MUSIC Folk Music Jam Session Friday, May 10, noon, free Wyatt Deck, UC Davis Arboretum Bring your acoustic instruments, fiddles, guitars, banjos, mandolins, squeeze boxes, etc. to play during the lunch hour. All skill levels are welcomed, and listeners are invited. This event happens almost every Friday. Left Coast Chamber Ensemble Saturday, May 11, 2 […]

UC Davis continuously pushes toward sustainability in many aspects both on campus and off, including energy conservation, waste reduction, efficient transportation and others. UC Davis’ policies have made us the No. 1 “Cool School,” according to Sierra Magazine. UC Davis prides itself on being an environmentally friendly campus and constructs and utilizes these policies to […]

West Village, a housing complex located on the UC Davis campus, is the largest zero net energy planned community in the nation. The community currently offers The Ramble Apartments for UC Davis students, Viridian Apartments for UC Davis undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff, and will be opening 475 single family homes in the […]

Track and field, which is considered by most as an individual sport, still has a championship that is in some ways defined by a team effort. While most distance runners, sprinters, throwers and jumpers participate in individual events, except for the relays, the success of the such individual events is also a success for the […]

In 1969, a small group of art students on our campus organized an event called “The Art Happening,” channeling the spirit of the times into a celebration of love and creativity known today as the Whole Earth Festival. In the same year, on the other side of the country, a weekend-long celebration of peace and […]

Upon the very first glimpse of the UC Davis campus on the central valley skyline, it’s likely that freeway passerby and prospective and current students alike will have seen the modern-esque facilities located on the Interstate 80 face of campus — The Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts and the North and South Mondavi Institute […]

The City of Davis is known for its sustainability and commitment to energy efficiency, as Davis was the first city to adopt the goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. A Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, also referred to as the Climate Action Plan, was created in 2010 to achieve this goal. As a result, a […]

Teams: UC Davis vs. Cal Poly Records: Aggies, 22-27 (8-13); Mustangs, 19-31-1 (8-13) Where: La Rue Field — Davis, CA When: Friday at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.; Saturday at 12 p.m. Who to Watch: As the school year comes to a close, so does UC Davis’ high-action spring sports, including softball. Rolling into their […]

Whole Earth Festival is coming up, and this is a good time to think about environmental issues. We frequently encounter people praising “sustainability,” “eco-friendliness,” and being “green.” But what do these terms really mean? Often these terms are associated with taking care of the environment or “minimizing our impact” on the environment. The environment is […]

On May 16, from 4:30 to 9 p.m., citizens of the City of Davis can head to Community Park at F Street for an afternoon of family friendly fun and to support local businesses at Celebrate Davis. The 10th annual Celebrate Davis event is put on by the Davis Chamber of Commerce to highlight local […]

A new Discovery Channel show can be summed up as “The Apprentice,” but with engineers. The show, called “The Big Brain Theory,” places engineers in a series of challenges, which include disarming bombs on speeding trucks, creating a machine that can feed tourists and creating a robot that can compete in multiple athletic events. One […]

In an age of constant motion, utter uncertainty and continual change, the idea of raising a pet that will love you for decades to come is easily frightening to most college students. What better way to circumvent this fear than by adopting a cat, who will probably hate you no matter what you do? UC […]