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Here’s what students had to say about their love for the community and experience at UC Davis Written by: Anjini Venugopal and Claire Dodd— features@theaggie.org

Students, professionals working to pass the measure R vote for Aggie Research Campus Among the thousands of universities across the country, UC Davis is part of an elite group of 115 universities that are considered “R1” by the prestigious Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education annual list. R1 is the highest achievable classification, meaning […]

How the 2018 Camp Fire inspired a 14-year-old Davis local to lead US Youth Climate Strike Over the past year, a global youth climate movement has taken off, and a huge part of American involvement in the movement can be attributed to 14-year-old Davis local Alexandria Villaseñor. Though she moved to New York City with […]

Upcoming 2020 GO bond would allow campus, UC system to update, improve facilities In the year 2018, UC Davis had accumulated over $1 billion in deferred maintenance investments. In other words, there was over $1 billion worth of facility maintenance — buildings and systems upkeep — that the university has been unable to collect due […]

Ran into an ex and the TV won’t turn on? Here’s why. If November 2019 was particularly chaotic or stressful for students, or if students experienced interruptions in communication or malfunctions in technology, there is an astrological scapegoat that may explain all the mayhem: Mercury retrograde. Nov. 20, 2019 marked the last Mercury retrograde of […]

Students evaluate beauty, hardship of studying in a different country As many students are just now returning home from their Fall Quarters abroad, other students interested in potentially going abroad might find it useful to learn of potential difficulties and challenges they may experience if they choose to embark on an international adventure. Having the […]

The transportation service requires 50 hours more than bus industry’s requirement of 80-100 hours of driver training On Nov. 8, 2019 around 7:30 p.m.,  a Unitrans bus stopped at the Oak and Russell stoplight, only to be rear ended by a drunk driver who fled the scene. The suspect was identified by police as 21-year-old […]

This time last year, the Butte County fire had a campus-wide impact, costing some UC Davis students their homes At this time last year, many Northern Californians experienced a Thanksgiving away from home. In November of 2018, the Butte County fires roared for the majority of the month, leaving many students and community members without […]

UC Davis’s Principles of Community called into question when religious protesters mobilize on campus On campus, it is not unusual to see individuals wielding signs that perpetuate hateful and oppressive messages. Campus preachers on the Quad are often difficult to ignore — these encounters can potentially compromise feelings of safety and belonging on campus for […]

Distinguished software engineer and wife of UC Davis Chancellor shares her views on women in the workplace, protests on campus, Davis community LeShelle May sits on the fifth floor of Mrak Hall — the same building that her husband, UC Davis Chancellor Gary May, has an office in. Yet she doesn’t appear concerned with this […]

A student’s worst nightmare As the second round of pass times are upon students, many are eagerly attempting to fill the last time slots available to schedule appointments with academic advisors. For some students, however, quarterly meetings with academic advisors have done them more harm than good.  Common issues with advisors for several UC Davis […]

While the campus is not on track to meet its zero waste goal, it still plans on taking actions toward waste reduction, energy efficiency UC Davis is known as an environmentally-conscious university, therefore it comes as little surprise that that university, alongside the entire UC system, has been working on the “Zero Waste 2020” initiative […]