UC announces admission decisions for waitlisted students
Davis and Santa Barbara only campuses to offer enrollment spots
After its first ever dry run in the University of California's history, the waitlist system has yielded results - 17 percent of waitlisted students were offered admission.
Students wrap up school year with community event
Organizers to bring together cultures on quad
The creators of the Campus Community Solidarity Day know what brings communities together: free t-shirts and the chance to meet a friend before the school year ends.
Engineers tackle elaborate art of bike riding
Robot bicycle will mirror human control of device
For most Davis residents, riding a bike seems as easy as walking or sleeping. Turns out, it's an action so complex that the National Science Foundation will grant a UC Davis team two years and $300,000 to study it.
Nearly one thousand vote 'no confidence'
Students cast vote for special election critical of UC
In a special election culminating Friday afternoon, a large majority of students placed their criticism on UC President Mark Yudof and the UC Regents.
Ethnic and gender studies to undergo administrative consolidation
Some upset over merging of separate communities
After 13 years as the women and gender studies program coordinator, Shuanna Ludwig will need to find a new job. Jessie Owens, dean of the division of humanities, arts and culture studies (HArCS) in the College of Letters and Science, cut Ludwig's position as a part of the reorganization of the HArCS programs, which are housed in Hart Hall.
Senate Briefs
ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the May 27 meeting location, the Memorial Union's Mee Room. Meeting called to order at 6:10 p.m.
Easier job-hunts for some graduating majors, study says
Students should not only rely on degrees
A major is everything. It gives both peers and employers an idea of your knowledge and skills. And it may also determine your chance at landing a job. According to a recent survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), graduates majoring in accounting, business administration, computer science, engineering and mathematics are the most likely to receive and accept job offers.
College enrollment gender gap disappears, with one exception
Study finds divide still prevalent in Hispanic community
Though it has been commonly held that more women were attending and graduating from college than men, a new study by the American Council on Education (ACE) found that an apparent gender balance has developed. "Gender Equity in Higher Education: 2010," the third follow-up study of its previous 2000 and 2006 counterparts, discovered that the trend in women pursuing a postsecondary education more often than men has all but vanished. Evidence now indicates a shrinking of the gap, with statistics for males increasing steadily for all demographic groups except Hispanics.
Safeboats return for a third year
EMT and safety services to be provided at Shasta this weekend
This Memorial Day weekend over a thousand students will be abandoned at Lake Shasta with nothing but alcohol, hamburgers and healthy sexual appetites. Accompanying the students is a program called Safeboats, which will be along for the three-day excursion providing much needed medical attention, granola bars and condoms for the third year in a row.
Entertainment Council strives for bigger acts
New director chosen, rest of staff to come
Under ASUCD Entertainment Council's new leadership, more mainstream entertainers may step onto the UC Davis campus next year. Outgoing EC Director Thongxy Phansopha selected his successor: Perry Sanesanong, a junior textiles and clothing major and promotions intern for the past year. Sanesanong is conducting interviews this week to select the rest of the EC staff.
