An International Reputation for Excellence in DEI
UC Davis us an international reputation for its excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Here is a sampling of these honors.
- Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Diversity, Inclusivity, and Internationalization Rank #1 in 2022 and 2023.
- Workplace Inclusion Excellence: Forbes Best Employer for Diversity, Forbes Top 300 Workplace for Women (2022 and 2023)
- Awardees of 4 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Awards by Insights into Diversity (SOM 2022 and 2023, SON 2021 and 2023), the nation’s largest and oldest DEI in Higher Education magazine.
- National Recognition as a top Diversity Health System: BlackDoctor.org Top Hospital for Diversity, Latino Leaders’ Top Hospital for Latinos, LGBTQ+ Health Care Quality Leader, Monigle’s health system “most committed to improving diversity” (ranked #3 nationally), Newsweek’s American’s Greatest Workplace for Diversity and Women, respectively (2023)
- National and Regional DEI Leadership Awards: Diversity Award, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Head Association (VC Tull, 2022); Becker’s Hospital Chief Diversity Officer to Know (AVC Ton); Modern Healthcare’s Top Chief Diversity Officer (AVC Ton); LA Times’ DEIA Leadership Recognition (AVC Ton); Sacramento Business Journal DEI Champion Awards (VC Tull, AVC Ton); Sacramento Bee Top Change Maker Award (AVC Ton).
- NIH Institutional Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) in Biomedical and Behavioral Research Prize Competition awardee
- Our DEI efforts have garnered recognition from The National Institutes of Health (NIH). This achievement is expected to enhance our faculty's competitiveness for NIH grants which as a new “Plan for Enhancing Diverse Perspectives” requirement
- Vice Chancellor Renetta Tull is an international, national, and local leader for DEI. She is currently Board member, Vice President Diversity Equity, International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (2023-present); Member, Board of Directors, American Geological Union (2023-present); Incoming President and current Vice President of Initiative, Latin and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (2023-present). She serves as Chair of the UC Council for Equity & Inclusion (for all of the campuses: Berkeley, Irvine, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francico, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, UCLA) (2022-present)