Campus News

Construction expected to take five to 10 years On Feb. 21, UC Davis unveiled a partnership between IBM and its off-campus innovation center, Aggie Square. The highly-anticipated collaboration will include a group of specialists from IBM working with both Aggie Square staff and the UC Davis Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement. IBM is notoriously […]

Gender and Sexuality Commission expresses frustration over lack of support The Feb. 28 ASUCD Senate meeting was called to order at 6:10 p.m. by Vice President Shaniah Branson. Senators Mohammad Qayum and Maya Barak were absent. The meeting began with the Campus Center for the Environment’s (CCE) quarterly report by its unit director, Liv Gray. […]

UC Davis alumnus Greg Miller to speak at Mondavi Center March 19 Last April, memos written by former FBI Director James Comey, detailing his interactions with President Donald Trump, were released to Congressional committees and then obtained by the press. In one particular conversation mentioned in the memos, Trump expressed frustration over a story in […]

ECAC, YDSA involved in demonstration to inform students of Japanese-American internment during WWII The Ethnic and Cultural Affairs Commission (ECAC) and the Young Democratic Socialists of America (YSDA) chapter at UC Davis held a demonstration in front of the Memorial Union on Feb. 19 in honor of the 77th anniversary of the U.S. executive decision […]

Nicholas Chavez ordered to stay away from campus for three years following arrest Nicholas Chavez, the transient individual who had been living in the Art Building and occupying the office of a professor on sabbatical without permission, was released from jail yesterday after his arrest on Feb. 21. Chavez has been issued a three-year order […]

Senate meeting sees several quarterly reports, introduction of three new bills On Feb. 21, the ASUCD Senate met in the Mee Room of the Memorial Union for its weekly meeting, with President Michael Gofman absent for its entirety. Senators Maya Barak and Noah Pearl were also absent and Senator Brandon Clemons was tardy. The meeting […]

Premiums for student families, mental health resources to decrease The UC Davis SHIP Committee approved six changes for the 2019-20 insurance coverage year at its Feb. 20 meeting. The committee is a branch of the UC Davis graduate student association that collaborates with the vice chancellor for Student Affairs regarding SHIP coverage. A survey was […]

Advocacy groups take different approaches to addressing anti-Semitism Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) hosted an anti-Semitism awareness training workshop at the Student Community Center (SCC) on Feb. 27. The workshop, attended by approximately 30 people, was the second on campus event this year to address student concerns about the rising tide of anti-Semitism at U.S. […]

News comes after UC secures additional funds from Gov. Newsom UC tuition will neither increase nor decrease, remaining steady for the 2019-20 academic year, the UC Office of the President announced in a press release. The news comes after the release of Gov. Newsom’s proposed state budget, which includes an increase in funding for the […]

Second anti-Semitic incident in matter of months occurs on campus Recent acts of destructive vandalism at UC Davis’ Putah Creek Riparian Reserve included swastikas painted on a tree in the area. This is the second anti-Semitic incident on campus in a matter of months. The vandals also burned two wooden picnic benches and spray-painted graffiti […]

Kantor discusses breaking Harvey Weinstein story, #MeToo movement, journalism career Jodi Kantor, the investigative journalist from The New York Times who broke the story exposing the sexual harassment committed by Harvey Weinstein alongside colleague Megan Twohey, spoke at the Mondavi Center on March 4. Kantor, who covers gender and politics for The Times, discussed her […]

UC freshman applications decreased by 3 percent systemwide A fact sheet released by the UC Office of the President (UCOP), which highlighted the UC admission statistics for Fall 2019 applications, reported a 3 percent systemwide decrease in applications sent to the UC. Claire Doan, the director of media relations for UCOP, said via email that […]