University Content / University Content for ɫɫ en Charles Melton ’08 Named UC Alumni Regent /news/charles-melton-08-named-uc-alumni-regent <p><span>Charles Melton, a ɫɫ, alum and public policy leader, has been appointed to serve on the UC Board of Regents, representing more than 2 million graduates worldwide.</span></p> July 01, 2025 - 9:00am Cody Kitaura /news/charles-melton-08-named-uc-alumni-regent Health Professions Students From Disadvantaged Backgrounds Often Faced Childhood Adversity /health/news/health-professions-students-disadvantaged-backgrounds-often-faced-childhood-adversity ɫɫ graduate health professions students from socially disadvantaged groups are more likely to have had encountered adversity in their childhood. June 25, 2025 - 10:36am Amy M Quinton /health/news/health-professions-students-disadvantaged-backgrounds-often-faced-childhood-adversity Public Comments Invited on Police Accreditation /news/public-comments-invited-police-accreditation-2025 <p><span>A team of assessors from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, or IACLEA, will visit campus July 7 to examine all aspects of the ɫɫ Police Department’s policy and procedures, management, operation and support services. The visit is part of the process to renew the department’s accreditation, a highly prized recognition of campus public safety professional excellence.&nbsp;</span></p> June 24, 2025 - 2:41pm Andy Fell /news/public-comments-invited-police-accreditation-2025 Empowering Mothers Through Innovation /news/empowering-mothers-through-innovation <p dir="ltr"><span>Ijeoma Uche, a third-year MD and Ph.D. student at ɫɫ, is blazing a trail at the intersection of medicine, technology and health equity. Ijeoma is this month’s guest on </span><em>Face to Face With Chancellor May</em><span>.</span></p> June 24, 2025 - 12:54pm Anila Mary Lijo /news/empowering-mothers-through-innovation ɫɫ Faculty and Staff Announce Retirement /news/uc-davis-faculty-and-staff-announce-retirement <p dir="ltr"><span>ɫɫ bids farewell to a distinguished group of faculty and staff who have dedicated decades of service to the university and have left lasting impacts on their departments and the campus community. Congratulations to all, and thank you for your service to ɫɫ.</span></p> June 24, 2025 - 11:15am Anila Mary Lijo /news/uc-davis-faculty-and-staff-announce-retirement Among the Academies: Building Stronger Bones and Brighter Futures /news/among-academies-building-stronger-bones-and-brighter-futures <p>Physician-scientist <a href="https://health.ucdavis.edu/musculoskeletalhealth/bios/lane.html">Nancy Lane</a> says you have to understand a disease before you can intervene.</p><p>“Research really allows us to carefully evaluate where we are and how we can do better,” she said. “It helps me to treat my patients because I understand the mechanisms of their diseases. Research and science are the building blocks of everything.”</p> June 24, 2025 - 9:53am Cody Kitaura /news/among-academies-building-stronger-bones-and-brighter-futures Vegetation Fire at Interstate 80-Highway 113 Junction /news/vegetation-fire-interstate-80highway-113-junction <p>A vegetation fire that broke out this afternoon (June 21) near the junction of Highway 113 and Interstate 80 led to traffic restrictions on freeways in the area.</p><p>The ɫɫ Fire Department responded just before 5 p.m. The fire burned about 15 acres, and its forward progress was stopped by about 6:30 p.m.</p><p>At the time of this writing, there do not appear to have been any impacts to people, animals or structures.&nbsp;</p> June 21, 2025 - 7:57pm Andy Fell /news/vegetation-fire-interstate-80highway-113-junction ɫɫ Researchers Honored by McKnight and Howard Hughes Medical Institute /news/uc-davis-researchers-honored-mcknight-and-howard-hughes-medical-institute <p><span>Three ɫɫ researchers have been honored with prestigious awards from two major institutions.</span></p><p><span>In a rare honor, two of the 10 McKnight Scholar Awards will go to ɫɫ neuroscientists this year. Theanne Griffith and Sergey Stavisky both received the prestigious early-career award.</span></p> June 19, 2025 - 9:00am Cody Kitaura /news/uc-davis-researchers-honored-mcknight-and-howard-hughes-medical-institute ɫɫ Fire, Police Respond to Apartment Fire in West Village /news/uc-davis-fire-police-respond-apartment-fire-west-village <p><span><strong>Update 11:25 p.m.:</strong> Fire and police activity in West Village has concluded.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span><strong>10:40 p.m.:</strong> ɫɫ Fire Department and police responded to an apartment fire in the Rambles neighborhood of West Village Tuesday evening. There is currently a heavy presence of emergency vehicles in the area. No injuries have been reported.&nbsp;</span></p> June 10, 2025 - 10:51pm Andy Fell /news/uc-davis-fire-police-respond-apartment-fire-west-village ɫɫ Student Graduates After More Than 47 Years /news/uc-davis-student-graduates-after-more-47-years <p><em><span><strong>Editor’s note: </strong>Commencements require tickets for admission. For a media credential, contact Julia Ann Easley in advance at </span></em><a href="mailto:jaeasley@ucdavis.edu"><em><span>jaeasley@ucdavis.edu</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></p><p><span>Deborah Thompson Austin of ɫɫ’ alumni association will instruct hundreds of undergraduates to move the tassel on their graduation cap from left to right at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center Saturday morning.</span></p> June 10, 2025 - 10:23am Julia Ann Easley /news/uc-davis-student-graduates-after-more-47-years