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As part of ongoing efforts to bring social science to the local community, the Human Development and Media Lab (led by Dr. Drew Cingel) highlighted a project on children’s learning from virtual reality at the Children’s Discovery Fair on Picnic Day, UC Davis’ annual celebration that attracts more than 75,000 visitors.

On Friday, February 28, 2025, a UC Davis-wide collaboration hosted the successful daylong Conference "Engineering our Experimental AI Futures," which drew together a gathering of over 65 scholars spanning from the Humanities, over the Social Sciences, to Engineering.

The UC Davis Department of Communication is making a strong impact at the 2025 International Communication Association (ICA) conference, the leading global event for communication scholars.

A delegation from the School of Media and Communication, Shenzhen University of China met with faculty of the Department of Communication at the University of California, Davis on Monday, December 2. The visiting delegation, led by Vice Dean and Professor Yubo Huang, aimed to explore potential academic and research collaborations with CMN, as part of SZU's ongoing effort to forge international partnerships that strengthen educational and scholarly exchange. 

UC Davis communication graduate student Salman Khawar has co-authored an important new study exploring the features of clickbait journalism and its effectiveness in driving online engagement.

The University of California, Davis, is proud to announce that its Department of Communication has ascended to the 13th position globally in the 2024 ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. This marks a significant advancement from the 24th position in 2023, reflecting the department's unwavering commitment to academic excellence and impactful research.

The Department of Communication at the University of California, Davis, proudly announces that Associate Professor Jingwen Zhang has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Annual Lingnan Award for Excellence in Health Informatics. This distinguished honor is presented by CITRIS Health, a division of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at the University of California, in partnership with the First Affiliated Hospital at Sun Yat-sen University, China.

Watch Dr. Hilbert's Keynote lecture "AI Unleashed: Navigating Boundless Intelligence & Existential Risks — Choosing Our Future” on YouTube!

Professor Magdalena Wojcieszak has been named a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

Research conducted in the Department of Communication will be featured at this year's meeting of the National Communication Association. Researchers in the Department will present a total of 11 different projects, including one that earned a Top Paper award. Our faculty and students hold important leadership roles at NCA: Dr. Laramie Taylor is Second Vice-Chair for the Mass Communication Division, Sofia Rhea is Secretary for the Mass Communication Division, and Muhammad Rasul is Graduate Student Rep. for the Mass Communication Division.