Whether students plan to take a UC Davis Summer Sessions course to focus on a rigorous topic or they plan to take advantage of the UC Davis’ so-called fourth quarter to get ahead on their coursework, the Summer Sessions team is asking students to list the courses they hope to see offered.

According to Omega Lee, Summer Sessions executive director, student input is needed to ensure Summer Sessions offers a range of academic courses to all students across disciplines and colleges.

By Franchesca Christe

Early Saturday morning, the campus is relatively quiet. Across from the Manetti Shrem Museum, however, students gather inside the UC Davis Conference Center. As they check-in, find their name tags, grab breakfast and mingle, featured morning speaker Christina L. Jackson prepares to give her keynote address.

By Franchesca Christe

The California primaries are underway! Election Day is March 5 and the Center for Leadership Learning hopes to help the undergraduate population feel confident in understanding the voting process.

The Undergraduate Research Center is now accepting abstracts for the 35th Annual Undergraduate Research Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference April 26-27.

Raynell Hamilton-Starks, the research center director, said faculty participation is essential to conference success. Each year, more than 700 undergraduates participate across a variety of disciplines.

Achieving health equity requires ensuring opportunities for everyone to attain their highest level of health. This requires removing obstacles to health, such as poverty, discrimination and their consequences.

Quarter at Aggie Square offers its annual speaker series that examines medical, legal, sociocultural and historical perspectives on health-care equity from Jan. 17 through March 6.

Several UC Davis Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) undergraduate students capped the completion of a 10-week-long summer research scholars’ program presenting their research findings at the 2023 Summer Undergraduate Research Programs Symposium Aug. 25.

From Entomology to Statistics and from Chemistry to Aerospace Engineering, the subjects varied for the eight scholars. The impact, though, was significant for all.

Kem Saichaie, the director of Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Undergraduate Education at UC Davis, was named Co-Editor of the Journal of First-Generation Student Success, a publication of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. The journal is managed by the Center for First-generation Student Success.

A refresh of physics lab rooms was completed just before the start of summer session, thanks to funding from the Office of Undergraduate Education.

UC Davis Design and Construction Management, along with Building Maintenance Services went to work during the break between spring quarter and the first summer session on the Physics 7 discussion and lab classrooms in the Earth and Physical Sciences Building. All five rooms were updated with refinished lab tabletops and repainted walls and enhanced with audio-visual projectors. Flooring was replaced in three rooms, as well.

Not long after Quarter at Aggie Square launched in fall 2020, students quickly found success through the immersive, undergraduate academic experience. Some participants were admitted to prestigious graduate programs and others earned competitive internship opportunities. This year, one team of undergraduates found success by creating not one, but two innovations as a result of their Experience last fall.

This article originally appeared in the UC Davis College of Letters & Science blog. Original Article

College students are often told undergraduate research will give them an edge in the job market. But the steps involved in finding a project can seem daunting. UC Davis makes the process easier with courses that open doors to meaningful research for all students.