UC Davis alumni Julian Garcia and Kush Narang chose different paths to public service — one through law, the other through medicine. This year, those paths led to a shared distinction: selection to the 2026 Knight-Hennessy Scholarscohort and recognition as UC Davis's first scholars in the program's nine-year history.
UC Davis now ranks sixth nationally among large institutions — schools with more than 15,000 students — after just 10 years of participation in the 25-year history of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program.
