Latinos Content

Association Offers Ladders of Opportunity to Hispanic Students

Julia Ann Easley — March 05, 2024 - 1:00pm

A series of five deaths in her extended family had devastated Jasmine Diaz, and the neurobiology, physiology and behavior major was on academic probation through 2022. She had given up her dream to become a doctor or even to continue in science.

Today, the fifth-year student is thrilled to be working in the cancer lab of Professor Luis Carvajal-Carmona, is recommitted to a career in science, and has a passion to help underrepresented and first-generation students.

18 Faculty Predictions for 2017

Amy A Whitcomb — January 10, 2017 - 8:17am

A year ago, we asked some �ٺ��Ƶ experts for their predictions for 2016. Some of those turned out to be prescient (has anyone seen a hoverboard lately?) while others were less successful. So what do our faculty see ahead for 2017? We asked some of last year’s experts to look back, and invited more opinion on what we might see in 2017, in fields from climate change and cybersecurity to the Supreme Court.

�ٺ��Ƶ Partners to Increase Hispanic Faculty in the Humanities

Julia Ann Easley — April 11, 2016 - 10:14am

The University of California, Davis, is one of five research universities and three Hispanic Serving Institutions participating in a new program to increase the number of Latino professors in the humanities at U.S. colleges and universities.

�ٺ��Ƶ faculty make their predictions for 2016

IET WebDev — December 22, 2015 - 12:00am

We asked some of our �ٺ��Ƶ faculty and researchers what they would predict in the new year in their particular fields of research and expertise. Those predictions appear below by topic.

Immigration

Giovanni Peri, professor of economics; chair, Department of Economics