awards

by Matt Marcure

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Yi Xue has received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award for her innovative biomedical imaging research. 

(SACRAMENTO)

Three UC Davis researchers have been honored with prestigious awards from two major institutions.

In a rare honor, two of the 10 McKnight Scholar Awards will go to UC Davis neuroscientists this year. Theanne Griffith and Sergey Stavisky both received the prestigious early-career award.

• by Jessica Heath and Matt Marcure

   

Recognizing excellence in research and teaching, the College of Engineering celebrates its faculty members with outstanding faculty awards yearly. Departments nominate faculty members who are selected to receive the honors by the college's Faculty Awards Committee.   

By Nadine Yehya

(SACRAMENTO)

Hydrocephalus is a potentially fatal disease caused by the buildup of fluid in the brain. It results in abnormal brain pressure and injury to brain tissues. This disease is relatively common in premature babies and occurs in 1 in 1,000 live births.

Even with the best treatment options, the disease can lead to lifelong mental, cognitive and physical challenges and substantial costs.

• by Alex Russell

Ron Mangun, Distinguished Professor of psychology and neurology and co-director of the Center for Mind and Brain at UC Davis, has just been awarded the 2024 Award for Education in Neuroscience by the Society for Neuroscience. This prize recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to undergraduate- and graduate-level neuroscience education and training.

• by Alex Russell

This year, the Fulbright Program named two College of Letters and Science faculty as scholars who will advance their research with international colleagues. Fulbright US Scholar Awards, administered through the U.S. Department of State, are among the most prestigious international awards.

by Sarah Colwell

Learning more about women's brains, protecting the grid from cyberattacks, exploring the capacity of quantum computing — these are transformational research projects being pursued because of a new, five-campus, University of California consortium called The UC Noyce Initiative. 

by Matt Marcure

The National Science Foundation has honored four graduate students in the college of Engineering at the University of California, Davis, by admitting them into the Graduate Research Fellowship Program, or GRFP. 

by Sarah Colwell

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The UC Davis Center for Neuroengineering and Medicine (NE&M) hosted their inaugural Research Symposium in partnership with the UC Davis College of Engineering in June 2022, with more than 80 faculty, students and invited guests attending.