A new digital archive commemorates Punjabi impact on American history, society The accomplishments of Punjabi Americans, who have made tremendous contributions in all aspects of American society, will now be recognized in a digital archive thanks to UC Davis’ Middle Eastern/South Asian (ME/SA) Studies Program and the Punjabi American Heritage Society.   The archive chronicles […]

Shakespeare and company at risk of dismissal When universities finally become the diverse places they purport to be, shoot me an email. I will rejoice. For universities are not the bastions of diversity everyone claims. Their demographics prove otherwise. Look around a typical campus and try to spot Waldo: a conservative professor hidden in a […]

Graduation takes a lot of work. Some students will leave their undergraduate universities, apply to graduate schools and sign up for GREs, MCATs or LSATs — three of the most popular tests required for professions like medicine and law. Others enter the workforce directly after applying for jobs or internships. And some do neither. All […]

Amy Poehler, Tina Fey and the fight for work-life balance Not just anyone can create, produce and star in a show, be a part of the cast of Saturday Night Live and write a memoir before the age of 50. But Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, two amazing female comics, have accomplished all three. They […]

A closer look at the Social Sciences and Humanities building Looking at campus from 3rd Street, a tall gray building most commonly known as “The Death Star,” looms over the center of the UC Davis campus. Designed by architect Antoine Predock, the Social Sciences and Humanities building’s dark grey concrete and glass walls contrast the […]

Leaders to implement changes to curriculum, research practices Interim Chancellor Ralph Hexter has hired four new leaders for UC Davis: Graduate School of Management Dean Rao Unnava, College of Biological Sciences Dean Mark Winey, interim vice chancellor of the Office of Research Cameron Carter and interim dean of the School of Education Paul Hastings. Unnava […]

Holding journalists and representatives accountable Rap music, as it was intended, has lit a fire and got white people in their feelings. In an opinion column written last week by opinion editor Eli Flesch on what is now termed the “Chance the Rapper Controversy,” a host of ideologies were invoked to obfuscate the racial realities […]

How a brave student inspired a generation by speaking up when everybody else was also willing to speak up UC Davis is such a large institution with so many brilliant students that it’s probably impossible to say there’s a single one that outsmarts the others ー until now. Eric Dukakis, second-year neurobiology, physiology and behavior […]

Undergraduates at fault for perpetuating a devious trend against intellectual freedom Janet Napolitano’s recent editorial on the merits of preserving free speech at universities is becoming increasingly necessary in the current political age. She observes the recent trend of college students suppressing views that even marginally sound marginalizing. Her most striking point: “If it hurts, […]

Taking academic risks can help students learn more effectively Two important things happened to me in middle school: I was accepted into honors English and President Obama was inaugurated after an election season that sparked my deep interest in politics. And while this country has changed profoundly in those eight years since President Obama took office, […]

Women’s volleyball’s Lauren Matias earns collegiate accolades, looks forward to her years at UC Davis. The pressure is on for everyone in their first year of college. However, it’s especially intense for student athletes, who juggle academic rigor and the anxieties of freshman year, as well as the discipline required to excel in collegiate sports. […]