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Yearly Archives - 2016

2016 Archives

James Rizzo is the recipient of the Schwarzman Scholarship. (GREGORY URQUIAGA / UC DAVIS)

UC Davis graduate wins international scholarship

FeaturesJanuary 26, 2016
Alumni James Rizzo wins scholarship to spend year studying in China. Out of over 3,000 applicants worldwide, recent UC Davis graduate James Rizzo won the Schwarzman Scholarship, becoming one of the 111 members of the inaugural class of Schwarzman Scholars to study abroad in China next year. Started by The Blackstone Group co-founder Stephen A. […]
3 Mile Brewery opening on 231 G. St. in Davis, CA opens late February. (MONICA CHAN / AGGIE)

Three Mile Brewing Company set to open in Davis next month

City NewsJanuary 26, 2016
Located on G Street, brewery will be first in Downtown Davis. Davis beer enthusiasts will have a new reason to celebrate when Three Mile Brewing Company opens in Downtown Davis next month. With Sudwerk Brewery currently being the only brewery in Davis, Three Mile Brewing Company will be the second, and the first to open […]
JOE PROUDMAN / UC DAVIS

UC Davis makes appearance on ‘Jeopardy!,’, ‘Let’s Make A Deal’

Campus NewsJanuary 26, 2016
‘Jeopardy!’ features UC Davis in series of questions, UC Davis student wins car, year’s worth of spa treatments Over the past couple of months, UC Davis was featured on the hit television show “Jeopardy!,” where the university was presented as a clue in the game show’s answer category. According to Andy Fell, associate director of […]
The Orchard Park Apartments, one of the family housing units on campus, has been ready for renovation for the past two years, but no renovations have begun yet. (ANH-TRAM BUI / AGGIE)

Orchard Park still planning redevelopment after closure in 2014

Campus NewsJanuary 24, 2016
All affordable family housing at UC Davis to be closed down in July 2016 The Solano Park and Orchard Park Apartments are both in the process of beginning renovations due to the wear and tear of the apartments after nearly 50 years of use. Orchard Park, which is located in the northwest corner of UC […]
Some dorms in Tercero (pictured) and Segundo will change from doubles to triples to accommodate for an increase in students. (LUCY KNOWLES / AGGIE)

UC Davis preps for massive enrollment influx

Campus NewsJanuary 24, 2016
New lecture halls, more triple dorms, expanded Tercero Dining Commons will also accommodate for student increase In the 2016-2017 academic year, UC Davis is expected to enroll 9,500 new undergraduate students – about 1,100 more new students than were enrolled this past fall. This increase in new students is due to UC Davis’ 2020 Initiative, […]
TIFFANY CHOI / AGGIE

This week in sports

SportsJanuary 24, 2016
UC Davis athletics from Jan. 19 to Jan. 24 Men’s Basketball UC Davis vs UC Riverside (W, 58-55) UC Davis at Hawai’i (L, 78-62) Coming off the previous week’s thrilling last second win over California State University, Northridge, the Ags secured another victory in the final moments of the game Thursday evening against UC Riverside. […]
CAMPUS COMMUNITY BOOK PROJECT / COURTESY

Campus book project author, Matt Taibbi, to speak at the Mondavi

Arts & CultureJanuary 24, 2016
Matt Taibbi discusses his best-selling book, The Divide: American Injustice In the Age of the Wealth Gap The issue of income and racial inequality is an increasingly relevant issue in society today. This year’s UC Davis campus book, The Divide, was published in 2014 and deals with U.S. injustices with regard to income and treatment […]
ARIEL ROBBINS / AGGIE

Most essential classes for graduation

FeaturesJanuary 24, 2016
Students propose classes that should be required before graduation. If you invented a class that would go on the mandatory list needed to graduate from college, what would the class be? Theresa Pasion, third-year neurobiology, physiology and behavior major “What is humanity class, what humanity means to people. There’s a blurred line between good and […]
ASHLEY LUGO / AGGIE

UC Davis Medical Center receives the 2016 Women’s Choice Award

Campus NewsJanuary 22, 2016
UC Davis Medical Center honored for treatment of female patients Earlier this year, the UC Davis Medical Center won the 2016 Women’s Choice Award as one of America’s best hospitals for bariatric surgery, cancer and heart care. The award is based upon the perspective of female patients in the areas of satisfaction, clinical excellence and […]
ANGELICA DAYANDANTE / AGGIE

Internship season

FeaturesJanuary 22, 2016
Internship and Career Center discuss paid work on campus as good alternative to unpaid internships Science students in rain-soaked business attire crowded the Activities and Recreation Center on Jan. 13. Instead of drawing an umbrella, Fay Pao, a fifth-year biological sciences major, clutched tightly onto her plastic covered résumé and looked over her work history […]