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On Feb. 24, the UC Davis Dining Commons hosted the Green Chef Challenge. Teams of students, each representing one of the three dining commons — Cuarto, Segundo and Tercero — competed to craft a vegetarian dish using produce from the Student Farm. At 6 p.m., the secret ingredient was revealed: fennel. The teams had an […]

This year’s winner of the TASTE award for Best Mini-Film or Documentary is “The Art and Science of Beer” starring UC Davis’ own, Professor Charles Bamforth. Bamforth said the award winning film was one of two short documentaries on beer brewing at UC Davis, both commissioned by the University of California Office of the President. […]

Ranked as one of the best ecology graduate programs in the world, the UC Davis Graduate Group in Ecology (GGE) showcased their scientific research at the seventh annual Graduate Student Symposium in Ecology on Feb. 15. The symposium was funded by the Graduate Student Association, the Coastal Marine Sciences Institute and the Graduate Group in […]

Last summer, Mike Eidlin, a fourth-year Japanese and economics double major, had an idea for an iPhone app. He presented his idea to the Hacker Lab competition in Sacramento, where he recruited a team to build the app and won third place in their hackathon. Currently, the UC Davis Computer Science Club is running a […]

If you’ve been to the Memorial Union (MU) lately, you may have noticed that Monte is back. He stands in the courtyard reading from a small Bible, while his dog, Sarah, lies next to him. Monte has been preaching across the country since the early ’80s, hoping to plant religious ideas in people’s minds.   […]

Emily Nguyen, a fourth-year economics major, is the co-director for the Asian American Association (AAA) Film Festival, and in her film festival folder she has images of buttons featuring statements that directly deny popular Asian American stereotypes. The buttons read: “I don’t get red when I drink,” “I am not your translator,” “My eyes are […]

The Davis Pedicab is a human pedal-powered taxi service driven by independent contractors, and this long-trusted method of local transportation is now hoping to expand beyond Davis. The founder, Andrew Watters, started the organization with future plans of expansion in mind. Each year the Pedicab organization has progressively broadened its network, and is now beginning […]

One night in January, when the temperature dipped below freezing, the glow of phone screens drew attention to an apartment complex’s leasing office. There, bundled in puffy fleece jackets and scarves, were three figures, two hunched down in lawn chairs clutching steaming travel mugs and the third lying in a sleeping bag at their feet. […]

UC Davis has a history in rural agriculture, and with the large presence of “sustainability” on campus, it seems a community-centered food system was second nature. However, according to the past students of Isao Fujimoto who founded such iconic institutions as the Davis Food Co-Op and Farmers Market, the 1960s and ’70s were a time […]

A popular inspirational phrase suggests people “shoot for the moon,” but that’s not far enough for Eclipse Rocketry. This interdisciplinary group of UC Davis students has taken on the challenge of making possible a manned mission to Mars. Ben Holmquist, a fourth-year mechanical and aerospace engineering major, captains a team of over 20 members of […]

On Feb. 6, students will have the opportunity to personally meet and network with five corporate professionals. From 8 to 10 p.m., the Finance & Investment Club (FIC) will be holding their sixth-annual Career Panel in 1003 Giedt. “This is a great place to meet very powerful people,” said Mike Eidlin, a fourth-year economics and […]

In response to the recent Typhoon Haiyan, Filipino organizations across campus have come together to kick off the Rise Up! Campaign. Only three months ago, the deadliest typhoon in the history of the Philippines took over 6,000 lives, according to the nation’s government. Approximately 11 million people have been affected by the catastrophe, and the […]