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This year, commencement has been consolidated into three ceremonies By ANGELINA ANGELO — campus@theaggie.org UC Davis will host graduation commencement ceremonies in-person for the first time since 2019. In lieu of holding college-specific graduation ceremonies, there will be three commencement ceremonies for all undergraduates held on June 10, 11 and 12. “The campus is energized […]

An incident at the intersection of Hutchison Drive and Dairy Road has resulted in the death of a UC Davis student By SYDNEY AMESTOY — campus@theaggie.org A UC Davis student has passed away after a collision with a garbage truck at the junction of Hutchison Drive and Dairy Road just after 8 a.m. on May […]

The campus location experienced a slump in sales this quarter, according to Randii MacNear, the Davis Farmers Market Alliance executive director   By ISABELLA KRZESNIAK — campus@theaggie.org   The UC Davis Farmers Market, located at the West Quad, concluded its spring 2022 season on May 18. Similar to the Central Park location, this farmers market […]

SB #84 and SB #85 passed unanimously   By ANGELINA ANGELO — campus@theaggie.org   Internal Vice President Juliana Martinez Hernandez called the meeting to order at 6:11 p.m. on Thursday, May 12. Following roll call of the senators, she recited the UC Davis Land Acknowledgement.  Kabir Sahni was confirmed on the Internal Affairs Commission after […]

Jacque and Wayne Bartholomew, and Pam Rohrich and Karl Gerdes are being recognized with awards for their extraordinary contributions    By JENNIFER MA — campus@theaggie.org    Jacque and Wayne Bartholomew and Pam Rohrich and Karl Gerdes, two alumni couples, will be awarded the UC Davis Medal this spring. The medal recognizes “extraordinary contributions that embody […]

Two campus leaders will provide interim leadership for Finance, Operations and Administration until the new vice chancellor is in place    By JENNIFER MA — campus@theaggie.org    In September, Vice Chancellor of Finance, Operations and Administration (FOA) Kelly Ratliff announced her plans to retire in May. This comes after working for 35 years at the […]

Voter turnout increased by 470% from last fall By KRISTIN TRENT — campus@theaggie.org In this spring’s election, seven candidates ran for six seats in ASUCD Senate, one candidate ran for student advocate and there was one executive ticket. Voter turnout was 11.98% of UC Davis’ undergraduate population — a 470% increase from last fall’s 2021 […]

UC Davis Police have arrested Gavin Tucker Boulet for burglary and auto theft    By SYDNEY AMESTOY — campus@theaggie.org   A suspect was arrested on April 15 for a burglary that occurred during the night of April 14 at the greenhouse complex at Orchard Park Drive.  UC Davis police apprehended the suspect, 43-year-old Gavin Tucker […]

Positivity rates have been averaging around 1% since the Thursday before Picnic Day By KATHLEEN QUINN— campus@theaggie.org COVID-19 cases had a sharp uptick right before Picnic Day on April 23, when community members from Davis and the surrounding areas arrived in the thousands to take part in UC Davis’ on-campus activities.  Since then, the cases […]

During the quarterly Town Hall, ASUCD Presidential Candidate Radhika Gawde was questioned about whether she would withdraw from the race so a special election could be called By KAYA DO-KHANH — campus@theaggie.org On Thursday, May 5 at 6:17 p.m., Vice President Juliana Martinez Hernandez called the Senate meeting to order and recited the UC Davis […]

The rally followed one held in March, which centered on rent burden and housing insecurity   By ISABELLA KRZESNIAK — campus@theaggie.org   On April 26, members of Student Researchers United (SRU-UAW), United Auto Workers (UAW) 2865 and UAW 5810 marched from the Memorial Union to Dutton Hall to bring attention to demands for their upcoming […]

One executive ticket, seven senatorial candidates and one candidate for student advocate are running this quarter By SYDNEY AMESTOY, KAYA DO-KHANH, ISABELLA KRZESNIAK, JENNIFER MA and CHRIS PONCE — campus@theaggie.org The following candidates are running in ASUCD’s 2022 Spring Elections for elected official positions in student government. The candidate for student advocate was not interviewed […]