Campus News

Blum Center for Developing Economics offers grants to undergraduate, graduate students The Blum Center for Developing Economics at UC Davis offers grants to both undergraduate and graduate students who are focused on alleviating poverty in developing countries and areas. According to its website, the Blum Center’s goal is “finding solutions that have a lasting and […]

JustCARE campaign intersects students, legislators, doctors to increase access to non-surgical abortion California students, doctors, legislators and private funders worked together to bring the abortion pill to every public California university with the justCARE: Campus Action for Reproductive Equity campaign and Senate Bill 320. The “abortion pill” is a commonly-used term for the two medications […]

Number increases 8.6 percent from last year UC Davis received a record number of applicants for Fall 2018, a total of 95,207 applications. This number reflects an 8.6 percent increase from last year. According to the UC Davis website, 77,727 of these applicants are incoming first-year students and 17,480 are transfer students. In both the […]

Protesters join together in advocating for education not deportation Students rallied together on the Quad on Jan. 18 to protest the Trump administration’s decision to terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador. On Nov. 20, a similar report signaled the end of TPS for Haitian residents as well, effective in 18 months. Chanting, […]

UC Davis’ third annual student-run hackathon strives for social progress On Jan. 20 and 21, HackDavis will host 700 college students, alumni and high schoolers in the Activities and Recreation Center to code for social progress in three given tracks: health and wellness, education and the environment. Participants of all levels of expertise will create […]

Students across UC campuses protest UC tuition hikes On Jan. 24, during a meeting of the UC Board of Regents, it was decided that a vote over proposed tuition hikes for students would be delayed until May. If passed, tuition and fees would be increased 2.7 percent for in-state students and 3.5 percent for California […]

Adam Hatefi received two violation points On Friday, Jan. 12, the ASUCD Judicial Council held a hearing at 1 p.m. in the Mee Room of the Memorial Union that was called to order at 1:10 p.m. by Judicial Council Chair Ryan Gardiner. The hearing regarded a complaint submitted by the Elections Committee early in Fall […]

Second-year student remembered as charismatic, joyful, dedicated Blair Fox, a second-year UC Davis student, recently passed away in a skiing accident in Lake Tahoe. An economics major, Fox was a brother in the Sigma Nu fraternity and a member of Model United Nations. Involved in numerous ways both at UC Davis and within the Davis […]

Police ride-along aims to brings together officers, students The Ride-Along program offered by the UC Davis Police Department provides a chance for students to ride with police officers on patrol and learn about what officers do on a daily basis. On Jan. 8, The California Aggie participated in a ride-along with Officer Walter “Walt” Broussard […]

Recipients will receive awards on Feb. 2 Each year, UC Davis honors alumni and friends of the university at the Aggie Alumni Awards ceremony. The event recognizes those who are exceptional in their fields of work and who have meaningfully impacted their communities. Recipients of these awards are selected by the Cal Aggie Alumni Association. […]

Proposed increase of $342 for in-state, $978 for out-of-state students On Jan. 24 and 25, the University of California Board of Regents will meet and vote on a proposed increase to tuition costs and Student Services Fees. According to the Los Angeles Times, there could be a 2.7 percent increase for in-state students — an […]

WiSE kick-off event included speech from LeShelle May On Jan. 11, the kick-off event for the UC Davis Women in Science and Engineering program took place at the Student Community Center. According to Sara Blair-Medeiros, the assistant director of outreach at the WRRC, “The WiSE Program at the WRRC was established in an effort to […]