The College of Letters and Science has honored two graduating students with its highest honors. For 2026, the Herbert A. Young Award was given to Jack Jacobs and the Leon H. Mayhew Memorial Award was given to Morgan Strong.
Over 100 years ago, civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois argued for an America in which democracy means equal representation for all. Philosopher Elvira Basevich looks back to Du Bois for how we might solve the problems workers face today.
Explore new interpretations of classic land ethics, multiple cases of climate action and land sovereignty and witness how past generations reacted to the changing climate. Scholars from across the College of Letters and Science provide insight into how human action and inaction has influenced the natural environment around us.
Five faculty members have been selected for a 2025 Chancellor’s Fellowship recognizing their work to, in the words of the organizers, “foster a learning environment where all students can develop the skills to be successful.”
Philosopher Hannah Tierney studies the idea of blameworthiness and what it means to successfully make amends. Her research focuses on the reparative process that unfolds after someone causes harm. It also offers insight into how to ease burdens of national guilt that might affect people across a society.
Lishan AZ, Laura Starkston and Hannah Tierney have been named the 2025 Dean’s Faculty Fellows for the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis. The three-year fellowships are part of the College of Letters and Science Faculty Investment Initiative to support early faculty research excellence and development.
