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Good morning to you Davis! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How UC Davis scientists are reshaping who sees themselves in STEM
  • Could unstable federal grants stall lifesaving UC Davis breakthroughs?
  • How UC Davis scientists are reshaping the future of horse breeding

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  • Tuesday: Considerable cloudiness, with a high of 58 and low of 46 degrees.
  • Wednesday: A brief morning shower or two, temps: high: 59, low: 47.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 59 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. A Spatial Skills Test (the-scientist.com) — Science outreach by UC Davis graduate students and SACNAS volunteers is helping local K–12 and community college students, especially from underrepresented backgrounds, see themselves in STEM careers. Through classroom visits, hands-on wildlife lessons, and mentoring events like Café con Pan Dulce, Davis-based scientists are building trust in science while honing their own communication skills. Their efforts are already bringing some community college students into UC Davis research programs.
   

2. Federal Funding Protects California's Future (ucdavis.edu) — UC Davis researchers in Davis are treating once‑fatal feline FIP, supporting dementia patients, and helping farmers manage groundwater, but all this work depends on stable federal funding now under threat. The story follows a Davis clinical trial that saved a local couple’s cat, explores links to long COVID, and shows how grants drive health and agricultural innovations that ripple across California.
   

3. Advanced Equine Reproductive Techniques and Their Impacts (thehorse.com) — UC Davis’ veterinary school is highlighted for its role in developing time‑lapse embryo monitoring, one of many advances transforming assisted horse reproduction worldwide. The piece explains how techniques like ICSI, IVF, ovum pickup, cloning, and long‑term storage are giving breeders more options while raising questions about welfare, genetics, and breed‑registry rules. It emphasizes both the promise and ethical limits of high‑tech breeding.
   

4. Artist Loie Hollowell Gives Sophia Cohen a Lesson in Pregnancy and Parenting (culturedmag.com) — An artist interviewed about pregnancy and motherhood credits UC Davis professor Robin Hill as a rare early role model who showed it was possible to be both an artist and a parent. The wide-ranging conversation explores how pregnancy, childbirth, and perimenopause reshape identity, creative practice, and expectations around parenting. It also offers candid, reassuring advice for new mothers navigating fear, body changes, and self-care.
   

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