Campus News

Week featured marches, guest speakers, talks From April 29 to May 3, the Muslim Student Association (MSA) and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organized a series of talks, marches and activities as part of anti-Zionism Week. In response, Aggies for Israel (AFI) also organized a series of tabling events and safe spaces in support […]

Video of UC Davis police restraining woman outside of bookstore prompts public outcry, investigation An investigation is currently underway into the use of force by UC Davis police officers against a woman allegedly caught shoplifting in the UC Davis Bookstore on May 6. A video spread online through Twitter and the Wildfire app shows police […]

Monthlong celebration focuses on intersectionalities Throughout May, the UC Davis Mental Health Initiative (MHI) hosts 20 different events and 10 themed days on campus to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month. The events range from therapy llamas on the quad to workshops focusing on the undocumented community. The panels, workshops and activities are part of the […]

Staff, advocates for center throughout the years share memories, challenges, triumphs The UC Davis LGBTQIA Resource Center held its 25th anniversary celebration on May 7, providing food and presenting several speakers who reminisced and shared stories about the center’s history. The theme of the anniversary celebration was “Heal, Embrace, Reclaim!” Monae Roberts, the director of […]

UCOP responds to proposed bill package California legislators introduced an admissions reform bill package in response to the nationwide college admissions scandal that broke earlier this spring. Democratic Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, who represents the seventh district in Sacramento and heads the Budget Subcommittee on Education, has helped introduce a college admissions reform bill package into […]

Summit on May 23 aims to address problems of marginalized engineering communities A coalition of engineering clubs on campus plans to come together to host a diversity summit on May 23. The diversity summit will have a panel of speakers from the UC Davis community. Some of the notable speakers will be the Dean of […]

Student was one of 12 to be selected for scholarship Jonathan Ho, a third-year biochemistry and molecular biology double major, was selected to receive the Strauss Scholarship, which will provide him with $15,000 to conduct a community service project in Knights Landing throughout the 2019–20 school year. The scholarship is given to students from a […]

May rent payment looks doubtful, Yolo County District Attorney’s Office, city of Davis police department looking into legalities WeHousing, a booking company that primarily focuses on helping international students find university housing, has neglected to pay April rent for about 100 UC Davis students. The company uses master lease agreements, signing a large quantity of […]

Public presents petition with 343 signatures in favor of keeping service The Senate was called to order by ASUCD Vice President Shreya Deshpande on May 2 at 6:10 p.m. Senate began with the confirmation of Interim Senator Karolina Rodriguez, a first-year Chicana/o studies and political science double major. Rodriguez will finish out the term of […]

Research examines protection against extreme drought in two African nations Jonathan Malacarne, a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate in agriculture and resource economics, is in charge of the Mozambique component of a project that studies the “impacts of drought-tolerant maize seed and satellite-based index insurance on small farmer welfare in Mozambique and Tanzania.” The project was originally […]

Faculty, employers, students express satisfaction over switch in hopes that it will improve recruitment rates UC Davis’s job posting site Aggie Job Link will be replaced by the up-and-coming career network site, Handshake. Over 700 universities, including UC Berkeley, Stanford and Princeton already use the platform, and Davis hopes that this switch will boost its […]

Students are not expected to donate to annual fundraiser A common sight before and throughout the long awaited Picnic Day are the small picket signs nestled into the grass, displaying barcodes and names of certain organizations or buildings asking for donations. But the reason why Give Day exists in the first place and why donations […]