Campus News

Senate continues to make progress. On Oct. 22, ASUCD Vice President Gareth Smythe called to order this week’s senate meeting in Memorial Union’s Mee Room at 6:13 p.m. Senators Anas Tresh, Brendan Chang and Reem Fatayerji were absent during quorum roll call. From the committees, Joe D’Angelo and Sean Guerra were also absent during roll; […]

Exclusive UC Davis app currently available for download A group of UC Davis students and alumni have teamed up to create Penji, a peer-to-peer study app that will connect Davis students to a community of tutors. The two founders of the app, Ben Holmquist, a UC Davis alum, and Ben Morrison, a fourth-year biology major, […]

UC schools compete to reduce campus-wide carbon footprint, help the UC system reach carbon neutrality From Oct. 6 through Dec. 10, all University of California campuses are participating in the system’s first-ever Cool Campus Challenge, a competition that was created by the UC and the UC Berkeley Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory. The challenge is […]

California colleges to guarantee housing for homeless students. On Oct. 7, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1228 into law. It encourages the University of California (UC), California State University (CSU) and California Community College (CCC) systems to work towards guaranteeing housing for homeless college students. According to the website of Mike Gipson, assemblymember […]

Unidentified suspect slashes tires of eight cars, etches anti-Semitic slurs on two vehicles. On Sept. 10 at approximately 3:00 a.m., an unidentified suspect slashed eight car tires and scratched five cars in the Colleges at La Rue parking lot, as well as one vehicle near Russell Park Apartments. Two of the cars contained anti-Semitic notes, […]

Senate passes several electronic initiatives On Oct. 15, ASUCD Vice President Gareth Smythe called to order the third weekly senate meeting of the quarter in the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. The meeting was mostly comprised of legislative changes. Two of the legislative measures passed provide greater opportunities for students to vote online; these changes could […]

Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef passes away from successive strokes On Oct. 15, former UC Davis chancellor Larry Vanderhoef passed away at the age of 74. Vanderhoef, who was the chancellor of the university from 1994 to 2009, died due to complications from successive ischemic strokes. Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, who succeeded Vanderhoef in 2009 after he stepped […]

Publicist Luanne Lawrence leaves university following family issues, disagreement over new position On June 30, UC Davis terminated the position of Associate Chancellor of Strategic Communications Luanne Lawrence. The position, which paid Lawrence a yearly salary of $260,000, according to records obtained from The Sacramento Bee, was eliminated completely. According to a settlement agreement obtained […]

Mars, Inc. launches Global Food Safety Center in Beijing. At the end of September, international candy manufacturer Mars, Inc. opened its first Global Food Safety Center in Beijing, China. The center, which is slated to work with UC Davis’ Innovation Institute for Food and Health (IIFH), consists primarily of laboratorial research to help educate the […]

Members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), in collaboration with Davis Stands with Ferguson and Jewish Students for Peace, put on a demonstration at the UC Davis Quad today, Oct. 14, in recognition of International Campus Day for Palestine. According to the event’s Facebook page, student groups on university campuses across the nation are participating […]

National Academy of Engineering awards UC Davis chancellor for leadership in education, diversity On Oct. 4, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) honored Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi with the Simon Ramo Founders Award for her leadership in engineering research, entrepreneurship and education, as well as her advocacy for higher education as a solution to improve […]

Another male exposes genitals to students in front of Tercero dorm window. This past September, two incidents of indecent exposure occurred on campus. Both incidents involved males exposing themselves in front of female UC Davis students while on university property. The first incident took place on Sept. 23 at approximately 1:40 p.m. The incident, which […]