University of California, Davis
Summary
The University of California, Davis (UCD) is a public research university located in Davis, California, and one of ten campuses in the University of California system. Commonly referred to as UC Davis, the school was originally established in 1905 as the University Farm, an extension of UC Berkeley. UC Davis welcomed its first class in 1908. It was later formally established as a UC campus by the Regents of the University of California in 1959.UC Davis' graduate and professional programs include the UC Davis School of Medicine (which includes the UC Davis Medical Center), the UC Davis School of Law, UC Davis Graduate Studies, and the UC Davis Graduate School of Management.The UC Davis Aggies compete in the NCAA Division I level primarily in the Big West Conference as well as Great West Conference, Pacific-10 Conference, and Mountain Pacific Sports Federation in other sports.
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Rebooting journalism education means constant state of change
Geneva Overholser, director of the School of Journalism at the USC Annenberg School for Communication, has added her thoughtful voice to the “rebooting” journalism education discussion with an Online Journalism Review column.
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Scalia’s Immigration Dissent Is Criticized as Political
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s sharp commentary on President Obama’s policy regarding some illegal immigrants is still making waves.
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UC Davis slammed for pepper-spraying students in report
State lawmakers are calling for greater oversight of campus police departments after investigators blasted University of California, Davis, administrators and officers for pepper-spraying demonstrators — a police action that drew widespread criticism after a video went viral.
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Journalism’s impact: Is it becoming less than that of social media? #jcarn
It’s that time of month again: Carnival of Journalism! And this month’s question (a tough one, by Greg Linch) is: “What’s the best way, or ways, to measure journalism and how?” … To define it a little better, the real question is: How do we best measure the impact of journalism.
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UC Davis Protesters File Lawsuit For Pepper Spraying
Seventeen University of California, Davis students and two alumni filed a lawsuit against school officials and police on Wednesday concerning a dramatic pepper spraying incident in November of last year that sparked a national backlash.
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Nicholas Carroll: The Mainstream Spin on OWS: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
Criticism of Occupy Wall Street protests is so anecdotal and insubstantial that you have to wonder if Ronald Reagan is speaking from the grave. This is a brief guide to the realities behind the mainstream spin.
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These Charts Show How Tough It Is For Women To Make It In Silicon Valley
Women make up a very small percentage of all CEOs. But in Silicon Valley, it's even lower.
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Natalie Pace: Occupy Wall Street: One of the Top 10 Most Popular News Stories of 2011
By now, most Americans have seen the startling image of a police officer pepper-spraying a line of seated, non-violent and unarmed students at UC Davis, and, prior to that, police officers doing a similar spraying of young women penned in by police fencing in lower Manhattan. The world knows the name of Scott Olsen, a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, who suffered a skull fracture and loss of language (temporarily) during a police tear gas and rubber bullet raid on Occupy Oakland, on October 25, 2011.
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How Buzzfeed got its biggest traffic day…ever
Today — an unassuming Monday after a relatively slow news weekend — is Buzzfeed’s biggest traffic day. Ever.
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Justin Cox: Editing for Patch in the Wake of Pepper Spray
Nothing shakes up a routine like a shot of pepper spray to the face. At least that's been the case for me as a reporter in Davis.
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