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The University of California, Davis, has entered into a new, 10-year partnership with University Credit Union that will result in renaming and updating The Pavilion, funding student initiatives and increasing access to financial services on campus.

The Genentech Foundation has donated $2.5 million to the University of California, Davis, College of Biological Sciences — the college’s largest single gift ever — to fund a program that will help biology students transferring from community college.

In addition to the greenhouses CA&ES is constructing, Mars, Incorporated is building two greenhouses within the complex to house a large collection of cacao plants. Together with UC Davis faculty, plant breeders from Mars, Incorporated will work to improve and perfect the tropical trees, which are endangered by deforestation.

The executive is from a company with a market cap of nearly a quarter trillion dollars. The students have his full attention. It’s the finale of the Sustainable Energy Industry Immersion course and the student teams are presenting their solutions from a live case study posed by energy giant Chevron Corp.