Campus News

Event follows recent hate crime against female African American student at West Village On Feb. 22, members of the UC Davis African diaspora held the #BlackUnderAttack press conference and march to make demands for a safer and better campus after a female African American student was the victim of a hate crime at the West […]

Eight-month-old dog recovers post-intensive surgery Eight-month old Rottweiler Ziba was brought to the UC Davis Veterinary Hospital after being hit in a car accident four months ago. She suffered extensive injuries, including several fractures to her skull, brain swelling, leak of brain fluid to her nose, lack of oxygen to her brain and blindness in […]

Regents Avi Oved and Marcela Ramirez discuss recruitment process for new student regent On Feb 11, current University of California (UC) Student Regent Abraham “Avi” Oved and current UC Student-Regent Designate Marcela Ramirez held an informational session at UC Davis’ Student Community Center. The visit is part of a 10-campus UC tour to discuss the […]

UC Davis researchers explore reasons, uses for sexual selection of birds using robotics On Feb. 11,  Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) hosted an art, science and technology speaker series in the Plant and Environmental Sciences Building at UC Davis. At this event, UC Davis professor of evolution and ecology Gail Patricelli held a lecture […]

New program to financially assist AB 540 students at UC schools On Jan. 28, the UC Office of the President announced a plan to launch a new loan program at the University of California (UC). The program, titled the California DREAM Loan, is intended to help undocumented students pay for college. According to UC President […]

Student body elects six senators, new executive team On Feb. 19 in Wellman Hall, current ASUCD President Mariah Kala Watson and Elections Chair Daisy He announced the 2016 Winter Quarter election results. The six newly elected senators are Sam Chiang, Shaitaj Dhaliwal, Sofia Molodanof, Sam Park, Irveen Grewal and Ricardo Martinez. Of the elected senators, […]

Halloween franchise to continue dedication to child-life departments in hospitals across the country. For its sixth consecutive year, Sacramento’s Spirit Halloween Superstores donated to the Child Life and Creative Arts Therapy department at the UC Davis Medical Center. According to the department’s director, Diana Sundberg, this $60,230 donation is a part of the franchise’s program […]

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 […]