UC Davis has dozens of faculty members who belong to some of the most prestigious membership organizations in the world, a recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in research. This month the "Among the Academies" series profiles Andreas Albrecht, of the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

During the recent “AI Literacy and Logic Workshop,” UC Davis students learned AI literacy, ethics and prompt strategies in a hands-on experience that explored how large language models, such as ChatGPT, work.

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.

Javier Zamora, poet and author of this year’s UC Davis Campus Community Book Project selection, spent the morning with a classroom of students who are learning the immigrant histories of their own families.

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.