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Many prospective campus proposals to reimagine campus safety and security were discussed at the symposium During the second live University of California Campus Symposium on March 24, students, staff and faculty members met to discuss the future of campus policing and the role of the university’s police departments. UC students from the UC Student Association […]

Research suggests that lemongrass may also be a successful feed additive to reduce cow methane emissions in the future The lab of UC Davis Animal Science Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Ermias Kebreab has successfully identified seaweed as a feed additive that can reduce the enteric methane emissions […]

The South Korean church accused of being responsible for massive COVID-19 outbreaks throughout South Korea has secretly recruited UC Davis students on campus for years, former members say When Individual A* was a second-year, a student approached her in the Memorial Union and asked her if she could spare a minute to help out with […]

Ongoing efforts toward police accountability include a task force with student input As the trial for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin began this week, Chancellor Gary May and Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Renetta Garrison Tull spoke to The California Aggie about UC Davis’ most recent anti-racism initiatives.  In May 2020, Chauvin […]

James Adams reflects on his research studying political hostility after 16 years of teaching at UC Davis Professor James Adams, Ph.D., graduated from Princeton University with his bachelor’s in economics and went on to sell computers for Hewlett-Packard in the 1980s. After two years of working in the sales industry, he decided to change his […]

Many prospective campus proposals to reimagine campus safety and security were discussed at the symposium During the second live University of California Campus Symposium on March 24, students, staff and faculty members met to discuss the future of campus policing and the role of the university’s police departments. UC students from the UC Student Association […]

Residents remain skeptical of renovations This February, UC Davis Health (UCDH) released a $3.75 billion plan to rebuild and expand its medical center in Sacramento, “California Tower.” The new construction will consist of a 16-story hospital building and a five-story pavilion while also demolishing buildings that no longer meet seismic safety standards.  The construction is […]

Students will also have up until the last day of instruction to take a class pass/no pass The requirement for professors to give end-of-quarter exams has been waived again for Spring Quarter 2021, according to Dr. Richard Tucker, the chair of the UC Davis division of the Academic Senate.  Professors must notify students about whether […]

The project provides resources about farmworkers’ rights and COVID-19 spread prevention for farmworkers in their languages, as well as for distributors, employers and others in the agricultural industry In a $3 million contract with the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, UC Davis’ Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety has been teaming up with […]

Though approximately 7,500 student workers are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, few students have received their doses on campus due to low supply On March 1, just over 7,500 student employees at UC Davis became eligible for the vaccine under the state’s “education and childcare” category. BreAnda Northcutt, the communications director for finance, operations […]

The ASUCD senators voted to support The Pantry in hiring three new managers to meet heightened student demand The March 11 ASUCD Senate meeting was called to order at 6:10 p.m. by Internal Vice President Emily Barneond.  Senator Lucas Fong was absent, Ex-Officio External Affairs Vice President Maria Martinez was absent, External Affairs Commission Chair […]

UC Davis assistant professors shed light on how their projects will revolutionize the future of science Twelve members of UC Davis faculty were awarded the 2021 CAREER grant, an early-career award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).  “All NSF grant proposals have some aspects of research, intellectual merit, educational activities and impacts to society,” said […]