University of California
Public university system in California
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| 2024 | Abigail Verino, Annabel Wang, Ayden Reading, Carlos Julian Gonzalez, China Duff, Ellen Tong, Ethan Hu, Isha Chander, Jonathan Franco, Jonathan Ngai, Justin Taylor, Kaila DuFour, Kailen Grottel-Brown, Maitri Halappa, Max Rodman, Medina Danish, Owen Knapper Jr., Shaya Keyvanfar, and Tony Ordoukhanian serving as Senators for the Associated Students of the University of California during the 2024-2025 term. |
| 2024 | In the ASUC Election, ElevateCal won the Presidency, Vice Presidency, and 7 out of 20 Senate Seats. |
| 2024 | UC Davis experienced a rankings decline, ranking 9th among public universities and 33rd nationally in the U.S. News & World Report. |
| June 30 2024 | Merhawi Tesfai's term as Student Regent is set to expire. |
| 2023 | Lanah Duque, Caitlyn Guntle, Kailen Grottel-Brown, Luca Hadife, Andrea Jimenez, Jose Massuh, Ayal Meyers, Ashi Mishra, Ariel Mizrahi, Sky Montogomery, Isabel Prasad, Thin Rati-Oo, Aanya Niharika Schoetz, Christine Song, Imaan Sultan, Bianca Torres, Doty, Andy Liu, Helena Wu, and Sonia Zu served as Senators for the Associated Students of the University of California during the 2023-2024 term. |
| 2023 | In the U.S. News & World Report, UC Davis was ranked tied for 6th among public universities in the United States, 28th nationally, and 73rd globally. |
| 2023 | A series of stabbings occurred in Davis, involving three people, with two fatalities. Carlos Reales Dominguez, a former UC Davis student, was arrested as the primary suspect in these attacks, which prompted concerns about campus safety and student monitoring. |
| 2023 | Joel Raznick begins term as President of Alumni Associations of UC, serving from 2023 to 2024. |
| 2023 | Gregory Sarris appointed as a regent by Governor Newsom, with a term expiring in 2026 |
| 2023 | Josiah Beharry was given student Regent-designate status, with designate status set to expire on June 30, 2024. |
| 2023 | Steven W. Cheung from UC San Francisco became a Faculty Representative to the Regents, with representative status valid until August 31, 2025. |
| 2023 | Keith Ellis became Vice-President of the Alumni Associations of UC, starting a term that will run through 2024 |
| 2023 | Merhawi Tesfai was appointed as the Student Regent by the Board of Regents for a two-year term, with voting privileges for one year. |
| 2022 | Deena Ali, Emma Centeno, Shay Cohen, Manuel Cisneros, Shrinidi Gopal, Kailen Grottel-Brown, Yasamin Hatefi, Raymond Hufnagel, Anjali Jogia-Sattar, Mahathi Kandimalla, Deborah Kim, Joshua Lee, Tyler Mahomes, Soha Manzoor, Charles Peng, Akash Ponna, Thin Rati-Oo, Carlos Vazquez, Stephanie Wong, and Megan Yao served as Senators for the Associated Students of the University of California during the 2022-2023 term. |
| 2022 | Forbes ranked UC Davis 23rd overall out of 650 U.S. colleges and universities, 22nd among research universities, and 4th among public universities. |
| 2022 | James Steintrager from UC Irvine became a Faculty Representative to the Regents, with representative status set to expire on August 31, 2024. |
| 2022 | Geoffrey Pack was given alumni Regent-designate status, with designate status set to expire on June 30, 2023. |
| 2022 | Ana Matosantos appointed as a regent by Governor Newsom, with a term expiring in 2034 |
| 2022 | Mark Robinson appointed as a regent by Governor Newsom, with a term expiring in 2034 |
| 2022 | Alfonso Salazar was given alumni Regent-designate status, with designate status set to expire on June 30, 2023. |
| December 16 2022 | University of California reached a tentative agreement with the UAW, concluding the strike that highlighted labor relations and worker treatment concerns at UC Davis and other campuses. |
| October 2022 | United Auto Workers (UAW) led teaching assistants at UC Davis and other UC campuses in a strike during the fall quarter, disrupting undergraduate education through delayed grading, canceled classes, and forced coursework adjustments. |
| July 1 2022 | Priya Lakireddy transitions from Staff Advisor-designate to full Staff Advisor for UC Merced, serving until June 30, 2023 |
