Slimmed down or canceled celebrations this holiday season may be particularly hard on older people, but the alternative could be worse. A family gathering could risk their lives, two UC Davis Health experts said on UC Davis LIVE, Nov. 19.
What’s it like being an infectious disease expert during a global pandemic, and what lessons can the rest of us take from them? UC Davis Magazine asked two alumni, who say we must learn from COVID-19 or face a similar outcome next time.
Eleven UC Davis professors have been elected in this year’s class of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society. Fellows are recognized for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
Before the pandemic, UC Davis was facing a shortfall of at least $80 million over the next five years. Now COVID-19 has led to revenue losses and increased costs of more than $210 million. “We are considering a variety of options,” Chancellor May says. “We will do all we can to avoid permanent layoffs.”
Get ready to work off those Thanksgiving calories by joining Gunrock and LeShelle May in a virtual 5K fundraiser. You can run (or gallop), walk, bike, swim or exercise in some other way, whenever and wherever is convenient for you on Saturday, Dec. 5. Sign up by next Tuesday (Dec. 1) to get a race bib, medal and T-shirt with your registration fee, which benefits the ASUCD Pantry.
A five-part video series shares new insight into how an extremely rare pair of conjoined twins were separated at UC Davis Children’s Hospital. … Students check in on one another with reminders of what needs to be done and why it’s so important. … Engineering and computer science transfer students talk about what they gained from AvenueE. … A baseball player embraces his Native American heritage.
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