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Spring Quarter tuition likely to remain the same, university offering paid administrative leave Spring Quarter tuition will likely remain unchanged amid the COVID-19 crisis, despite demands from students that the university reduce tuition and fees.  Tuition at UC Davis is used to pay the salaries of students and educators, but it also funds a vast […]

UC says it continues contract negotiations with UC-AFT, is working hard to provide individual lecturers with support  The UC’s handling of the shift to remote instruction reflects a lack of interest in “prioritizing student education and providing lecturers what they need to support their students,” according to lecturers from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Los […]

“Virtual UC Davis” website now online, campus provides resources to increase Zoom privacy In an email sent to faculty, staff and students on April 10, Chancellor Gary May announced that both Summer Sessions will be offered via remote instruction. “Hundreds of courses will be offered, so summer will still be a good time to access […]

Interactive map displays local, national, international trends in coronavirus cases The UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and CalSurv, a computer-generated disease outbreak monitoring system, cooperated to generate an interactive online map and graph set displaying daily changes to local, national and international COVID-19 trends, according to UC Davis News. Christopher Barker, an associate professor […]

Laptops are still available for distribution during the first weeks of Spring Quarter In response to UC Davis’ transition to online instruction platforms, efforts by the Information and Education Technology (IET) department and the UC Davis Library addressed concerns regarding equal access to technology. Anita Nichols, the director of client success for UC Davis Information […]

UC Davis administration will explore option of in-person commencement in December UC Davis’ Spring Commencement of 2020 will move to a virtual platform due to COVID-19, rather than being held in-person, according to an email sent out today by UC Davis Chancellor Gary May to the university’s Class of 2020, faculty and staff. May said […]

Identity of man seen with machete in his backpack remains unknown The California Aggie recently sat down with UC Davis Campus Police Chief Joe Farrow to discuss an earlier incident on March 9 in which a suspect approached campus with a machete for unknown reasons. The suspect was first seen off campus in South Davis, […]

UC student workers, career staff, clinical researchers could see reduction in hours due to COVID-19 On April 2, UC President Janet Napolitano released a letter to the UC community announcing that there will be no COVID-19-related layoffs between now and the end of the fiscal year, on June 30, 2020. As of today, the UC […]

Current UC President Janet Napolitano to step down this summer The UC is in search of its 21st president who will lead and oversee all 10 campuses, five medical centers, three national laboratories as well as agriculture and natural resources programs. Current UC President Janet Napolitano is expected to step down by August 2020. Napolitano […]

Faculty explore alternatives to engage, offer flexibility to students  Following UC Davis’ decision to implement remote instruction for the remainder of the academic year, students and faculty now face some challenges in the transition from in-person to online classes. John Theobald, a continuing lecturer in the Department of Communication, will be instructing CMN 142: Newsmaking […]

Campus closures prompt ASUCD to prepare for virtual Senate meetings Outgoing ASUCD Vice President Shreya Deshpande called the March 12 Senate meeting to order at 6:16 p.m. The meeting began by swearing in newly elected Senators and presidential representatives under oath. Thursday’s meeting was simplified and ended earlier, given health concerns over spreading COVID-19. Heartwarming […]

Currently unknown how COVID-19 will impact proposed UC tuition hike The vote on a UC-wide tuition hike, opposed by many, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, has been postponed again, after it had been previously postponed due to a clerical error. The latest vote, scheduled to take place at the UC Regents March 20 meeting, was pushed […]