Campus News

UC Office of the President’s systemwide strategic sourcing initiative includes Aramark laundry contract Over the course of the last two years, the UC system has actively divested from corporations involved with the private prison industry. In January, The California Aggie reported that the mobile ordering app Tapingo had ties to Aramark, a corporate food service […]

Chancellor answers questions about student activism, union negotiations,accessibility of on-campus mental health care The California Aggie sat down with Chancellor Gary S. May on Tuesday, June 5, to speak about the successes and shortcomings of his first year as chancellor. He also addressed student concerns over the funding of centers such as the Cross Cultural […]

Concern over dinner cost, student benefits weighed The Internship and Career Center at UC Davis held the “Shine While You Dine” event at the Center for Chicanx and Latinx Academic Student Success on May 10 to provide dining etiquette training for undergraduate STEM majors. The dinner brought together approximately 70 UC Davis students from different […]

Professor Williams’ colleagues share her legacy as marine ecologist, distinguished professor Susan Williams, a distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis, passed away in late April in a car accident. According to her obituary, Williams “was recognized as one of the most renowned marine ecologists in the U.S. and globally,” and she consistently […]

UC Davis alumna, Cal Aggie Alumni Association, ASUCD leader described as example of Aggie Pride Janice Corbett passed away from cancer in her home on Sunday, Apr. 29, at 47 years old. Corbett graduated from UC Davis in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in managerial economics and psychology. Corbett returned to UC Davis in 2003 […]

Housing, food, financial aid offered The Aggie Compass Basic Needs Center will take over one of the vacant spaces in the Memorial Union and provide resources including student housing, food security, financial aid and mental wellness. The center will be having its kickoff celebration on June 14 from 3 to 5 p.m. Aggie Compass is […]

Event encouraged students to vote in upcoming California primaries, other community issues On May 21, several student organizations including ASUCD, Davis College Democrats and RISE came together to hold the Aggies Vote Rally in the Quad. The rally featured several notable speakers, including Delaine Eastin for California Governor, Kevin de León for U.S. Senate, Dean […]

PERIOD to address menstrual product accessibility on campus Campus groups are working to tackle the topic of menstruation with menstrual product drives and pilot initiatives. PERIOD: The Menstrual Movement is a new club on campus working to increase the accessibility of menstrual products for UC Davis students. Graduate researchers, club members and the student group […]

UPTE members show frustrations over lack of cooperation from the university The University Professional and Technical Employees union has been in the process of negotiations for several contracts with the University of California for the last year. Members of the union have expressed concerns about the way UC Office of the President’s behavior and lack […]

University faced other criticism regarding animal treatment UC Davis recently agreed to pay a $5,000 fine to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to resolve a citation regarding a rabbit that died due to an oversight of medical staff. The citation, issued in July of 2016, described a procedure on a “rabbit that was to be […]

Concerns raised over candidate for OASR director position On May 10, Vice President Shaniah Branson called the Senate meeting to order at 6:10 p.m. Both Senator Daniella Aloni and Controller Meital Machulsky were late. The first order of business was the The Pantry’s quarterly report. The representative from The Pantry said that in addition to […]

Workshop celebrating power in tenderness hosted at Cross Cultural Center On Tuesday, May 8, the Cross Cultural Center hosted “Radically Tender,” a writing workshop led by poet Ariana Brown. According to her online biography, Brown is a “Black Mexican American poet from San Antonio, Texas, with a B.A. in African Diaspora Studies and Mexican American […]