Record $2.5 Million Is Raised in This Unprecedented Time

One thing we now know for sure: Donors from all corners of the UC Davis community, spanning 43 states and nine countries, did not let a public health crisis stop them from making a difference on Give Day, contributing a record $2.5 million in the fourth annual event.

Silver Lining: With People at Home, Traffic Crashes Drop

When compared with this time last year, UC Davis researchers found a 50 percent drop in crashes — along with related injuries and deaths — plus a 55 percent reduction in traffic across the state. The resulting report calls the drop in crashes “unparalleled.”

Resilience Also Won the Day in War, Epidemic in Livestock

Senior Fiona Micoleau, digging through the UC Davis Library’s new online archive of the campus newspaper, discovers the university “is no stranger to adapting to new circumstances” — like the cancellation of Picnic Day in 1924 and the campus’s takeover by the Army Signal Corps in World War II.

Aggie Hero Advocates for Nontraditional Students

Marcelo Lopez wants nontraditional students to have the resources they need to succeed. And he would know: A former foster youth who transferred to UC Davis after attending community college, the 40-year-old student is also a past president of a club on campus catering to “older, wiser” Aggies.