The Regeneration Research Program is designed to help faculty fill gaps created by the current constrained funding environment. Grant awards range from $5,000 to $20,000, depending on proposed needs and budget justification.
In this edition of Books of the Month, we're thinking about our built environment and the questions that might help us build better cities in the future. These scholars not only point out what isn’t working in our communities and current infrastructure, they highlight potential solutions – some based on real world examples while others have only been imagined.
For this edition of Books of the Month, as protests and political divides continue to disrupt lives across the U.S., we’ve selected books that grapple with these issues, telling stories of both survival and resistance.
This month, explore how connections are formed, maintained and shared with letters and science authors. In this collection of books, our authors and scholars mine their own families as their inspiration for memoirs, poetry, fiction and analyses.
Associate Professor Bettina Ng’weno, Department of African American and African Studies, has been honored with this year's Distinguished Graduate and Postdoctoral Mentorship Award from UC Davis Graduate Studies and the Graduate Council. This award shines a light on the power of mentorship in shaping the academic and professional journeys of UC Davis graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.
Our February 2025 "Books of the Month" selections honor Black History Month. Get familiar with some lesser known aspects of American history, celebrate song and dance, or immerse yourself in someone else’s story. This month’s reads include cultural and historical analyses as well as two memoirs, a biography and a novel.
The College of Letters and Science ended the Expect Greater: From UC Davis, for the World campaign with over $142 million raised, including the college’s largest gift ever.
The Department of Asian American Studies, Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, and Department of African and African American Studies each will receive $100,000 in funding as part of a new set of grants from the Mellon Foundation. The grants recognize the importance of studying race, ethnic, gender and sexuality.
Professor Emerita Halifu Osumare returns to campus this month to read from and celebrate her new memoir, Dancing the Afrofuture: Hula, Hip-Hop and the Dunham Legacy, with the Department of African American and African Studies.
A team of UC Davis Humanities scholars planning a 2024-2025 seminar, Thinking Food @ the Intersections, was recently awarded $225,000 for the project. The seminar will have dual goals of understanding the complexities of food justice through a humanities framework as well as finding new potential solutions.
