Known as the Forged Gold Battalion, the UC Davis Reserve Officer’s Training Corps has been known for the excellence of its program and students. The Army's ties to UC Davis go back over 100 years, predating the formal naming of the university.
A bioarcheologist interested in the diets of people long past, UC Davis Ph.D. candidate Diana Malarchik, Department of Anthropology, analyzes the geochemical signatures of teeth to better understand major shifts in breastfeeding and maternal behavior in the past. Her research is highlighting inequities between individuals of high and low socioeconomic status.
Telling women’s stories is what excites writer Iris Jamahl Dunkle. Since 2019, the biographer, poet and creative writing instructor has been shedding light on these previously underappreciated women in two books as well as a weekly online newsletter. Her latest book, "Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb," is about a female writer who, while living among Dust Bowl refugees in California.
Welcome to Books of the Month, where once a month, L&S staff select works from our Bookshelf of UC Davis authors. Our November 2024 selections are in honor of National Native American Heritage Month.
In our first edition of "Books of the Month," the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis celebrates L&S authors researching issues related to Chicana/o and Latin American studies in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Find more L&S authors on our "Bookshelf."
Sixteen years in the making, the UC Davis Department of Statistics family tree traces the academic lineages of current faculty in the department. Pete Scully shares the inspiration behind the graphic's design.
We a deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of David Biale just following his 75th birthday. Biale was a professor emeritus at UC Davis and a long-time Berkeley resident.
A new study in history is the first full-length academic article to describe the life of a once-influential veterinarian who has been overlooked first because of prejudice in the Cape Colony region and the subsequent apartheid that divided the nation of South Africa between white and non-white people.
In response to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s recent death, "Navalny," a documentary focused on his 2020 poisoning and life thereafter, will be screened at Cruess Hall on Feb. 26. The screening is free and open to the public.
Kathy Stuart, associate professor of history, delights in crime and deviance — her research specialty. Her research has inspired a period film, "The Devil’s Bath," based on her latest research and book, "Suicide by Proxy in Early Modern Germany: Crime, Sin and Salvation."
