Campus News

Despite preventative efforts by the University of California and the Public Employment Relations Board, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299 service workers began a statewide strike Monday.

The University of California is in the process of planning for the implementation of a degree-granting School of Global Health, which is expected to receive funding and begin recruiting faculty in May of 2009.

Anybody who still shudders at the traumatizing memory of childhood booster shots will appreciate a recent UC Davis medical study that could mean the end of daily injections for infants afflicted with neonatal diabetes.

Swiss adventurer and schoolteacher Louis Palmer made a stop in Davis on Saturday on his trip around the world to showcase his exclusively solar-powered vehicle, the Solar Taxi. He began his trip July 3 in Lucerne, Switzerland and has traveled 22,000 miles through Europe, Asia and North America.

In the July 10 issue of The California Aggie, the article "UC opposes bill to protect journalism advisers" stated that the University of California expressed its opposition to Senate Bill 1370. The article should have stated that the UC Office of the President opposes the bill, not the entire UC system. The Aggie regrets the error.

The University of California expressed its opposition to a bill currently in the California legislature that aims to prohibit high schools and public universities from taking disciplinary action against journalism advisers for protecting students' freedom of speech.

The UC Davis Center for Entrepreneurship is currently hosting 50 students from around the world for the second annual Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy (GTEA) in Incline Village, Nev.

While UC Davis is known for being a high-ranking public school and premier research institution, it can now add being a top recycling campus to résumé.

Although Poetry Night at Bistro 33 has been a successful bi-monthly event since its inception in 2006, the work involved with publicizing and promoting the event has become burdensome for UC Davis English lecturer and Poetry Night co-creator and co-host Andy Jones.

As drivers put down their cell phones July 1, the UC Davis Health Center began implementing a new rule of its own by declaring a smoke-free environment for its Sacramento campus.

A kickoff event took place on the campus to declare the 140-acre site a nonsmoking zone. The health center provided resources for those who want to quit smoking as well as free nicotine gum.

The National Youth Sports Program, an award-winning youth summer camp held at UC Davis since 1995, will not take place this summer due federal budget cutbacks.

Junior chemistry major Gary Arevalo noticed last week that he received less change from the $2 he paid for a slice of cheese pizza at the ASUCD Coffee House.

"A slice of cheese pizza is usually $1.75 but it's gone up since school ended," said Arevalo.

UC Davis faculty member Benjamin Houlton of the department of land, air and water resources has co-published a research paper examining the role of the nitrogen cycle. This better understanding of the nitrogen cycle could lead to more accurate predictions of global climate change.

Despite a year of state budget cuts that will result in a 7 percent increase in student fees for many undergraduates next year, it appears that for California students, UC is still the place to be.

A record 38,088 California resident students have submitted their intent to register in the UC system in the fall of 2008, a nearly 13 percent jump from the fall of 2005, according to a UC press release.

The UC Davis School of Medicine, an institution renowned for its education and research, can now add a different kind of recognition to its long list of achievements.

The American Medical Student Association recently conducted a ranking of medical schools based on their policies regarding free gifts from pharmaceutical companies.