Ana Zepeda won a $7,300 grant to help women in Mérida, Mexico, plant a community garden that boosts child nutrition and school attendance while building resilience to disasters and advancing global sustainability goals.
Isha Poudel, a UC Davis master's student in international agricultural development, has received an American Association of University Women fellowship. Her research focuses on gender equity and disaster resiliency in food systems.
UC Davis master's student Isha Poudel has been named a 2023 Future Leaders Forum fellow. She aims to empower women farmers in Nepal and address climate change impacts on vulnerable populations through agricultural technology and gender equity.
UC Davis doctoral student Matt Davis has been awarded a three-year Rockey Fellowship to research orchard crop genomics, focusing on salt tolerance in pistachios and walnut tissue culture, with support from FFAR and the California Pistachio Research Board.
Three UC Davis graduate students in the Department of Plant Sciences are participating in the Launching Tomorrow’s Leaders program. Through coaching and hands-on learning, they will gain professional skills in leadership, communication, and collaboration.
