ADVANCE Faculty Recognized with Awards and in the News
UC Davis ADVANCE members have recently been recognized with awards and in the news for their incredible talents and research.
Raissa D’Souza Earns Cover Story in Nature Physics
Research conducted by Raissa M. D’Souza, a professor with dual appointments in the UC Davis Departments of Computer Science, and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has been honored with a cover story in the July 2015 issue of Nature Physics. The report, “Anomalous Critical and Supercritical Phenomena in Explosive Percolation,” is co-authored by Jan Nagler, of the Department of Computational Physics for Engineering Materials, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
STEAD Committee Members Win Soaring to New Heights Faculty Citation Award
We are happy to announce that each member of the STEAD committee was awarded a “Soaring to New Heights Faculty Citation Award“ of the Diversity and Principles of Community Awards for 2015, for their significant contributions to affirmative action/equal employment opportunity or heightened awareness and sensitivity to diversity. Please join us in congratulating them!
Judy Callis and Gail Patricelli Win 2015-2016 ADVANCE Scholar Award
Please join us in congratulating Judy
Callis, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and
Gail
Patricelli, Professor of Evolution and Ecology, on earning
the 2015-2016 ADVANCE Scholar Award! The ADVANCE Scholar Award and lecture
series highlights and celebrates the contributions women
STEM faculty at UC Davis have made to their fields through
outstanding scholarship and mentorship.
The ADVANCE Scholars will be presenting as part of the ADVANCE
Scholar Award Symposium on January 13,
2016, 2-5pm in the Student Community Center-Multi Purpose
Room. For more information about the event and to
register, please visit: http://ucd-advance.ucdavis.edu/event/2015-advance-scholar-award-symposium
For additional information, please visit the ADVANCE Mentorship and Networking
Initiative webpage.
Alexis Patterson and Natalia Caporale Awarded as CAMPOS Faculty Scholars!
The Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS) is happy to award two additional CAMPOS Faculty Scholars: Alexis Patterson, Assistant Professor of Elementary Science Education, and Natalia Caporale, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior!
CAMPOS Faculty Scholars are exceptional scientists in a STEM discipline. They are selected for their transformative thinking, unique perspectives, interdisciplinary approaches, and leadership potential to impact their STEM discipline in profound and enduring ways. Their discoveries, innovations, and technological breakthroughs will contribute to the public good, locally, nationally, and globally. A CAMPOS Faculty Scholar is a role model for future scientists and scholars who share their vision of diversity and inclusion, as key components of the Academy in the 21st Century.