Campus News

Clown potentially armed with knife spotted on Sunday evening On Sunday evening, UC Davis Police searched West Village after receiving a report of a person dressed as a clown potentially wielding a knife. “Subject seen wearing clown costume in area of West Village,” read a text message sent to the UC Davis community via WarnMe […]

Search for Katehi replacement continues A series of public town halls were held on Oct. 11 at UC Davis’ Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, where members of the University were invited to express their concerns in the search for a new chancellor. The sessions were hosted by members of the search advisory committee, a group of representatives […]

The ASUCD Senate meeting was called to order at 6:15 p.m. on Oct. 6, followed immediately by the establishment of the quorum with seven out of the 11 senators present. First, Julie Jung, a second-year political science major, was sworn in as ASUCD’s newest senator.. Jung previously worked directly under ASUCD president Alex Lee as […]

Plan includes potential student housing on Russell Field UC Davis held three open houses in the first week of October to ask community members their opinions on the revised 2017 to 2027 Long Range Development Plan (LRDP). This revised LRDP is an updated version of the 2017 to 2027 LRDP which was released in August. […]

UC Board of Regents discuss debt management policy amid rising borrowing concerns The Board of Regents of the University of California (UC) held a meeting on Sept. 14 to discuss a proposal for a new management policy to address UC’s increasing debt, which now sits at $17.2 billion. The debt, which has more than doubled […]

Mondavi’s legacy lives on through contributions to Mondavi Center, UC Davis UC Davis felt a tremendous loss with the passing of Margrit Biever Mondavi on Sept. 2. “Margrit and her husband Robert were early philanthropists at UC Davis,” said Shaun Keister, Vice Chancellor for Development and Alumni Relations. “They got so engaged and believed so […]

Jennifer Garcia named Interim Chief during search for new police chief After 14 years at The UC Davis Police Department, UC Davis Police Chief Matthew Carmichael resigned from his position at the end of August in order to move to the University of Oregon. Jennifer Garcia was named the new interim police chief in the […]

UC Davis in top ten public universities for the U.S. News and World Report and Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Ranking UC Davis ranked tenth in U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of the top public universities in the nation, released on Sept. 12. The university tied with UC San Diego among national […]

California will fund $5 million to the research center On August 29, University of California (UC) President Janet Napolitano announced that the first state-funded firearm violence research center will be established at UC Davis. This program will spearhead scientific information to aid the development of effective gun violence prevention programs and policies. The research center […]

ASUCD Senator Puneet Dhindsa resigns, Julie Jung replaces former senator Georgia Savage On Friday, Oct. 7, ASUCD Senator Puneet Dhindsa resigned in an email to ASUCD President Alex Lee, Vice President Abhay Sandhu and Dhindsa’s fellow senators. “By Friday, we will conduct a countback election with the fall 2015 candidates to see if it produces […]

Center will be devoted to post-harvest coffee research, engineering Peet’s Coffee recently announced a gift of $250,000 to UC Davis to fund the Peet’s Coffee Pilot Roastery, which will be part of the upcoming new Coffee Center on campus. The project was initiated by faculty and staff within the engineering department, specifically those involved in […]

Undergraduate, graduate students to represent student body On Sept. 13, 2016, University of California (UC) President Janet Napolitano announced plans to create an advisory committee to assist in the search for a new chancellor at UC Davis. Elly Oltersdorf, a fourth-year history major and co-chair of the Student Council on Campus Climate, and Brian Riley, […]