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Thursday, October 17 Poverty Eradication Student Organization Showcase 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. West Quad, UC Davis Oct.17 is the United Nations’ International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, and the Davis Blum Center invites you to a showcase of student organizations that directly address poverty locally and internationally. Water Entrepreneurship Workshop 2 to 6 […]

UC Davis Department of English Professor Margaret Ferguson plans to bridge the gap between college and high school language education as the Modern Language Association’s (MLA) new president. The MLA is best known for its guidebook to citation style, which is used by almost everyone at UC Davis. When most students start college, they’ve already […]

UC Davis’ Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis) was chosen by the U.S. Department of Transportation to lead the two year, $11.2 million research consortium. The center will aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from passenger and freight transportation on the state and federal levels. They will approach this through fuel and vehicle alternatives, environmental and […]

Thursday, October 10 Conversations with Writers: Sam Freedman 4 to 6 p.m. Voorhies 126 Attend the first lecture of this year’s Conversations With Writers Series, hosted by the UC Davis University Writing Program. Author, journalist and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism professor Sam Freedman will speak about his new book. The event is free. […]

While most students welcome the journey of heading back home after a year away at college and many choose to work locally, a small group of Aggies take a route that leads them overseas. Both exercise biology majors, third-year Evan Shum and second-year Jillian Giblin spent their summers immersing themselves in foreign cultures. Shum traveled […]

UC Davis alumnus Ryan Danz is set to publish a law book about martial arts called Jiu Jitsu Jurisprudence. Danz graduated in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in managerial economics and has spent the last 13 years making a name for himself nationwide. He’s competed on “The Apprentice” and the 2012 season of “The Amazing […]

The Davis Farmers Market began with only three farmers in 1976, and has since grown to attract around 7,000 shoppers every Saturday. Yolo County is known as one of the nation’s greatest agricultural powerhouses, and the Farmers Market, open Wednesdays and Saturdays year-round, is a place for consumers to connect with their farmers in a […]

Beginning as an online garage project and worked on between classes to pay for college loans and rent, two UC Davis alumni co-founded and now distribute their own bicycle brand. From the penny-farthing city symbol to such colloquial terms as the “freshman stripe,” cycling is central to the Davis identity. Nearly every person in Davis […]

You’ve probably heard your sorority and fraternity friends gush about Greek life. You’ve probably also heard people swear they’d never Go Greek, no matter how many times they’re invited to rush week events on Facebook. Fall 2013 rush and recruitment began Sept. 23 and is ongoing during the first two weeks of October. If you’re […]

Daily classes and too much reading may set a college student’s short-term assignments above long-term goals. For many, however, graduation looms in a few short years and academic cohesion should not be a matter of hindsight. Reflecting on their college years, former UC Davis students discuss how both classroom and work experience shaped their career […]

There are more perks to attending UC Davis than a Shields Library account. While most of the cost associated with tuition goes toward campus and academic operation, two fees are purely to provide amenities for students. Campus-based fees and the Student Services Fee go toward facilities and programs, such as the Memorial Union renovation and […]

UC Davis Study Abroad students were evacuated from Egypt this July when General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and the Egyptian military removed President Mohamed Morsi from office and suspended the Egyptian constitution. The study abroad program in Cairo, Egypt, titled “Something Old, Something New,” was first approved in 2011, when Hosni Mubarak’s 29-year rule in Egypt […]