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UC Davis Health prepares for expected surge in coronavirus patients in the upcoming weeks  Employees of UC Davis Health have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last week, according to an internal email written by David Lubarsky, the CEO of UC Davis Health, that was obtained by The Sacramento Bee.  One of the infected staff […]

Lack of tests for COVID-19, resources impact UC Davis students, community Disclaimer: The identity of the UC Davis student who disclosed having symptoms similar to COVID-19 has been kept anonymous in order to protect them. A UC Davis student recently disclosed to the university that they had symptoms similar to those of COVID-19, the disease […]

UC Davis researchers continue work to identify possible treatments, vaccine An employee on the UC Davis Health campus in Sacramento tested positive for COVID-19, according to an announcement from UC Davis Health made today, March 20. The employee has not been at work since Friday, March 13. UC Davis Health said it was notified about […]

UC Davis, ASUCD officials encourage students, staff to uphold Principles of Community A shipping container in Toomey Field, located at the edge of campus on Russell Boulevard and A Street, was grafitied with xenophobic rhetoric that read, “The Chinese Communist Party = a danger to society,” accompanied by a crudely drawn photo of a man […]

Lack of diversity among students admitted by exception Phase II of an internal admissions audit of the UC recently revealed that UC campuses have been poorly tracking the profiles of specially admitted students — students admitted due to a special talent rather than on the basis of academic achievement.  These students fall under the systemwide […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom issues directives to practice social distancing in response to COVID-19 pandemic The City of Davis released a message urging residents to shelter-in-place and practice social distancing in response to the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. This message comes after seven Bay Area counties were ordered to shelter-in-place, with Gov. Gavin Newsom […]

Following 30th Principles of Community week, a look into university’s “four words campaign” For the past 30 years, the UC Davis campus community has aimed to stand by its Principles of Community, but have students noticed? The week of February 23rd was Principles of Community week ー where faculty and students celebrated the Principles of […]

Future ASUCD Winter Elections moved to Spring Quarter The results of the 2020 ASUCD Winter Elections celebrated sweeping victory for the extensively campaigned Basic Needs and Services Referendum. But Senate Bill 31 was not on the ballot alone — the Constitutional Cleanup Amendment, CA 67, was listed beneath SB 31. The reforms addressed in the […]

Seven scholars are recipients of prestigious award celebrating global perspectives The Chronicle of Higher Education announced that UC Davis is a “top producer” of Fulbright U.S. Scholars for the 2019-20 academic school year.  UC Davis is ranked fifth under the “doctoral institutions” category, tied with schools like Texas A&M University at College Station, UC Berkeley, […]

Students impacted by UCPath failure may receive monetary compensation The Feb. 26 Senate meeting was called to order at 6:12 p.m by ASUCD Vice President Shreya Deshpande who began the meeting by congratulating the table on the association’s recently-passed Basic Needs and Services Referendum. “We quite literally saved the association with the referendum passing,” President […]

Information released regarding future instruction, commencement Editor-in-Chief Kaelyn Tuermer-Lee, Managing Editor Hannah Holzer, Campus News Editor Kenton Goldsby, Opinion Editor Hanadi Jordan and Arts and Culture Editor Liz Jacobson sat down with the following UC Davis administrators on Friday to talk about decisions concerning remote instruction due to the coronavirus. Below is a transcript of […]

Instruction to be done remotely for most, if not all, of spring Classes will be given remotely for all of Spring Quarter 2020 at UC Davis, according to an announcement made today by the UC Davis administration. “As the spring quarter progresses, we will continue to monitor the coronavirus crisis and may reassess our directives,” […]