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Meet Your Food Science Faculty - May 28, 2021

Current and prospective students are invited to join our faculty panel (Drs. Julien Delarue, Luxin Wang, and Chris Simmons) for an open discussion about their research, teaching and a Q&A session. Reserve your spot and submit your questions at: bit.ly/foodscifacmay2021

Please find a PDF flyer below, or click on the picture at right.

Virtual Department Seminar Series, Spring 2021

Food Science and Technology

Here is the schedule of Food Science and Technology weekly department seminars for the remainder of the Spring 2021 quarter. (Please email Zann Gates at [email protected] to get the Zoom link if you don't already receive it via internal communication channels.) All presentations are at 4:10 pm - 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

Leadership Board Member Leslie Herzog gets IFT's Calvert Willey Award

Food Science and Technology

Congratulations to Leslie Herzog, hardworking Food Science and Technology Leadership Board member for over a decade, as well as the VP of Operations and Research Services at The Understanding & Insight Group, LLC. He is the 2021 recipient of the Institute of Food Technologists' Calvert L. Willey Distinguished Service Award.

Meet Your Food Science Faculty - April 30, 2021

Food Science and Technology

Current and prospective students are invited to join our faculty panel (Drs. Linda J. Harris, Bwalya Lungu, and David Mills) for an open discussion about their research, teaching and a Q&A session. Reserve your spot and submit your questions at: bit.ly/foodscifacapril2021.

Zach Bendiks awarded 2021 Kinsella Memorial Prize

Food Science and Technology

A big congratulations to Zachary Bendiks, a Ph.D. student of Dr. Maria Marco and a Microbiology Graduate Group member who was selected as one of two recipients of the 2021 Kinsella Memorial Prize.

FST’s Bwalya Lungu and Melissa Huang Feature in March 6th CAES FFA Field Day 2021 Success

Food Science and Technology

The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 45th Annual Field Day, held March 6th, featured 11 virtual contests, allowing 1,104 Future Farmers of America and 4H students to compete in a very complex event which involved a lot of extra work by all Advisors and Coordinators to make changes, create online content, shoot and edit videos, create new rubrics and more.

UC Davis grabs first place in Regional IFTSA College Bowl 2021

Food Science and Technology

The UC Davis College Bowl team went undefeated in this year’s Institute of Food Technologists Student Association (IFTSA) Pacific Northwest Regional Competition, held virtually by Washington State University and University of Idaho, placing first among tough competition. The team consisted of Katie Uhl (graduate student and team captain), Claire Lefebre (undergraduate student), Megha Ramesh (undergraduate student), Maria Shaposhnikov (undergraduate student), Amanda Sinrod (graduate student), and Angela Weber (undergraduate student).

FST student, a new bakery co-owner, featured in Davis Enterprise column

Food Science and Technology

Congratulations to Zoe Mitchell, senior student in Food Science and Brewing, for her mention in Wendy Weitzel's "Comings and Goings" column in the Davis Enterprise on February 19th! The column, "Mobile and delivery food businesses find their niche", features Zoe and her micro-bakery co-owner Casey Hardi describing their community-supported bakery, Bran & Ash, which operates mainly on a weekly CSB (Community Supported Bread) subscription basis. The bakery's focus is on local ingredients, natural fermentat

Apply for a Roots Fund Scholarship

Viticulture and Enology

The Roots Fund is a non-profit organization focused on securing the pathway for the Black, Indigenous & LatinX community in wine. Built to create financial support, mentorship, and job placement opportunities. The Roots Fund is out “doing the work,” to create inclusivity for BIPOC in the wine industry. Scholarship applications are open now through March 5th, 2021.

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Apply for a Roots Fund Scholarship

Meet Your Food Science Faculty - Feb. 26, 2021

Food Science and Technology

Current and prospective students are invited to join our faculty panel (Drs. Daniela Barile, Bruce German, and Jennifer Smilowitz) for an open discussion about their research, teaching and a Q&A session on Friday, February 26, 2021. Reserve your spot and submit your questions at: http://bit.ly/foodscifacfeb2021.

This event will repeat monthly through May 2021 with a rotating panel of faculty members.