View the world through UC Davis mathematician Roger Casals Gutiérrez’s eyes and you’ll realize that mathematics is everywhere. In this article, Casals Gutiérrez shows how we encounter objects of his research interests, like singularities, in daily life.

A mathematician, a linguist, a chemist and a physicist are among this year’s cohort to receive Incentives for Large Grant Awards from the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis. The Incentives for Large Grant Awards program provides faculty with up to $80,000 in support over two years to pursue large grants over $1 million. 

A mathematician studying the geometry behind refractions, a technologist creating wearables for the chronically ill, and a science historian revealing the complex history of sociogenomics have been named the 2023 Dean’s Faculty Fellows for the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis.