The UC Davis Offices of Public Scholarship and Engagement and Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion have awarded $15,000 in Community Partner Recognition Grants to honor the time, expertise and leadership that community partners contribute to UC Davis and UC Davis Health.
In Fairfield, on the northeast edge of California’s Bay Area, there is a spot where the land drops below a gravel parking lot and into a ravine. Ledgewood Creek flows through an underpass, just out of sight from passing traffic and across from a Home Depot. On a hot day in early September 2024, researchers from UC Davis are in the creek, setting up transects to measure its size and shape.
Ph.D. student Jadda Miller has received two recognitions for her work at the intersection of environmental education and community-based approaches to scientific research. She has been named a 2024-2025 Earth Scholar by the UC Davis Institute of the Environment and, with her advisor Prof.
Associate Professor Clare Cannon, Department of Human Ecology, has been appointed as faculty advisor to Michael Rios, vice provost for public scholarship in the Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement. The one-year appointment recognizes Cannon’s leadership and expertise in fostering community engagement and interdisciplinary collaboration.
The Ted Bradshaw Student Engaged Scholars Award honors one of the CRC's original visionaries. As Bradshaw Scholars, select UCD undergraduate and graduate students spend 6-10 hours per week during Winter and Spring quarters, working on applied and policy-oriented research projects with community partners and UCD faculty.
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.
When Yolo Food Bank employee Andrea Aponte welcomed UC Davis student Phoebe Wong to the Yolo Food Bank as a College Corps fellow, it was a full circle moment.
Fifteen representatives from UC Davis College Corps' community partner organizations recently attended the Campus Compact national conference in Denver.
