Global Research

Faculty and Staff Honored for Global Engagement at 10th Annual UC Davis International Connections Reception

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. 

Sό Semente – Only a Seed

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.

Preserving Human Rights Archives in Peru: UC Davis Leads New Digitization Project to Safeguard an Endangered History

It was a single note that reached Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza after her son Arquímedes was taken from her home by soldiers in Peru’s military. In faint cursive on a scrap of deeply creased brown paper, he wrote that he was being held at an army barracks and asked her to find a lawyer and money and any way possible to get him to a trial.