November 2024

Food Waste Diss Track - Emma Vazquez

UC Davis student Emma Vazquez created a “food waste diss track” to call out food waste and highlight solutions for a more sustainable future. The music video was part of a course she took on urban food and society.

FST 160 - Concept to Container

Food Science and Technology

Food science students at UC Davis gain hands-on experience in the Food Product Development class. They come up with a new food concept, develop prototypes, analyze consumer demand, design packaging and marketing concepts and finally present it to an audience of tasters.

Probiotics and Prebiotics - Hype or Health?

Food Science and Technology

Consumers may have noticed a recent trend in food and beverage products labeled probiotic or prebiotic. The products often say they “support a healthy gut” or “boost your immune system” by providing good microbes that are often missing from people’s diets.

David Mills on Clarivate's Highly Cited Researcher Award List for 2024

Food Science and Technology

Congratulations to FST's Dr. David Mills, who joins eight other UC Davis researchers (within a total of 6,886) on the 2024 Clarivate annual Highly Cited Researchers list.

Checking In With Chancellor May - At the Forefront of Feeding the World

Food Science and Technology

To the UC Davis Community: No matter our background or belief systems, every human being deserves to have access to healthy and adequate food. This is one of the key Grand Challenges UC Davis is undertaking to create a healthier tomorrow.

Exit Seminar - Jessica Ruiz Hallstrom, Nov. 22, 2024

Food Science and Technology

An Exit Seminar will be held Friday, November 22, 2024 at 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm PST.

In-person in the Robert Mondavi Institute Sensory Theater or via Zoom. (https://ucdavis.zoom.us/my/jhallstrom)

Exit Seminar - Tate Lone, November 15, 2024

Food Science and Technology

An Exit Seminar will be held Friday, November 15, 2024 at 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm PST.

In-person in the Robert Mondavi Institute Sensory Theater or via Zoom.

Position Announcement: Assistant Professor of Sensory Science

Viticulture and Enology

As part of UC Davis’s commitment to hire leading research faculty with an outstanding commitment to teaching and service that meets the needs of our diverse state and student population, the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of California announces an Assistant Professor faculty position (9-month) in the Department of Viticulture and Enology. Applications are encouraged from candidates with a strong background in any current or emerging area that will fit within our department’s disciplinary focus in Sensory Science