Equity and Inclusion

Members of the UC Davis School of Law Class of 2020 began their first semester courses on August 21, as 151 talented and diverse JD candidates joined the King Hall community. The new class brings a diverse range of backgrounds, abilities, and interests to the School of Law.

On Indigenous People’s Day, we write to join the many voices that have been raised in protest of the decision of the Trump administration to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Racism and xenophobia are at the core of this decision and it affects many Indigenous students and fellow employees on our campus. We reject this aggression and pledge our commitment and support to those affected.

A one-day event hosted by GAAAP (Graduate Academic Achievement and Advocacy Program) to create a community of graduate students, professionals, and undergraduate students of all backgrounds to assist those interested in pursuing a graduate or professional level degree. This event aims to empower historically underrepresented, low-income, or educationally disadvantaged students by providing them with the opportunity to attend workshops of their choice, and connect with like-minded graduate students as well as professionals.

You’re cordially invited to join the Aoki Center’s Fall 2017 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. You’ll have the opportunity learn from, and discuss with, interdisciplinary scholars who will present their research and works in progress which is inspired by, and builds upon, critical race studies. Held during the Fall 2017 semester.

Join Sacramento Area Youth Speaks (SAYS) at the Sacramento Convention Center September 21-23 for the "California Vision 2020" conference featuring community leaders in social action, politics, business, and personal transformation to address many of the important issues we face today from homelessness to racism to poverty to sustainability.

Early adolescents’ grades were higher when they socialized with peers from other ethnicities, according to the findings of a University of California, Davis, study that looked at the lunching habits of more than 800 sixth-graders in three states.

A statement of solidarity and action by campus diversity and inclusion leadership for those affected by the recent decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

University of California President Janet Napolitano issued the following statement today (September 7) following U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ announcement that appears to roll back guidance by the Office of Civil Rights. The federal changes will impact how schools handle sexual violence cases under the Title IX policy.

Chancellor Gary S. May's response to the announcement by the White House to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that allows undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as small children to fulfill their dream of a college education without fear of deportation.

Schedule and location information for a series of panel discussions and conversations as a part of National Hispanic Heritage Month.

Reposted from University News by News and Media Relations
August 22, 2017

At a Central Park rally and in a letter to the campus community last week, Chancellor Gary S. May drew a sharp distinction between freedom of speech and what he saw in the recent tragedy in Charlottesville, Virginia: provocation to violence.