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In his first-year seminar dubbed “Could a Robot Ever Be Conscious?” Professor Richard Huskey guides students to discuss ...

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UC Davis Safety Services will establish a Campus Emergency Response Team (CERT) in 2025, and now is the time to ...

A year after an outbreak of H5N1 killed thousands of elephant seals, only about a third of the seals normally expected here ...

Former student-athlete Andrew LaCour ’24 landed his dream job in baseball close to home.The left-handed pitcher spent four ...