2023 UC Davis Annual Report

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.

IDARE

UC Davis Diversity Equity and Inclusion continued to play a key role in elevating the voices and visibility of all members of our UC Davis community during 2023. Following its successful debut at UC Davis Health, the university expanded its Inclusion, Diversity, Anti-Racism and Diversity (IDARE) initiative to reach all across the main campus. 

IDARE's focus on supporting divisional DEI committees means that DEI practitioners and leaders are able to work together to take action on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion goals. 

Engage. Equip. Empower. Elevate

The DEI office affirmed its mission and vision with the four words of engage, equip, empower and elevate. We engage all to participate in generating ideas and taking action. We equip stakeholders to embed the structure, values and resources for DEI in their work, and we serve as a hub for DEI innovation. We empower people to launch DEI practice for their work, learning, growth and community spaces. We elevate the contributions of our DEI champions through recognition, awards and dissemination. 

UC Davis DEI also wants to acknowledge and celebrate the accomplishments other units, colleges and schools throughout UC Davis who made significant contributions in the DEI space during 2023:

School of Medicine

2023 marked many successes for our School of Medicine. We ranked among the nation’s top 10 for diversity, family medicine and primary care, and continued to be a national model in training diverse physicians. Following the Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action in college admissions, we received coverage in the New York Times, CNN and JAMA about how we tripled our enrollment of students who are underrepresented in medicine over the last 15 years with a race-neutral, holistic admissions model.

Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing

Living on the streets or in shelters makes it tough to stay healthy. Refugees face health care challenges too. The new Integrative Nurse-Led Mobile Clinic at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis brings equitable care to vulnerable populations. Funded by a $4 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, the school’s advanced practice provider faculty improve health outcomes and fulfill the school’s vision of optimal health and health care equity for all.

School of Law

UC Davis Law fosters diversity, equity and inclusion. Students of color compose 61% of the first-year class, and nearly one-third are first-generation college graduates. The school also has a world-class, majority-minority faculty. 

AggieEats

UC Davis is now home to what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind food truck in the nation called AggieEats.

Aggie Eats is an innovative food truck addressing food insecurity for students. The mission of the food truck is to help the 42% of UC Davis students who have experienced times of low to very low food security. Through a partnership with the Aggie Compass Basic Needs Center, Student Dining Services and the Division of Student Affairs, and funding from a $400,000 lead gift by an anonymous donor, the truck serves freshly prepared meals daily to 500 students utilizing a pay-what-you-want model.

Read the full 2023 Annual Report or Watch the Year in Review video.