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Arecord high of 115,349 students applied to the University of California, Davis, for undergraduate studies in fall 2024. The applications represented a 4.7% increase over the previous record of 110,189 applications for fall 2022 and…

The nationwide baby formula shortage two years ago forced many parents to involuntarily switch brands or types. A recent survey from researchers at the University of California, Davis, highlights how these substitutions led to…

Climate change is driving both the loss of biodiversity and the need for clean, renewable energy. It is also shifting where species are expected to live in the future. Yet these realities are rarely considered together. Where can clean…

The University of California, Davis, Cal Aggie Alumni Association has announced the recipients of its 2024 Alumni Awards, an annual program that recognizes remarkable impacts made by alumni and friends of the university. This year’s…

Three UCLA faculty members — Dariush Divsalar, Rong Fu and Jonathan Stewart — have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional honors granted to American engineers. Academy membership recognizes…

The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering’s online master’s degree program has earned the No. 1 ranking in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 survey of the nation’s best online graduate engineering programs. This is the second year in a row…

One vision for the future of computing involves using ripples in magnetic fields — called magnons — as a basic mechanism. In this application, magnons would be comparable to electricity as the basis for electronics. In conventional…

Scientific research continuously expands our collective knowledge and pushes innovation forward. But what good is that innovation if it isn’t accessible to large swaths of the global population? English is the standard language for most…

A half-decade ago, UCLA neuroscientist Adriana Galván was awarded a grant to pursue research on adolescent brain development at the University of Barcelona through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, which promotes international scholarship…

Stephen J. Agostini, a seasoned finance leader with extensive experience across higher education and government, has been named UCLA’s vice chancellor and chief financial officer. He will begin his tenure May 6. Since 2019,…