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The Cal Aggie Alumni Association of the University of California, Davis, today (March 8) announced the recipients of its 2022 Alumni Awards. The awards honor the accomplishments of six dedicated alumni and friends, including a doctor dedicated to improving diversity in health care, a former CEO who has devoted his life’s work to sustainability in the tech industry and a legendary winemaker of the Napa Valley.
Alumna names Engineering Student Design Center
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UC Davis donor and chairperson/CEO of Nova Signal, Diane Bryant. She is giving $6.5 million to the UCD College of Engineering for its new student design center, which will be named for her making it one of the few UC Davis buildings named for a woman.
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Representation and diversity are two words that Diane Bryant champions.
With her gift to name the new Engineering Student Design Center at UC Davis, the alumna and information technology executive hopes to inspire women and other underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM; fund essential learning for aspiring engineers; and solidify her legacy as a leader in tech. She graduated in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering.