Campus News

UC Davis graduate, producer for NBC News Bay Area’s piece about police misconduct on school campuses wins alongside Beyoncé’s Lemonade, FX’s Atlanta, HBO’s VEEP Michael Bott, a UC Davis graduate and current producer for the investigative unit of NBC News Bay Area, has been awarded the most prestigious award in broadcast journalism for his piece […]

Underdog IPA released to public through Sudwerk Brewing Company Four UC Davis students, who started brewing in a practical malting and brewing class, placed first in professor Charles W. Bamforth’s annual Iron Brew competition and earned the chance to work with Sudwerk Brewing Company to manufacture their winning beer. The four students, Nayvin Chew, a […]

Three candidates for the position speak at public forums The UC Davis Police Department is looking to hire a new police chief in the wake of former Police Chief Matthew Carmichael’s resignation in August. As a part of their interview process, three promising candidates will each be speaking at one in a series of public […]

Initiative hopes to raise awareness for environmental injustices within marginalized communities ASUCD Senate passed a resolution on April 20 that was proposed by the Environmental Justice for Underrepresented Communities (EJUC) to make the topic of environmental justice a required part of the environmental policy and planning major curriculum at UC Davis. The EJUC is a […]

Greek life boycotts fraternity with several unreported assaults This article was written initially for a University Writing Program journalism course (UWP 104C) during Winter Quarter. The Aggie occasionally publishes freelance work submitted by students from UWP 104C courses.   Content Warning: sexual assault, rape   Since 2014, the University of California (UC) has given new […]

UC Davis students learn about food resources in Davis, Yolo County The first Aggie Food Connection Fair, coordinated and hosted by ASUCD Senator Daniel Nagey, was held on May 17. The event showcased healthy food resources both on and off campus. Nagey, a second-year managerial economics and psychology double major, came up with the idea […]

The sixth Senate meeting of Spring Quarter was called to order on May 11 at 6:11 p.m. 10 out of the 12 chairs were seated with Senators Julie Jung and Simran Grewal absent. The Senate meeting started with a special visit from state Senator Bill Dodd, who discussed at length health care reforms, maintaining sanctuaries […]

Students discuss advocacy, student representation ASUCD hosted a forum in the Student Community Center (SCC) on May 8 to discuss cultural awareness. The event, hosted by the Department of Outreach and Recruitment and the Ethnic and Cultural Affairs Commission, gave students the chance to speak with their representatives and engage in discussions about issues of […]

135 students, 12 alumni sign petition A memorandum was delivered to the Office of the Chancellor on March 15 for a petition to improve the Kemper Hall basement facilities. 135 undergraduate students, mainly from the Computer Science Department, and 12 alumni signed the petition. This petition was hand-delivered on the last week of instruction of […]

Former UC Davis researchers sue for right to use strawberries developed within their strawberry breeding program that has earned millions for UC In a litigation battle over the ownership of strawberry research intellectual property and physical cultivars, a judge ruled in the University of California’s favor on May 15, referencing the contracts that all UC […]

Students research organic chicken feed substitute UC Davis students are in the process of building four chicken coops at the UC Davis Teaching and Research Animal Care Services facility in order to further a research project that studies the effects of an organic chicken feed for the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. The program […]

UC Davis secures position within the top ten, amongst four other UCs UC Davis earned the ninth spot on Forbes’ annual Best Value College Ranking out of 300 national colleges. Forbes’ criteria for the ranking consisted of comparing “Quality (25%) + alumni earnings (20%) + median student debt (20%) + on-time graduation (15%) + drop-out […]