Geology provides a language for understanding the Earth. Stories from the planet’s past are locked in the rocks and landscape. But others are hard to reveal, hidden in troves of data. Alums Barbara Wotham and Chad Trexler launched a Geology Coding Bootcamp program to help students uncover those stories.

A UC Davis theoretical physicist studying the quantum nature of matter and a mathematician investigating the complexity of large datasets are the recipients of grants totaling more than $1.2 million from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER).

This past month, UC Davis Girls Who Code hosted the first campus hackathon dedicated to women and non-binary individuals. The event, titled Her Hacks, was a smashing success with around 100 students participating in the ideation and design of a product dedicated to social impact, sustainability or student life.