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Isabel Montañez Wins UC Davis Teaching Prize


Isabel Montañez, the winner of the 2021 UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement, is an expert in ancient climate change. She’s pictured in front of equisetum plants on campus, which she calls “living fossils” because their ancestors evolved more than 300 million years ago. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis)
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.
Those difficult experiences inform her interactions with undergraduates at UC Davis. For Montañez, that means respecting every student as an individual and taking time to recognize and support their goals. “She made me feel like a priority even while she was teaching classes, reviewing scientific papers and traveling around the world for research projects,” said forme ....

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The GMA Inspiration List: Who's making Black history in 2021?


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Influential Black Americans nominated these these trailblazers.
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Black History Month has become a time-honored tradition since it was first conceptualized as Negro History Week in 1925 by Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), and first celebrated in 1926. In 1976, honoring the heritage of Black Americans became a month-long celebration, officially recognized in the United States by President Gerald R. Ford.
Now more than ever, February is a time to remember the people who have enriched the community with knowledge, pride and respect. We recognize the contributions, struggles and history of African Americans, and reflect on the idea that Black History is at the heart of American history.Welcome to the first ....

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