Javier Zamora’s retelling of his two-month-long solo journey from El Salvador to the United States, when he was 9 years old, is the newest selection of the Campus Community Book Project. Zamora will visit campus to discuss his book next spring.
Enrollment is up for Summer Sessions, and this year’s students will have more virtual courses to choose from, as well as more co-curricular activities, like movie and game nights, plus a new writing academy to improve their skills.
A sloth, an alligator and a porcupine were among the rescued and rehabilitated visitors to the UC Davis Children’s Hospital last week, courtesy of SeaWorld San Diego.
The woolly grazers will munch on the Quad for the first time, with three days of events planned by student interns: arts and crafts (June 4), fashion (June 5) and sustainability (June 6).
“A BowerHaus for a Post-Anthropocene World” is described as “a novel musical and visual work” and includes a fictionalized tour of the Arboretum, with real-life movement from one location to another. (June 6)
This month’s free Davis Science Café features Professor Rebecca M. Calisi Rodríguez’s talk, “Celebrating Gender Rebels and Queer Pairings in the Animal Kingdom.” (June 11)
UC Davis is part of the growing wave of those exploring agricultural functions for drones, using them to spray vineyards and orchards. (The Associated Press)
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