The College of Letters and Science at UC Davis has selected two projects for its L&S Unites initiative which grants up to $120,000 for research on cutting-edge multidisciplinary research to help advance knowledge and address society’s most pressing problems.

We live in a data-laden world. From the smartphone in your pocket and the satellites flying overhead to the demographics of a city and global banking transactions, data production is a constant fount. Assistant Professor of Statistics Xiao Hui Tai's research lives at the intersection of statistics and the social sciences.  

The UC Davis College of Letters and Science has awarded a major interdisciplinary research grant to a team studying how U.S. private companies and industry organizations affect global public health policy.