From digital data and technology to the environment, healthcare and the body, graduate students from across the College of Letters and Science at University of California, Davis, are pushing boundaries with their experimental research and creative expression. The results, varied in medium and discipline, will be on display at the Arts & Humanities 2026 Graduate Exhibition.

UC Davis Professor Emeritus Roland Petersen, known for his Picnic Day paintings, reflects on his life’s work and his personal love story. Petersen, who turned 100 on March 31, still paints every day.