Student Content / Student Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Student Takes Father’s Lessons to Heart, Named Top Graduate /news/uc-davis-student-takes-fathers-lesson-to-heart-named-top-graduate <p>University of California, Davis, student Lucydalila Cedillo grew up in East Los Angeles in a home without books, collected recyclable cans with her mother to help support the household and didn’t know anyone who had gone to college. But on morning rides to middle school, she took to heart what her father told her about the importance of learning.</p> June 09, 2016 - 12:11pm Julia Ann Easley /news/uc-davis-student-takes-fathers-lesson-to-heart-named-top-graduate UC President Recognizes Two ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Students for Leadership /news/uc-president-recognizes-two-uc-davis-students-leadership <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-left"> <div class="media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/upload/users/mariah.jpg" width="387" height="355" alt="A woman speaks into a microphone" typeof="Image"> </div> <figcaption>Senior Mariah K. Watson speaks at the White House Summit on Educational Excellence for African Americans on campus April 6.</figcaption></figure> May 11, 2016 - 5:22pm Julia Ann Easley /news/uc-president-recognizes-two-uc-davis-students-leadership ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Grad Wins New Scholarship for Study in China /news/uc-davis-grad-wins-new-scholarship-study-china <p>If you've already earned a pilot's license, a black belt in kung fu, an undergraduate degree from ºÙºÙÊÓƵ and a great spot in the tech industry, what's next?</p> <p>James Rizzo, 22, has answered by winning a prestigious new scholarship for a year's graduate study in Beijing at one of China's leading universities.</p> <p>Rizzo, who grew up in Burbank, California, and now lives in San Francisco, is one of the 111 members of the inaugural class of <a href="http://tinyurl.com/zjuksxz">Schwarzman Scholars</a> selected from more than 3,000 applicants worldwide.</p> January 11, 2016 - 12:00am IET WebDev /news/uc-davis-grad-wins-new-scholarship-study-china