This year’s 13 Seed Grants for International Activities projects bring together more than 34 researchers across UC Davis and partner institutions worldwide, fostering collaborations to advance groundbreaking discovery.
This year’s six selected Grants for Advancing Sustainable Development Goals projects contribute to 13 of the 17 SDGs—locally and globally—bringing together more than 18 faculty, researchers and artists from across UC Davis and collaborating communities, government organizations and academic institutions worldwide.
Seven faculty and staff members from UC Davis are being recognized for their outstanding global engagement work with two key awards: the Chancellor’s Award for International Engagement and the Excellence in Teaching for Global Learning Award. These awards recognize the outstanding work of UC Davis faculty and staff in international education, research and service.
The University of California, Davis and EARTH University in Costa Rica were appointed as the new United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Hub Co-Chairs for SDG Goal 2: Zero Hunger.
Season’s Greetings from all of us at UC Davis Global Affairs! We hope you enjoy reading our 2023-24 Annual Report which shares how dedicated UC Davis staff, faculty and students in collaboration with our UC Davis campus and global partners, made important strides to advance our mission.
In 2022, Carson Jeffres (UC Davis) with Dislene Torrente-Vilara (Universidade Federal de São Paulo) were selected for a UC Davis Global Affairs Seed Grant for International Activities to conduct a collaborative project with the Universidade Federal de São Paulo Instituto do Mar.
UC Davis hosted an AIEA Thematic Forum on April 11-12, 2024, bringing together nearly 40 higher education representatives from the U.S. and other countries focused on integrating the UN Sustainable Development Goals through their university’s internationalization efforts.
The American Association of Mexican Philosophers (AAMP) is a professional organization committed to supporting the work and the careers of Mexican and Mexican American philosophers in the US academic scene. This year, Davis is hosting the 2024 meeting of the AAMP on June 1-2, 2024.
When Yayoi Takamura, professor and chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, Davis, traveled to Santiago, Chile, last fall, she was amazed at how similar it was to the Sacramento area.
The crucial initiative aims to enhance the diagnostic capabilities of medical professionals in The Gambia and improve access to care. The training program focuses on diagnosing heart and lung conditions.
