What does community engagement mean across UC Davis and UC Davis Health, and how does it shape the university’s impact on its surrounding communities? These questions were at the heart of two summits that brought together faculty and staff to seek input and feedback about community engagement across the university.
Public Scholarship and Engagement is participating in the SPIRIT project, funded by a $1.249 million NSF grant, to better recognize and support public impact research by faculty, particularly for underrepresented scholars.
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.
Nearly 60 faculty and staff from UC Davis and UC Davis Health gathered on October 12 for the second Community Engagement Summit to develop shared goals and principles that will guide UC Davis in its continued commitment to community engagement.
When COVID-19 isolated incarcerated people, Assistant Professor Ben Weber and the California Coalition for Women Prisoners launched a writing group to facilitate communication among individuals both on inside and outside of prison walls.
The days of ivory towers must end, particularly within research universities. Town-gown collaborations are more crucial than ever if we are to solve society’s greatest challenges.
The final round of the UC Davis Grad Slam had a flurry of PowerPoint slides, a giant deck of cards and a stuffed monkey, but in the end the top prize went to someone talking about genetic “ghosts.”
Since 2003, California Humanities has awarded almost $7.5 million through the CDP grant program to nonfiction film, audio, and interactive media projects.
The DHI is accepting proposals from PhD students in the arts, humanities, and qualitative social sciences for grants to attend the National Humanities Center’s Graduate Student Podcasting Winter Institute, a five-day virtual program scheduled for January 9-13, 2023.
