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University wildlife reserves also heavily affected by fires Students, faculty and staff seeking housing support can call the Human Resources Shared Services call center at (530)754-4772 etween 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. today and Monday. Additional resources can be found on this page.  UC Davis has offered temporary emergency housing for community members affected by […]

Students and police chief have differing ideas of campus safety While the UC Davis campus police budget rose by nearly $2 million from 2019 to 2020, the amount the campus spends on police for its Davis campus could decrease in the 2020-21 school year, according to UC Davis Police Chief Joe Farrow. The overall operating […]

COVID-19 prompts cancellations, impacting students and university The cancellation deadline for the residence halls has been extended to Aug. 30. For returning and transfer students living in apartment housing, the cancellation deadline has been moved to Aug. 23.  “This extension will allow students and their families to make a more informed decision,” said Mike Sheehan, […]

Requirement rooted in concern for influenza outbreak alongside COVID-19 pandemic A press release today from the University of California announced that all students, faculty and staff across UC must receive an influenza vaccine this fall. The requirement is effective for the 2020-21 academic year, with Nov. 1 listed as the deadline to get the influenza […]

Program creator says it will reduce financial inequity, but students and administrators voice concerns about price and obscure opt-out mechanism This article was updated on Aug. 16 to reflect that the opt-out period begins on Aug. 25. Equitable Access, announced in mid-2019, is an online textbook program that gives students access to all of their […]

American universities lack standardized system to track COVID-19 cases According to a recent survey conducted by The New York Times, more than 6,600 coronavirus cases have been found on college campuses nationwide.  The survey included data from UC Davis, which currently has 47 cases, making it the fifth most heavily affected UC campus as of […]

Drake’s base salary to be 56% higher than current President Janet Napolitano’s, coming in at $890,000 Dr. Michael V. Drake, the current president of Ohio State University (OSU), was unanimously appointed by the UC Regents as the next president of the UC system on July 7. He will be the first Black president — and […]

Academic Senate announces that current students, regardless of academic standing, and Spring Quarter graduates can switch grading modes for Spring Quarter classes The Academic Senate announced on June 30 that students, including those who graduated during Spring Quarter, will have their retroactive grade change petitions approved — with some exceptions — for classes taken during […]

Review may be conducted by Harassment and Discrimination Prevention Program on campus Alexis Brown, a decorated alumna of the UC Davis women’s gymnastics team who graduated in 2018, recently came forward about her experiences with racism and microaggressions on the gymnastics program.  Brown, who was an animal science major, took to Instagram on June 2 […]

UAW Local 2865’s bargaining team voted 10-8 to not call a strike vote, increasing current discontent with union leadership Hundreds of phone calls and countless emails hounded members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2865 Bargaining Team, asking them to call an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike vote. Wildcat grade strikes — unsanctioned by […]

University will offer some classes, services in person, based on health guidelines, instructor preferenceBy UC Davis announced on June 16 that it will welcome students back to campus for Fall Quarter, depending on county and state health guidelines, and will offer some in-person classes and services while making most classes available remotely.  The university will […]

Thrive faces criticism for not consulting members of the Black campus community when deciding to skip last Senate meeting of the quarter in solidarity with the BLM movement Before the June 4 ASUCD Senate meeting officially began, Jailen Graham, the president of the Black Student Union at UC Davis, read a statement on the killings […]