UC Spotlight: August 2024

The UC Davis Fire Department and School of Veterinary Medicine’s California Veterinary Emergency Team (CVET) have been chronicling their progress and impactful contributions toward fighting the massive Park Fire, which has spread throughout 429,263 acres in Butte, Tehama, Shasta and Plumas counties.

Matthew Barnes is bringing the listening-first leadership skills he honed while serving the Pomo Nation Tribe to his new role as UC Cooperative Extension director for Lake and Mendocino counties.

The Emergency Nurses Association has honored the Department of Emergency Medicine at UC Davis Health with a 2024 Lantern Award.

UC Law SF’s Center for WorkLife Law was invited to a White House celebration marking six decades since the passage of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Outreach Director of Operations Emebet Aklilu, MPH, and Professor Coretta Jenerette, Ph.D., both of the UCSF School of Nursing, delivered a joint presentation on the importance of DEI in nursing curriculum at the StAND UP South Carolina Academy Conference.

Judy Thai, director of Application Engineering at the UC Office of the President, shared her journey at UC, from her arrival as a first-gen student to discovering a career passion within technology and digital accessibility. Don’t miss her tips on how we can all be more accessibility-minded!

The Firefighters Burn Institute Regional Burn Center at UC Davis marked its 50^th anniversary by celebrating the sponsors, leadership and staff who brought a collaborative community vision to life.

Liane Bauer, administrative assistant for UC Santa Cruz’s Fisheries Collaborative Program, is being honored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for “exceptional execution of outreach and education tasks, propelling NOAA Fisheries’ mission through community engagement and efficient project management.”

Lactation consultants at UCLA are helping new moms with babies in the NICU by giving them free hospital-grade breast pumps.

UC Irvine’s Transportation and Distribution Services team added five 40-foot ZX5 battery electric buses to its all-electric Anteater Express fleet. UC Irvine was the first university in the U.S. to go all-electric in 2018!

UCLA Clinical Nurse Mithun Mahinda experienced the power of patient-centered care while hospitalized as a teen. It inspired his career in clinical nursing, during which his leadership and innovative programs have been internationally recognized.

Faculty and staff at the UC Santa Cruz American Indian Resource Center and University of California Observatories partnered to host Native Star Stories Night at Lick Observatory. The event highlights how traditional ways of engaging with the cosmos are as relevant and valuable to indigenous communities today as they were thousands of years ago.

Kimmi Gutierrez, R.N., a longtime labor and delivery nurse at UC Davis Health, shares how an “average” workday in the maternity ward doesn’t exist!

UC academic health centers were collectively honored with 30 awards in the 2024 Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Awards, which recognize health systems, hospitals and health care facilities for their commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainability achievements.

UC Irvine opened the Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health — the fourth school of public health in the 10-campus UC system. Grounded in community engagement, the school will help strengthen public health infrastructure in Southern California and beyond.  

UC Santa Cruz hosted hosted graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty and staff from Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities member institutions for a conference focused on supporting the success of Hispanic women in academic and professional physical science and engineering careers. 

UC Irvine Health held a festive community open house to celebrate the opening of the Joe C. Wen & Family Center for Advanced Care and the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care building at the new UCI Health – Irvine medical complex.

Several UC Davis Medical Center and UC Irvine Medical Center facilities were recognized for excellence in several categories of care by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s 2024 Get with the Guidelines Program.