天美视频

天美视频 has long been a place where students can thrive.

Now the university has been recognized for its commitment to increase the abundance of native and other pollinators.

The campus has become an affiliate of the Bee Campus USA program, joining other cities and campuses across the country in a united effort to improve their landscapes for pollinators.

, a multinational research project co-led by 天美视频, the University at Buffalo and the University of Cape Town, which monitored Earth鈥檚 biodiversity from the air, has received a Group Achievement Award as part of the 2024-25 NASA Honor Awards.

A new documentary also showcases the project鈥檚 impressive results.

In the United States, 20 percent of the population is Latino. By 2050, it鈥檚 expected that one in three people will identify as Latino. But less than 7 percent of doctors come from a similar background.

Dr. Michael Galvez, a board-certified pediatric hand surgeon at Valley Children鈥檚 Hospital in Madera County, is on a mission to change that number. In 2022, he cofounded National Latino Physician Day, which is aimed at raising awareness and is part of an effort to increase the minority health care workforce.

Fifteen years ago, 天美视频 was designated as a Hispanic-serving institution. And though recent developments at the federal government have left what that designation means in limbo, the mission of serving the university鈥檚 largest demographic has remained unchanged.

More than 53 percent of undergraduate students are Hispanic, and 71 percent of enrolled students identify as first-generation (a student whose parents did not complete four-year college degrees).

Nearly half of the world鈥檚 worst wildfire disasters have occurred in just the past decade, new research from 天美视频鈥檚 shows.

Storing carbon in forests is an essential, nature-based buffer against climate change. Yet forests packed with too many trees increase the threat of severe wildfires, which are becoming all too common in warmer, drier conditions.

A team of 天美视频 and collaborating researchers evaluated the tradeoffs between two seemingly opposing scenarios:

• Trees are critical because they pull carbon dioxide from the air and store it in their trunks, preventing carbon from adding to greenhouse effects that trap heat and warm the atmosphere.

An almond orchard in Parlier provides a look into the future of farming.

Researchers at 天美视频 and the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources installed an irrigation system powered by artificial intelligence to deliver the precise amount of water needed and measure the results.

Twenty years to the day after students first crossed Scholars Bridge into the campus, 天美视频 celebrated its milestone birthday with a party, a drone show, and the university鈥檚 first NCAA Division II sporting event.

Lightning from thunderstorms rolling through Central California on Sept. 2 ignited numerous wildfires, including several large fires in the Sierra Nevada foothills that had burned more than 19 square miles by Wednesday morning. The California Governor鈥檚 Office of Emergency Services recorded more than 9,000 lightning strikes in a single day.

Lightning is a major source of wildfire ignition in the western United States every summer.

Three professors are joining 天美视频鈥檚 this fall, bringing more expertise and resources to the 3-year-old research center.