UC Davis Awarded NIH Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Prize

University of California, Davis was one of only 10 universities in the U.S. to recently be recognized with an Institutional Excellence in DEIA in Biomedical and Behavioral Research Prize Competition from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The acknowledgement, which comes with a $100,000 prize, was awarded to a select few post-secondary institutions for “implementing strategies to enhance DEIA in research environments.”

Student Affairs Announces Inaugural Position for Native and First Nation Affairs

UC Davis Student Affairs recently announced that Michelle Villegas-Frazier has been named the inaugural Senior Strategic Advisor for Native American/Alaska Native and First Nation Affairs, and Nora Zade is assisting with tribal affairs development as program coordinator. Zade works with the analytical and non-empirical research to support tribal affairs development and supports universitywide Native American projects. 

 

The Strategic Advisor and Program Coordinator roles:

Renetta Garrison Tull Elected President of LACCEI

Renetta Garrison Tull, vice chancellor of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of California, Davis, has been elected president of the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI). Her term will begin on January 1, 2025. 

Tull was selected for the leadership role because of her deep commitment to advancing diversity in STEM and building global networks in engineering, according to LACCEI.

An Un-Bee-lievable Grant

As part of UC Davis’ $1.039 billion in external research awards, Felicity Muth received funding from The National Geographic Society for her project, "Ecology Shaping Cognition: An Exploration with Wild Bees." As a CAMPOS Faculty Scholar and assistant professor of neurobiology, physiology and behavior, Muth advances our understanding of how environments shape cognition in bumblebees and other bee species.