Campus News

Today is the first day of the UC Davis East Quad Farmers Market at the Silo. The on-campus farmers market, which used to be on the Quad, is a place where students and faculty can buy fresh produce. The market is co-sponsored by UC Davis Stores (formerly UC Davis Bookstores), Campus Recreation and Unions, Student […]

How many times were you asked during spring break if you had a job or internship for the summer?   Did the question raise your stress level?  Did it make you want to hide or go back to sleep?  For many, the process of landing a position is daunting and easily brushed aside for more pressing […]

Sustainability has been an increasingly hot topic in recent years throughout many California universities, and at UC Davis the Campus Center for the Environment (CCE) aims to promote environmental awareness and a sustainable lifestyle. This quarter, UC Davis students can participate in the Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP), a two-unit seminar series that provides […]

This week, students can apply for UC Davis Summer Abroad and secure their spot in one day. The UC Davis Summer Abroad program is usually 4 weeks and students receive 8 units. The programs are led by UC faculty. There are still spots open in programs in Argentina, Australia, the United Kingdom, Chile and more. […]

Last week, the UC Board of Regents held their March meeting Thursday and Friday at UCSF Mission Bay. At the three-day meeting, the Regents discussed the 2012-13 UC budget. They also discussed a multi-year plan for UC that would potentially provide stability for UC finances and for UC students in the future. The university has […]

Today, the Bike Barn will be opening a satellite location in the Memorial Union (MU). This location will be known as the Bike Hub and can be found in MU 156. “For many years now we have become increasingly more aware of how small the Bike Barn space is,” said Shell Sumerel, Bike Hub manager. […]

Twelve protesters involved in the U.S. Bank blockade on campus have been ordered to court by the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office on misdemeanor charges. The protesters have been ordered to the Yolo Superior Court on April 27. They are facing charges of a conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor and a misdemeanor by “willfully and […]

According to University of California General Counsel Charles Robinson, the public release of the task force has been postponed beyond the first week of April. The decision, made by California Supreme Court Associate Justice and chair of the pepper spray task force Cruz Reynoso, is the fourth time the report has been postponed. Robinson emphasized […]

On Tuesday, California Supreme Court Associate Justice Cruz Reynoso and chair of the pepper spray task force, sent a letter to UC President Mark Yudof suggesting the task force results be released in early April. “… We want to move as expeditiously as possible for the public release of the Task Force report; however, considering […]

Bowing to pressure from the campus Occupy movement, U.S. Bank is closing the doors to its Memorial Union (MU) branch for good. Since January, the branch had been the site of daily sit-ins by Occupy UC Davis protesters, who said they wanted the bank closed. “It was all worth it at the end,” said Artem […]

Just in time for finals, students now have another environmentally friendly option at the UC Davis Bookstore with the arrival of new green books, a green replacement for blue books. The new testing material alternative is made from 100 percent recycled material and costs only three cents more than the regular blue books. Soon green books will […]

At a hearing on Friday, a judge ruled that some of the results from the task force investigating the pepper spray incident could be released. However, after Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evilio Grillo’s ruling on Friday, part of the results have been sealed, and cannot be released until further consideration of the police officer’s […]