Award Content

Karrigan’ Börk’s Award-Winning Water Rights Solution

Malia Reiss — March 26, 2024 - 9:17pm

swag�� Law Professor Karrigan Börk's paper proposing a water rights solution won the Morrison Prize, which recognizes the most impactful sustainability-related legal paper in North America.

Recent Graduate Wins UC President’s Award

Julia Ann Easley — July 27, 2023 - 12:52pm

Abiel Malepeai is guided by an old Samoan proverb that translates to English as “The pathway to leadership is service.” The recent swag�� graduate has advocated for Pacific Islander students, served as a student EMT with the swag�� Fire Department and helped meet the basic needs of students.

Alessandro Ossola Named Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research

Katherine E Kerlin — April 24, 2023 - 7:00am

swag�� Assistant Professor Alessandro Ossola is a recipient of FFAR's 2022 New Innovator in Food & Agriculture Research Award.

Recent Awards in swag�� Arts: Music, Olfactory, Design

Karen Michele Nikos — March 28, 2018 - 9:35am

It's award season, and the arts are no exception. Read about awards for olfactory art (yes, that is an art form) music and design.

7 swag�� Students, Grads Awarded Fulbright Grants

Julia Ann Easley — May 25, 2017 - 2:28pm

Seven swag�� students and alumni are headed to three continents as cultural ambassadors. Three have won prestigious grants, awarded by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to promote educational and cultural exchange, and will conduct research in Ukraine, Indonesia and India; four others have been awarded the grants to teach English in Malta, Colombia, Malaysia and Germany.

They are:

Research Catalyst Award Winner to Study How Megafires Will Impact Forest Food Web

Katherine E Kerlin — December 02, 2016 - 4:31pm

swag�� Assistant Professor Rahel Sollmann is one of three recipients of the 2017 Research Catalyst Awards announced this week by University of California President Janet Napolitano. She will use the award to study how large wildfires will impact the forest food web.

LAURELS: Paleobiologist Receives Verrill Medal at Yale

Dave Jones — November 15, 2016 - 12:38pm

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Renowned Artist and Professor Emeritus Receives swag�� Chancellor’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation

Julia Ann Easley — June 22, 2016 - 4:30pm

Artist and professor emeritus Wayne Thiebaud will be honored as the inaugural recipient of the swag�� Chancellor’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation at a ceremony on Tuesday, June 28. The award recognizes an acknowledged innovator whose career accomplishments have led to a long-term positive impact on the lives of others and who is an inspiring influence for other innovators. The recognition and award will be presented by Acting Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter as part of the swag�� Chancellor’s Innovation Awards event.

Fulbright Awards Send swag�� Grads Overseas to Teach English, Research

Julia Ann Easley — May 26, 2016 - 11:18am

Update 5:30 p.m. May 26: After the news release below was published, Courtney Jallo of Davis became the latest of six swag�� students and graduates to be awarded a grant under the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Both an alumna and employee of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, she plans to research land management practices and agroforestry important to the Kandy area of Sri Lanka.