/ Coffee Center Content for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis en /food/news/coffee-center °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis coffee scientists are finding the best ways to make coffee, from sustainable farming to quality control to taste, improving the global coffee industry. November 18, 2024 - 9:10am Tatiana Muniz /food/news/coffee-center /curiosity/news/coffee-brews-better-group-performance-uc-davis-study-finds <p>Planning a meeting? Serving coffee can focus group discussion, boost involvement and leave members feeling better about their own and others’ participation.</p> <p>Those are the findings of new research on the effects of caffeine on group performance from the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis.</p> <p>Decades of coffee research have explored its effects on the individual, but this study is the first on the effects on performance in group tasks.</p> May 10, 2018 - 2:15pm Julia Ann Easley /curiosity/news/coffee-brews-better-group-performance-uc-davis-study-finds /news/wilbur-curtis-co-supports-uc-davis-coffee-center <p>Wilbur Curtis Co., an industry leader in the design and manufacturing of coffee-brewing equipment, has pledged $250,000 to the University of California, Davis, to support the university’s expanding Coffee Center. The donation is the first by Wilbur Curtis to a major academic institution.</p> July 12, 2017 - 10:15am Andy Fell /news/wilbur-curtis-co-supports-uc-davis-coffee-center