Education

Two Big Ideas champions and a Big Ideas faculty member have received national recognition for their groundbreaking work in their respective fields.

Finding ways to give students global experience through trips to other U.S. communities, local internships with multinational companies or diverse living arrangements on campus will play a major role in the Global Education for All initiative, said Joanna Regulska, vice provost and associate chancellor of Global Affairs.

United Nations Academic Impact and Millennium Campus Network launched a selective undergraduate leadership development program that engages students in creating more awareness of and action upon the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Jawad Kaysaneya was in his first year of college, studying to be a civil engineer like his father, when he fled eastern Ghouta shortly after the war started.

In June of 2018, 25 young professionals and leaders from 17 Sub-Saharan African countries arrived at UC Davis for a six-week fellowship program.

The $60 million hospital will create 200 new jobs, offer convenient care for local patients and families, and be located at Aggie Square, the university’s newly announced technology and innovation hub just south of the Medical Center.

UC Davis has joined an international network of research-intensive universities committed to internationalization and multinational collaboration.

"Zachary “Zak” Frieders, director of UC Davis Study Abroad, recently received the Lily von Klemperer Award for leadership in his field.

On June 14, the UC Davis community came together to celebrate the graduation of more than 1,100 international graduate and undergraduate students from 56 countries.

Article 26 Backpack, which uses face-to-face counseling and cloud-based technology to help refugees document and share their educational accomplishments, will launch in Lebanon beginning Friday, June 15.