Campus News

World-renowned geophysicist Dr. Estella Atekwana will join UC Davis in August  Estella Atekwana, a geophysicist and the dean of the College of Earth, Ocean and Environment at the University of Delaware, will become UC Davis’ new dean of the College of Letters and Science effective Aug. 1, 2021.  Before becoming a professor, she received her […]

Standing with the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, the ASUCD Senate voted for the boycott of four major companies on campus Internal Vice President Emily Barneond called the special session to order on June 1 at 8 p.m. This special session was held to continue the discussion on emergency SR #20 which stands beside Boycott, […]

While the draft policy proposed a mandate contingent on full FDA approval, the UC has announced plans to require vaccinations under emergency-use authorization By REBECCA GARDNER — campus@theaggie.org The University of California will require COVID-19 vaccines for students, staff and faculty returning to campus in the fall, altering its previous plan to wait for the […]

The resolution acknowledges the Tiananmen Square Massacre and calls for the divestment of the partnership between UC Davis and the Chinese Ministry of Education By MADDIE DULEY — campus@theaggie.org Internal Vice President Emily Barneond called the ASUCD Senate meeting to order at 6:10 p.m. on June 4. Graduating senators then offered farewell statements reflecting on […]

The seven commissions of ASUCD reported on their Spring Quarter updates and spoke on plans for Fall Quarter Internal Vice President Emily Barneond called the Senate meeting to order at 6:10 p.m. on May 27.     The meeting began with the introduction and confirmation of chair member nominees in the Administrative Advisory Commission and the […]

The California State Fire Marshal’s Office is currently conducting an investigation regarding the cause of the fire, and the investigation results will be available to the UC Davis community once completed Counseling resources are available to students during this challenging time. Students can schedule a free video or phone appointment with counseling services at (530) […]

Two new exhibitions are available for visitors to experience after the museum staff’s hard work through the pandemic The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Museum of Art reopened on June 3 with timed tickets. New exhibits such as “Wayne Thiebaud Influencer: A New Generation” and Arnold Joseph Kemp’s exhibition “I would survive. I could survive. […]

UC Davis is developing a new creative and hands-on learning environment on the Sacramento campus that offers unique quarterly programs for students Aggie Square is an innovative, exploratory program on the Sacramento UC Davis Health campus where students can live, work and assist the community in quarter-long programs called “experiences.” Development and planning began in […]

ASUCD senators voted to establish the Herbicide Free Committee (HFC) as a permanent committee under ASUCD On Thursday, May 20, the ASUCD Senate meeting was called to order at 6:10 p.m. by Internal Vice President Emily Barneond.  Senator Maahum Shahab, Tenzin Youedon, Michael Navarro and Annoushqa Bobde were all absent. Adrian Lopez, the senior director […]

Data from survey responses could be published or sold for financial gain by hackers Participants in one of UC Davis’ undergraduate experience surveys were targeted by the recent Accellion cyberattack, according to a May 26 campus-wide email from Pablo Reguerín, the vice chancellor of student affairs. Accellion is an IT cybersecurity company. The undergraduate experience […]

Many students have become accustomed to the remote learning norm of open-book, open-note test taking and are worried about rigor of the traditional classroom In late December, the university announced its plan to return to in-person instruction in fall 2021. Chancellor Gary May and Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Mary Croughan wrote that as local […]

The UC reached a settlement in landmark standardized-testing case—enforcing the continuance of a “test-blind” approach to admissions The University of California will no longer consider SAT and ACT scores in admission or scholarship decisions, as a result of a settlement reached in a lawsuit filed by students against the university. According to a May 14 […]