The sky over Davis didn't completely darken during Monday's solar eclipse, but the moon's passing in front of the sun — with peak coverage here at about 10:15 a.m. — still captivated many Aggies. Here's how it looked around campus:
Instagram: Eclipse viewer set up on Quad
UC Davis College of Letters and Science: Big thanks to @eastonrwhite graduate student in population biology, for setting up an eclipse viewer in the quad
Instagram: Shrem sun shadows
Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art: #TIL our canopy works as a giant pinhole camera!
Instagram: Tupper Hall telescope
Mina Azimi: Got lucky enough to see the eclipse through a real telescope! #nofilter #shotonmyiphone #eclipse #beatsmycerealbox #nasa
Chancellor Gary May had a good view of his own, from a UC Davis research vessel on Lake Tahoe.
Annual ranch visit ensures health of animals
Each year, livestock veterinarians and students make a three-hour trek to a ranch northwest of campus. See what they do there in the above video.
The critters of summer
Summer is the peak season for several animals, and some might not exactly be welcomed sights around your home or out on a hike. Click here to read about six critters you might see this summer, and what UC Davis experts have to say about their pros and cons.
Stewardship is focus of sculpture
The Health Sciences District of campus is building up quite an art collection. Earlier this year, a trio of bronze sculptures were unveiled outside the new Veterinary Medicine Student Services and Administration Center. And now a new sculpture reminds visitors to the Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center of the connection between humans and wildlife.
“There are two parts,” said artist Lisa Reinertson, MFA '84. “The mother-child gorilla piece is almost like a Madonna-child, and I want that kind of empathy for the imagery. And below there are people that are asleep; not aware, not conscious of the important need of stewardship for the other animals that we share this earth with.”
Read more about the new sculpture on the Gorilla Doctors website.