The Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and the Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS) are proud to announce Professor Mariel Vázquez, Ph.D. as the 2024 ADVANCE Scholar Award recipient.
Two faculty members from the University of California, Davis who are committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education were among six scientists in the country to be awarded a 2024 Science Education and Outreach Award from the Society for Neuroscience.
Distinguished Professor George “Ron” Mangun received an Award for Education in Neuroscience and Assistant Professor Theanne Griffith received a Science Educator Award. The awards were presented during Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in November 2024.
The University of California, Davis, is now eligible to be one of the nation’s few research-intensive universities designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, or HSI, after fall enrollment numbers crossed the threshold for HSI status for the first time.
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.
Doreen Joseph, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at the University of California, Davis, is the inaugural recipient of the Professor Emeritus Augustine O. Esogbue and Chancellor Gary May Endowed Award in Engineering Diversity.
Mariel Vázquez, faculty director for the Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS) was recently (April 18) elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, which is the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society.
The UC Davis Womxn in Tech (WIT) group received an official campus designation and became a subgroup of the Status of Women at Davis Administrative Advisory Committee (SWADAAC).
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS) announces the 2023 ADVANCE Scholar Award recipients: Natalia Caporale, Associate Professor of Teaching in Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior and Elva Denise Diaz, Professor of Pharmacology
