/ Features Content for 51�Թϱ����� en /magazine/caring-kittens <p><span>Kaya Miller, a second-year 51�Թϱ����� undergraduate, introduces her three 3-week-old foster kittens: Anna, Elsa and Merida. She explains that as a busy student, she and her roommate have taken on alternating shifts feeding and cleaning the kittens. “It’s a lot of dedication; we have to wake up every two hours, but it's so worth it,” she said.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p><span>Miller is a volunteer foster within the Orphan Kitten Project, or OKP, a nonprofit, vet-student-run club that has rescued and rehabilitated neonatal kittens since 1988.</span></p> May 19, 2025 - 9:00am Russell L Thebaud /magazine/caring-kittens /magazine/revisiting-medical-marvel <p>When drug breakthroughs happen, the medical community rejoices. But some people can be left behind. Case in point: Rapamycin. Now a 51�Թϱ����� professor is investigating how to bring back the benefits of a revolutionary drug to the people who were there from the beginning.</p> May 19, 2025 - 9:00am Russell L Thebaud /magazine/revisiting-medical-marvel /magazine/farming-caviar-uc-davis-innovation <p>Ali Bolourchi ’05, M.B.A. ’12, leads a tour of his caviar farm in Wilton, California, highlighting the long process of raising white sturgeon, pointing out that these innovations were developed at “Caviar U.”</p><p>He means 51�Թϱ�����.</p><p>Bolourchi is president of Tsar Nicoulai, now the largest caviar-producing company in the United States, thanks to the acquisition last year of Sterling Caviar.</p> May 19, 2025 - 9:00am Russell L Thebaud /magazine/farming-caviar-uc-davis-innovation /magazine/how-can-people-and-wildlife-better-coexist <p>Living with wildlife is just something we do, whether we’re waiting for turkeys to cross the road at 51�Թϱ����� or watching a coyote trot across a field at dawn.</p><p>But as people and the built world expand into natural habitats, wild and domestic animals — including humans — are increasingly sharing the same spaces, with mixed results. Interactions with large carnivores tend to conjure the strongest feelings, from awe and wonder to fear and anxiety.</p> May 19, 2025 - 9:00am Russell L Thebaud /magazine/how-can-people-and-wildlife-better-coexist /magazine/studying-sacramento-history-with-an-eye-toward-reparations A groundbreaking public history partnership examines past discrimination against the Black community. May 21, 2024 - 2:45am Jocelyn C Anderson /magazine/studying-sacramento-history-with-an-eye-toward-reparations /magazine/california-drives-toward-electric-future California has ambitious plans for zero-emissions vehicles. 51�Թϱ����� experts weigh in on reaching those goals. May 21, 2024 - 2:43am Russell L Thebaud /magazine/california-drives-toward-electric-future /magazine/winning-formula-aggies-blend-baseball-and-data-science This season, Major League Baseball fans can find three 51�Թϱ����� alumni in key leadership positions. May 21, 2024 - 2:41am Russell L Thebaud /magazine/winning-formula-aggies-blend-baseball-and-data-science /magazine/family-ties At Boeger Winery, a close-knit family makes award-winning wines. February 20, 2024 - 2:20am Jocelyn C Anderson /magazine/family-ties /magazine/furry-forensics 51�Թϱ����� researchers are helping to develop methods to identify animal furs based on protein — and help enforce California's fur ban. February 20, 2024 - 2:20am Russell L Thebaud /magazine/furry-forensics /magazine/alum-returns-to-space Tracy C. Dyson, Ph.D. ’97, will travel to space for a third time in March. January 05, 2024 - 3:53am Jocelyn C Anderson /magazine/alum-returns-to-space