Karen Nikos-Rose

Weekender: New Exhibitions at Manetti Shrem, Buzzing Art Spark Activity and More New Exhibitions Open Aug. 7 at Manetti Shrem Museum ‘OJO’ and ‘Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice. Both exhibitions are on view Aug. 7–Dec. 1, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art...

Manetti Shrem opens today with new exhibitions. Go enjoy the art and the AC. www.ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/we... @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavisclear.bsky.social @ucdlands.bsky.social

The Conversation: Should Rules for Calculating Climate Risk in Financial Reports Be Revisited? The recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision on climate action marked a significant step forward in formalising an idea many already accept: climate inaction is not merely a policy failure...

In The Conversation: Climate and Financial Reports www.ucdavis.edu/blog/curiosi... @ucdavisbusiness.bsky.social @theconversation.com

The Conversation: Have Any U.S. Presidents Reduced Immigration? All modern U.S. presidents, both Republican and Democratic, have attempted to reduce the population of millions of undocumented immigrants. But their various strategies have not had significant result...

Deportation tactics of 4 U.S. presidents have done nothing to reduce immigration. Read about it in The Conversation, and the #UCDavis Curiosity Gap Blog. www.ucdavis.edu/blog/curiosi... @theconversation.com @ucdavislaw.bsky.social

The Conversation: Do School Shootings Affect Local Economies? Fatal school shootings don’t just devastate communities emotionally — they also harm their economies, new research shows. People eat out less, avoid public spaces and generally spend less money after ...

#UCDavis business researchers say school shootings don't just cause emotional harm, but they negatively affect local economies. www.ucdavis.edu/blog/curiosi... @ucdavisbusiness.bsky.social

How do you Analyze Past Climates? The key to unlocking climates of the ancient past, including weather seasonality and rainfall, may lie in an unexpected place: primate teeth.

How are anthropologists analyzing past climates? Primate teeth offer evidence. www.ucdavis.edu/blog/curiosi... @ucdlands.bsky.social

The Conversation: Would Deputizing National Guard Officers As Judges at Alligator Alcatraz Violate Constitutional Rights? Seeking to expand Florida’s role in federal immigration enforcement, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in May 2025 submitted the state’s Immigration Enforcement Operations Plan to the Trump administration.

Florida Cannot Likely Deputize National Guard Officers as Judges. In The Conversation: www.ucdavis.edu/blog/curiosi... @ucdavislaw.bsky.social @us.theconversation.com

How Do Digital Platforms Shape How Vendors Compete? A new University of California, Davis, study suggests that digital platforms — like Steam or the App Store — can play a pivotal role in reshaping competitive dynamics between vendors and enhancing out...

Platform strategy can drive a win-win-win for vendors, platforms and consumers suggests a new UC Davis study. www.ucdavis.edu/blog/curiosi... @ucdavis.bsky.social

SCOPE Zinnia U-Pick Come pick zinnias from the Student Collaborative Organic Plant Breeding Education (SCOPE) field at the farmstand on Monday 10/7 from 12-2:30 pm.

Pick your own zinnias next Monday at the UCDavis student farm. More about this here. Donations accepted. asi.ucdavis.edu/events/zinni... @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavisplants.bsky.social

Legal Scorecard: How is the Trump Education Juggernaut Faring in Court? This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Sign up for free newsletters from The 74 to get more like this in your inbox.Updated July 14

School of Ed's Kevin Gee was studying chronic absenteeism during the pandemic. Now what? www.ucdavis.edu/blog/curiosi... @ucdavis.bsky.social

Weekender: Chicana/o Film Series at TANA; 'Cara and Diego' at Crocker El Norte in film series tonight at TANAThursday, July 3, 2025 , 6:30 – 8 p.mTANA, 1224 Lemen Ave., Woodland, free, no registration requiredTonight TANA UC Davis presents El Norte (1983), directed by G...

There's art around town, including a free film tonight at TANA. Read about it in the #UCDavis Arts Blog. Happy 4th. www.ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/we... @phildaleyusa.bsky.social @ucdlands.bsky.social

What Do Juneteenth and Math Education Have in Common? Wilkes June 19, 1865, now commemorated as Juneteenth, is the day when Union troops arrived in Ga

What do Juneteenth and math education have in common? Many Black students still wait for meaningful education. Read the #UCDavis Curiosity Gap Blog and what educators say. www.ucdavis.edu/blog/curiosi... @history-ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social

Weekender: Catch Final Days of ‘Through Their Eyes;’ Grad Students Exhibition See works of 30 women artists through SundayAn exhibition featuring 30 women artists drawn from the contemporary art collection of Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo is on view only through Sunday, June...

This weekend, catch end of Manetti Shrem exhibitions on women artists, grad artists. Crocker opens a new exhibition. Read all about it in the Arts Blog. www.ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/we... @history-ucdavis.bsky.social @phildaleyusa.bsky.social @katkerlin.bsky.social @ucdlands.bsky.social

Graduate Artists Honored; Sculptures from ‘BowerHaus’ on View, Visit Cruess for Design Works Annual Arts, Humanities Graduate Exhibition announces prizes at celebrationBy Maria Sestito, College of Letters and Science (condensed from original story)

Catch sculptures near #UCDavis Lake Spafford through today; view art for next few weeks in museums. Read more in the Arts Blog. www.ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/gr... @UCDLandS @phildaleyusa.bsky.social

Weekender: Start Your Summer with Art, Music, Theatre and Sheep 'Sheepmowers' illustrate the art of grazingWednesday, June 4 to Friday, June 6, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., on the UC Davis Quad, free

