University of California, Davis

The University of California, Davis, popularly known as UC Davis, is one of the ten University of California campuses. It is located in Davis, California, about fifteen miles (24 km) west of Sacramento in California's Central Valley. As of Fall 2004, it had a total student enrollment of 30,065 with over 147,000 degreed alumni.

Notable faculty

• Matthew Augustine, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Packard Foundation Fellowship
• Charles R. Goldman, Professor of Limnology, Albert Einstein World Award of Science
• Leah Krubitzer, Assistant Professor of Psychology, MacArthur Fellowship
• Gary Snyder, Professor Emeritus of English, Bolligen Prize, Pulitzer Prize
• Alan Taylor, Professor of History, Pulitzer Prize
• Wayne Thiebaud, Professor Emeritus of Art, National Medal of Arts
• Geerat Vermeij, Professor of Geology, MacArthur Fellowship
• Henry McHenry, Professor of Anthroplogy, UC Davis Prize, California Academy of Sciences, Fellow
• Charles W. Woodworth, Professor Emeritus of Entomology (1891-1930), founder UCB Entomology Division, credited with founding the Dept. of Entomology at the Agricultural Experiment Station*
• Philip Power, Professor of Chemistry, Royal Society
• Philip Rogaway, Professor of Computer Science (RSA Award 2003)