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UC Davis Library@ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Congratulations to our 2026 Lang Prize winners! Rianna Herrera, Sofia Wright, Alyssa Linehan, Angelina Ong, Camila Cancino and Ruth Selvaraj (not pictured) are being recognized for their accomplished undergraduate research using library resources: Learn about our winners' projects: bit.ly/4e5u9dn

Five undergraduates pose together holding their Lang Prize certificates. A green poster with a black-and-white photo of Norma J. Lang is in the center between them. The UC Davis Library logo is visible on the tablecloth behind them.
UC Davis Library@ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It’s the centennial of America’s most famous highway, Route 66, and we’re revved up about our new exhibit in Shields Library: “Celebrating 100 Years of the Mother Road: Route 66." Explore Route 66’s nostalgia —celebratory and complex—with materials from our special collections: bit.ly/4266zGQ

Poster display next to exhibit with illustration of Route 66 highway sign filled with design of car driving along road in Monument Valley as sun sets. “Get your kicks on Route 66!” at top above title, and Archives and Special Collections and library logo at bottom.
UC Davis Library@ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Join us on January 28 for Savor: Coffee Unfiltered — Thinking Outside the Cup! Whether you're new to the perfect pour or an advanced-level caffeinado, this panel discussion on the complex factors transforming coffee culture in the United States will perk you right up! Register: buff.ly/h2ACdsD

A small white cup of coffee with a foam heart design next to three staggered bags of Aggie Blend medium roast whole bean coffee, with illustration of a steaming coffee cup and saucer in foreground and a tree and Unitrans double-decker bus in the background.
UC Davis College of Letters & Science@ucdlands.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This month’s Book Club is all about connection. Connection to our families, to our histories, and to the stories that shape who we are. Find your next favorite read at the Letters and Science Magazine: @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social

Seeing Shared Connections with L&S Authors

This month, explore how connections are formed, maintained and shared with letters and science authors. In this collection of books, our authors and scholars mine their own families as their inspiration for memoirs, poetry, fiction and analyses.

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UC Davis Library@ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 8mo ago

If you'll be sticking around during winter break, please note that Shields Library will be closed Saturday, December 13 to Sunday, January 4. The 24-Hour Study Room will remain open throughout the break. Blaisdell Medical Library will remain open to @UCDavisHealth badge holders.

A snowy winter scene with a graphic of Shields Library being snowed on with hills of snow piled up near the entrance with text reading “happy winter break”, and “Shields Library will be closed December 13 - January 4.”
UC Davis Library@ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 8mo ago

In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, we're highlighting “Coyote,” a student-run newspaper first published by the UC Davis Native American Student Union in spring 1970. The Coyote archive is part of our University Archives Serials and Native American History and Culture Collections.

A collage of “The Coyote” newspaper featuring headlines on Native American education, activism and culture, arranged in an overlapping display. Coyote student newspaper, Winter/Spring ’75, with an illustrated header, short articles, and cartoon graphics of a Coyote newspaper page listing spring 1975 Native American Studies classes, community announcements, and small illustrated ads.Coyote newspaper issue with the headline “THINK INDIAN,” featuring short articles, illustrations, and a photo on the right of a man with glasses standing upright.
UC Davis Library@ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Dear grad students, professional students and postdoctoral scholars, Friday, Dec. 5 is just around the corner — have we received your application for the Library Graduate Student Prize? You could be awarded $1,000 for amazing research you're already doing! Sincerely, UC Davis Library

UC Davis Library@ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 10mo ago

It's time to apply for the 2025-26 UC Davis Library Graduate Student Prize! Currently enrolled UC Davis graduate students, professional students and postdoctoral scholars can win up to $1,000 for their research. Learn more and apply by December 5: bit.ly/applyGradPrize #UCDavis

Photo of the four 2024-25 Library Graduate Prize winners holding award certificates on teal blue watercolor background with white text that reads Library Graduate Student Prize, Prizes up to $1,000!, Apply by December 5, bit.ly/GradPrize, UC Davis Library logo.
UC Davis Library@ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We're one month away from the Grad Prize application deadline (December 5)! Win up to $1,000 for graduate research using library resources.

UC Davis Library@ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 10mo ago

It's time to apply for the 2025-26 UC Davis Library Graduate Student Prize! Currently enrolled UC Davis graduate students, professional students and postdoctoral scholars can win up to $1,000 for their research. Learn more and apply by December 5: bit.ly/applyGradPrize #UCDavis

Photo of the four 2024-25 Library Graduate Prize winners holding award certificates on teal blue watercolor background with white text that reads Library Graduate Student Prize, Prizes up to $1,000!, Apply by December 5, bit.ly/GradPrize, UC Davis Library logo.
UC Davis Library@ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 10mo ago

What a wonderful celebration last week in honor of the 20th anniversary of UC Davis Middle East/South Asia Studies, and its founding director Distinguished Professor Suad Joseph. We continue our recognition of faculty achievement tonight at the Letters & Science Authors Celebration!

Suad Joseph speaks at the podium. (L-R): Linda Bisson, Professor Emeritus, Viticulture and Enology; Subhash Risbud, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering; Suad Joseph, Distinguished Professor, Anthropology, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies; Nicole Ranganath, Assistant Professor, Middle East/South Asia Studies; and Ken Burtis, Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Cellular Biology.Suad Joseph (center) with Ignacio Sanchez-Alonso, University Archivist (left) and Kevin Miller, Head of Archives and Special Collections (right).
UC Davis Library@ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Have you visited the David Bacon exhibit in Shields? "Outside special collections and inside a back study hall of Shields Library, the breadth of work ultimately seeks to make the invisible visible—acknowledging the existence and dignity of working people who often feel overlooked by the world."

Shields exhibit visually documents farmworker movement

When famed farmworker photographer David Bacon started working for the United Farm Workers as an organizer in the 1970s, people asked what he — a “white boy” who “didn’t speak

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UC Davis Library@ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Our Author Talk with UC Davis alumna Janet Kaidantzis will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Shields Library. Please join us!

UC Davis Library@ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Join us at Shields Library on Oct. 9 for a fascinating talk by author and UC Davis alumna Janet Kaidantzis! She will share her research into the stories of trailblazing women who built successful tourism businesses at Lake Tahoe, 1900-1930. Free and open to all. Register: buff.ly/LuXHvy0 #UCDavis

Black and white image of horse-drawn stagecoach filled with people in front of a outpost with people standing. Trees and mountain landscape in background. Circular photo overlay of author with tree in background. Title on navy background and gold lettering "October 9 Author Talk: The Nature of Her Business."