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.”

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 National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences (CAIG) program has awarded a $1 million grant to Maike Sonnewald for her study to develop an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system to analyze satellite and ocean data, measuring how ocean currents affect heat storage.

Seven faculty members from two important programs within the Office of Academic Diversity —a unit with the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion — were among the 12 UC Davis scholars to be named in this year’s class of Hellman Fellows. 

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