For a list of the upcoming religious and cultural observances, please visit our Multicultural Calendar, which serves as a valuable resource to foster understanding, accommodation, and respect for religious and cultural observances. It helps students, staff, and faculty plan events, activities, meetings, retreats, and courses throughout the year.
In support of our patients, faculty, employees, students, and community members we would like to share the following resources for awareness, care, and guidance around accommodations to consider when hosting gatherings and/or meetings where food is provided during upcoming observances. We will be elevating the observances of various faith groups throughout the 2025-26 academic year, as part of a broader effort to elevate understanding and recognition of religious, faith-based, and spiritual identity.
Internal medicine physician Debby Lee has received the 2025 Dr. Ifeanyi Onyeji Resident/Fellow Inclusive Excellence and Equity Award for her leadership in advancing health equity at UC Davis Health. Lee, the daughter of Hmong refugees, has centered her career on addressing health disparities and building trust with immigrant and underserved communities.
Volunteers organized through the Veterans Employees Association (VEA) Employee Resource Group actively contributed to the 9/11 National Day of Service on September 11 at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery. A dozen UC Davis Health employees — primarily from Real Estate, Facilities Planning and Development, and the Health Equity by Design for Inclusive Excellence team — joined in to clean headstones, assist with landscape maintenance, and provide food and water to attendees.
A new UC Davis study has found that California Jews are experiencing significantly higher levels of depression and anxiety following the October 2023 Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians. While the violence itself contributed to distress, researchers emphasize that concerns about antisemitism in the U.S.—ranging from harassment to synagogue vandalism—were a major factor driving psychological strain.
UC Davis students are uncovering hidden stories from Yolo County’s past, highlighting a little-known Black community in Woodland that thrived in the mid-1800s through the early 1900s. Through research led by Associate Professor Cecilia Tsu and a team of undergraduate and graduate students, the project documented the lives of formerly enslaved individuals and their descendants, preserving photographs, maps, court records, and personal histories.
In support of our patients, faculty, employees, students, and community members we would like to share the following resources for awareness, care, and guidance around accommodations to consider when hosting gatherings and/or meetings where food is provided during upcoming observances.
