Stories of Engagement

Public engagement is all about people.

The relationships they build with each other, the dialogue they participate in, the learning they advance, and the trust they create—together. It is through their efforts to listen, learn and challenge themselves for the benefit of others that public scholarship persists and pervades within the UC Davis community.

These are their stories...

 

Woman wearing glasses and a blazer smiles softly next to a wall. The wall has a large poster of an article that is titled "Tiny Packets of HOPE"

Championing Healthier Futures for Children Around the World

  • by Becky Oskin
Childhood malnutrition is one of the world's most pressing health challenges, and Kathryn Dewey, distinguished professor emerita in the UC Davis Department of Nutrition, has been at the forefront of efforts to address it. Her pioneering research led to an innovative supplement to combat nutritional deficiencies and has informed and improved global health policies.
Four individuals stand side by side smiling for a close up group photo in front of a wall that has two artwork peeking on both the left and right side

Full Circle Moments

  • by Sarah Colwell
When Yolo Food Bank employee Andrea Aponte welcomed UC Davis student Phoebe Wong to the Yolo Food Bank as a College Corps fellow, it was a full circle moment.
Four people outdoors at the UC Davis Student Farm building a worm composter from wood.

Engineering Change

  • by Becky Oskin
UC Davis engineering students combined traditional engineering skills with sustainable, community-first approaches in an innovative course co-led by Ph.D. candidate Alyson Kim.
A side view of Liza Grandia face to face with a man who is wearing glasses and a hat

Anthropological Ally

  • by Sarah Colwell
Liza Grandia, associate professor in the Department of Native American Studies and internationally acclaimed public scholar, was barely drinking age when she stopped the World Bank and an international oil company from building a pipeline through the rural regions of Guatemala.
Photo of a set from behind the scenes with two women looking directly at a monitor with other masked individuals in the background

Navigating Bodies That Don’t Fit

  • by Becky Oskin
Filmmaker Julie Wyman, associate professor of cinema and digital media, brings a deeply personal connection to UNTITLED DWARFISM PROJECT, a documentary feature film exploring the little people community’s perspectives on new pharmaceutical treatments for dwarfism.
Student sitting side by side with an older adult. The student points to something on the laptop screen that they are both looking at.

Closing the Digital Divide

  • by Sarah Colwell
A new community-engaged learning course is teaching UC Davis students about intergenerational learning and communication and helping combat age segregation and digital exclusion among older adults.
man in a suit and tie sit outside on a wooden bench

A Breath of Fresh Air

  • by Sarah Colwell
Richard Corsi's concept of a low-cost and effective do-it-yourself air cleaner to combat virus-laden aerosol particles and wildfire smoke has become known worldwide as the Corsi-Rosenthal Box. Corsi, dean of the College of Engineering, shares his thoughts on community-engaged research.
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