Sustainability at UC Davis is a way we live out our promise to build a healthier future through our global research initiatives, enriching students’ experiences and empowering lives near and far.
At UC Davis, the UN Sustainable Development Goals come to life through student leadership and community partnerships. Discover how a Chair Share event at Lake Spafford connected nature, mental health, and equity while highlighting how Global Affairs empowers students to turn local action into global impact.
In his newly released documentary film, Umbria Jazz Feast, UC Davis Professor of Music, Pierpaolo Polzonetti, investigates the perceptions and identities of jazz as it intersects with the cuisine, art, and culture of locals and visitors in Perugia, a medieval town in central Italy. A musicologist specializing in music and food, Polzonetti focused on how the festival enabled a synesthetic experience; that is, one in which different senses are simultaneously engaged.
Discover UC Davis’s 2026 Global Learning Programs—mostly free or funded opportunities that empower students to build global leadership skills through immersive, virtual and research-based experiences worldwide.
Priya Talreja, a UC Davis alumna (class of 2023, Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning), has become the first UC Davis graduate ever to receive the highly competitive Fulbright–National Geographic Award.
Whether they lead English language clubs at Colombian universities or research electric vehicle, or EV, policy in the Azores, seven UC Davis graduates take to the global stage to represent the United States as 2025-26 Fulbright U.S. Student Program recipients.
Seven UC students were recognized with UCEAP Awards for Outstanding Global Internships, highlighting the transformative impact of their international work experiences on their academic and career goals.
