Campus News

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 […]

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 […]