Campus News

Camp designed to educate girls, motivate them to pursue STEM fields The UC Davis C-STEM Center recently hosted a Girls in Robotics Leadership (GIRL) Camp from July 10 to July 14. C-STEM GIRL Camps are focused on motivating girls in middle school to learn science, technology, engineering and math concepts through robotics, principles of engineering […]

May discusses plans for coming year, controversial positions on external boards related to defense industry, achievements at Georgia Tech, hopes for university Today, August 1, marks Gary May’s first day as the seventh chancellor of UC Davis. Several separate meet-and-greets with UC Davis students, faculty and staff members as well as members of the media […]

U.S. News & World Report ranked hospital among best for five pediatric specialties The UC Davis Children’s Hospital was nationally ranked in five categories in the 2017-18 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings by the U.S. News & World Report. The hospital received rankings in neonatology, in which it placed 16th; nephrology, in which it placed 23rd; […]

Farrow has worked with California Highway Patrol for 37 years, held every ranking Joseph A. Farrow was named the new UC Davis chief of police after a joint decision was made by Interim Chancellor Ralph Hexter and incoming Chancellor Gary May, according to a press release. After Chief of Police Matt Carmichael stepped down from […]

2017-18 intersession program, “Nepal — Community, Technology, and Sustainability,” will promote international collaboration Between Fall and Winter Quarter of the 2017-18 school year, 15 UC Davis students will visit the Himalayan regions of Nepal for the first time in the university’s history. The program, “Nepal — Community, Technology, and Sustainability,” is comprised of a four-unit […]

ASUCD resolution, petition submitted to administrators On June 27, the Center for Student Involvement (CSI) released an email announcing the reversal of the university’s decision to implement room reservation fees for student organizations for the 2017-18 school year. “The ‘free allotment’ of reservations (4 hours per week of meeting reservations in general assignment spaces and […]

UC Davis admits most international students of any UC, increases demographic diversity On July 6, the UC Office of the President released news that over 130,000 incoming freshmen and transfer students were offered admittance to a UC school for the fall of 2017. According to a UC Davis news release, the university itself has offered […]

17 animals bred and raised by students sold On June 24, the 25th Annual Production Sale auctioned off 17 animals — 15 horses and two mules — which were bred and raised by UC Davis students. The students were accepted into one of two six-month horse-based management internships. With around 200 people in attendance at […]

Marble app aims to create a new way for UC Davis students to connect Update: Since the publication of this article, Marble has been used by over 700 students as well as over 70 student organizations. According to its Facebook page, the creators of the app are currently working on implementing new features so that […]

ASUCD Vice President Adilla Jamaludin called the June 1 ASUCD Senate meeting to order at 6:16 p.m. Numerous senators were not present when the meeting opened. Senators Matthew Yamaguchi and Michael Gofman arrived late to the meeting, while Senators Anastasia Ruttkay and Khadeja Ibrahim did not attend the meeting. Since certain people who were necessary […]

Only six out of 29 applicants received the prize On May 24, six students were presented with the inaugural Norma J. Lang Prize for Undergraduate Information Research. This prize is given to students whose academic research projects make extensive use of library resources. The 29 applicants were selected by a panel of library experts and […]

Select students set to implement public service projects funded by $10,000 grant Catherine Rivas, Sina Soltanzadeh Zarandi and Ioannis Kournoutas were recently awarded the Donald A. Strauss Scholarship, a public service scholarship given to 15 California college students annually. The winners are each granted $10,000 in funding to implement a public service project that will […]