Campus News

“Equal Pay for Equal Work” petition calls to eliminate seasonal pay discrepancy Duane Wright, a graduate student instructor in the Department of Sociology, has alleged that there is a “serious problem” with graduate student assistant instructors (AIs) receiving lower pay during summer sessions than they would for teaching courses during the normal academic year. According […]

The Gunrock plans to serve alcohol on campus once again A look at the Yelp page for the Gunrock Pub shows that the on-campus bar and grill has closed. In its place now sits The Gunrock, a revamped version of the former pub. What’s different? Besides the new flooring and outdoor patio, The Gunrock is […]

Four new blue lights will shine at central campus locations On Nov. 7, the UC Davis Police Department (UCDPD) began installing a second series of blue emergency lights at central campus locations. Four new blue emergency lights will be installed on either end of the Quad and Shields Library and near the north side of […]

Beyond the Stats discusses Education As Freedom course Beyond the Stats, an organization created nearly two years ago to provide support for formerly incarcerated students and those impacted by the prison system, held a Q&A style panel on Oct. 30 that featured several of the organization’s members. Assistant Professor Ofelia Cuevas of the Chicanx Studies […]

Online textbook library aims to expand its content, cut costs for students, tailor course-specific material The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $4.9 million dollar grant to the LibreText Project, an online textbook library founded at UC Davis. According to the Department of Education website, the grant awarded under the Open Textbooks Pilot Program […]

Professors think focus should be on currently-enrolled Chicana/o students who feel isolated UC Davis’ efforts to meet the requirements to become a Hispanic Serving Institution came to a close in May of 2018, and now the university is researching how to best use funds granted through the designation it is expecting to receive in Spring […]

Campus to reopen, classes to resume Monday, Nov. 26 After a four days of cancelled classes, an initial attempt to resume classes that faced widespread backlash, air quality index levels above 300 and the change of location of the Causeway Classic to Reno, UC Davis has cancelled classes until after the Thanksgiving holiday. In a […]

President discusses targeted attacks within association The Nov. 1 ASUCD Senate meeting was held in the Mee Room of the Memorial Union and was called to order at 6:10 p.m. Absent on the roll call were Senators Devo Leichter, Daniella Aloni and Brandon Clemons. Senator Alisha Hacker had to leave early, and Senator Simran Kaur […]

Notification sent at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday After air quality index levels spiked above 200 on Thursday, Nov. 15, class will be again cancelled at UC Davis on Friday, Nov. 16. This will mark the fourth consecutive day of cancelled classes for the university. UC Davis announced the cancellation at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The […]

UC Davis, Sacramento State remain closed on Thursday UC Davis officials announced Wednesday evening that classes would be cancelled Thursday, marking the third consecutive day of cancelled classes due to poor air quality in the region. Nearby Sacramento State will also remain closed on Thursday. The decision to cancel classes for a third day was […]

Following emergency sewer line repairs, 24-Hour room opened Tuesday morning The 24-Hour Study Room in Shields Library, which closed last Thursday, Nov. 8, reopened as of Tuesday morning. The room had closed “due to emergency sewer line repairs,” library officials said. “We are pleased to share that – thanks to the rapid response and hard […]

As Woolsey, Camp Fires continue to burn, UC offers application extension The undergraduate application deadline for incoming UC students will be extended for those impacted by recent California wildfires, the UC announced Wednesday morning in a press release. The deadline to apply for grant fee waivers has also been extended. “We know this is a […]