Doreen Joseph, Ph.D. candidate in computer science at UC Davis, is steadfast advocate for building community at UC Davis. We had the chance to sit down with Joseph to learn more about the community she helps create here at UC Davis.

From groundbreaking studies on bias and educational opportunity, to pioneering work on justice and workplace climate, the university's faculty and staff have produced a body of research that is shaping conversations and driving change both at the university and beyond.

University of California, Davis was one of only 10 universities in the U.S. to recently be recognized with an Institutional Excellence in DEIA in Biomedical and Behavioral Research Prize Competition from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences (CAIG) program has awarded a $1 million grant to Maike Sonnewald for her study to develop an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system to analyze satellite and ocean data, measuring how ocean currents affect heat storage.

Seven faculty members from two important programs, CAMPOS and CAMPSSAH, were among the 12 UC Davis scholars to be named in this year’s class of Hellman Fellows.

This new AFD grant, “Dialogues Across Difference: Solutions to Disruptive Speech in the Learning Environment,” will examine a pressing concern and promises to provide some much-needed support for faculty and other instructional staff that face disruptive speech–politically provocative, harassing, or hate speech, including the display of symbols or objects–that adversely affect teaching and learning.