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Professor emerita Gina Werfel is featured in the group show Alchemies of Place at the Col Gallery in San Francisco.

Alumna Taśa Gleason (MFA, dramatic arts, ‘20) returns to UC Davis as costume designer for the winter quarter Department of Theatre and Dance production of The Drowsy Chaperone.

As a graduate student at UC Davis, Gleason designed costumes for Flora The Red Menace and The Threepenny Opera.

Seongmin Yoo’s (M.F.A. ‘24) latest exhibition at the Dougherty Station Community Arts Center Gallery brings together new sculpture, paintings, and a performance that reflect her continued exploration of movement, transformation, and the relationship between place and identity. Spirit Made Visible will be on view at the Dougherty Station Community Arts Center in San Ramon to Feb. 1.

“Temporary Home,” an exhibiton curated by Professor Beatriz Cortez at the Galka Scheyer House in LA, was selected by Hyperallergic among the best exhibitions around the world for 2025.

FORBES magazine has honored UC Davis Design alumna Kausi Raman (B.S., design and economics, ‘20) by naming her one of their “30 under 30” in education for 2026.

FORBES magazine has honored UC Davis Design alumna Kausi Raman (B.S., design and economics, ‘20) by naming her one of their “30 under 30” in education for 2026.

In The Abusable Past’s latest installment of “What We’re Reading,” Associate Professor of Design and American Studies Javier Arbona-Homar has a conversation with Emily Mitchell-Eaton to discuss their recently released books.

Associate Professor of Design and American Studies Javier Arbona-Homar has recently co-authored an article with Julie Sze on “Waterfront/battlefront: Vallejo’s Black landscapes of resistance against police and environmental violence.” The chapter is published in

Associate Professor of Design and American Studies Javier Arbona-Homar has recently co-authored an article with Julie Sze on “Waterfront/battlefront: Vallejo’s Black landscapes of resistance against police and environmental violence.” The chapter is published in

In The Abusable Past’s latest installment of “What We’re Reading,” Associate Professor of Design and American Studies Javier Arbona-Homar has a conversation with Emily Mitchell-Eaton to discuss their recently released books.

On April 16, Associate Professor of Design and American Studies Javier Arbona-Homar discussed his new book Explosivity: Following What Remains (University of Minnesota Press, April 2025) at Shaping San Francisco. His presentation is now accessible online.

SEGD (the Society for Experimental Graphic Design) has honored Professor Timothy McNeil with the association’s Educator Award for his influential contributions as an educator, researcher, designer and advocate for exhibition and experience design.

Alum Jiaying Gu (M.A., ‘16) received the Hong Kong Bei Shan Tang Foundation Doctoral Thesis Grant to further her dissertation examining two genres of Chinese painting, yaji tu 雅集圖 (elegant gathering paintings) and huanji tu 宦蹟圖 (pictorial autobiographies of officials), and the role they played within Ming political bureaucracy. Gu is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Edinburgh.

Alum Jiaying Gu (M.A., ‘16) received the Hong Kong Bei Shan Tang Foundation Doctoral Thesis Grant to further her dissertation examining two genres of Chinese painting, yaji tu 雅集圖 (elegant gathering paintings) and huanji tu 宦蹟圖 (pictorial autobiographies of officials), and the role they played within Ming political bureaucracy. Gu is currently a Ph.D candidate at the University of Edinburgh.

Professor Michael Yonan recently traveled to Vienna, Austria to view the exhibition “Franz Xaver Messerschmidt: More than Character Heads” at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.