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Delegation leaders, budget chair discuss importance of conference attendance. Every year, the University of California Student Association (UCSA) hosts the Students of Color Conference (SOCC), where students from all nine UC campuses come together to discuss how their identities affect their lives and what their community can do to better address social issues. In its […]

Researchers discuss findings, applications of discovered gold properties. With applications ranging from plant pathology and medicine to food and water quality, nanoporous gold (NPG) offers a faster, more cost-effective method in early pathogen detection. After three years of research on NPG specific to pathogen detection, the UC Davis Seker Lab recently published two papers demonstrating […]

UC Davis works toward creating a more diverse, inclusive campus. On Nov. 4, the UC Davis Diversity and Inclusion Committee (DIC) held a community engagement forum from 5 to 7 p.m. at the UC Davis Conference Center with the purpose of providing a space for the community to share its input on how to increase […]

Transphobia victim, LQBTQIA community intern, genderqueer student discuss cultural discrimination It is known that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA) community in the United States faces immense discrimination, stemming from influences such as religion and cultural beliefs. Although discrimination towards this community can seem intense in the U.S., prejudices are still […]

Registrar effects change as an effort to equalize class registration. On Oct. 20, the UC Davis Office of the University Registrar sent a campus-wide email to students informing them that Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) units will no longer affect registration priority beginning with winter 2016 class registration. Previously, AP and IB units […]

Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh discusses Vietnam and U.S. relations. On Oct. 20, Vietnamese Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh delivered a speech on Vietnamese and American relations at the Memorial Union’s De Carlie Room. The ambassador’s visit to UC Davis represents an effort to bridge a connection between the U.S. and Vietnam that will benefit both countries […]

Planned campus expansion in result of increasing enrollment, growing research. Over the course of the next one and a half years, UC Davis’ Campus Planning Committee will develop and solidify “Campus Tomorrow,” the university’s next Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) that will provide a framework for efficient land use, renovation and building projects from 2017 […]

$2.5 million project installed to keep salmon from straying into irrigation canals. Irrigation canals threaten the lives of salmon as they swim up the Sacramento River on their way from the ocean to the spawning beds from where they were hatched. These misleading paths threaten their lives before having the opportunity to reproduce. A $2.5 […]

Students demand more from university police. On Nov. 3, outside the Memorial Union (MU), students and staff gathered for the Divest, Disarm: Davis for Black Lives protest. Organized under the Davis Stands with Ferguson campaign, protesters rallied for administration to tackle the topic of systematic racial oppression present on college campuses. The protest focused in […]

New center offers resources, safe space for African American students. On Oct. 26, the Center for African Diaspora Student Success, a new resource location for African American and African students to find academic and community services, opened its doors at UC Davis. The new center, located on the second floor of the South Silo, is […]

Fall Quarter ASUCD Election With the 2015 Fall Quarter ASUCD Election approaching, The Aggie Editorial Board interviewed this round’s crop of candidates to make our quarterly picks on which contenders are ready to sit on the prestigious six-seat table. While this election featured several unprepared applicants, including a slew of candidates who didn’t seem comfortable […]

Report reveals residents consuming more energy than predicted Student housing complex West Village recently released a report revealing that student resident energy consumption is substantially higher than initially predicted. According to the report, the amount of energy consumed was higher than the energy produced. In 2011, West Village made headlines for becoming the country’s first […]