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Museum Talk Makes Sense Out of Scents in Contemporary Art

Karen Michele Nikos — July 21, 2022 - 12:04pm

��˽��̳�� Davis English Professor Hsuan L. Hsu made sense of scents in art at a talk earlier this month.

Weekender: A Book About Art; and Music of Woody Guthrie

Karen Michele Nikos — February 14, 2019 - 3:24pm

Clarence Major presents his newly published collection of artwork at The Avid Reader

Clarence Major, ��˽��̳�� Davis distinguished professor emeritus of English, will present his recently published work representing a lifetime of art at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, at The Avid Reader, 617 Second St. in downtown Davis. It is free and open to the public.

May Offers a Month of Arts Collaboration at ��˽��̳�� Davis

Karen Michele Nikos — April 27, 2018 - 3:18pm

Artists from varied disciplines collaborate this month to produce opera, a grouping of six songs, visual art, and other combos.

Award-Winning Writer’s Memoir Explores Her Depression

Karen Michele Nikos — May 11, 2017 - 11:34am

Writing a memoir was not in Yiyun Li's plan. The celebrated author and University of California, Davis, English professor was working on a novel but had lost interest in it.

Four From ��˽��̳�� Davis Elected To American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Andy Fell — April 20, 2016 - 12:50pm

Four faculty members from the University of California, Davis have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They are among 213 scientists, artists, writers and leaders in business, politics and philanthropy to be selected this year.

The new members from ��˽��̳�� Davis are: Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph Hexter; Andreas Albrecht, distinguished professor and chair of the physics department; Professor Christopher Reynolds, department of music; and David Simpson, distinguished professor of English.