Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing Content

UC Davis Chancellor May Leads Delegation to Kenya to Advance California–Kenya Climate and Trade Partnership

Katherine E Kerlin — November 13, 2025 - 1:06pm

UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May led a delegation to Kenya this week to advance a landmark partnership between the State of California and the Government of Kenya focused on climate action, clean transportation, climate smart agriculture, public health and innovation. Chancellor May was joined by Samuel Assefa, director of the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, as well as several �ԹϺ�� representatives. The delegation was jointly organized by UC Davis Global Affairs, Institute of Transportation Studies and the Office of the Special Envoy on Climate of Kenya.

Health Professions Students From Disadvantaged Backgrounds Often Faced Childhood Adversity

Amy M Quinton — June 25, 2025 - 10:36am

UC Davis graduate health professions students from socially disadvantaged groups are more likely to have had encountered adversity in their childhood.

Veterinary Medicine Leads Rankings for Graduate, Professional Programs

Julia Ann Easley — April 07, 2025 - 6:46pm

The School of Veterinary Medicine brought home the campus’s top placement in U.S. News & World Report’s most recent rankings of professional and graduate programs, published Monday (April 7).

Nursing School in Nation’s Top 25 in Graduate School Rankings

Julia Ann Easley — April 09, 2024 - 9:56am

The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing tied for 24th place in the nation for master’s degree nursing programs in U.S. News & World Report’s most recent rankings of professional and graduate programs.

The news outlet released updated rankings Monday, April 8, for four disciplines and 11 specialties in its 2024 edition of the Best Graduate Schools.

Making Prosthetics More Lifelike

Jocelyn C Anderson — November 28, 2022 - 12:22pm

See how UC Davis scientists and surgeons are performing better amputations, using AI, and creating smart prosthetic devices to improve the lives of amputees.

Wellness Check

Jocelyn C Anderson — September 26, 2022 - 9:00am

Veterinary, nursing and medicine researchers at UC Davis aim to create resilience training solutions for health care workers dealing with stress and burnout.

Graduate, Professional Programs Rank Among ‘Best Graduate Schools’

Julia Ann Easley — March 28, 2022 - 11:42am

UC Davis graduate and professional degree programs are recognized among the best in the country, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 edition of Best Graduate Schools. The updated rankings were released today (March 28).

Grants for Proof-of-Concept and Public Engagement Projects

Dave Jones — August 03, 2021 - 11:29am

The Office of Research recently awarded a total of $435,000 in three proof-of concept grant programs for faculty, while the Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement gave a total of $67,500 in seed and bridge grants to faculty for publicly engaged research projects.

Office of Research

Science Translation and Innovative Research, or STAIR, grants (up to $50,000), listed with the grant recipients:

Nurse Fellowship Program Invites Applicants

Cody Kitaura — January 15, 2020 - 9:20am

Updated 1:30 p.m. Jan. 15: Applications are now being accepted for UC Davis’ Betty Irene Moore Fellowship Program for Nurse Leaders and Innovators. A new informational video is posted above.

THE DOWNLOAD: Preventing Ski Injuries; Nurse Mentors Former Patient

Cody Kitaura — January 07, 2020 - 12:00pm

With the recent snowfall, many are heading to the Sierra to start their ski or snowboard seasons. There are things you can and should do first, however, to help avoid injury on the slopes.

“The chances of getting hurt are higher at first, because these aren’t year-round sports and you probably haven’t worked the important muscle groups very hard in a while,” said surgeon Cassandra Lee, chief of orthopaedic sports medicine at UC Davis Health.