Society, Arts & Culture Content

Culturally Supportive School Environments Contribute to Academic, Emotional, Social Success

Karen Michele Nikos — October 14, 2024 - 10:28am

All students, including those from ethnoracially diverse and from white backgrounds, benefit from supportive learning environments that accommodate adolescents’ multiple cultural and ethnic backgrounds, according to new ��ϲ�ͼ��, Davis, research. These benefits span the academic, social and emotional realms.

Weekender: Visiting Austrian Composer and Musical Theatre Dance Workshop

Jamie Sara Gelfond — October 10, 2024 - 10:00am

All that jazz. Art. Music. Speakers. In the ��ϲ�ͼ�� Arts Blog.

Weekender: Noon Concert is Back; London Phil Coming to Mondavi

Jamie Sara Gelfond — October 03, 2024 - 9:06am

Comunidad Anquari is first noon concert of fall

Thursday, Oct. 3, 12:05 p.m., Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center, ��ϲ�ͼ��

Research in 4 Continents Links Outdoor Air Pollution to Differences in Children’s Brains

Karen Michele Nikos — October 01, 2024 - 9:49am

Outdoor air pollution from power plants, fires and cars continues to degrade human, animal and environmental health around the globe. New research shows that even pollution levels that are below government air-quality standards are associated with differences in children’s brains.

Ongoing Art Exhibits in Davis

Jamie Sara Gelfond — September 30, 2024 - 1:41pm

Debuting at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art: Phillip Byrne, Beatriz Cortez, Kang Sung Lee, and Candace Lin’s Entangled Writing.

At the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art until Dec. 29, 2024.

Do Rom-Coms Depict Realistic Relationships?

Jocelyn C Anderson — September 30, 2024 - 12:03pm

��ϲ�ͼ�� psychology professor Paul Eastwick analyzes rom-coms in a new podcast.

Weekender: New Mobile Moo-seum, Movie Screenings, Art Events

Jamie Sara Gelfond — September 25, 2024 - 1:54pm

'Brenda Mallory: In the Absence of Instruction' now at the Gorman Museum of Native American Art

On view through Sunday, Jan. 26, 181 Old Davis Road, Davis, Free

Exhibition Features Work of Brenda Mallory, Citizen of Cherokee Nation, at Gorman

Karen Michele Nikos — September 24, 2024 - 9:02am

Brenda Mallory, Fragment (To Gather), 2023, Thread, thread cores, staples, wax on wood panels is one of the works on view at the Gorman.

Researchers Identify Tooth Enamel Proteins That Offer Window into Human Health

Karen Michele Nikos — September 19, 2024 - 8:47am

Native Americans living in coastal Northern California during the Mission era were presumed to experience high rates of disease and stress.

Not until now, however, did scientists have hard evidence of their health issues, according to new research conducted in cooperation with Native descendants. A new way of looking at tooth enamel could give scientists a path to deeper understanding of the health of human populations — from the ancient to the modern. It is believed to be the first research of its kind.

Enrollment of Undocumented Students at California Universities Dropped from 2016 to 2023

Karen Michele Nikos — September 19, 2024 - 1:02am

Enrollment of low-income, undocumented students declined by half at ��ϲ�ͼ�� and California State University campuses from 2016 through the 2022-23 academic year, according to a new study by the ��ϲ�ͼ�� Civil Rights Project at UCLA and ��ϲ�ͼ�� School of Law.