Campus News

AP units decrease the number of financial aid terms available for students An existing UC Davis policy regarding AP and transfer units has the potential to limit undergraduate students’ available financial aid. At UC Davis, students are given a maximum of 18 terms of financial aid, with one quarter counting as one term, and summer […]

Center joins The Pantry as another free food resource to students on campus Through the new Fruit and Veggie Up program, UC Davis students can now receive free fresh produce at the Student Health and Wellness Center by simply showing their university ID cards. The program, which began this summer, is funded through the Global […]

Napolitano plans to expand graduate student enrollment, increase non-resident tuition in addition to massive in-state undergraduate expansion From Nov. 18 to 20, the UC Board of Regents convened at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay Conference Center to discuss and vote on UC President Janet Napolitano’s plan to expand in-state undergraduate enrollment by 10,000 students. […]

New Employee Program provides newly hired staff a space to get to know UC Davis On Oct. 20, 80 new UC Davis employees attended the university’s first New Employee Program (NEW) at the UC Davis Conference Center. Organized by Staff Development and Professional Services, the quarterly welcome event was created to provide new university employees […]

Campaign aims to teach students about consent, encourages students to become upstanders. UC Davis announced a new campaign this month that aims to stop sexual violence on campus. The new program plans to give students a better way to understand consent and how to prevent instances of sexual assault. The campaign will work to develop […]

Protesters write names of police brutality victims on UC Davis Quad as part of ‘Disarm the Pepper Spray University’ protest. On Nov. 18, UC Davis students against police brutality took their frustrations to the Quad in an effort to increase visibility of the issue as part of the “Disarm the Pepper Spray University” protest. The […]

Team of professors, postdoctoral researchers develop ultra-low-powered sensors. In October, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) granted $1.8 million to a team of professors and postdoctoral researchers led by UC Davis aerospace engineering professor David Horsley to develop ultra-low-powered sensors. Horsley created a team of three engineering professors including himself, Rajeevan Amirtharajah and Xiaoguang […]

Betty Irene Moore Hall to open on Sacramento campus fall 2017. On Nov. 15, UC Davis held a groundbreaking ceremony on its Sacramento campus to celebrate the beginning of construction for the new Betty Irene Moore Hall. The $50 million hall, which is expected to open in fall 2017, will be the central building for […]

Student-run radio station seeks to raise $70,000 by spring quarter KDVS, UC Davis’ community-based radio station, has recently undergone significant budget cuts from ASUCD. KDVS’ budget is lower than it has been since the 1970s, without taking inflation rates into account. KDVS received a subsidy of $42,048 for 2014 and 2015. In contrast, the final […]

Students march across campus in support of free tuition, cancellation of student debt On Nov. 12, UC Davis students rallied together in support of the “Million Student March.” The march, which began at the Memorial Union and traveled throughout campus, is a national movement that demands free tuition from public universities, the cancellation of all […]

CoHo to donate proceeds toward ASUCD Scholarship Fund based on number of wrappers recycled. The ASUCD Coffee House (CoHo) continues to become more environmentally-friendly through its participation in the New Jersey-based upcycling company TerraCycle’s Energy Bar Wrapper Brigade. Through this partnership, which began in fall 2013, the CoHo collects used wrappers in the CoHo and […]

Senate discusses recent AP/IB decision, other issues On Nov. 12 at 7:59 p.m., ASUCD Vice President Gareth Smythe called to order the quarter’s seventh senate meeting in the Mee Room of the Memorial Union. There were two presentations during Thursday’s meeting. First, ASUCD President Mariah Kala Watson’s executive staff presented the progress they have made […]