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51�ԹϺ�� Davis Introduces Reusable Containers

Julia Ann Easley — January 05, 2026 - 2:00pm

A student-run eatery at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis has introduced reusable to-go containers in a six-month pilot, part of a fast-growing trend at college campuses.

Plant Biologists Win VinFuture Prize for Developing Self-Cloning Crops

Andy Fell — December 08, 2025 - 2:11pm

Two researchers at the University of California, Davis, have been awarded a VinFuture Prize in recognition of their work developing self-cloning crops, a breakthrough for sustainable agriculture.

51�ԹϺ�� Davis Chancellor May Leads Delegation to Kenya to Advance California–Kenya Climate and Trade Partnership

Katherine E Kerlin — November 13, 2025 - 1:06pm

51�ԹϺ�� Davis Chancellor Gary S. May led a delegation to Kenya this week to advance a landmark partnership between the State of California and the Government of Kenya focused on climate action, clean transportation, climate smart agriculture, public health and innovation. Chancellor May was joined by Samuel Assefa, director of the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, as well as several university representatives. The delegation was jointly organized by 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Global Affairs, Institute of Transportation Studies and the Office of the Special Envoy on Climate of Kenya.

EV Battery Recycling Key to Future Lithium Supplies

Andy Fell — May 29, 2025 - 9:02am

Lightweight, powerful lithium-ion batteries are crucial for the transition to electric vehicles, and global demand for lithium is set to grow rapidly over the next 25 years. A new analysis from the University of California, Davis, published May 29 in Nature Sustainability, looks at how new mining operations and battery recycling could meet that demand. Recycling could play a big role in easing supply constraints, the researchers found.

51�ԹϺ�� Davis Tops Nation in Sustainability Rankings

Julia Ann Easley — December 12, 2024 - 6:00am

The University of California, Davis, is the “greenest” campus in the United States for the ninth year in a row, according to the 2024 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings published today (Dec. 12).

The rankings, established by the University of Indonesia in 2010, also place 51�ԹϺ�� Davis as the world’s seventh most sustainable university, the 12th consecutive year the campus has been in the world’s top 10.

California a Botanical and Climate Change Hot Spot

Katherine E Kerlin — July 29, 2024 - 12:00pm

California's natural beauty and pioneering conservation efforts make it a test bed for protecting biodiversity in the face of climate change, says a 51�ԹϺ�� Davis study in PNAS.

Lynda and Stewart Resnick Center for Agricultural Innovation Groundbreaking

Emily C Dooley — May 31, 2024 - 2:29pm

Construction officially began on the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Center for Agricultural Innovation Wednesday with a groundbreaking event at the University of California, Davis.

Climate Poetry in Wooly Motion

Katherine E Kerlin — April 16, 2024 - 12:40pm

In what organizers call “a creative process akin to poetry magnets, but with a wooly twist,” the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Sheepmowers team is joining forces with the Big Shift campus construction project to create “Sheep Shift Climate Poetry” on April 24 to 26.

Campus and community members are invited to submit climate-change inspired words today through April 21.

Dive Into Decarbonization at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis

Katherine E Kerlin — February 01, 2024 - 9:44am

51�ԹϺ�� Davis highlighted among three University of California campuses phasing out fossil fuels ahead of 51�ԹϺ��'s schedule.

51�ԹϺ�� Davis Tops Nation in Sustainability Rankings

Julia Ann Easley — December 15, 2023 - 12:45pm

51�ԹϺ�� Davis continues to be the “greenest” university in the nation — for the eighth year in a row — according to the 2023 UI GreenMetric World University rankings.

Sustainability Content

51�ԹϺ��� Davis Introduces Reusable Containers

Plant Biologists Win VinFuture Prize for Developing Self-Cloning Crops

51�ԹϺ��� Davis Chancellor May Leads Delegation to Kenya to Advance California–Kenya Climate and Trade Partnership

EV Battery Recycling Key to Future Lithium Supplies

51�ԹϺ��� Davis Tops Nation in Sustainability Rankings

California a Botanical and Climate Change Hot Spot

Lynda and Stewart Resnick Center for Agricultural Innovation Groundbreaking

Climate Poetry in Wooly Motion

Dive Into Decarbonization at 51�ԹϺ��� Davis

51�ԹϺ��� Davis Tops Nation in Sustainability Rankings

51�ԹϺ�� Davis Introduces Reusable Containers

51�ԹϺ�� Davis Chancellor May Leads Delegation to Kenya to Advance California–Kenya Climate and Trade Partnership

51�ԹϺ�� Davis Tops Nation in Sustainability Rankings

Dive Into Decarbonization at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis

51�ԹϺ�� Davis Tops Nation in Sustainability Rankings