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Join UC ANR for virtual Hispanic Heritage Month events

Hispanic Heritage Month
September 10, 2025
Join us in recognizing the diverse Latinx community’s resilience, contributions and efforts to create an inclusive future.

Introducing 2025-26 Academic Senate Chair Ahmet Palazoglu

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September 10, 2025
Ahmet is a a distinguished professor of chemical engineering at UC Davis and has served in several campus-based and systemwide leadership roles.

Discover more ways to stand up for UC

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August 26, 2025
The University of California is one community, working together to educate the next generation, discover life-saving solutions, and strengthen our nation. To those who have …

UC People: Kathleen Yumul, well-being advocate

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August 13, 2025
Wellness is the focus of Kathleen’s job, but it’s also her passion. She shares what inspires her work and why self-care matters.

UC Spotlight: August 2025

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August 13, 2025
Our monthly UC Spotlight celebrates the UC locations, teams and individual staff members who are helping to make UC a great place to work. 

UC People: Max Fairbee, community connector

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August 12, 2025
UC Community Extension educator Max Fairbee gives older adults nutrition advice, gardening tips and motivation to spend time in the sun.

UC People: Riley Need, material science specialist and mentor

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August 12, 2025
Riley Need, a research specialist at UC San Diego’s Qualcomm Institute, is driven by a voracious appetite for knowledge.

UC People: Josephine Falvey, life-saving nurse

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August 12, 2025
Josephine sprinted into action, performing life-saving chest compressions in her bike helmet on her way into work at UC Davis Health.

UC People: Charles Alexander, student champion and mentor

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August 12, 2025
Charles devoted his 30-year career to serving first-gen, low-income and historically underrepresented students.

More than 50 employers expected at free HireUC career summit in the Central Valley

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August 8, 2025
On Aug. 21, the HireUC Alumni Career Summit will welcome up to a thousand alumni for job opportunities and a chance to build connections.