By Lisa Howard June 6, 2018 The very first flight Hilal Cansizoglu ever took was when she left Turkey in 2008 to pursue a master’s degree in electrical engineering in... Read More
Tag Archives : Women in STEM
Symposium at UC Davis to Focus on the Value and Values of Feminist Research
Aj Cheline
April 19, 2018
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By Lisa Howard UC Davis students, postdocs, faculty, staff and community members are invited to explore how feminism can inform research at the third annual Feminist Research Symposium, May 8... Read More
Can Gun Violence Restraining Orders Help Prevent Mass Shootings?
Aj Cheline
March 6, 2018
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By Lisa Howard March 7, 2018 Dr. Amy Barnhorst, a psychiatrist and the vice chair of Community Psychiatry in the UC Davis Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, became involved... Read More
Training a Bee to Fly Upwind: Stacey Combes’ Research Reveals the Complex Biomechanics that Help Insects Survive
Aj Cheline
March 5, 2018
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By Lisa Howard March 7, 2018 According to Stacey Combes, it’s not hard to train a bee to fly upwind in a wind tunnel. “They like certain colors and certain... Read More
How Susan Ustin Helped Launch a New Field of Study and Why She Continues to Study the Earth from Above
Aj Cheline
December 4, 2017
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In 1982, Susan Ustin began working with NASA satellite data to study how plants respond to environmental stress. Thirty-five years later, the pioneer in remote sensing, and a distinguished professor of... Read More
Muir Institute Selects Fellows to Further Its Environmental Mission
Aj Cheline
November 8, 2017
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By Lisa Howard November 8, 2017 The John Muir Institute of the Environment at University of California, Davis, is pleased to announce the selection of six UC Davis experts for... Read More
Scientists Rally to Help Unique Research Facility Destroyed by Hurricane Maria
Aj Cheline
October 25, 2017
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By Lisa Howard October 25, 2017 When Darcy Hannibal wanted to eat lunch while she was studying rhesus macaques on Cayo Santiago — also known as Monkey Island, a half... Read More
Feminist Research Institute Looks to Bridge Gap between Humanistic and Scientific Sides of UC Davis
Aj Cheline
May 25, 2017
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By Lisa Howard May 24, 2017 In her opening remarks at the Feminist Research Institute symposium, “Feminist Research Across the Disciplines,” Interim Director Laura Grindstaff noted that feminist scholarship has... Read More
Researcher Spotlight: How an Interdisciplinary Team of Researchers Became Interested in the Ethics of CRISPR/Cas-9
Aj Cheline
May 25, 2017
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By Lisa Howard May 18, 2017 CRISPR/Cas-9 is a powerful new gene modification technology that has the capability to change the genome of any living species, including humans. As part... Read More
Research Project Looks to Increase Women and Underrepresented Minorities in the Sciences
Aj Cheline
May 25, 2017
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By Lisa Howard May 11, 2017 Susan Eberler’s research focuses on wine and chemistry. Patsy Eubanks Owens’ research focuses on the relationships between people and the outdoor environment. Astrid Volder... Read More
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