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Outgrowing the Expected Doing what’s necessary. Before it is. A culture where discovery pulls from any practice or profession.

To confront today’s most complex problems, it will take a willingness to challenge the way things are done. A place where what’s considered different isn’t at all.

10/29/2026

Did you know that the main UC Davis campus has in-person voting and ballot drop-off locations? 📨

Starting October 31 through Election Night on November 3, Yolo County voters will have the option to vote in-person at these on-campus voting centers:

📍Activities and Recreation Center | 760 Orchard Road
(Ballrooms A and B, plus Meeting Room 1)
📍Conference Center | 550 Alumni Lane

These voting centers will be open:
October 31 - November 2: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Election Day (November 3): 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.

📩 Not registered to vote? You can register and cast a ballot up to and including on November 3 at one of these voting centers.

📨 Voting by mail? Drop your ballot off at an official Yolo County ballot drop-box. UC Davis drop-box locations are:
📍Activities and Recreation Center | during hours of operation
📍Conference Center | during hours of operation
📍Tennis Court Lane, adjacent to the Memorial Union Bus Terminal | open 24 hours

For more information about voting at the UC Davis campus, visit: https://ucdav.is/4e7sFz3

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10/28/2026

Researchers at UC Davis, have found one particular trapdoor spider, Aptostichus stephencolberti (the "t" is silent 🤫), which is about the size of a quarter, is big in another way: It has an outsized genome.

Given comedian Stephen Colbert’s pompous pundit persona in the former Comedy Central show “The Colbert Report,” it seems fitting that a spider named for him would have a genome roughly 50% larger than the human genome.

In 2008, Colbert learned that corresponding author Jason Bond, a professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, had named a trapdoor spider after rock musician Neil Young and developed a bit of spider envy. He used his segment, “Who’s Not Honoring Me Now?” on “The Colbert Report” to demand a spider be named after him. Bond obliged.

Read more about the spider: https://ucdav.is/4zg6VK0

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10/28/2026

Sunlight and shadows over and around Peter A. Rock Hall.

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10/27/2026

Talking politics might lead to a disagreement, but political scientist Robert Huckfeldt believes that’s a good thing.

One way of explaining people’s political beliefs is to make assumptions based on their job, level of income, their religion and other facets of their lives. Huckfeldt, a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of political science at UC Davis, thought people’s sources of political information mattered more.

Read more about how political conversations shape our beliefs: https://ucdav.is/47sUzC1

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10/26/2026

For six days, writer Kat Kerlin joined a class of 11 creative writers and scientists from the University of California, Davis, and two outstanding guides as they sea kayaked across the San Juan Islands, off the coast of Washington. By the end of the week, they paddled 50 miles, visited seven islands and discovered they had a lot to learn from each other, and from this place.

Read more about Kat's journey through the 7 islands: https://ucdav.is/4Bl87Nz

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10/25/2026

If you or anyone you know are applying to any of the UC’s we have some very helpful advice for you!

Check out our YouTube video series with advice on each of the Personal Insight Questions at ucdav.is/piqtips.

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10/23/2026

The UC Davis HalloweenFest football game is tomorrow! 🏈

The game will feature Halloween decor and student-actors from the Department of Theatre and Dance “haunting” the concourse. For a gentler, less-scary experience, fans can also meet students from the Princess Pals, a club where members dress up as storybook characters and visit children’s hospitals, libraries and more.

While the players won’t be in costume, they will be wearing their Lake Tahoe-themed jerseys, which honor the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center.

Please note: Costumes are encouraged at this weekend’s UC Davis football game, but no masks or weapons are permitted.

For full event details, visit: https://ow.ly/OpfN5100llr

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10/23/2026

The Signal Awards results are in!

The UC Davis Unfold podcast episode, "Just One Spore,” has won silver in the Science & Education category and bronze in the Health & Wellness category.

Congratulations to Unfold host Amy Quinton and co-host Marianne Russ Sharp from UC Davis Health on this incredible feat.

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10/22/2026

Driving across Highway 37 in the San Francisco Bay Area on the best of days already feels like driving on top of water. Buffeted on both sides by marshlands hosting egrets, herons, ducks and a handful of endangered species, the sea-level highway is a major connector linking Marin, Sonoma, Napa and Solano Counties.

It is also the sinking flagship for California’s vulnerability to sea level rise, according to the “Coastal Flooding Risks for California” report released this week from the University of California, Davis.

Read more about the report: https://ucdav.is/3UxHLY5

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10/22/2026

Our weather report for the day: light showers with heavier rain to come this quarter. 🌧️

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