Campus News

Due to upcoming renovations occurring at Silo South, the weekly on-campus farmers market has returned to its original location—the Quad. In 2006, the Farmers Market was originally located at the East Quad up until two years ago, when it relocated to the Silo patio. According to the Farmers Market press release, there will be fresh […]

ASUCD vice president Robyn Huey presided over the senate meeting last Thursday, held in the Mee Room of the Memorial Union. After Quorum Roll Call, Senator Alex Lee motioned into public announcements, in which public attendees brought up and explained events such as bike month in May, the Davis Student film festival and the Pantry […]

History professor Clarence Walker has been awarded the 2015 UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement. Walker found out that he won the award when Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi came into his “Jacksonian America” class to announce it. “It was completely unexpected. I’m still overwhelmed,” Walker said. According to chair of the History […]

With the deadline for the executive office’s budget proposal quickly approaching, newly seated ASUCD president Mariah Watson is gearing up to draft a minimum of $50,000 in budget cuts. Watson must provide a comprehensive set of budget recommendations by week six of this quarter. As a result of senate’s passage of Senate Bill 46 (SB46) […]

Revised budgeting procedure intensifies competition between stipend employees   A new ASUCD bylaw will alter how the Executive Office budgets employee stipends in an attempt to better match each stipend’s value to the work it rewards. Senate Bill #44 (SB44) will compel the Executive Office, composed of the ASUCD president, vice president and controller, to […]

Appointees seek to serve as liaisons between agricultural, academic communities   On Feb. 23, Calif. Governor Jerry Brown reappointed UC Davis alumnus Craig McNamara as president of the state Board of Food and Agriculture and also appointed UC Davis’ dean of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Helene Dillard to the board. McNamara, who […]

On March 4, the Jewish Studies Program, the Middle East/South Asia Studies Program and the Cross Cultural Center sponsored a panel entitled “Anti-semitism and Islamophobia: The Anatomy of Twin Hatreds.” The panel, initiated as a means to begin a conversation about eliminating hate speech, was moderated by history professor Susan Miller and Noha Radwan, an […]

Shop24 partnership canceled  The Memorial Union (MU) Renewal Project will begin construction on March 23. This 23.5 million dollar project, which will expand and improve the MU, will also affect several areas on campus during the renovation process. Although the north courtyard, bookstore, basement and east wing of the MU will be closed during this time, the […]

Memorial Union begins renovation project The on-campus textbook marketplace, located downstairs in the UC Davis Stores bookstore in the Memorial Union, is temporarily moving to the ARC Pavilion. The textbook floor, along with other locations within the Memorial Union, will be renovated beginning next quarter as part of the UC Davis Memorial Union Renewal Project. […]

Collegiate debaters discuss quality of “American Life Standard” International businesswoman and writer Margaret Heffernan once said that “for good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate.” UC Davis students are stepping up to the challenge. The Davis Rational Ethical Debates and Discussions club (DREDD), an offshoot of the Undergraduate Philosophy Club, held […]

Fall 2015 applicants reach nearly 80,000 UC Davis prospective student applications hit a record high number of 79,930 for the Fall 2015. Since last year, freshman applications have increased by 6.8 percent and transfer applications have increased by 6.5 percent, according to UC Davis admissions statistics. The number of California resident applications in the pool […]

A UC Davis student diagnosed with meningococcal disease on Feb. 23 was recently released from hospital care, according to University and Yolo County Public Health officials. The patient spent less than one week in the hospital, which officials declined to name, and is currently recovering following bacterial treatment. Public health officials have released limited information […]