Campus News

Resurrected student organization seeks to restructure orientation to cater to reentry students’ needs Older, Wiser Learners (OWL), a student organization run by transfer and reentry students, recently reactivated at the end of Fall Quarter 2015 for the first time since its discontinuation back in 2007. OWL, which is primarily made up of undergraduates who do […]

Katehi under fire for accepting roles on two for-profit companies, DeVry Education Group, John Wiley & Sons UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi has stepped down from the board of the DeVry Education Group, a for-profit company currently being sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), after facing criticism from Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) and […]

Instructor Ricardo Castro spearheads creative engineering class focusing on the physics of superheroes Have you ever wondered how Spider-Man’s spidey-suit gives him the ability to crawl on walls? Or what makes Captain America’s shield so resistant? Or how Tony Stark created his Iron Man super-suit? A new UC Davis course, Materials Science and Engineering (EMS) […]

App helps students stay organized every quarter, keep track of events and GPA UC Davis second-year computer science major Nick Doherty recently relaunched Study Cal, an educational app to help students organize their academic schedules and to keep track of their GPAs. The app is free and available for the iPhone and iPad. It has […]

UC Davis ranks behind five other UC campuses Six University of California (UC) campuses, including UC Davis, were rated in the top 30 public universities by the business journal Buffalo Business First. UC Davis ranked at 29, falling behind five other UC’s: Los Angeles, Berkeley, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Irvine. “I enjoy the fact […]

An average score of a C was attributed to all nine UC campuses The University of California Student Association (UCSA) recently conducted a mental health evaluation at all nine of the UC campuses. Each campus was graded on an A through F scale, based on questions that relate to accessibility, diversity of staff and outreach […]

UC Davis partners with African Orphan Crops Consortium to sequence genomes of 101 indigenous African foods UC Davis, in partnership with the African Orphan Crops Consortium, is working to improve the indigenous crops of Africa in order to eradicate stunting, a medical condition resulting from malnutrition and chronic hunger. The African Orphan Crops Consortium was […]

Safety walk held in response to recent hate crime against female African American student On March 9, the UC Davis Police Department will be holding a safety walk, which students are invited to join in order to check and fix malfunctioning lights on campus. Participating students will be asked to come to the flagpole on […]

Professor Tessa Hill honored for her work in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, along with 14 other University of California researchers On Feb. 18, President Barack Obama named 14 University of California (UC) researchers as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. Among the recipients was Tessa Hill, an […]

Program touches on subjects such as coding, web design, database development In spring 2014, UC Davis Extension launched the Web Development Certificate Program, a fully online program that strives to teach students the skills to design and build functional websites. In fall 2015, the first set of graduates received their web development certificates, with the […]

Speakers boycott seeks to persuade UC to hire subcontracted workers as direct employees On Feb. 4, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299, the University of California’s largest employee union, called for a speaker’s boycott to bring in nearly 100 subcontracted custodians and parking attendants at UC Berkeley and to […]

New UC Davis food truck El Rapido Grill in front of the ARC On Feb. 8, a new food truck, El Rapido Grill, opened up in front of the Activities and Recreation Center (ARC). El Rapido Grill is the first Mexican, Chipotle-style food truck to arrive on campus. The owners of El Rapido Grill also […]