Campus News

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, […]

With new location not yet determined, Counseling Services to make use of former WRRC space The Women’s Resources and Research Center (WRRC) announced through a public Facebook post on Sept. 23 that it will move from North Hall to another location on campus. With no timetable set or new location determined, few details are available […]

Center to offer international student resources in centralized location The new International Center, located on California Avenue and Beckett Hall Drive, opened its doors to students this August. The center provides services to international students and scholars, as well as students who are interested in studying abroad. Previously, the various international resources were not in […]

Fall Quarter to bring Student Health and Wellness fair, CoHo nutritional facts and more Fall Quarter is coming to UC Davis, bringing with it revamped efforts by ASUCD senators to implement policies left unfinished at the end of last year. ASUCD Senator Sofia Molodanof, a third-year English and communications double major, ran on a platform […]

Project designed to provide housing for employees currently living outside of Davis, produce energy-saving homes close to campus UC Davis announced over summer an upcoming project to build 50 single-family homes for faculty and staff at West Village by 2018. The homes, which are all walking or biking distance from campus, will be sold at […]

On August 9, 2016 Katehi resigned as UC Davis Chancellor May 7, 2009 – Linda Katehi appointed Chancellor of University of California, Davis (UC Davis). November 18, 2011 – Katehi requested Occupy movement protesters at UC Davis Quad to remove tents. Non-compliant protesters pepper-sprayed by campus police officers. February, 2016 – Accepts board position with […]