/ Society, Arts &amp; Culture Content for UC Davis en /blog/curiosity/conversation-would-deputizing-national-guard-officers-judges-alligator-alcatraz-violate <div><p>Seeking to expand Florida鈥檚 role in federal immigration enforcement, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in May 2025 submitted the state鈥檚 <a href="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/e9/71/ec07e76d4efcbc75fc5bf7f8d3f4/florida-ieo-plan-redacted.pdf">Immigration Enforcement Operations Plan</a> to the Trump administration.</p></div> July 18, 2025 - 3:02pm Karen Michele Nikos /blog/curiosity/conversation-would-deputizing-national-guard-officers-judges-alligator-alcatraz-violate /blog/curiosity/how-do-digital-platforms-shape-how-vendors-compete <p><span>A new 榴莲视频, Davis, study suggests that digital platforms 鈥� like Steam or the App Store 鈥� can play a pivotal role in reshaping competitive dynamics between vendors and enhancing outcomes for all players in the digital marketplace.</span></p> July 18, 2025 - 2:27pm Karen Michele Nikos /blog/curiosity/how-do-digital-platforms-shape-how-vendors-compete /blog/curiosity/legal-scorecard-how-trump-education-juggernaut-faring-court <p><img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/supreme-court-scorecard-t74.jpg"></p><p>This <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/legal-scorecard-how-is-the-trump-education-juggernaut-faring-in-court/">story first </a>appeared at <a href="https://www.the74million.org">The 74</a>, a nonprofit news site covering education. <a href="https://www.the74million.org/about/newsletters/?utm_source=republish-button&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=republish">Sign up for free newsletters from The 74</a> to get more like this in your inbox.</p><p><em>Updated July 14</em></p> July 15, 2025 - 4:13pm Karen Michele Nikos /blog/curiosity/legal-scorecard-how-trump-education-juggernaut-faring-court /arts/blog/weekender-chicanao-film-series-tana-cara-and-diego-crocker <h2><span><strong>El Norte in film series tonight at TANA</strong></span></h2><p><span><strong>Thursday, July&nbsp;3, 2025&nbsp;, 6:30 鈥� 8 p.m</strong></span></p><p><span><strong>TANA, 1224 Lemen Ave., Woodland, free, no registration required</strong></span></p><p><span>Tonight&nbsp;TANA UC Davis presents El Norte (1983), directed by Gregory Nava 鈥� a groundbreaking story of two siblings, Enrique and Rosa, who escape persecution in Guatemala and journey north to the United States.&nbsp;</span></p> July 03, 2025 - 10:01am Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/weekender-chicanao-film-series-tana-cara-and-diego-crocker /news/wells-fargo-scandal-drove-borrowers-fintech-lenders-uc-davis-study-suggests <p>The Wells Fargo financial scandal in 2016 diminished consumer trust in traditional banks while driving homebuyers to fintech lenders<strong> </strong>for mortgages, a 榴莲视频, Davis, study suggests.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304405X25000704">paper</a>, 鈥淭rust as an entry barrier: Evidence from FinTech adoption,鈥� was published online in the Journal of Financial Economics. The paper was written by Keer Yang, an assistant professor in the UC Davis Graduate School of Management specializing in finance and financial technology.</p> July 03, 2025 - 9:39am Karen Michele Nikos /news/wells-fargo-scandal-drove-borrowers-fintech-lenders-uc-davis-study-suggests /news/new-study-suggests-remembrances-dead-played-role-rise-monumental-architecture-andean-region <p><span>Archaeologists have long thought that monumental architecture 鈥� large, human-built structures that emphasize visibility 鈥� were products of societies with power structures, including social hierarchy, inequality and controlled labor forces. But this notion is being questioned as researchers uncover evidence that hunter-gatherer groups also built such structures.</span></p> July 01, 2025 - 8:19am Karen Michele Nikos /news/new-study-suggests-remembrances-dead-played-role-rise-monumental-architecture-andean-region /curiosity/news/big-bang-competition-celebrates-25-years <p><span>Benjamin Wang 鈥�06, a medical doctor, brought his life-saving innovation to the UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition in 2014. His team won first place 鈥� and Wang credited the experience with helping him launch the venture.</span></p><p><span>After witnessing a patient die from an antibiotic-resistant infection, he developed NEVAP 鈥� a breathing tube designed to prevent bacterial infections in ventilated patients.</span></p><p><span>"Winning the competition helped to validate the idea that creating a better breathing tube was possible and viable as a business," Wang said.</span></p> June 24, 2025 - 9:03am Jocelyn C Anderson /curiosity/news/big-bang-competition-celebrates-25-years /news/uc-davis-experts-immigration-migrant-workers-and-human-trafficking <p>The following 榴莲视频, Davis, experts on immigration policy are available to speak to the news media. Keep an eye on this and other current expert lists at www.ucdavis.edu/news/experts . These resources will be updated regularly. This list was updated in June 2025.&nbsp;</p> June 18, 2025 - 1:44pm Karen Michele Nikos /news/uc-davis-experts-immigration-migrant-workers-and-human-trafficking /arts/blog/weekender-catch-final-days-through-their-eyes-grad-students-exhibition <h2><strong>See works of 30 women artists through Sunday</strong></h2><p>An exhibition featuring 30 women artists drawn from the contemporary art collection of Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo is on view only through Sunday, June 22 at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art.</p><p>The UC Davis museum unveiled the first U.S. presentation of Italy鈥檚 renowned collection in January; see it before it closes this weekend.</p> June 18, 2025 - 9:26am Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/weekender-catch-final-days-through-their-eyes-grad-students-exhibition /arts/blog/graduate-student-artists-awarded-prizes-sculptures-bowerhaus-still-view-visit-cruess <h2><strong>Annual Arts, Humanities Graduate Exhibition announces prizes at celebration</strong></h2><p><strong>By Maria Sestito, College of Letters and Science (condensed from original story)</strong></p> June 11, 2025 - 10:17am Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/graduate-student-artists-awarded-prizes-sculptures-bowerhaus-still-view-visit-cruess