Campus News

Former interim chief of nursing and patient care services becomes new chief Toby Marsh was appointed as the new chief of nursing and patient care services for the UC Davis Medical Center (UCDMC) on Dec. 14. He had served in the same role as the interim chief since April 1. Marsh oversees more than 1,800 […]

UC Board of Regents creates position of student advisor to the student regent Every year, the University of California (UC) appoints a new student regent, a member of one of the nine UC campuses, who becomes a voting member within the Board of Regents. The student regent serves one year as a student regent designate, […]

LRDP update preserves Russell Boulevard fields for athletics UC Davis has confirmed that it no longer plans to construct student housing on the Russell Boulevard intramural fields (IM). At a public city council meeting held on  Dec. 6 to focus on the Long Range Development Plan (LRDP), Bob Seger, the assistant vice chancellor who is […]

Increase in applications brings more diverse pool of students Of the 171,449 potential freshmen who applied to at least one of the University of California (UC) campuses this past November, UC Davis received 70,904 freshmen applicants, according to a press release. This is a 3.5 percent increase in the number of applicants from last year. […]

Yiannopoulos explains event’s cancellation, marches with students, community members A protest was held at the Memorial Union (MU) on Jan. 14 in response to the cancellation of the Milo Yiannopoulos speaking event the night before. The Yiannopoulos event, which had faced backlash from the campus community, was cancelled about a half an hour before its […]

Protests against far-right conservative Milo Yiannopoulos’ visit to UC Davis this evening have led to its cancellation. The event, which was to be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Sciences Lecture Hall, drew hundreds of protesters. Before 7 p.m., it was announced that the event had been cancelled. “My event at UC Davis tonight has […]

Interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter confirms that event will not be cancelled Pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli will be featured during Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos’ UC Davis stop on Jan. 13 for his “Dangerous Faggot Tour”.   Shkreli, who was suspended from Twitter after harassing female journalist Lauren Duca, is currently out on bail after being […]

Davis College Republicans club to host Milo Yiannopoulos Milo Yiannopoulos, the controversial ultra-conservative Breitbart News editor, will bring “The Dangerous Faggot Tour” to UC Davis on Jan. 13. The event, hosted by the Davis College Republicans (DCR) club, is free to the public. Yiannopoulos, whose other upcoming tour stops include UC Santa Barbara and UC […]

UC tuition, fees could rise by $363 per student by fall 2017 The University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) systems are considering tuition increases after a five-year tuition freeze. UC tuition currently sits at $12,294 per year, and CSU tuition is $5,472 annually. Each campus has its own fees that can increase […]

University accused of violating state labor laws, bad faith bargaining The University of California member-run union, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 2010, will hold a one-day strike on all 10 UC campuses, five UC medical centers and the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab on Tuesday, Jan. 10. The strike aims to bring attention to supposed violations […]

971 individuals were killed by the police in 2016 Every year, the Department of Chicana/o Studies creates an altar for Dia de los Muertos with staff, students and others in the ethnic studies departments. This year, the department built a community altar in memory of victims of police violence in 2016. The altar was located […]

Students respond to termination of UC tuition freeze On Monday, Nov. 21, approximately 30 students gathered at the Memorial Union and marched through the Coffee House to Mrak Hall from 12 to 1 p.m. to protest potential UC tuition hikes. The protest, which was advertised in a Facebook event for UC Davis students, was inspired […]