Kristen R. Yeung

Nov 18, 2024 | ucdavis.edu | Kristen R. Yeung

Carolyn Lundquist, Ph.D. ’00, prompted by a high school career test, studied communication at UCLA, until an elective completely changed her path, leading her to eventually settle thousands of miles from her native California. The course convinced her to switch to marine biology, a new offering at UCLA at the time. “It brought me back to the days when I was a kid playing in tide pools,” she said.

Nov 18, 2024 | ucdavis.edu | Kristen R. Yeung

Over the summer, I spent seven weeks doing an internship, paired with an online writing course, in New Zealand with a group of other University of California undergraduates. My major is environmental science and management, following the soils and biogeochemistry tract, and I hoped to gain experience incorporating soil science and sustainable management. As a student journalist at UC Davis Magazine, I wanted to share my experience spending a summer interning abroad.

Nov 18, 2024 | ucdavis.edu | Kristen R. Yeung

Lohitashwa Garikipati ’17 just discovered a new species of praying mantis. The entomologist said his passion for insects ignited during his studies at UC Davis. “It’s hard to pick just one important experience, but being involved in research at the university’s labs was instrumental in shaping my career,” he said. He initially started as a biology major and decided to focus on entomology.

Nov 15, 2024 | ucdavis.edu | Kristen R. Yeung

Bianca Levan ’06 curates and displays her paper-cutting art at Connecting Cuts, an exhibit featuring traditional, cross-cultural, and modern papercut styles and techniques on display from Nov. 7 to Dec. 14 at the Olive Hyde Gallery in Fremont, California. Levan currently splits her time between creating art and working as a medical writer. She originally planned to become a doctor, majoring in biology and English at UC Davis.

Sep 30, 2024 | ucdavis.edu | Kristen R. Yeung

Ever wondered about the scientific accuracy of relationships in your favorite rom-coms? Paul Eastwick, a psychology professor at UC Davis, released Love Factually, a podcast analyzing romantic comedies and dramas through the lens of relationship science, on Sept. 25. He has been teaching PSC 150, a class on the science of attraction in close relationships at Davis since 2016, and studies evolutionary science and its connection to close relationships and attraction.