Campus News

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, 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 […]