Campus News

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 […]

Resources such as CARE and Empower YOLO are available to offer free services to survivors The initial COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020 forced the world into a new isolated way of living where many Americans have dealt with job loss, housing insecurity and financial hardship. Recently published studies conducted by UC Davis Professor Clare Cannon […]

Commission chairs and senators discussed the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, among other things. Vice President Emily Barneond called the meeting to order at 6:10 p.m.  Barneond introduced and assigned four new bills, including SB #58 to outline procedures for consolidation of ASUCD units, SB #59 to edit Chapter 23 of ASUCD bylaws, SB #60 […]

Many challenges remain for international students at UC Davis amid the pandemic International graduate students at UC Davis continue to face obstacles to conducting their research, and these problems are exacerbated by both the pandemic and the challenges of working under an F-1 visa.  According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the F-1 visa permits […]

Hayat was the spiritual sister coordinator for the Muslim Student Association and died suddenly in a nine-car pile-up in San Lorenzo on Feb. 24 Ameena Hayat, a 22-year-old fourth-year human development major at UC Davis, was on her way to see a family friend when she died in a nine-car accident near San Lorenzo, CA […]

The $19 million grant is distributed to all nine UC campuses and funds eight new projects at UC Davis The University of California (UC) awarded $19 million to 15 multicampus research programs and initiatives in the biannual research competition. UC Davis will be participating in eight of the projects that were awarded funding. Each project […]