In its 116th year, Picnic Day is one of UC Davis’ most revered — and most fun! — traditions. From the amazing exhibits and yummy food, to the artistic and scientific demonstrations and everything in-between, here at the College of Letters and Science, we love this annual celebration.
Mathematics and theatrics combine this April in Diving into Math with Emmy Noether, a play about the pioneering and influential mathematician who is often referred to as the “mother of modern algebra.” The play will be performed at the Wyatt Pavillion Theater on April 9 at 6 p.m. as part of portraittheater Vienna’s spring 2025 USA tour.
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.
At the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis, researchers are using the power of machine learning to help protect us from the next pandemic, discover and build new materials, and explore the myriad galaxies in the heavens above.
In honor of his commitment to mentorship, the Mathematical Association of America has honored Jesús De Loera with the T. Christine Stevens Award for Leadership Development. The award recognizes the importance of professional development that seeks to build leadership capacity within the mathematical sciences.
Three College of Letters and Science faculty from the University of California, Davis, are among 502 newly elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Two UC Davis professors were recently named as winners of 2024 Frontiers of Science Awards from the International Congress of Basic Science. Professor Adam Jacob, Department of Mathematics, received the award in mathematics and Professor Jaroslav Trnka, Department of Physics and Astronomy, received the award in theoretical physics.
The study of our ever-shifting, tangle of a genome is called topology. Javier Arsuaga harnesses this area of mathematics in tandem with machine learning and computational modeling to investigate how diseases, like breast cancer, spread.
