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SISS maintains communication, coordinates accommodations with professors The transition to virtual courses presents different obstacles to every student, depending on their circumstances. For both international students who have returned to their homes abroad and international students unable to return home, there are challenges posed by the virtual classroom setting, including time zone differences and each […]

Strikes and protests reflect discontent with handling of COVID-19 measures Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) movements from seven UCs, including UC Davis, went on strike on May 1, International Workers’ Day, withholding labor and organizing car rallies in their respective neighborhoods.  According to a joint press release from COLA movements UC-wide, the actions were a […]

From business as usual, to no exam at all: different ways professors are administering midterms remotely With the first ever wave of online midterms now behind us, students and professors alike have been forced to evaluate, and reevaluate, the merits of exam-based assessments and how best to navigate them in this new digital terrain. At […]

Department of Education reveals new Title IX regulations New Title IX regulations regarding sexual harassment and assualt were revealed on Wednesday, May 6 by the Department of Education, led by Education Secretary Betsy Devos. These new guidelines — which will take effect Aug. 14 — were finalized after a lengthy review process initiated in 2018. […]

Chancellor May convenes two task forces exploring how to return to campus UC campuses will not be fully reopened by this fall, according to UC President Janet Napolitano, who said last week that UC campuses will be “exploring a mix” of both in-person and online instruction.  In an email sent to The California Aggie, Chancellor […]

Organizers call grade strike “no longer the strongest tactic” for achieving a cost of living adjustment Graduate students at UC Davis who withheld grades as part of the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) movement submitted Winter Quarter grades on April 12, ending a grade strike that began on Feb. 27.  UC San Diego graduate students […]

UC Davis will use institutional funds to give aid to undocumented, international students UC Davis undergraduate and graduate students will be receiving emergency relief payments through the roughly $16.9 million the university has received through the CARES Act for such purposes. The CARES Act is a federal bill passed in March to support the economy […]

Vacant Judicial Council seat still unfilled at time of canceled meeting The weekly ASUCD Senate meeting on April 30 was canceled for the second week in a row due to a continued vacancy on the ASUCD Judicial Council. According to the ASUCD Constitution, the Senate cannot hold weekly meetings as long as a vacancy on […]

Students affected by study abroad cancellations will receive refunds The UC Davis Global Learning Hub announced the cancellation of Spring Quarter and Summer Session study abroad programs, but it has yet to decide the fate of Fall Quarter programs.  Zachary Frieders, the executive director of the UC Davis Global Learning Hub (formerly the Study Abroad […]

COVID-19 prompts university to host a series online sessions, webinars for admitted students, their families Aggie Experience Live!, a virtual open house, was created in response to shelter-in-place directives addressing the COVID-19 pandemic that prevented admitted students and families from going to campus to attend the annual Decision UC Davis. “While you’re staying close to […]

The project, initiated in 2009, is focused on developing precautionary initiatives for responding to infectious diseases like SARS PREDICT, a part of the Emerging Pandemic Threats (EPT) program administered through the UC Davis One Health Institute, received a six-month, $2.26M extension on April 1 to offer emergency technical support in detecting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that […]

Millions from emergency reserves, government acts, Basic Needs and Services Referendum to offset losses ASUCD is projected to face $1.1 million in losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic if the campus does not reopen for Fall Quarter 2020, according to ASUCD Controller Kevin Rotenkolber. ASUCD Business Manager Greg Ortiz and Rotenkolber, who is responsible for […]