Yearly Archives - 2016
2016 Archives

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Cartoon: Lower Freeborn
OpinionJanuary 25, 2016

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 […]

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, […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Shuyi Qi Cartoon: Beans
OpinionJanuary 22, 2016

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 […]

