The ways of being American since then have been as various as everyone who has built a life here. Learn about the legal and cultural definitions of what it means to be American in the year the nation celebrates its 250th birthday.
The College of Letters and Science has honored two graduating students with its highest honors. For 2026, the Herbert A. Young Award was given to Jack Jacobs and the Leon H. Mayhew Memorial Award was given to Morgan Strong.
A new book by UC Davis political scientist Amber Boydstun explains why some events drive media storms, an explosion of sustained media coverage, and why other events, even very similar ones, don’t.
Jessie Murray, L&S Orange Cluster chief administrative officer, is finding new ways to both support students and take the sting out of budget uncertainty and cuts. For her work, Murray received the 2025 Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award for Exceptional University Management.
On January 27, a UC Davis Global Migration Center expert panel discussed Solito, the 2026 UC Davis Campus Community Book Project Selection, and how different research disciplines explore complex questions about immigration in the U.S.
Learning assistants in political science guide their undergraduate peers through the complexities of the U.S. Constitution in a moment when the outcomes of Supreme Court cases on immigration, university funding and many other areas directly affect their lives.
Today's battles over redistricting is purely political and part of a long tradition of partisan hardball dating back nearly to the nation’s founding. As happened in the past, the result of this national battle unfolding in state legislatures could have lasting impacts on our political future.
Delta Upsilon, the UC Davis chapter of the National Political Science Honors Society, has received a Best Chapter Award for 2024-2025 after years of inactivity. The recognition comes for the chapter's efforts to connect UC Davis students with local politics.
This summer, seven graduate students in the Department of Political Science received Summer Collaborative Grants to support research in collaboration with a faculty member. The goal is for the student and faculty collaborator to co-author and submit a research article or book chapter for publication.
The American Dream as both idea and ideal, for all its complications, has had an undeniably powerful role in shaping values and aspirations in the U.S. and far beyond its borders. We spoke with faculty and students in the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis who represent a wealth of knowledge and perspectives that help us think about American society’s past, present and continuing potential.
