National Academies Content / National Academies Content for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis en Maize Researcher Wins Prestigious National Academy of Sciences Prize /food/news/maize-researcher-wins-prestigious-national-academy-science-prize <p><span><span><span><span>Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, a professor in the Department of Evolution and Ecology at the University of California, Davis, has been awarded the prestigious <a href="https://foundationfar.org/what-we-do/scientific-workforce/nas-prize-in-food-and-agriculture-science/">National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences</a> for 2024.</span></span></span></span></p> January 23, 2024 - 10:00am Andy Fell /food/news/maize-researcher-wins-prestigious-national-academy-science-prize Two Elected to National Academy of Engineering /news/two-elected-national-academy-engineering-0 <p><span><span><span>Two professors from the University of California, Davis, have been elected as members of the National Academy of Engineering. Professors Kate Scow and Daniel Sperling join 13 other current °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis faculty members who are in the academy. (</span><a href="https://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/national-academy-engineering"><span>See list here</span></a><span>.) </span></span></span></p> February 10, 2022 - 1:45pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/two-elected-national-academy-engineering-0 °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis Joins National Academies Partner Network to Prevent Sexual Harassment in Higher Education /news/uc-davis-joins-national-academies-partner-network-prevent-sexual-harassment-higher-education <p>°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis will join a new partner network to the <a href="https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/action-collaborative-on-preventing-sexual-harassment-in-higher-education">National Academies’ Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education</a>. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis is among thirteen higher education-focused organizations in the inaugural group of network partners, which will share their work to prevent and address sexual harassment in higher education.</p> March 02, 2021 - 10:30am Andy Fell /news/uc-davis-joins-national-academies-partner-network-prevent-sexual-harassment-higher-education Cell Biologist Jodi Nunnari Elected to National Academy of Sciences /news/cell-biologist-jodi-nunnari-elected-national-academy-sciences <p>Professor Jodi Nunnari, chair of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology in the College of Biological Sciences at the University of California, Davis, has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences. She studies mitochondria, tiny structures that provide energy to living cells and which are implicated in a wide range of diseases, including heart disease, stroke and inherited conditions.</p> May 03, 2017 - 4:09pm Andy Fell /news/cell-biologist-jodi-nunnari-elected-national-academy-sciences 2 Elected to National Academy of Engineering /news/two-elected-national-academy-engineering <p>Two engineering professors at the University of California, Davis, Deb Niemeier and Ross Boulanger, have been elected as members of the National Academy of Engineering, among the highest honors in the profession. Both are faculty members&nbsp;in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering.</p> February 08, 2017 - 2:58pm Andy Fell /news/two-elected-national-academy-engineering