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The ceremonies took place indoors on Aug. 26 and 27 to make up for June’s ceremonies that were cut short due to extreme heat   By SONORA SLATER — campus@theaggie.org   Makeup commencement ceremonies for spring 2022 UC Davis graduates were held on Aug. 26 and 27, according to a recent press release, providing an […]

Chancellor Gary May later released a statement condemning the act By SONORA SLATER — campus@theaggie.org Content warning: This article includes discussions of antisemitic language which some readers may find disturbing. The UC Davis Police Department sent out a crime alert to campus community members at 6:07 p.m. on Aug. 28, reporting a “hate incident” involving […]

Interim senators, judicial council members and new chairpersons for the various committees confirmed during special session By SYDNEY AMESTOY — campus@theaggie.org On Thursday, August 11, at 6:00 p.m, Vice President JT Eden called the special session meeting of the Senate to order over Zoom, then read the UC Davis Land Acknowledgement.  The purpose of this […]

Daniel Noble was charged with the “distribution of visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct,” according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office   By KAYA DO-KHANH — campus@theaggie.org   Content Warning: This article contains discussions of sexual misconduct and abuse which some readers may find disturbing.   On May 19, […]

Healthy Central Valley Together is now conducting COVID-19 wastewater testing in Davis    By SYDNEY AMESTOY — campus@theaggie.org   Davis residents, as well as residents in some other central valley communities, can now check local COVID-19 rates based on their city’s wastewater via the Healthy Central Valley Together (HCVT) program, a collaboration between UC Davis […]

Free, voluntary campus testing has moved from the ARC to the Human Resources Building     By KAYA DO-KHANH — campus@theaggie.org   As of June 24, UC Davis has ended its COVID-19 testing requirement for students, according to an announcement from Chancellor Gary May on June 13. The free PCR tests will still be available to […]

The makeup commencement ceremony will be planned based on feedback from a survey sent out in late June to recent graduates, according to UC Davis Chancellor Gary May  By JADE BELL — campus@theaggie.org Plans for a $58 regalia refund and a makeup commencement ceremony for undergraduate students were announced by UC Davis Chancellor Gary May […]

The resolution encourages UCs to facilitate easier access to a variety of voting options   By SONORA SLATER — campus@theaggie.org   A joint resolution signed by UC President Michael Drake, Board of Regents Vice Chair Richard Leib and California Secretary of State Shirley Weber on June 29 announced an initiative that seeks to increase student […]

The Disability Rights Advocacy Committee, the Office of the International Student Representative and others gave reports on this quarter’s activities and plans for the future   By JENNIFER MA — campus@theaggie.org    The Senate meeting on Thursday, May 26 was called to order at 6:20 p.m. by 2021-2022 Vice President Juliana Martinez Hernandez, who then […]

The new budget includes increases in ASUCD employee pay rates and the number of paid workers    By ISABELLA KRZESNIAK — campus@theaggie.org   ASUCD recently held budget hearings for the 2022-23 school year. As part of a continuing effort from ASUCD to more fairly compensate those who work as part of the association, according to […]

Proposition to change the UC Davis mascot to a cow passes in the ASUCD spring election   By SYDNEY AMESTOY — campus@theaggie.org   In this year’s ASUCD spring elections, students voted to change the UC Davis official mascot from Gunrock the mustang to a cow. According to the ASUCD elections website, 2,532 students voted “Yes,” […]

“Secrets of the Universe” film explores the powerful forces of the universe and the physics behind what happened shortly after the Big Bang    By KAYA DO-KHANH — campus@theaggie.org   UC Davis Physics Professor Manuel Calderón de la Barca Sánchez and a team of Aggie researchers explore the mysteries of the universe, including the physics […]