Campus News

Art work abounds throughout campus thanks to the Aggie Public Arts Committee. The Aggie Public Arts Committee (APAC) is an ASUCD unit that works to encourage and install publicly displayed art throughout the UC Davis campus and the Davis community. “The committee contributes to the cultural enrichment of the UCD student body by adding art […]

Last Thursday, over 70 attendees from UC Davis and the Sacramento area arrived at Olson Hall for “Poetic Resistance,” a reading hosted by the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). The event featured a spoken-word performance by renowned Palestinian-American poet Remi Kanazi and an open discussion led by Professor Sunaina Maira of the Asian American […]

Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Fred Wood is putting on a heavy jacket and heading to the University of Minnesota, Crookston after over 33 years of being a part of the UC Davis community. After obtaining his Ph.D. in Chemistry at UC Davis in the early ‘80s, Wood briefly taught at a small school in […]

The east end of the UC Davis Arboretum is scheduled to be remodeled in the early summer of 2013. The California Strategic Grant Growth Council recently donated $891,000 for the addition of a California Native Collection to the empty field that currently sits behind the parking lot of Davis Commons. The garden will be centered […]

This Memorial Day weekend, the Safeboats program will once again return to Lake Shasta to protect Houseboats attendees from themselves. The program, which was initiated in 2005 following the death of a UC Davis student at Houseboats, educates students on how to take safety precautions for the weekend and provides essentials throughout the event such […]

The Student Academic Success Center (SASC)  is one of the most valuable academic assets­ available to undergraduates in UC Davis. Located in 2205 Dutton Hall (on the east side of the Quad), they offer a vast amount of resources and assistance to ensure the success of all interested students. Although many people may feel shy […]

In Fall 2012, 194 Chemistry building will no longer be Chem 194. Instead, the building has been renamed Peter A. Rock Hall. Beginning Fall 2012, Peter A. Rock Hall, or Rock Hall for short, will be the new name for 194 Chemistry, named after Peter Rock, the founding dean of the Division of Mathematical and […]

Rachel Goldstein, 2010 alumna in international relations, researcher and coordinator at the Center for Regional Change, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science The Aggie: What are you wearing? Goldstein: “The booties are from Nordstrom. I’m wearing J Brand mid-rise capri jeans in ‘cafe’ and my shirt is from American Apparel. My watch is Casio and […]

Witness reports collaborating students A student in a philosophy class was referred to Student Judicial Affairs (SJA) for allegedly collaborating on an exam. A witness told the instructor that he had heard a group of students discussing how they were going to cheat before the class began. During the exam, the students sat together in […]

Last quarter saw the inception of ASUCD’s Entrepreneurship Fund, a new $6,000 grant established to support undergraduate business ventures and promote innovation among the undergraduate class. The program runs on a two-quarter system in which winning applicants are picked from a diverse pool of business proposals and can be allocated up to $1,500 in funding. […]

With rising tuition costs, students are facing tough financial decisions in order to maintain a UC education. For some students, the rising cost of tuition can even mean forgoing housing and daily meals in order to study at UC Davis. While a majority of the student population can afford to pay student fees, rent and […]

Saving California Communities and ASUCD are sponsoring two forums on proposed initiatives that will examine how to increase revenue for California’s public education system. Advancement Project’s senior policy analyst Sandy Escobedo will present information on “Our Children, Our Future,” an education initiative that would raise over $10 billion in funding to help children succeed in […]