| 2021 | Muz Ahmad, Amy Chen, Sam Coffey, Jason Dones, Mehnaz Grewal, Amanda Hill, Varsha Madapoosi, Sophie Morris, Adrianna Ngo, Osirus Polachart, Sammy Raucher, Ashley Rehal, Isabella Romo, Dil Sen, Elif Sensurucu, Gabbi Sharp, Jerry Xu, Griselda Vega Martinez, Stephanie Wong, and Kalli Zervas served as Senators for the Associated Students of the University of California during the 2021-2022 term. |
| 2021 | UC Davis received 105,850 applications, an 11% increase from the previous year, maintaining an admission rate of 37.5%. |
| 2021 | José M. Hernández appointed as a Regent by Governor Newsom |
| July 1 2021 | Lucy Tseng from UCLA begins her term as a Staff Advisor to the Regents, serving until June 30, 2022 |
| July 1 2021 | Priya Lakireddy becomes Staff Advisor-designate for UC Merced, serving in this role until June 30, 2022 |
| 2020 | Alexis Aguilar, Sarah Bancroft, Julia Castro, Maddy Chen, Sheena Dichoso Echano, Naomi Joy Garcia, Will Liu, Samuel Peng, Apoorva Prakash, Sahvannah Rodriguez, Michael Savides, Ruchi Shah, Ronit Sholkoff, Rebecca Soo, Ellis Spickermann, Chaka Tellem, Mateo Torrico, Aasim Yahya, Liam Will, and Rex Zhang served as Senators for the Associated Students of the University of California during the 2020-2021 term. |
| 2020 | The Transfer Student Representative position appeared on the ASUC election ballot for the first time during the spring election, utilizing the single transferable vote mechanism. |
| 2020 | José Huizar concludes his term as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from the 14th district. |
| 2020 | Charles Moen Rice, a UC Davis alumnus, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, highlighting a significant scientific achievement by a university graduate. |
| 2020 | UC Davis replaced its private charter bus service with the Causeway Connection bus service, partnering with Yolobus and Sacramento Regional Transit to provide inter-campus transportation. |
| 2020 | Concluded research collaboration with Neuralink involving brain implant experiments on monkeys, which resulted in some monkeys being euthanized after developing infections. |
| 2020 | QS World University Rankings ranked UC Davis 104th globally. |
| 2020 | The UC Davis census designated place recorded a population of 8,525 in the 2020 census, showing significant demographic changes from the 2010 census. |
| 2019 | The student body passed the Transfer Remedy Act ballot proposition, establishing a new Transfer Student Representative position in the ASUC to represent the campus' growing transfer student population. |
| 2019 | UC Davis received 78,093 freshman applications, admitting 30,358 students with an admission rate of 39.1%. Only 5,957 admitted students chose to enroll. |
| 2019 | UC Davis placed 40th nationally and 90th globally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities. |
| 2019 | Jay Sures appointed as a Regent by Governor Brown |
| 2019 | Jay Sures appointed as a regent by Governor Brown, later reappointed in 2020 by Governor Newsom with a term expiring in 2032 |
| 2019 | Janet Reilly appointed as a regent by Governor Newsom, serving as Chair, with a term expiring in 2028 |
| 2018 | UC Davis reported research and development expenditures of $788.8 million, positioning the university at 30th place nationally in research funding. |
| 2018 | UC Davis reported women comprising 60.4% of undergraduates, highlighting a significant gender imbalance in the student population. |
| 2018 | Richard Leib appointed as a regent by Governor Brown, with a term expiring in 2026 |
| 2018 | Michael Cohen appointed as a regent by Governor Brown, with a term expiring in 2030 |
| 2017 | SQUELCH! party suffered a major electoral defeat, winning no seats in the ASUC Senate. |
| 2017 | UC Davis began a research collaboration with Neuralink, receiving $1.4 million to use its facilities for brain implant experiments on monkeys. |
| 2017 | Lark Park appointed as a Regent by Governor Brown |
| 2017 | Peter Guber appointed as a Regent by Governor Brown |
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