Davis Senior High School students develop smartphone app for local textbook sales High prices and long bookstore lines make buying textbooks every quarter a rough experiences. Amazon, Facebook groups and virtual textbooks are some attempts to solve this problem, but can still prove to be inconvenient. UC Davis students have two Davis high schoolers to […]

California will fund $5 million to the research center On August 29, University of California (UC) President Janet Napolitano announced that the first state-funded firearm violence research center will be established at UC Davis. This program will spearhead scientific information to aid the development of effective gun violence prevention programs and policies. The research center […]

ASUCD Senator Puneet Dhindsa resigns, Julie Jung replaces former senator Georgia Savage On Friday, Oct. 7, ASUCD Senator Puneet Dhindsa resigned in an email to ASUCD President Alex Lee, Vice President Abhay Sandhu and Dhindsa’s fellow senators. “By Friday, we will conduct a countback election with the fall 2015 candidates to see if it produces […]

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Once again, I find myself in awe of how the Patriots just seem to get it done year in and year out despite the various hurdles they always seem to face. The last time the New England Patriots had single-digit wins was 2002, that is absolutely incredible. They haven’t just been a paragon of consistency […]

Helen Koo creates clothing help those with movement disorders UC Davis Assistant Design Professor Helen Koo received the $40,000 UC Davis Award for Innovation and Creative Vision for her work in smart clothing. The award was established to promote and support exploration, creativity and advances in research. Koo is the first recipient of the award, […]

Prepare for Oscar season by catching up on these much-anticipated movies As we inch closer to the end of the year, we approach Oscar season. This means that we are closer than ever to the release of Oscar-bait movies. Be prepared to cast your votes by catching up on these four much-anticipated films.   Fantastic […]

Space exploration and film have historically inspired and promoted one another In honor of World Space Week and the success of the Rosetta Mission on Sept. 30 — which saw a European probe land on a comet — I’m naturally turning this column’s attention to one of the most exciting scientific eras in history: the […]

Debunking UC Davis myths, stereotypes Does the entire campus actually have the scent of the Tercero dairy cows? Is taking Chem 2A truly the worst decision any undergraduate student could ever make? Is Davis really surrounded by desolate farmland? UC Davis is subject to a variety of myths and stereotypes, however, some tend to be […]

Yolo County Public Library introduces new book bikes Yolo County Public Library recently implemented a new service in the Davis branch, as well as the Woodland Public Library: book bikes. The California State Library’s U.S. Institute of Museum & Library Services issued a $10,000 grant to the Yolo County and Woodland Public Library branches, which […]

Center will be devoted to post-harvest coffee research, engineering Peet’s Coffee recently announced a gift of $250,000 to UC Davis to fund the Peet’s Coffee Pilot Roastery, which will be part of the upcoming new Coffee Center on campus. The project was initiated by faculty and staff within the engineering department, specifically those involved in […]

On Sunday morning, the baseball world was robbed of one of its youngest and most exciting stars. Jose Fernandez, the Ace of the Miami Marlins, was tragically killed in a boating accident off the coast of Miami after clipping a rocky jetty at full speed. Neither drugs nor alcohol are suspected to be a part […]