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Culturally-sensitive support and resources for Asian Pacific Islanders, other sexual violence survivors Executive Director Nilda Valmores of My Sister’s House recounted meeting with a client who had been denied sexual assault services at another location. However, Valmores, being Filipina like the client herself and understanding Tagalog, noticed the woman’s shifty gaze and hesitance to describe […]

Engineers Without Borders, global impact of engineers, senior design project On the UC Davis campus, engineers are employing communications and various interdisciplinary skills to be successful. Engineers Without Borders is a student organization similar to the concept of Doctors Without Borders. The main idea is that the tools of science can transcend man-made borders, as […]

Community program inspires healing, acceptance among Southeast Asians For another consecutive year, the Southeast Asians Furthering Education community program at UC Davis will be hosting its annual Southeast Asian Youth Conference for the 2017-2018 school year. This year, the conference will take place from Jan. 26 to 28 and will follow the theme “Transformative Healing: […]

Passage of Senate tax bill has potential to increase profits of sharing economy workers Follow-up to a December article about the benefits and drawbacks of participating in the sharing economy.   The lures of the gig economy, from flexible scheduling to easily attainable jobs, may become more attractive with tax cuts from the Senate bill […]

UC Davis’ attempts to bring diversified food options to south campus As students slowly acclimated themselves to the 2017-2018 school year during Fall Quarter, many discovered drastic changes since the last time they stepped foot on campus. Toward the end of last spring and into the beginning of summer, UC Davis launched multiple construction projects, […]

Valuable resources hampered by issues with scheduling and continuing care College can be a stressful environment, and young adulthood is often accompanied by the surfacing of various mental health issues. Many students might look to their school for help, and UC Davis prominently advertises the free mental health services provided by the Student Health and […]

Solano County Water Agency taking over state contract to fund research In early December of 2017, it was announced that the Solano County Water Agency agreed to a $1.2 million three-year contract with UC Davis to study the Cache Slough Complex, a network of sloughs and creeks in the North San Joaquin River Delta. This […]

Tips to stay on track with New Year’s goals New Year’s resolutions are a time-old tradition we create for ourselves the second the clock strikes midnight on December 31. Many people ring in the new year with goals and desires in mind, but research shows that about 80 percent of people give up on their […]

Recreational marijuana use legalized in California Weed lovers, rejoice! No more back-alley meet-ups, no more looking over shoulders. In January, cannabis will be legally available for adult use throughout the state of California. For nearly 50 years, marijuana has been classified as a Schedule I drug, and although it remains highly illegal on the federal […]

What makes Seattle the number one location outside of California for former Aggies? Many Californians who have never visited Seattle may think of it as a dark, rainy place with too many Starbucks locations. While this may technically be the case, its hub of innovation has given the greater Seattle area the largest concentration of […]

Digital workplace offers flexible jobs, but presents safety concerns The second time Akram Al-Saber ever drove with Uber, his passenger broke into uncontrollable sobs. Al-Saber, trying to play the role of a friendly driver, asked the young, clearly intoxicated rider how her night was going and she immediately started crying, venting to him about trouble […]

Interdisciplinary approach, global awareness could make UC Davis number one in coffee science The average UC Davis student has likely had at least one experience of a peer trying to pressure them into taking ECM 1: The Design of Coffee. This course is iconic not only because it fulfills the Science and Engineering general education […]