Campus News

Lawsuit alleges UC’s use of illegal racial bias in admissions
Campus NewsJanuary 21, 2019
UCLA law professor, AACSC seek access to data showing whether UC system violated Proposition 209 Dr. Richard Sander, a law professor at UCLA, is accusing the UC system of illegally using race as a factor in admissions decisions. Sander requested — and was subsequently denied — access to the UC’s admissions data. He, alongside the […]

ASUCD Senate to hold last-minute special session
ASUCDJanuary 18, 2019
Special Senate meeting will discuss legislation to honor slain Davis Police Officer Natalie Corona The ASUCD Senate announced Thursday evening that it will conduct a special meeting at 6:10 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 18 to focus on a piece of emergency legislation honoring slain Davis Police Officer Natalie Corona. Association leadership announced the meeting via […]

All 10 UC Chancellors condemn boycott of Israeli academics
Campus NewsJanuary 17, 2019
Jewish Studies director says statement is result of pressure from extreme, right-wing organization The chancellors of all 10 UC campuses wrote and signed a statement which effectively condemned an “academic boycott of Israeli academics and/or individual scholars.” The statement was released as a response to an increasing number of college instructors who have participated in […]

Unconstitutional cancellation of Senate meeting due to safety concerns
Campus NewsJanuary 17, 2019
Facing threats of violence for ECAC post, officials informally vote to cancel meeting The Jan. 17 ASUCD Senate meeting has been cancelled due to safety concerns in the wake of widespread backlash from a controversial statement made by the Ethnic and Cultural Affairs Commission (ECAC) that made national headlines. The cancellation directly violates a requirement […]

National backlash after ASUCD commission calls flag in support of fallen officer “anti-Black,” “disrespectful”
Campus NewsJanuary 17, 2019
Senate meeting cancelled due to safety concerns following national headlines The ASUCD Ethnic and Cultural Affairs Commission (ECAC) is receiving national backlash and widespread controversy after a post on the group’s now-deleted Facebook page called out and criticize community members for posts featuring what the commission called “the Blue Lives Matter flag” in support of […]

WarnMe system fails: majority of students, employees uninformed of active shooter situation
Campus NewsJanuary 17, 2019
Outside security system responsible for sending alerts takes responsibility for failure Due to a failure on the part of the outside security alert company responsible for sending out WarnMe alerts, the majority of UC Davis students and employees did not receive real-time updates from campus police during an active shooter situation in downtown Davis last […]

UCD employee says the handling of her sexual harassment case indicative of UC-wide issues
Campus NewsJanuary 16, 2019
UC Regents accused of negligence, failure to act A case involving a UC Davis employee of 31 years who was allegedly subject to sexual harassment by a male supervisor and coworker during a two-year period is working toward a jury trial in which the UC Regents are accused of being negligent and failing to act […]

Academic researchers vote to unionize
Campus NewsJanuary 16, 2019
UC academic researchers vote to join Union of Postdocs UAW 5810, form new Academic Researchers United For the first time in UC history, over 5,000 UC academic researchers in the UC system from Academic Researchers United have voted in favor of unionizing and joining the pre-existing Union of Postdocs UAW 5810. The Union of Postdocs […]

UC’s demand for open access to academic publications stalls renewed contract with Elsevier
Campus NewsJanuary 14, 2019
UC, Elsevier in deliberation over policies which would make scholarly journal articles available to general public free of charge The UC and the online journal publisher Elsevier are struggling to reach a consensual agreement in the process of renewing the UC’s contract with the company. Currently, the UC is on a subscription-based policy with the […]

UC Davis students take action to combat sexual assault
Campus NewsJanuary 14, 2019
DCD drafts resolution in support of survivors, Title IX Advisory Board responds to proposed sexual misconduct guidelines from DOE From on-campus political groups, including the Davis College Democrats (DCD), to student representatives of the official UC Title IX Advisory Board, UC Davis students are taking action to combat and address sexual assault and violence. The […]

State Senator re-introduces bill requiring public universities to offer abortion pill
Campus NewsJanuary 13, 2019
Abortion pill bill previously vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown re-introduced State Senator Connie Leyva reintroduced a bill to the California legislature that would require the health centers of public universities in California to offer abortion-inducing medication. After Governor Brown previously vetoed the bill, Levya became committed to its reintroduction. “According to a study sponsored by […]

Following anti-Semitic incident, plans to host workshops, town hall still on hold
ASUCDJanuary 11, 2019
After ASUCD-sponsored ADL workshop, Students for Justice in Palestine condemn ADL, send petition to chancellor Following the posting of anti-Semitic fliers on campus in early October, Jewish student leaders and UC Davis administrators, including Chancellor Gary May, met and agreed to a number of tangible commitments to improve the campus climate and combat anti-Semitism. This […]

