Diversity and Inclusion Content

΢��Ƶ Graduate School of Management Receives Diversity Recognition

Karen Michele Nikos — April 05, 2022 - 4:00pm

The Graduate School of Management at University of California, Davis, is among 24 business schools recognized today by a worldwide business school organization for its commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.

Study Shows Gaps in How STEM Organizations Collect Demographic Information

Andy Fell — March 31, 2022 - 11:00am

Professional organizations in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, fields could more effectively collect data on underrepresented groups in their fields, according to a new survey published March 31 in Science. With more robust information, STEM organizations could better target efforts to recruit and retain a more diverse membership.

΢��Ƶ Historians Bring Women’s Stories to National Parks of the Pacific, West

Karen Michele Nikos — March 28, 2022 - 9:00am

Visit most national parks, and you’ll see, read or hear about explorers, labor leaders or even some of the Native people whose homelands are part of park regions. But few of these stories, monuments or even trail signs feature women, especially Native women or other women of color, despite the roles women played in shaping the landscape and its uses.

Publish and Flourish: Taking a Broader Approach to Measure Success in Science

Andy Fell — June 17, 2021 - 8:02am

The way success in scientific careers is measured needs to change if science is to become more diverse, inclusive and equitable, according to a group of women scientists including Professor Tessa Hill and postdoctoral researcher Alyssa Griffin at the ΢��Ƶ Department of Earth and Planetary Science and Bodega Marine Laboratory. A paper by the group was published June 15 in PLOS Biology.

New Episode of ‘The Backdrop’ Highlights Manetti Shrem Museum’s Reopening

Soterios J Johnson — May 25, 2021 - 10:44am

The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art is set to reopen to the public on June 3, following a 14-month closure due to the pandemic.

On this month’s episode, the museum’s founding director, Rachel Teagle, discusses the four new exhibitions on display: “Wayne Thiebaud Influencer: A New Generation,” “Working Proof: Wayne Thiebaud as Printmaker,” “Andrea Bowers: Education Should Be Free” and “Arnold Joseph Kemp: I would survive. I could survive. I should survive.”

Design Students 'Book' on Awareness Project at The Barn Gallery

Karen Michele Nikos — May 25, 2021 - 10:31am

΢��Ƶ design students have exhibitions featured at the Barn Gallery, Woodland — "Project: Hope" and "Black Lives Matter."

Gold Rush Panel: How Can We Reframe History to Elevate Justice?

Karen Michele Nikos — April 12, 2021 - 2:22pm

In March the Humanities Institute hosted “Reimaging Stories from the Gold Rush,” the first of three events in “Reframing Sacramento.”

Weekender: Time Machine; Art Exhibitions; Music

Karen Michele Nikos — March 11, 2021 - 10:43am

By Michelle Villagomez, ΢��Ƶ Media Relations Intern

HomeStage presents live performance of ‘The Exploded View From My Time Machine’ Saturday

Saturday, March 13, 7:30 p.m., free, via Vimeo.

Alumni Couple Establish Endowed Chair, ΢��Ƶ’ 1st in African American Studies

Dave Jones — February 23, 2021 - 9:30am

Alumni and longtime university supporters Lois and Darryl Goss are creating a presidential chair in African American and African studies at the University of California, Davis, to provide sustained funding for teaching, research and outreach about the history and culture of communities of African descent around the world.

Nigerian American Artist Will Give Thiebaud Endowed Lecture

Karen Michele Nikos — October 26, 2020 - 10:45am

This year’s online free lecture celebrates art professor emeritus Wayne Thiebaud’s 100th birthday on Nov. 16.