A team of UC Davis scholars and Univision journalists have won an Edward R. Murrow Award for their production, De No Sabo a Sí Sé, which tells the story of Spanish in California and the experiences of heritage speakers. Professor of Spanish Claudia Sánchez-Gutiérrez acted as a co-producer and faculty reviewer on the project.
Dawn Sumner — a UC Davis geologist, planetary scientist and astrobiologist — is among the 53 scientists newly elected as fellows of the American Geophysical Union, or AGU, for outstanding achievements and contributions to earth and space science.
Justin Siegel has been recognized as one of the inaugural recipients of the UC Regents Innovation Awards, honoring researchers and innovators whose work is translating University of California research into technologies, companies and solutions with broad impact.
Jacob Hibel, professor of sociology in the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis, has just received a $1.69 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to study how special education across Oregon public schools affect lifelong outcomes for students with disabilities.
The Blavatnik Family Foundation and The New York Academy of Sciences today named 18 finalists for the 2026 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. The awards recognize scientific advances made by researchers in the United States across the following disciplines: life sciences, chemical sciences, and physical sciences & engineering.
Professor Heghnar Watenpaugh discusses her experience teaching in Paris amidst controversy over museum staffing, security, ownership and restitution in France and the larger museum community. She will continue her own research at the Getty Museum this fall.
George R. Mangun, distinguished professor emeritus of psychology, has been named a Royal Society Wolfson Fellow in recognition of his body of research advancing the fields of psychology and neuroscience.
Gabriella Montinola received the 2026 Pi Sigma Alpha James Lengle Advisor Recognition Award for helping to re-launch the UC Davis undergraduate political science honor society Delta Upsilon, with club members planning an ambitious future.
Beatriz Cortez, a multidisciplinary artist and professor of Chicana/o/x studies at UC Davis, has been named a 2026 Joan Mitchell Fellow, which includes $60,000 in direct, unrestricted funding distributed over five years alongside learning, peer engagement and network-building opportunities.
Beatriz Cortez, a multidisciplinary artist and professor of Chicana/o/x studies at UC Davis, recently spoke with UC Berkeley Professor Ronald Rael at Aspen Ideas Festival 2026. Their panel, Ancient Futures: from Mud to Machine, was moderated by Nora Lawrence, executive director of Storm King Art Center in New York.
