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A House Designed for Drought

Katherine E Kerlin — December 20, 2016 - 3:57pm

A team of 51�ԹϺ�� Davis students are tackling the California drought through innovative housing design with their entry for the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2017 Solar Decathlon.

The design focuses on cutting typical residential water use in half while maintaining the same level of comfort at an affordable price.

Manetti Shrem Museum of Art Holds Grand Opening Sunday

Karen Michele Nikos — November 10, 2016 - 10:58am

The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California, Davis, will open its doors to the public for the first time Sunday, Nov. 13, with a community street fair and party starting at 10 a.m. and grand opening at noon.

The 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Manetti Shrem Museum Points to a New Direction in U.S. Museum Design

Karen Michele Nikos — July 20, 2016 - 10:17am

Construction is nearing completion on the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, a contemporary art museum set amid the expansive views of California’s Central Valley and surrounding farmlands. At the grand opening on Nov. 13, visitors will experience a new form of museum architecture, one achieved by integrating outdoors and indoors, blurring the usual hierarchical relationship between exhibition and teaching spaces, that furthers the museum’s educational mission.

51�ԹϺ�� Davis to Compete in 2017 Solar Decathlon

Katherine E Kerlin — January 21, 2016 - 1:26pm

51�ԹϺ�� Davis students will again compete in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon in 2017, the federal agency announced today.

The 51�ԹϺ�� Davis team took home a first place win for affordability and commuting at the 2015 Decathlon held in Irvine this past October, where Team Aggie Sol showcased its zero net energy house designed for farmworkers.

Building the Farm

Susanne Rockwell — March 15, 2007 - 4:21pm

As the campus nears its 2008–09 centennial celebration, we take a look back at what was happening 100 years ago.

In name, the first buildings constructed at the University Farm in 1907 sounded like facilities that might have been found on a dairy or county fairground: the creamery, the livestock judging pavilion and two cottages.