When the COVID-19 pandemic exposed deep gaps in access to reliable health information and care, researchers and community leaders across the country moved to build better connections.
Volunteers organized through the Veterans Employees Association (VEA) Employee Resource Group actively contributed to the 9/11 National Day of Service on September 11 at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery. A dozen UC Davis Health employees — primarily from Real Estate, Facilities Planning and Development, and the Health Equity by Design for Inclusive Excellence team — joined in to clean headstones, assist with landscape maintenance, and provide food and water to attendees.
The UC Davis Campus Community Book Project has selected Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora as its 2025–26 title, aligning with the theme of belonging. The bestselling memoir recounts Zamora’s harrowing 3,000-mile journey from El Salvador to the United States at just 9 years old, traveling alone to reunite with his parents.
The University Credit Union Center pulsed with energy on May 10 as about 1,400 students from over 450 schools filled the arena for the 2025 César Chávez Youth Leadership Conference at UC Davis. Students filled rows of folding chairs, many seated alongside parents or teachers, listening attentively to welcome remarks by Chancellor Gary S. May and a keynote address by Raquel E. Aldana, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis.
UC Davis Womxn in Technology— a new employee resource group (ERG) within the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion—recently broke a DEI funding record during the university’s most recent crowdfunding campaign.
The next book project title is Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society, by Arline T. Geronimus, a professor at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health. It is part of this year’s theme, health equity and justice, and will guide discussions, lectures and other events, culminating in a campus visit by the author on March 5.
During February 12–16, the UC Davis campuses in Davis and Sacramento celebrated Principles of Community Week — a time spent reflecting on the shared aspiration to advance respect, equity, learning and community. The Principles team was delighted to highlight Dr. Jann Murray-García of UC Davis Health during this year's celebration. Murray-García’s inspirational career embodies the principles and its core values.
