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Sharing Happy Moments with Partner Better for Health than Feeling Happy Alone

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — October 30, 2025 - 1:27pm

A new study suggests that when older couples experience positive emotions together in everyday life, they have lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol that can cause health problems over time when elevated.

Weekender: Taproot Festival Begins; More Music; Celebrate Día de Los Muertos

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — October 23, 2025 - 10:33am

Listen to new music; start celebrating Día de Los Muertos. Get ready for Halloween.

Catch Ongoing Fall 2025 Art Exhibitions at UC Davis

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — October 17, 2025 - 4:30pm

Manetti Shrem fall exhibitions offer 'OJO' and 'Breathe'

Two exhibitions that invite visitors to reflect on the present by considering the past and shared future are on view this fall at the

Weekender: Poet Laureate Reads; Stamping at TANA; Philharmonia Orchestra

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — October 16, 2025 - 10:59am

Poetry, Gorman art talk, concerts, TANA stamping and much more on tap this weekend.

UC Davis Gorman Exhibition Spotlights Artworks by a Leader in Contemporary Native American Art

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — October 16, 2025 - 9:53am

The Gorman Museum of Native American Art at University of California, Davis, presents a solo exhibition of works by Rick Bartow (1946-2016), a member of the Mad River band of the Wiyot Tribe, indigenous to Humboldt County in Northern California. Bartow primarily created pastel, graphite, and mixed media drawings, wood sculpture, acrylic paintings, drypoint etchings, monotypes and a small number of ceramic works. The installation showcases artworks created from 1979 to 2015.

The exhibition runs through January 18.

How Does Academic Freedom Help Society?

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — October 09, 2025 - 1:01pm

Academic freedom is fundamental to higher education. Without it, everyone loses the value created by university educators, researchers and scholars.

“If we aren't free to pursue research and teaching based on wherever the knowledge leads us, we are not truly working in the service of the public,” said Rana Jaleel, an associate professor of gender, sexuality and women’s studies and Asian American studies in the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis.

Weekender: TANA Event, Library Archives Exhibit, Concerts, Talks

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — October 09, 2025 - 9:44am

This week's Weekender is a reminder why at the Arts Blog, we start our weekends on Thursday!

UC Davis Artist, Sociologist, Ph.D. Student Reflect on ‘Breathe' Exhibition at Manetti Shrem Museum

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — October 08, 2025 - 10:21am

The transparent, glass gallery doors of the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis act as a portal to another world where an echoing, ambient sound can be heard in the distance.

This world is dimly lit and guarded by two large human-like figures, their long hair made of gray and black fibers, dressed in what might be space suits of the future or the casualwear of an alien species, fused together with colorful yarn.

Weekender: Mondavi Season Opens With Rock and Jazz; 1st Noon Concert includes Music from Johannes Brahms

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — October 02, 2025 - 10:37am

Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts opens Thursday with Talking Heads film and talk

The University of California, Davis, Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts this 2025-26 season includes a diverse array of artists, from classical, to jazz, to global and everything in between for music. Performers include rising stars and old favorites, and plenty of dance. There’s ample family entertainment too, as well as prominent speakers.

UC Davis Researchers Develop Theoretical Model to Determine How Pilgrimages Can Emerge

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — October 01, 2025 - 3:51pm

Pilgrimages are ubiquitous across all major world religions.