U21

Pediatric and fetal surgeon Diana Farmer of UC Davis Health has won a 2020 U21 Award for advancing global perspectives in her field. U21, formally known as Universitas 21, is a network of research universities, including UC Davis, that collaborates across borders and nurtures international knowledge exchange.

The 2020 U21 Awards have been won by remarkable leaders; Dr Diana Farmer from the University of California, Davis and Lydie Faure-Kilgannon from The University of Auckland. The U21 Awards recognise individual or team efforts in a U21 university, particularly the development of innovative or extraordinary projects within international Higher Education. The Awards celebrate the work of individuals who demonstrate a true global vision in higher education, who have furthered effective international opportunities for students and staff and improved collaboration within the university and with external partners. 

UC Davis MBA Student Daniel Student Takes on Global U21 Challenge developing interpersonal skills and connecting across cultural and national boundaries along the way.

UC Davis Graduate School of Management MBA student Daniel Students blogs about representing UC Davis in the 2018-19 Universitas 21/PwC Innovation Challenge.

Daniel Student from University of California, Davis, was named a runner-up in the Universitas 21 (U21) and PwC 2018-19 U21/PwC Innovation Challenge competition. 

Universitas 21 announces the University of California, Davis, as a new member of its leading global network of research-intensive universities. UC Davis becomes the twenty-seventh member of the network and the third member from the United States.

Representing an international network of universities, Universitas 21 announced that UC Davis has become a member institution and joins other universities committed to internationalization and multinational collaboration.