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Davis alumnus explains his experience running a successful startup company Eight years ago, Sahas Katta, a former UC Davis student, dropped out of college to start his own company alongside his brother, a UC Berkeley graduate. Today the alumnus has not only become the CEO of a successful and innovational business, but also recently received […]

Fortune cookies, feedback and film and literature Elizabeth Constable, a professor of gender, sexuality and women’s studies at UC Davis, visits The New World Bakery at the end of each quarter — not to pick up cookies for herself, but for her (sometimes very large) classes. The New World Bakery, a small business located in […]

Spreading awareness about sexual assault prevention with denim In 1998, the Italian Supreme Court overturned a rape conviction on the justification that because jeans cannot be easily removed, the victim of the sexual assault case, who happened to be wearing jeans at the time of the incident, must have helped her perpetrator remove them. Denim […]

Making time for school, extracurricular activities, self-care It is not unusual for college students to seek out employment and participate in extracurricular activities during the course of their collegiate careers. In fact, it is quite common for full-time students to engage in non-school related activities, which can include clubs and organizations, internships, Greek life, jobs […]

UC Davis transforms technologies, provides STEM education to farming communities Technological innovation propels society forward in leaps and bounds, and one area that this is particularly true is in agriculture and farming. In the not-so distant future, highly-advanced drones and tractors, as well as other technologies, will be running farms and putting food in the […]

Seniors reflect on time at UC Davis, how they hope to enjoy their last quarter “I’m looking forward to spending my free time with people who don’t have free time, that’s the most fun,” Joo said. “Watching people stress out while you have nothing to worry Spring Quarter tends to be the most anticipated quarter […]

Students shine light on 104 years leading up to this year’s Picnic Day celebration April 21, 2018 marked the 104th year of UC Davis’ oldest tradition, Picnic Day. Picnic Day was kicked off by a cow’s pilgrimage from the UC Berkeley campus to the University Farm. Today, the University Farm is called UC Davis, and […]

ABT 49 instructors, students weigh in on Davis’ most popular class Despite Jim Rumsey’s screams to put in the clutch, it was a little too late. With a tremendous splintering sound, the wooden barn doors to the shop were demolished as a tractor drove right on through, the student sitting on top in a state […]

Innovative agriculture projects run by Davis students For three consecutive years, UC Davis has remained number one in agriculture studies worldwide. Over the years Davis has earned its place as number one through award-winning research publications and rich teaching and research programs. Davis offers numerous opportunities for agriculture students to get involved with student-run farms, […]

Local law enforcement, Immigration Law Clinic, AB540 and Undocumented Student Center perspectives A certification of an UndocuAlly training is signified by four butterflies against a green background, similar to the logo of the AB540 and Undocumented Student Center, a circle of interconnected butterfly wings. The addition of this butterfly to the end of a professor’s […]

Performing groups struggle to find practice space amid inconvenient construction Construction on the ARC began in mid-2017 and will continue through 2019. Avid users of the ARC can testify that construction has been an inconvenience to students; it limits the space of the gym, condensing the weight room on the basketball courts and limiting aspects […]

PA education, career reality, job mobility The physician assistant position is a relatively recent profession in healthcare that has become a rapidly growing entity. PAs make patient care more accessible, particularly in primary care with a constant shortage of doctors. The PA profession has also gained traction as a future career path for undergraduates at […]