Student Voices at the Table

In a recent episode of the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement’s SpeechMatters podcast, UC Student Regent Josiah Beharry and Student Regent-designate Sonya Brooks offered powerful reflections on the value and challenges of representing more than 300,000 students in governance.

Pastries and Principles

On Thursday, May 22, 2025, staff members from across UC Davis gathered for Breakfast with the Chancellor, honoring the 35th Anniversary of the UC Davis Principles of Community

Teens Take Over UC Davis for César Chávez Youth Leadership Conference 2025

The University Credit Union Center pulsed with energy on May 10 as about 1,400 students from over 450 schools filled the arena for the 2025 César Chávez Youth Leadership Conference at UC Davis. Students filled rows of folding chairs, many seated alongside parents or teachers, listening attentively to welcome remarks by Chancellor Gary S. May and a keynote address by Raquel E. Aldana, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis.

Bringing Middle Eastern History into K-12 Classrooms

A historic collaboration between the UC Davis Department of History, Middle East/South Asia Studies Program, and the California History-Social Science Project (CHSSP) is helping bring academically grounded lessons about Middle Eastern history into K-12 classrooms—at a time when teachers say the need for context and accuracy has never been greater.