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The most popular course at UC Davis teaches engineering students the scientific art of making coffee

Discover how UC Davis is using its sheep mowers to not only cut grass on campus, but also to boost sustainability and relieve stress and anxiety for students.

After two virtual Picnic Days, there’s a lot to see on campus at this year’s in-person event on Saturday, April 23. There are staples like the Battle of the Bands, chick hatching, the Fashion and Design Society Fashion Show and the Children’s Discovery Fair, plus much more. The students organizing our campus open house, believed to be the largest student-run event in the nation, this week released a schedule of events for the 108th Picnic Day.

Ph.D. candidate Nitin Kumar holds a blow torch to a lab-made earth block. Wildfire, in one way or another, touches nearly everyone who lives in California and, increasingly, the West. This map illustration, showing the fire risk in California, is drawn from the state’s Fire Hazard Severity Zone map and USDA Forest Service’s Wildfire Hazard Potential map. Credit: Russ Thebaud/UC Davis Those of us living in California last fall can recall awakening to orange skies and smoke that blanketed nea...

The House That Doesn’t Burn Turning Mud into Wildfire Resilient Housing by Kat Kerlin June 30, 2021 Wildfire, in one way or another, touches nearly everyone who lives in California and, increasingly, the West. This map illustration, showing the fire risk in California, is drawn from the state’s Fire Hazard Severity Zone map and USDA Forest Service’s Wildfire Hazard Potential map. (Russ Thebaud/UC Davis) Those of us living in California last fall can recall awakening to orange skies and s...