Campus News

Police reach out to UC Davis students in returning stolen bicycles. Two suspects were arrested on Dec. 5 after 31 bicycles were recovered from a U-Haul van at a Walmart parking lot in Dixon, CA. The suspects, two Davis residents, were found hiding underneath the bicycles. Sergeant Brad Harms, an officer for the Dixon Police […]

PR search follows allegations of neglect, maltreatment of monkeys In November, the seven National Primate Research Centers (NPRCs) posted on the public relations news website, “Everything-PR,” that they are looking for a one-year relationship with a public relations (PR) firm. The UC Davis California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC) is included as one of the […]

Protesters hold 16-minute demonstration in solidarity with Laquan McDonald shooting. On Dec. 3 at noon, UC Davis students blocked off three entrances to the ASUCD Coffee House (CoHo) for 16 minutes as part of the nationwide Student Blackout protest. The protest, which was organized by the campus group Davis Stands with Ferguson, was held for […]

Fabric will open vents when exposed to liquid, allowing for sweat ventilation UC Davis engineers recently innovated a new workout fabric that will ventilate sweat. The material will react to the liquid by opening vents and relaxing constrictions in the fabric. The fabric, which is intended to innovate athletic and workout-wear, will also constrict and […]

Human Rights Campaign Foundation recognizes medical center for strides in LGBT healthcare The UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento was recently recognized as a leader in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) healthcare equality by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF) for the fifth consecutive year. The recognition, which is part of the foundation’s annual […]

Center part of federal initiative to find solutions in food security On Oct. 28, UC Davis launched a $17 million U.S.-Pakistan Food and Agriculture Center. The five-year project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, will help faculty and graduate students to study and perform research at UC Davis and the University of Agriculture, […]

New farm houses 150 chickens, completely student-built ‘Eggmobile’ On Nov. 19, UC Davis unveiled a new 4.5-acre pastured poultry farm that will act as a living laboratory for students and researchers to develop innovations for pasture-based poultry farms, integrative crop-and-poultry farms and backyard chicken flocks. The pasture also contains overnight housing for the chickens with […]

Center part of pending sister city agreement between Sacramento and Ho Chi Minh City In the next three years, UC Davis is expecting to launch the Center for New Viet Nam Studies that will work in conjunction with the pending sister city agreement between Ho Chi Minh City and Sacramento. Proposed by Asian American studies […]

Plant to provide 14 percent of the university’s electrical needs. On Nov. 20, UC Davis and renewable energy company SunPower Corporation announced the completion of a 16.3-megawatt solar power plant. The project, which started in fall 2014, will provide 14 percent of the campus’ electrical needs and is the largest solar power plant on a […]

Event held in mourning of victims of Paris terrorist attacks, police brutality, Syrian war From Nov. 30 to Dec. 4, UC Davis will hold Black Ribbon Week on campus in memory of victims of specific events in 2015, including incidents of police brutality, terrorism attacks across the globe and the war in Syria. Krizzia Manlangit, […]

Professor Richard Levenson makes breakthrough discovery in cancer research. Richard Levenson, a UC Davis Health System professor of pathology and laboratory, discovered in a study earlier this month that pigeons can be trained to identify cancer in tissue slides and mammograms. Levenson said that he first thought of using pigeons to detect cancer while on […]

University begins offering graduate seminars on human rights, border policing. On Nov. 13, the Mellon Initiative in Comparative Border Studies held a roundtable conversation entitled “Borders, Rights, and Resistance” at the Student Community Center. The roundtable, which seeks to educate the community on security and immigration-related topics, is one of the first events to introduce […]