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Inside SB 895: Science Funding on the Ballot
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May Media Mentions
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Anthropologist Marisol de la Cadena Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 

By Greg Watry

De la Cadena was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for her research on Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing. 

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Gözde Göncü-Berk Recognized for Contributions to Wellness Innovation

Göncü-Berk recently received the prestigious Jacquelyn Anderson Wellness Innovation Award from the UC Davis Office of Wellness Education.
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Emeriti Award Recognizes Career Studying the Mosaic of Human Culture

Monique Borgerhoff Mulder has been recognized again with the 2026 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award for her contributions to the continued excellence of the University of California system.  
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UC Davis Chemistry Graduate Student to Conduct Research at DOE National Lab

Cocoro Nagasaka will conduct research at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory through the prestigious U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research program.
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2026 College of Letters and Science Faculty Awards

The awards honor faculty for exceptional achievement in research innovation, faculty mentoring faculty, faculty mentoring students and community and connection.

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$1.2 Million Keck Foundation Bridge Funding Initiative Makes Awards to Early‑Career Scientists at UC Davis

  • by Neelanjana Gautam
The University of California, Davis, is pleased to announce new awards totaling $1.2 million from the Bridge Funding Initiative supported by the W. M. Keck Foundation. This investment will provide critical resources to six high‑impact basic science projects during a period when early‑stage research often faces significant funding uncertainty. The funded projects include one from Associate Professor of Chemistry Jesús M. Velázquez.
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UC Davis Paleontologist Honored by the American Geosciences Institute

  • by College of Letters and Science
The American Geosciences Institute, or AGI, recently announced that paleontologist Sandra J. Carlson, a Professor Emerita in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis, has been named the 2026 recipient of the William B. Heroy Jr. Award for Distinguished Service to AGI. This award is given in recognition of exceptional and beneficial long-term service to the AGI.

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