Recent news
- Immigration: A wider better welcome mat (LA Times,
5.21.13)
Chancellor Linda Katehi writes about the need for the U.S. to welcome and keep more talented foreign students in this op-ed in the Los Angeles Times. …
- UC Davis selects architectural team to create an art museum for the 21st century (UC Davis News Service,
5.1.13)
The new Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California, Davis, will be created by a team of architects and builders intent on redefining the university museum and fostering a new conversation in the arts.…
- Good to be green: Accolades add to UC Davis’ environmental reputation (UC Davis News Service,
4.26.13)
In a month that marked the annual Earth Day celebration, the University of California, Davis, received recognition for its environmental sustainability efforts from The Princeton Review and the League of American Bicyclists, reaffirming the school’s reputation as a green leader. …
- Campus appoints first ombudsperson: Susan Kee-Young Park (Dateline,
4.26.13)
The chancellor’s office this week announced the appointment of Susan Kee-Young Park as the campus’s first ombudsperson, to provide confidential and independent conflict resolution services to faculty and staff.…
- Geophysicist, historian elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences (UC Davis News Service,
4.24.13)
Two University of California, Davis, professors, a geophysicist who works with virtual reality and a historian of women in China, are among the new members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced today, April 24.…
- UC Davis offers admission to 22,000 freshmen (UC Davis News Service,
4.18.13)
The University of California, Davis, has offered admission to about 22,000 students for fall 2013, a group that promises to be the most academically competitive freshman class in the institution’s history.…
- Chancellor in D.C. to see students, legislators — and an ambassador, too (Dateline,
4.18.13)
Diplomacy and Aggie Pride came together Tuesday night (April 16) at the Greek Embassy in Washington, D.C., where the capital-area alumni group held a reception with Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, a native of Greece, and students newly admitted to UC Davis from in and around the District of Columbia.…
- Chancellor, senate chair endorse Neighborhood Court for campus (Dateline,
4.17.13)
A new program offering an innovative approach to restorative justice is being introduced to the UC Davis community by Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig '91.…
- 150 ENDOWED CHAIRS: Honoring faculty members and donors (Dateline,
4.5.13)
The numbers added up nicely for the UC Davis Centennial celebration in 2008-09: The university had established 100 endowed chairs and professorships in its first 100 years.…
- Chancellor, senior fellow at UC's global food forum (Dateline,
4.2.13)
Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi and Howard Yana-Shapiro, a senior fellow in the Department of Plant Sciences, will participate in next week’s UC Global Food Systems Forum: California Roots, Global Reach, addressing how to sustainably feed 8 billion people by 2025.…
- International conference sets agenda for climate-smart ag research (UC Davis News Service,
3.25.13)
An action-oriented scientific agenda for tackling global climate change and its impacts on agriculture emerged from the international, three-day Climate-Smart Agriculture Conference, which drew more than 300 participants last week to the University of California, Davis.…
- Graduate programs get high national rankings (UC Davis News Service,
3.22.13)
Graduate programs at the University of California, Davis, showed continued strong performance in this year's U.S. News & World Report rankings, with several programs in the social sciences and humanities, engineering and School of Medicine ranking among the top 20 in the nation.…