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 taster. Take a look at the process of this innovative class in the Department of Food Science and Technology at the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science.

Read more about what UC Davis is doing in the realm of food in this month’s installment of Checking in With Chancellor May.

Thursday Thoughts on Native American art

As Native American Heritage Month comes to a close, Chancellor Gary S. May and LeShelle May visited the Gorman Museum of Native American Art to talk about that museum’s history and why it is unique. 

What’s involved in cardiac rehab?

Patients who have had a heart attack, heart surgery or heart intervention will reduce their risk of another heart event by undergoing cardiac rehabilitation. At UC Davis Health, the rehab consists of a three-to four-month program where patients exercise and learn about heart healthy nutrition. The program, under the direction of Dr. Javier López, is known to lower blood pressure, reduce depression and improve quality of life.