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Two remaining candidates: one currently holds interim position, other chief of mental health at CA State Prison, Sacramento Following the controversial termination of UC Davis’ former Counseling Services Director, a group of staff and students comprising the official Recruitment Advisory Committee (RAC) has been actively involved in a months-long hiring process to fill the position. […]

LGBTQIA members of University Covenant Church, Catalyst speak about being in these groups “Five years. I spent five years at University Covenant Church involved on both staff and volunteer levels building relationships, investing in youth, and being a Guinea pig for the staff to figure out how to approach the LGBT community […] In reflection, […]

Demands for competitive pay with CSU, CCC librarians UC librarians, represented by the University Council-American Federation of Teachers Unit 17 (UC-AFT), a union that also represents UC lecturers, rallied outside of Shields Library during a break in their bargaining session with the UC’s bargaining team on Jan. 15. The negotiation process for the UC librarians’ […]

Free event gathered around 1,000 registrants The third annual Mental Health Conference took place on the weekend of Jan. 12 and 13 at the UC Davis Conference Center. This was the first year the event was completely free of charge for students and other attendees, and registration slots quickly filled up before the weekend events […]

UC student leaders express concern over perceived lack of transparency in decision to eliminate position The UC Regents recently decided to remove the UC Regents Student Advisor position, a role meant to give students a voice in UC governance. The current student regent, Edward G. Huang, a student at UC Berkeley, expressed opposition to the […]

Theme, grand marshal announced for annual event The 105th celebration of Picnic Day will be held on Saturday, April 13, during which an estimated 75,000 past, current and prospective UC Davis students along with faculty, staff and Davis community members will partake in a myriad of festivities. The theme for this year’s event will be […]

Design and Construction Management workers discuss campus projects The Design and Construction Management (DCM) office at UC Davis has been busy with the recent opening of California Hall, a lecture facility located behind Wellman Hall, and with construction projects in the pipeline for the foreseeable future. The opening of California Hall is within the context […]

Some research grants delayed, already-awarded federal financial aid not at risk UC Davis, a federally-funded institution, is not immune to the effects of the ongoing federal government shutdown. This means that research grants, student immigration cases and financial aid may be delayed across the university. The National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA and U.S. Department of […]

Student fees funding Unitrans would increase by $13.30 if referendum successful Unitrans recently began instituting changes to combat its growing budget deficit, including decreasing the frequency of certain less-popular buses. In order to avoid cutting more services, Unitrans proposed a fee referendum which would increase the $34.50 fee each student already pays for Unitrans services […]

Htoo cites frustration with ASUCD president in resignation post ASUCD Senator Ko Ser Lu Htoo, elected in the winter of 2018, announced her resignation from the senatorial position in a written farewell address to the Senate on Jan. 7. “Although we have made great progress in the community, these past two quarters have been about […]

Controversy erupts at Senate meeting — critics question necessity of Corona-specific resolution A special session of the ASUCD Senate was held on Friday after the association cancelled its weekly scheduled meeting on Thursday due to security concerns following threats of violence made to association members in response to a controversial statement posted by the Ethnic […]

Thousands gathered to honor Corona’s life, memory Thousands gathered in the ARC Pavilion to honor the life and memory of 22-year-old Davis Police Officer Natalie Corona on January 18. Corona was killed in the line of duty by 48-year-old Kevin Douglas on Jan. 10 while responding to a three-vehicle collision. UC Davis administrators advised students […]