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The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (Ag&E) is one of four colleges of the University of California, Davis. Established in 1922, it offers degrees in 27 undergraduate majors and thirty-three graduate groups (i.e. M.S. and Ph.D.). [1] As of January 2014, the College has been overseen by Dean Helene Dillard.
UC Davis has a student-run freeform radio station, KDVS, which started broadcasting in 1964. The station gained some attention in the 1960s for hosting controversial figures, but its role on campus has since diminished. [157] UC Davis has over 800 registered student organizations, but many remain inactive or have limited campus engagement. [158]
The first tier of intercollegiate sports in the United States includes sports that are sanctioned by one of the collegiate sport governing bodies. The major sanctioning organization is the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
Stanley Barron Freeborn, UC Davis chancellor and entomologist, namesake of Freeborn Hall and the mosquito species Anopheles freeborni; Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology; Paul Knoepfler, professor of cell biology and human anatomy; Robert Laben, professor of animal sciences (late) Johanna Schmitt, botanist and professor of evolution and ecology
Gregory Bateson – late lecturer and fellow of Kresge College; anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, visual anthropologist, semiotician and cyberneticist; George R. Blumenthal – professor of astronomy and astrophysics, and chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz; Norman O. Brown – late professor emeritus of humanities
Bob Biggs, former head coach for UC Davis [270] Chris Carter, former wide receiver for Seattle Seahawks [271] Jonathan Compas, former NFL offensive lineman, Tampa Bay Buccaneers [269] Kevin Daft, offensive coordinator for UC Davis [272] Bo Eason, safety for the Houston Oilers of the NFL [269] Daniel Fells, tight end for the Denver Broncos [269]
In 2016, Mark Winey became Dean of the college. [2] UC Davis' biology programs are consistently ranked in the top ten in the nation, with its Genetics and Evolution and Ecology programs frequently ranked as best in the U.S. Biological Sciences is the second most popular major at UC Davis, and 1/4 of the students at the university are within the ...
The Department of Applied Science at the University of California, Davis was a cooperative academic program involving the University of California, Davis and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). It was established in the fall of 1963 by Edward Teller, director of LLNL, [1] and Roy Bainer, then dean of the UC Davis College of ...