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�� Fire, Police Respond to Apartment Fire in West Village

Andy Fell — June 10, 2025 - 10:51pm

Update 11:25 p.m.: Fire and police activity in West Village has concluded.

10:40 p.m.: �� Fire Department and police responded to an apartment fire in the Rambles neighborhood of West Village Tuesday evening. There is currently a heavy presence of emergency vehicles in the area. No injuries have been reported.

�� Student Graduates After More Than 47 Years

Julia Ann Easley — June 10, 2025 - 10:23am

Editor’s note: Commencements require tickets for admission. For a media credential, contact Julia Ann Easley in advance at jaeasley@ucdavis.edu.

Deborah Thompson Austin of ��’ alumni association will instruct hundreds of undergraduates to move the tassel on their graduation cap from left to right at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center Saturday morning.

Student Speakers at �� Commencements To Reflect on Journeys, Look Forward

Julia Ann Easley — June 09, 2025 - 5:18pm

Editor’s note: Commencements require tickets for admission. To attend, contact Julia Ann Easley in advance at jaeasley@ucdavis.edu.

Shanlea “Sen” Tabofunda of Cupertino, California, set a goal for their first year at the University of California, Davis: learning to ride a bike without using their hands.

Summer 2025: What’s Open, What’s Closed

Jose Antonio Vadi — June 09, 2025 - 10:18am

Summer brings sunshine, good vibes and the seasonal question: What’s open on campus? Here’s your guide to what’s open and closed this summer.

Several locations across campus will offer weekday food and coffee services, with adjusted seasonal hours. Make sure to check each specific location’s website for the most updated hours and menus.

Top �� Graduate Aims To Transform Experience of Aging

Julia Ann Easley — June 03, 2025 - 4:46pm

Only on annual visits to India was Avantika Gokulnatha able to help care for her now late grandfather as his health failed. But the San Jose resident endeavored to help others near her.

Gokulnatha did just that as she studied biological sciences and researched aging at the University of California, Davis. She volunteered with a local hospice, revived a student organization to help seniors with technology, and led other undergraduate volunteers at a clinic providing free medical care to uninsured and marginalized people.

Next Book Project Title is Memoir of Perilous Migration

Cody Kitaura — June 03, 2025 - 12:30pm

The next title in the Campus Community Book Project is Solito: A Memoir, which tells the story of a 9-year-old’s solo journey from El Salvador to the United States to reunite with his parents.

Javier Zamora’s memoir was chosen for the book project’s 2025-26 theme, belonging. Over the next year, the campus community will be invited to participate in programming related to the theme and the book itself, culminating in a March 10 talk by the author at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.

2025 Summer Sessions: More Students, Classes, Events

Cody Kitaura — June 03, 2025 - 11:17am

�� Summer Sessions launches June 13 and features more for everyone this year with more students, more virtual courses and more co-curricular activities.

Nearly 14,400 undergraduates are currently registered for summer courses, about 9% more than the 2024 enrollment at the same time. Enrollment is also up for other students, including high school students, community college students, community members and other UC undergraduates.

Student-Led School Empowers 1,200 Afghan Girls

Anila Mary Lijo — May 27, 2025 - 1:23pm

In 2022, Walid Jailani, an undergraduate at ��, launched an initiative to combat educational inequality in Afghanistan. Jailani is this month’s guest on Face to Face With Chancellor May.

Faculty Speakers Named for Undergraduate Commencements

Julia Ann Easley — May 27, 2025 - 12:20pm

The faculty members selected to speak to thousands of graduating students and guests at the five undergraduate commencements at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center in June exemplify the best in teaching.

Together, they are contributing to excellence in the field and have won awards for teaching from their academic departments, their colleges, the Academic Senate, �� as a whole and beyond.

The speakers, listed in the chronological order of the ceremonies, are:

Among the Academies: Leading the Total-Body Imaging Revolution

Cody Kitaura — May 27, 2025 - 11:30am

If he’d pursued his first love, Simon Cherry might be unraveling the mysteries of the universe through astronomy instead of developing new types of medical imaging technology.