Global Affairs Updates: Fall 2020
Global Affairs Updates
Fall 2020
Awards, Grants, and Recognition
UC Davis Earns APLU’s Platinum Award for Global Learning, Research and Engagement
The University of California, Davis, has been named as the only university to earn the 2020 Platinum Institutional Award for Global Learning, Research and Engagement from the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, or APLU. Watch a video of UC Davis accomplishments, featuring Chancellor S. May accepting the award.
UC Davis Wins National Recognition for Diversity, Internationalization
The University of California, Davis, and two other campuses have been distinguished above all others in the nation for their diversity and internationalization, in rankings released on May 20, 2020.
Celebrating UC Davis’ Remarkable Women
A congresswoman, an astronaut, academic groundbreakers, the university’s first female chancellor and more: UC Davis is highlighting 55 of its most significant women in history, including Ann Veneman ’70, the first and only woman to serve as U.S. secretary of agriculture (and Global Education for All Advisory Council Member), as part of a celebration marking the 150th anniversary of the admission of women to the University of California.
Global Learning, Research, Service and Partnerships in a Time of COVID-19
UC Davis Students Share How They’ve Embraced Global Learning During Summer 2020
Committed to educating the next generation of problem solvers and change makers, UC Davis is working towards Global Education for All—a goal aiming to provide 100% of our undergraduate, graduate, and professional students with global learning opportunities that change their lives and our world.
Announcing the Inaugural UC Davis Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals
UC Davis Global Affairs, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Office of Sustainability are partnering to put on UC Davis Forums on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Global Aggies: Alumnae Put Global Education Into Action During COVID-19
From mitigating food insecurity to coordinating COVID-19 treatment trials, UC Davis alumae Michelle Lee and Emily Fehrman are putting their degrees—and global learning experiences working alongside communities—to work during the pandemic.
Global Aggies
Stories of global curiosity, understanding, and engagement
Addressing Food Insecurity, One Community at a Time
Biochemistry & molecular biology major Jonathan Ho recently secured over $50,000 in funding for the Knights Landing Community Garden project. Learn more about his UC Davis #GlobalAggies story, which starts with him addressing food insecurity among fellow Singapore soldiers.
Gen Z Explores Global Opportunities Locally
Maria Arteaga, a managerial economics major and technology management minor, sought out global opportunities right away on campus through a diversity of experiences.
About Global Affairs at UC Davis
Global Affairs brings the world to UC Davis, welcoming more than 10,000 international students, scholars and leaders, and hosting programs that inspire global curiosity, understanding and engagement. Compelled by the valuable outcomes of thinking globally, we make transformative opportunities a reality by supporting the thousands of students and faculty learning and researching globally—and by facilitating collaborations that tackle the world’s most pressing challenges through more than 150 global partnerships.
Putting our vision of a UC Davis community that engages, thrives, and leads in this interconnected world into action, Global Affairs is in pursuit of an ambitious goal: Global Education for All.