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Send your application for Design Thinking for Food / FST 298

The department of Food Science & Technology invites FST and VEN student applications for enrollment in Design Thinking for Food (FST 298) Fall 2016 (Tuesdays, 1-4pm). This multi-disciplinary team-based course will teach the design thinking innovation process as students tackle this year's challenge of Food Waste and create breakthrough solutions.

Dr. Michael McCarthy elected IFT Fellow

Food Science and Technology

IFT has announced its 2016 Fellows, and our own chair, Dr. Michael McCarthy, has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists!

Come taste The Rarest Sherries April 17

Viticulture and Enology

You're invited to a tasting of rare sherries with Darrel Corti and Greg Hirson.

UC Davis Included in National Partnership to Accelerate Innovation in Fibers and Textiles

Textiles and Clothing

The Textiles and Clothing faculty along with other UC Davis faculty are part of a new national Manufacturing Innovation Institute announced on April 1, 2016.

FST student College Bowl Team to compete in national championships

Food Science and Technology

UC Davis' FST student College Bowl Team wins regional championship of IFTSA.

Wine Ink column: Wine 101: California's institutions of higher learning

Viticulture and Enology

While not as old as Harvard, the viticulture program at the University of California has surprisingly deep roots. In 1880, the California Legislature recognized the potential of the state as a world-class wine-growing region and mandated a program be established "providing for instruction and research in viticulture and enology."

FST PhD student wins NSF fellowship

Food Science and Technology

Dustin Heeney, a PHD student in the Marco lab, has been notified that he received a prestigious NSF fellowship award for his thesis research.

UC Davis Researchers Elevate the Prestige of Olives and Olive Oil

Food Science and Technology

The UC Davis Olive Center is the only academic center in North America that is dedicated solely to olive oil and table olives. Launched in January 2008 as part of the universitys Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, the center was conceived in part as a solution to a slippery problem on the UC Davis campus... Read more in this IFT.org article!

FST hosts successful networking event and NCIFT award banquet

Food Science and Technology

FST students had a big evening on March 1 with an Industry Speed Networking event followed by the annual NCIFT Student Recognition Banquet.

Come to the UC Davis Education Track at the Natural Products Expo West

Food Science and Technology

The Southern California Institute of Food Technologists, in partnership with UC Davis, presents the UC Davis Education Track at the Natural Products Expo West.