Campus News

LGBTQIA Resource Center presents “Collective Healing for Liberation” as month’s theme Pride Month at UC Davis began with a kick-off event on May 2, 2019 and will continue with a host of additional events throughout the month of May. The events will be held at the UC Davis LGBTQIA Resource Center in the Student Community […]

Meeting also sees confirmation of new IAC members, discusses upcoming budget hearings The ASUCD Senate meeting was called to order by Vice President Shreya Deshpande at 6:10 p.m. on Thursday, April 25. The meeting began with a brief Club Finance Council presentation, which discussed funding for student organizations. IAC Chair Henry Nibelli then nominated new […]

Aggie Compass sees four pillars of support to help students in need The Aggie Compass Basic Needs Center at UC Davis is seeking ways to further help students with food and housing security, mental health referrals and financial success planning. The center, located on the first floor of the Memorial Union, has been operational for […]

Senate holds Allyship training, passes resolution to support California Senate Bill 24 The April 18 Senate meeting was called to order at 6:15 pm by Vice President Shreya Deshpande. ASUCD President Justin Hurst was absent. The meeting began with Senate pro-tempore elections with senator Andre Spinoglio being elected. Next was an allyship training by the […]

Lecturers seek longer job contracts, more security from university The University of California American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT), a labor union that represents lecturers and librarians working at the UCs, is bargaining with the University of California Office of the President over a new contract for lecturers and other non-tenure-track faculty. The latest bargaining session […]

SR #10 fails 6-5 in Senate, leads to continuing discussion about disarmament The ASUCD Senate meeting on April 11 drew a larger-than-usual crowd. The controversial topic of police disarmament was put up for debate, specifically in the form of SR #10: an ASUCD resolution urging the Administration of UC Davis to disarm campus police for […]

Restrictions specifically target men who have had sex with men Chancellor Gary May recently released a statement to the community calling attention to federal restrictions that gay men face when donating blood. May published the letter in response to UC Davis’ regular blood drive that was held on April 16-18 on the Quad. May’s letter […]

Tauscher only two years into a 12-year term UC Regent Ellen Tauscher died Monday after a monthslong fight against pneumonia, according to the Los Angeles Times. She was 67. Tauscher was a former member of the US House of Representatives, representing California’s 10th congressional district. She went on to serve the State Department under President […]

UC Davis Student Housing and Dining Services attempts to keep up with low vacancy rates UC Davis Student Housing and Dining Services is planning on rolling out several changes in the next couple of years, including limitations on late night dining options, the opening of thousands of additional beds on and off-campus and more. Many […]

MAPS team at UC Davis named finalist in NASA’s BIG Idea Challenge A UC Davis engineering team known as MAPS was named one of the five finalists for NASA’s Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-Changing Idea Challenge. The MAPS team, a part of the Space and Satellite Systems Club, was selected for the final round along with […]

Tension mounts between students who feel unsafe with armed campus police and senators who disagree with all or parts of the resolution The Apr. 11 ASUCD Senate Meeting was called to order by Vice President Shreya Deshpande at 6:10 p.m. Senator Noah Pearl was absent for the meeting. The meeting began with a cultural humility […]

Sacramento hospital sends letter warning roughly 220 patients UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento sent out a letter to roughly 220 patients treated on March 17 at the hospital, warning them that they may have been exposed to measles after a child treated in the emergency room on that date was found to be infected […]