colloquium will bring scholars, activists, artists and chefs together with students and community members for a sensory rich, immersive experience imagining the future of food. 
Two images together: Former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern modeling apparel by Dylan Mulder at World of WearableArt (WOW) in 2022 (left). A piece from the 2019 WOW show, also by Mulder (right). Each shows a piece of wearable art.

Wearable Technology and 'Movie Magic' Topic of Alberini Lecture

  • by College of Letters and Science
  • April 21, 2025
  • Arts & Humanities
  • News & Noteworthy
Dylan Mulder is an award-winning industrial designer, lecturer, consultant and digital fabrication expert whose work encompasses product design, feature films and wearable technology. Mulder will give a talk titled “Weaving Heritage and High Tech: From Wearables to Movie Magic” on May 15 at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art.
A person, wearing black clothing and black face mask, stands in front of three large panels of art

Merging the Ethereal and the Tangible

  • by Maria Sestito
  • March 28, 2025
  • Arts & Humanities
Non-linear time sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, but what if we could rewrite our histories in ways that feel as if things don’t happen sequentially? Overlapping the concepts of time, memory and the body, Gracianne Kirsch uses many art modalities to explore their own many-sided self. 
An image of an embroidered mermaid, very colorful with a black background, fish swimming below her.

Textile Exhibit Weaves Story of Shared Human Existence

  • by Maria Sestito
  • March 20, 2025
  • Arts & Humanities
  • News & Noteworthy
From ancient sewing needles and woven baskets to wearable technology, textile production is a uniquely human endeavor. As part of a co-curated exhibit pulled from the Jo Ann C. Stabb Design Collection at UC Davis, "Textiles: The Art of Mankind," puts this shared history — and future — on display at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London.

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