All the arts fit to see and hear in theatre, music, and grad art at #UCDavis. And sheep art on the quad! Thursday, Friday jam packed. www.ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/we... @ucdlands.bsky.social @phildaleyusa.bsky.social

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Catch music, theatre, art, well...everything arts at #UCDavis in this week's Arts Blog. ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/we... @ucdlands.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social

Weekender: Hum a Gershwin Tune; Listen to Grammy-award Winning Violinist; Visit Gorman Museum Trio Magnoliana. (Eunah Cho/courtesy)

Start your weekend planning EARLY this week. Find everything you need in the #UCDavis Arts Blog. www.ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/we... @phildaleyusa.bsky.social @history-ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social

Weekender: Wearable Design; Spring Music; Next Season Mondavi Tickets Go on Sale Digital Stealth Gods by Dylan Mulder at World of Wearable Art 2016 (Courtesy photo) Industrial designer Dylan Mulder brings wearable technology

New season Mondavi tickets available for #UCDavis folks today. Read about design, art, music in the Arts Blog Weekender www.ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/we... @ucdlands.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social

Did Economic Predictions of COVID-19 Pan Out? How economists prepared for COVID, and how that looks now

How economists prepared for COVID, and how that looks now. A #UCDavis economist weighs in. www.ucdavis.edu/blog/curiosi... @UCDLandS @history-ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social

Weekender: Art, Lectures, Film Explore Structures and Movie Magic Julia Keefe sings in Indigenous Big BandsThursday, May 8, 7:30 p.m., Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center for the Performing ArtsContinuing a little-known but rich history of big bands that formed on re...

Music, dance, art, film. Much fun to read about in the #UCDavis Arts Blog. Make you plans now. www.ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/we... @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdlands.bsky.social @phildaleyusa.bsky.social

The Conversation: Are Trump's Deportation Cases about Foreign Policy or Something Else? Trump administration officials have repeatedly claimed that judges who order the administration to take action to bring deported Venezuelans back from the El Salvador prison where the U.S. sent them a...

A new Conversation piece by UC Davis Law Prof on deportation and the Supreme Court www.ucdavis.edu/curiosity/ga... @us.theconversation.com @ucdavislaw.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social

Weekender: Student-Created, Curated Art Takes On Davis in Performances, Exhibitions Grammy Award Winner Howard Levy merges the harmonica with unexpected genresThursday, May 1, 12:05 p.m., Recital Hall at Ann E. Pitzer Center

Go see Kandinsky, Ruby Neri and others in last chance exhibitions today at #UCDavis Manetti Shrem Museum. And walk the Arboretum then go to library to see exhibit www.ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/we... @history-ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdlands.bsky.social

Weekender: Student-Created, Curated Art Takes On Davis in Performances, Exhibitions Grammy Award Winner Howard Levy merges the harmonica with unexpected genresThursday, May 1, 12:05 p.m., Recital Hall at Ann E. Pitzer Center

For diversion: Check out all the arts in the #UCDavis Arts Blog www.ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/we..., including an arboretum exhibition and last chance for Dali', Kandinsky, Miro' Manetti Shrem. @ucdlands.bsky.social @phildaleyusa.bsky.social

Study Suggests Dance and Lullabies Aren’t Universal Human Behaviors Social singing and dance are often assumed to be hard-wired into the human condition; studies have supported the conclusion that these are common across cultures. But new research from a University of...

So, Baby Bethoven doesn't really come naturally in some cultures says a new study from UC Davis anthro www.ucdavis.edu/news/study-s... @ucdlands.bsky.social @anthciis.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social

Weekender: Music, New Book, Puppet Master and More This "weekender" covers two weeks of events while the Arts Blog is on hiatus next week.Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington plays flute concertThursday, April 17, 12:05 p.m., Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Cente...

Get ready for art, and some great tea information and tea art too. Read the #UCDavis Arts Blog. www.ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/we... @phildaleyusa.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social

What Do Butterflies Have to Do with ADHD? In the garden, butterflies flutter all around and in all directions. The task is to catch them with a virtual net, but only the blue ones. The red ones are a distraction. Sometimes they end up in the ...

Find out about new observations about ADHD with UC Davis researchers. www.ucdavis.edu/curiosity/bl... @ucdavis.bsky.social

Weekender: Picnic Day Brings the Art to Davis The California Studio Lecture series presents Marie Lorenz, who works on waterThursday, April 10, 4:30-6 p.m. at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, doors open at 4 p.m.

Need to narrow down your #UCDavis Picnic Day experience? Focus on the arts. and we even feature the new outdoor arts map. Have a look. Art beyond the big day too. www.ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/we... @ucdavis.bsky.social

Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad For years, a Park Service webpage introduced the Underground Railroad with a big photo of its most famous “conductor,” Harriet Tubman. That's changed.

Greg Downs, #UCDavis, said it warps history. “A country that cannot tell the truth about itself cannot assess what has led it to moments of greatness in the past ..." www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p... @history-ucdavis.bsky.social

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#UCDavis Kadee Russ, economist, on how the tariffs fuel higher costs for households, businesses, video.snapstream.net/Play/47N4CHy... @history-ucdavis.bsky.social

Weekender: Spring into Spring Arts This weekend, lots of music, exhibitions and even a party. Make reservations for upcoming events.

Spring into arts in the Arts Blog #UCDavis. www.ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/we... @ucdavis.bsky.social

Adele Zhang Brings UC Davis Textile Collection to London Adele Zhang, senior continuing lecturer in the Department of Design at UC Davis, has been the Jo Ann C. Stabb Design Collection curator and manager since 2006. After spending the last year researching...

#UCDavis professor bring university textile collection to London. Read about this in the Arts Blog. www.ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/ad... @ucdavis.bsky.social