�鶹��ý Teaching Prize Content

Renowned Wireless Communications Expert Wins �鶹��ý Teaching Prize

Cody Kitaura — December 16, 2025 - 10:50am

On Monday, Dec. 1, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Zhi Ding entered Wellman Hall like any other day, navigating to a near-capacity classroom on the bottom floor to begin his “Signal Analysis and Communications” lecture at the University of California, Davis. As he started teaching, however, he and his students were interrupted by a group of special guests led by Chancellor Gary S. May.

Professor Francene Steinberg Wins �鶹��ý Prize for Teaching, Research

Amy M Quinton — April 12, 2022 - 1:15pm

Professor Francene Steinberg, chair of the Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis, has been named the winner of this year’s �鶹��ý Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement.

Isabel Montañez Wins �鶹��ý Teaching Prize

Cody Kitaura — May 04, 2021 - 11:50am

Although she grew up speaking Spanish and French, like many children who immigrated to the United States, Distinguished Professor Isabel Montañez struggled with English in high school and college. One university professor told her she would never graduate, Montañez recalled.

Plant Biochemist Is �鶹��ý’ Top Teacher

Andy Fell — April 03, 2018 - 2:50pm

For Judy Callis, teaching is about helping students make connections, between the biochemistry they learn in her lectures, what they have learned in other classes and their own life experiences.

“I get excited about teaching because I like to excite people about the subject matter — I love it when principles and concepts click with students and all of a sudden they understand something they’ve struggled with,” she said.

From Children to College Students, Dolan Delivers the Love of Literature

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — March 01, 2016 - 2:48pm

Frances Dolan, Distinguished Professor of English, was presented with the University of California, Davis, Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement during her "Law and Literature" class today (March 1).

She was honored by her colleagues, students and administrators with plaudits, speeches and a specially decorated cake — a cake-and-frosting stack of books with titles used in her class.