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New lecture halls, more triple dorms, expanded Tercero Dining Commons will also accommodate for student increase In the 2016-2017 academic year, UC Davis is expected to enroll 9,500 new undergraduate students – about 1,100 more new students than were enrolled this past fall. This increase in new students is due to UC Davis’ 2020 Initiative, […]

UC Davis Medical Center honored for treatment of female patients Earlier this year, the UC Davis Medical Center won the 2016 Women’s Choice Award as one of America’s best hospitals for bariatric surgery, cancer and heart care. The award is based upon the perspective of female patients in the areas of satisfaction, clinical excellence and […]

Online survey of 1,200 cat owners reveals aggression tendencies among various coat colors. Recently, veterinarians at UC Davis discovered a possible correlation between feline behavior and fur color. In the research from experts in the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, the researchers discovered that cats with calico and tortoiseshell coat patterns tend to be […]

Nonexistent clear balloon representative of common mental health struggle on college campuses. On Tuesday, Jan. 12, nearly 500 colored balloons were scattered across the Quad and Memorial Union. The true mystery: where was the clear balloon? Students were challenged to locate the one balloon void of color among the hundreds of balloons, many of which […]

UC Davis to accept more in-state freshman, transfer students for Fall 2016. UC Davis received 86,041 undergraduate admissions applications for Fall 2016, making it the highest number of applications on campus record. The number of freshman applicants grew by 6.1 percent from last year, totaling to 68,519 applications, and transfer student applications rose by 14.2 […]

Two genetically-edited calves to not grow horns. Two gene-edited calves arrived at UC Davis in late December 2015. Named Spotty Guy and Buri, the bulls were developed in a Minnesota lab and brought to UC Davis for further study. Unlike usual dairy cattle, these two calves were born without horns. The calves were developed under […]

New learning management system allows students to receive class notifications via text, Facebook, Twitter Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph Hexter recently announced that UC Davis will replace its current learning management system (LMS) SmartSite with the new system Canvas by Instructure. Students and faculty will be able to use Canvas starting in Fall 2016, […]

UC Davis Crocker Nuclear Laboratory granted $13 million federal contract to monitor nation’s fine particles In late 2015, the U.S. government chose the UC Davis Crocker Nuclear Laboratory to be the main contractor for both of the nation’s major federal fine particle air quality monitoring networks, the National Park Service’s Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual […]

UC-wide anti-smoking campaign extends to five UC medical centers. In 2013, Dr. Elisa Tong, an assistant professor at the UC Davis Medical Center, created UC Quits, a program to combat the ongoing battle against tobacco within the UC Health System. What started as a pilot program in 2013 through the UC Davis Medical Center, UC […]

Applicants criticize extension for providing extra time to late applicants. On Nov. 29, the original deadline for University of California (UC) applications, most transfer students who were planning on attending a UC had submitted their applications to their prospective schools only to find out three days later via email that the deadline had been extended […]

Catalina Island fox population recover from ear tumor infestation caused by ear mites. Over the past few years, scientists from the UC Davis Veterinary School of Medicine (UCDVSM) have helped an endangered island fox species on California’s Catalina Island recover from a prevalence of ear tumors unique to that population. The tumors, which developed from […]

Research looks to find solution to national epidemic of firearm violence. In 2015, UC Davis School of Medicine professor Garen Wintemute donated approximately $1.3 million of his own money toward gun violence research. Wintemute, who also works as the director of the violence prevention research program at UC Davis, noted that his research looks not […]