In recognition of his remarkable service to support diversity, equity and inclusion at UC Davis, the UC Davis Cal Aggie Alumni Association has named Neptaly “Taty” Aguilera ’73 the 2024 Aggie Service award winner.
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, founding director of UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities, was recently named a Top 20 Latino Change Maker by The Sacramento Bee.
A record high of 115,349 students applied to the University of California, Davis, for undergraduate studies in fall 2024. Among those applicants, there was even higher growth in applications from groups historically underrepresented in higher education, as well as students seeking to transfer from California Community Colleges.
Since 2005, UC Davis has been a member of HACU, the only national association representing existing and emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions, or HSIs.
During February 12–16, the UC Davis campuses in Davis and Sacramento celebrated Principles of Community Week — a time spent reflecting on the shared aspiration to advance respect, equity, learning and community. This year, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion was delighted to highlight Dr. Jann Murray-García of UC Davis Health. Murray-García’s inspirational career embodies the principles and its core values.
Congratulations to Cindy Rubio González, 2014-15 CAMPOS scholar and associate professor in the department of computer science in the UC Davis College of Engineering, for being one of only nine faculty to be named a 2024 Chancellor's Fellows — a title given to early career academics doing exemplary work.
The Mondavi Center hosted Miller-Idriss on Feb. 5. She is an expert on identifying and combating extremism worldwide, and her book, Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right, was the 2023-24 selection for the UC Davis Campus Community Book Project.
UC Davis reached new levels of prestige and impact in 2023, including being named No. 6 among the nation’s top public universities and achieving some significant achievements in regards to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Professor Maxine Craig, Ph.D. was recently appointed as new faculty director of the Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Social Science, Arts, and Humanities (CAMPSSAH). Craig is a professor in the sociology department and since 2020 has served that department as vice chair and director of the graduate program. Craig will take charge of a thriving and growing center on February 1, 2024 that now includes 24 Faculty Scholars from four colleges and schools and 12 departments across UC Davis.
Ceasor Dennis is the senior director of institutional culture, climate and community engagement at UC Davis Health. UC Davis DEI recently had the opportunity to ask Dennis a few questions about his work in the DEI space and his "Why I DEI."
