A UC Davis researcher exploring the possibilities of quantum chemistry was recently awarded a five-year, $660,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER).
Several faculty at the University of California, Davis, are among the recipients of presidential awards for excellence in STEM mentoring and research announced by the White House Jan. 13 and 14.
Marisol de la Cadena, a professor of anthropology and science and technology studies in the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis, has been awarded the 2024 Vega Medal from the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography.
A collaborative project led by UC Davis, working with four California Community Colleges and three California State University campuses, has won a $1.5 million grant to help address equity gaps in writing support and AI literacy.
To democratize the precision medicine space, the Henn Lab is spearheading two projects funded by the National Institutes of Health for nearly $812,000.
UC Davis Professor of Art Robin Hill was recently awarded the “Anonymous Was a Woman” Award – a $50,000 unrestricted grant awarded each year to 15 women artists over the age of 40 who are at a critical junction in their career.
Across his career, Distinguished Professor of Psychology Steven Luck has shifted his own focus multiple times, from mainly research to an intense focus on teaching and mentoring students who make the most out of every opportunity. For this work, Luck has just received the 2025 UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement.
Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh, professor of art history at UC Davis, will be discussing "Survivor Objects and Captive Sites: Art and Cultural Heritage in Genocide" at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles on Dec. 15.
In The Small Matter of Suing Chevron, Suzana Sawyer chronicles the decades-long litigation process surrounding a 2011 judgment by an Ecuadorian court that held Chevron liable for $9.5 billion in damages for environmental contamination in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Junko Ito, continuing lecturer of Japanese, has named the 2024 California Japanese Language Teacher of the Year by the California Association of Japanese Language Teachers. Ito has taught in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures in L&S since 2010.
