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Thursday, April 25, 2024

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Flu vaccination clinic

3 to 4 p.m.

Cowell Student Health Center, North Lobby

Help prevent getting sick this winter by getting a flu shot. If you cannot make this meeting time, call 752-2349 to schedule an appointment. For more information, visit healthcenter.ucdavis.edu/topics/flu-vaccine.html.

Humphrey Fellows look to bring global change

In a year's time Trecia Mullings will return to Jamaica with a single aim: to change things for the better. "I want to see what certain industries in the U.S. are doing in terms of resource management, water management and waste management," she said. "I want to see how they reduce their impact on the environment, and take those ideas back to Jamaica with me."

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Reducing residential energy demands

Noon

3201 Hart

Yael Parag, from the University of Oxford, will speak on how government policies can cared good energy citizens.

 

Israeli-American journalist Yaakov Katz to speak tonight

UC Davis prides itself on being a politically aware and active campus, but how many students actually question what they read in the American news media?

Yaakov Katz will offer students a different view on the international news in a presentation today at 7 p.m. at Hillel of Davis and Sacramento at 328 A St., across from Toomey Field.

Aggie Trivia

The graduate fine arts program at UC Davis ranks fifth in the nation.

Club hoppin’: Colleges Against Cancer

Colleges Against Cancer may be best known for its Relay for Life event every spring, but the fight against cancer doesn't stop there.

The group strives to raise awareness, fundraise and provide support for those affected by cancer on the UC Davis campus and in the Davis community.

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East Quad Farmers Market

10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

East Quad

Check out a convenient iteration of the farmers market right on campus!

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TODAY Project Compost 6 p.m. Project Compost Office, MU Basement Learn about radical composting on campus and how to get involved.   Texas Hold 'Em Poker Tournament 6 to 8 p.m. Griffin...

The students’ voice in Judicial Affairs

Stealing a bluebook from the campus bookstore can cost you $200. Writing in your bluebook after the exam time has expired can get you a referral from your professor. These are the rules - the shadowy restrictions that tell us what we can and can't do for just about anything.

Accomplishing a dream: my trip to Vietnam

Editor's note:

The California Aggie's Thuy Tran left for Vietnam at the end of last week to take part in an optometric mission in the country's Ben Tre Province. She will begin her charity work on Tuesday.

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Flu vaccination clinic

10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Cowell Student Health Center, North Lobby

Help prevent getting sick this winter by getting a flu shot. If you cannot make this meeting time, call 752-2349 to schedule an appointment. For more information, visit healthcenter.ucdavis.edu/topics/flu-vaccine.html.

Club Hoppin’: Invisible Children

For more than a decade, children from Uganda have been abducted from their homes and forced to serve in an army of terrorist rebels. In recent months, the abductions have increased in numbers and UC Davis students aren't standing by to watch.

Invisible Children, a campus club composed of undergraduate students, is dedicated to raising awareness and relieving the situation in the East African country, Uganda. The UC Davis club is part of the national organization that was established in 2003.

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Causeway Classic Ticket Distribution

10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Aggie Stadium

Be sure to pick up your FREE student ticket to watch UC Davis football take on rival Sac State on Saturday! Limited Aggie Pack seating available; tickets will be given out on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Aggie Trivia

 

UC Davis was named a national center for AIDS research in 1989.

Big, Green, Learning Machine

Remember those fifth-grade slumber parties and the classic board game of "Life?" Do you ever feel as though your vocational options are limited to 10 or so career cards?

Roadtrip Nation, an organization that encourages individuals to explore their own career paths, will make an appearance today at UC Davis. The green RVs will be stationed on the west quad, and there will be a documentary showing at 3:30 p.m. in 229 South Hall.