Campus News

January test first of three planned for this year A WarnMe test is planned for Jan. 29. WarnMe is a security system notifying the UC Davis community about emergencies and other urgent concerns taking place on or near the university campus.  It will be the first of three tests for the calendar year. Faculty, staff, […]

Jason Roof discusses psychiatry and the criminal justice system University professors, as experts in their fields of study, are in unique positions to apply their knowledge to real-world situations. Jason Roof, an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at UC Davis Medical Center, works in the forensic psychiatry field. His field includes performing mental health evaluations […]

UC Davis is most sustainable university in U.S., third globally, according to GreenMetric Rankings For the third year in a row, UC Davis has been named the “most sustainable” university in the U.S. and the third most sustainable university in the world, according to the 10th annual GreenMetric Rankings. Between May and October of 2019, […]

CoHo switches from avocado spread to individually wrapped avocados, demonstrating trade-offs made for sustainability In Fall Quarter 2019, the CoHo introduced an unlisted change to its menu: instead of using avocado spread on its deli sandwiches, it would now give customers individually wrapped, sliced avocados — switching to single-use, non-compostable plastic. The switch came as […]

Senate determines emergency legislation aimed at providing supplies for The Pantry is unconstitutional Senator Shondreya Landrum called the Dec. 5 ASUCD Senate meeting to order at 6:15 p.m. with Vice President Shreya Deshpande and Senators Anna Estrada and Lylah Schmedel absent. The meeting began with Senator Andre Spignolio unanimously elected to be interim pro tempore […]

$2 billion of bond would benefit UC schools A $15 billion bond to support preschool, K-12 and higher education will be placed before California voters on March 3 during the state primary election. Known as Proposition 13 –– or the Public Preschool, K-12 and College Health and Safety Bond Act of 2020 — this piece […]

Religious doctrine dictates care for patients, what is taught to medical students and what care is allowed to be performed by UC doctors Dignity Health, a Catholic hospital chain and the largest hospital provider in California, has agreements with five out of six UC medical centers. Contracts between the UC and Dignity Health explicitly restrict […]

Breaking down students’ contribution to UC Davis athletics Students at UC Davis directly fund student athletics: For 2018-19, the NCAA reported that student fees made up $23.5 million, or about 57%, of UC Davis’ athletics budget. Intercollegiate Athletics (ICA) at UC Davis receives student funding through student fees. Separate from tuition — which sits at […]

Following publication of piece, discussion and debate ensues Diversity statements are political litmus tests, according to an editorial notice published in the December issue of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) Notices penned by Dr. Abigail Thompson, a professor in and chair of the UC Davis Mathematics Department. This notice was later expanded upon and appeared […]

Distinguished alumni announced as speakers Among the many distinguished UC Davis alumni, three were announced as speakers for the campus’ undergraduate commencements in June. Nadine Burke Harris, California’s first surgeon general; Francisco Rodriguez, chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District and Tracy Caldwell Dyson, a NASA astronaut, will speak to the thousands of graduates […]

UCPath payroll issues may continue as two more campuses added to system in December Despite student protests and large-scale backlash, as many as 50 students had not received paychecks for the entirety or part of Fall Quarter by the time the term ended. Although campus leadership assured that students’ paychecks were coming, no official date […]

First clinically sound abortion reversal study only enrolled 12 of 40 patients; three women went to emergency room  A UC Davis Health study run by OB/GYN Dr. Mitchell D. Creinin that attempted to discern the safety of “abortion reversal” treatments ended abruptly in December when three patients experienced serious bleeding that sent them to the […]