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Friday, January 16, 2026

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Aggie Daily Calendar

Undergraduate Fellowship Grant Info Session; Film Screening: Waiting for Superman; Students for Nichiren Buddhism Meeting; Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Meeting; HBV Plushie Workshop; Asian American Association Film Festival; UC Davis Dance Team Clinic; Poetry Night Reading Series: Greg Glazner.

UC Davis alumnus to appear on ABC hit reality show “Shark Tank”

Imagine a device that can turn almost any hollow item into a speaker. Entrepreneur and UC Davis Class of 2006 graduate, Jason Lucash, combined his love for music with modern technology and the ancient Japanese art of paper folding to start his company, OrigAudio.

Photo of the week

Every Wednesday evening during the spring, Picnic in the Park occurs in Davis' Central Park. This weekly event, paired with the farmers market, brings hundreds out to the grass to listen to live music, eat local food or just hang out.

Aggie Daily Calendar

TODAY: Undergraduate Fellowship Grant Info Session; Rotaract Club Cinco de Mayo Fiesta General Meeting

UC Davis LipDub a success

After months of organization and planning, this past Saturday marked AggieTV's first UC Davis LipDub.

Students say, ‘No time for books’

The last book managerial economics major Kiyan Parsa read for fun was The Lord of the Rings. That was in high school.

UC Davis craft center one of largest college crafting centers

Hidden away in the South Silo, the UC Davis Craft Center offers 10 craft studios and more than a hundred classes for students looking to learn or perfect their crafting skills.

Major discounts start today at Bike Barn

The lawn surrounding the Bike Barn will be littered with bikes, parts, and supplies for three days this week - with every item at least 35 percent off.

Aggie Daily Calendar

International House Lecture and Luncheon; Spring Quad Show: Oaks and Gorski; Undergraduate Fellowship Grant Info Session; Rotaract Club Cinco de Mayo Fiesta General Meeting.

New program allows students to become the teachers

A new UC Davis program is giving students the chance to take a walk in a professor's shoes by allowing them the opportunity to teach their own classes.

Aggie Daily Calendar

TODAY: Are You Positive You're Negative? STI Testing; Baskets of Love Project Donations; Challah For Hunger

Students indifferent to royal wedding

Despite their fondness for London double-decker buses, Davis residents have remained decidedly free of "royal wedding fever." Yes, that is the official name for the rest of the world's obsession with the so-called "wedding of the century" between Prince William of Wales and Kate Middleton.

Photo of the Week

Cache Creek Nature Preserve (CCNP) is a microcosm of California history. Native Americans, farmers, miners and environmentalists have fought and cooperated for rights to use this 130-acre space. Only 25 minutes from Davis, it's an accessible place to get away for an afternoon and learn about riparian habitats. Throughout the 20th century, however, mining the creek's gravel reserves took precedence. Machines and open pits dominated the landscape, extracting gravel to fuel suburban construction. Today, some of those same mining companies fund the Cache Creek Conservancy's restoration effort.

Athlete, writer shows “How to Grieve”

Though the words, "I'm so sorry for your loss" may be comforting to some, for senior English major Ashley Chandler, the line is overused and meaningless.

Aggie Daily Calendar

Are You Positive You're Negative? STI Testing; Baskets of Love Project Donations; East Quad Farmers Market; Davis Energy Service Corps Free Screening: Kilowatt Ours; Students for Nichiren Buddhism Meeting; Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Meeting.