National Academies Content / National Academies Content for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â 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 °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â, 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 °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â, Davis, have been elected as members of the National Academy of Engineering. Professors Kate Scow and Daniel Sperling join 13 other current °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â 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 °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â 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>°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â 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>. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â 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 °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â, 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 °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â, 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