Flu Shots Required for All
in UC Community This Fall

All members of the University of California community — students, faculty and staff — must get a flu shot by Nov. 1, to ease the potential burden of flu cases on the state’s health care system and to leave capacity for COVID-19 cases, President Janet Napolitano said in an executive order issued July 31.

Get to Know Our New Provost and Her History as an Aggie

Mary Croughan may be new to the position of provost and executive vice chancellor, but she’s no stranger to UC Davis or the UC system. Hear in her own words what she thinks are UC Davis’ strengths and what she hopes to focus on during her time here. Also, get an overview of her 30-year UC career.

Deep Inside Planets, Crushing Pressure Disrupts Atoms

What happens to hydrogen and helium inside the gas giants could help researchers better understand how our solar system evolved, and now Professor Sarah T. Stewart will be part of a new NSF center focusing on that and other implications of matter under pressures so high that the structure of individual atoms is disrupted.

Deans Are Talking COVID-19: 2nd Wave and New Normal

Despite what some thought, the coronavirus has not come and gone, and life has not returned to normal. So what will education look like in the near future? Allison Brashear, dean of the School of Medicine, and Michael D. Lairmore, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine, cover that and other topics on their most recent Deans Discuss podcast.