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Dr. David Gold Elected Chair of GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division

We are excited to share that David Gold, associate professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, has been elected Chair of the Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division of the Geological Society of America (GSA). GSA’s Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division promotes...READ MORE

Professor David Gold Elected Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences

We are thrilled to announce that David Gold, associate professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, has been elected Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences. This is a prestigious honor recognizing outstanding contributions to the natural sciences, highlighting Dr. Gold's broad...READ MORE

Undergraduate Lena Anderson Receives AIPG National Scholarship

We are delighted to share that Lena Anderson, an undergraduate student in Earth and Planetary Sciences, has been awarded the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) National Undergraduate Scholarship. This scholarship recognizes outstanding geology students across the country...READ MORE

UC Davis Alum Explores Mysteries of the National Parks in New Book

Did Al Capone have an outpost in the Everglades? How do inanimate stones manage to slide across the flat landscape of Death Valley National Park? And what happened to the lost colony of Roanoke? For UC Davis alum and outdoor writer Mike Bezemek, these tantalizing...READ MORE

Studying Ancient Microbial Life on Earth and Beyond with Dawn Sumner

Take a deep breath in. Hold it in for a second. And now, let it out. While that simple, measured way of breathing can instill calm in us, it also connects us to our home planet. “That oxygen that you just absorbed comes from billions of years of evolution of photosystems...READ MORE