Campus News

The student organization “Students Opposing Speciesism” organized a demonstration on the quad where protestors wore monkey masks and sat in cages   By MADELEINE YOUNG — campus@theaggie.org   On Jan. 26, student activists with the PETA-backed youth organization Students Opposing Speciesism (SOS) gathered on the UC Davis campus for a demonstration opposing the use of […]

The Esports club’s Valorant Gold and Blue teams both win big prizes for the Aggies    By SONORA SLATER — campus@theaggie.org   On Saturday, Jan. 14, the UC Davis Valorant Gold team (Val Gold) placed first in a UC-wide esports competition located in Santa Monica, and the next day, the Valorant Blue team (Val Blue) […]

ASUCD senators, chairpersons and other campus leaders highlight their focus on promoting housing affordability as the search for next year’s housing begins   By LILY FREEMAN — campus@theaggie.org   As next year’s impending search for student housing quickly approaches, several student-run organizations have placed an emphasis on promoting housing advocacy campus-wide.  The re-establishment of the […]

The meeting also featured quarterly reports from the Whole Earth Festival Committee, Picnic Day Board and SHAWC   By RACHEL GAUER— campus@theaggie.org   Vice President JT Eden called the meeting to order at 6:14 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26. Senate recorder Rose Kazempoor took roll call, and Eden recited the UC Davis Land Acknowledgement.  Next, […]

Professor Arthur Shapiro’s contest, which contributes to climate change research, has returned again after a two-year halt due to the pandemic   By KAYA DO-KHANH — campus@theaggie.org   A UC Davis professor in the Department of Evolution and Ecology (EVE), Arthur Shapiro, has hosted an annual Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest, which contributes to climate change research, since […]

UC Davis played a role in the Artemis I Mission and was chosen for NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative   By KAYA DO-KHANH — campus@theaggie.org   UC Davis has recently worked with NASA on two projects: the Artemis I Mission and NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative. These are just the most recent partnerships in a long history […]

The union is demanding compensation for what they view as additional labor required of lecturers due to fall UAW strike   By Lev Farris Goldenberg — campus@theaggie.org   The UC-AFT lecturer’s union filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge against UC Davis on Dec. 30 in response to the university’s extension of fall quarter’s grade […]

On-campus thrift store Aggie Reuse transitions to a zero-cost resource for students   By LILY FREEMAN — campus@theaggie.org Jan. 17 marked the grand reopening of the Aggie Reuse Store, an ASUCD student-run unit known as the “on-campus thrift store,” according to their website. Their mission is to promote sustainable fashion and creative upcycling while providing […]

The ranking is based on multiple environmental measures that assess the overall sustainability of each campus   By RACHEL GAUER— campus@theaggie.org   UC Davis was ranked the No. 1 most sustainable campus in North America this year for the seventh year in a row, as well as placing fifth world-wide, according to a measure by […]

More money allocated to Mental Health Initiative Conference, Whole Earth Festival   By SYDNEY AMESTOY — campus@theaggie.org   The Jan. 19 Senate meeting was called to order by Vice President JT Eden at 6:14 p.m. He called roll and read the UC Davis Land Acknowledgement before getting into the night’s schedule.  First on the agenda […]

Nearly three years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, UC Davis has ended on-campus PCR testing, although the city of Davis continues to track the virus through wastewater testing   By LEV FERRIS GOLDBERG — campus@theaggie.org   As winter quarter begins, the COVID-19 landscape at UC Davis looks very different than it did a […]

UC Davis released a statement regarding the death that occurred on Jan. 24   By RACHEL GAUER— campus@theaggie.org   On the morning of Jan. 24, first-year computer science major Arhan Vyas died in Miller Hall, according to a recent press release. The cause of death had not been released as of Jan. 24. First responders […]