Campus News

Demonstrators demand accountability, action from ASUCD following recent hate crime against female African American student. At around 12:45 p.m. on Feb. 17, members of the Davis African Diaspora halted the ASUCD Senate debate at the ASUCD Coffee House (CoHo), demanding accountability and action from members of the association following the recent hate crime against a […]

40 people with UC ties were named in the annual list of up-and-coming changemakers On Jan. 4, Forbes Magazine presented its 2016 installment of its annual “30 under 30’ list– a selection of “young entrepreneurs, breakout talents and change agents” from 20 different fields in the world today. Of the 600 that made the list, […]

UC Davis police arrests two suspects for suspicion of committing a hate crime. At around 3 a.m. on Feb. 15, a female African American UC Davis student was assaulted near her home in the West Village apartment complex. UC Davis police officers arrested three men: Lonny Lee, 24, of West Sacramento and Justin Sheppard, 22, […]

ASUCD sends out survey to gauge students’ feelings towards Davis nightlife. A rise in violent incidents in Downtown Davis has led the Davis City Council to consider new ways of keeping the Davis nightlife environment safe, with one recommendation for all downtown establishments to close at midnight.   This past September, Downtown Davis was the […]

Teach-ins to address Black inequality at UC Davis Davis Stands with Ferguson (DSF), a UC Davis club that challenges racial inequality, will be holding weekly teach-ins throughout February in honor of Black History Month. Held at the Memorial Union (MU) flagpole, these teach-ins aim to intersect structural and interpersonal experiences of violence that Black students […]

University earns ranking based on environmental research, faculty and student organizations UC Davis was recently ranked the No. 3 university in the world for its leading role in environmental sustainability by GreenMetric ranking, conducted by the University of Indonesia. The ranking was based on the university’s teaching, research, campus lifestyle and management with regard to […]

Extensive security precautions at temporary bookstore helps in catching culprits   Two students were arrested Jan. 12 at the temporary bookstore at the UC Davis ARC Pavilion for burglary and theft after walking out with stolen textbooks. UC Davis student who wishes to remain anonymous for privacy concerns, 21, and James Hoblitzell, 19, a student […]

Upcoming courses to touch on origami, meat protection, Hmong culture Starting Spring Quarter of 2016, there will be eight undergraduate student-led courses that will be available for registration. The courses will cover a wide breadth of topics, including cryptocurrency, the economics of happiness and origami, and are open to all undergraduate students. While the amount […]

Association to hold events throughout next week celebrating clubs, professors and students From Feb. 16 to 19, ASUCD will host Student Appreciation Week in honor of its 100th anniversary. ASUCD is hosting the series of events in order to give back to the community and showcase the clubs and activities that make up UC Davis. […]

These are the candidates running in the 2016 ASUCD Winter Elections Summit Slate Executive Alex Lee (President) and Abhay Sandhu (Vice President) As one of two executive tickets, Lee, a third-year communication and political science double major, and Sandhu, a third-year neurobiology, physiology and behavior major, seek to change the university through a five-point platform consisting […]

UC Davis Veterinary School of Medicine collaborates with UC Davis Medical Center for further stem cell research in humans Cats with a disease known as feline chronic gingivostomatitis (FCGS) were chosen by the UC Davis Veterinary School of Medicine to undergo a clinical trial using stem cell therapy. FCGS is a disease that inflames the […]

Massive change part of UC President’s plan to create more gender-inclusive facilities across all UCs By March 1, UC Davis expects to convert 83 of its on-campus single-stall bathrooms into gender-inclusive facilities, which is part of a system-wide plan called the University of California (UC) Guidelines for Providing Gender Inclusive Facilities — a project that […]