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Checking In With Chancellor May: Setting the Standard for Campus Sustainability

Cody Kitaura — January 17, 2025 - 12:00pm

To the UC Davis Community:

As the new year begins, our commitment to sustainable practices remains at the heart of UC Davis’ DNA. Students, faculty and staff are all determined to make our campus environmentally friendly, now and in the future.

Checking In With Chancellor May: Forging Connected Communities and a More Just World

Cody Kitaura — December 13, 2024 - 11:00am

To the UC Davis Community:

As we celebrate the holiday season, I am reminded of the powerful role service plays in our lives.

Service has been at the heart of UC Davis since its inception. As a land-grant university, we serve the people of California, the United States and the world. From the beginning, UC Davis was founded on the idea that education transforms the lives of our students while helping to create a better world.

Checking In With Chancellor May: At the Forefront of Feeding the World

Cody Kitaura — November 15, 2024 - 12:30pm

To the UC Davis Community:

No matter our background or belief systems, every human being deserves to have access to healthy and adequate food. This is one of the key Grand Challenges UC Davis is undertaking to create a healthier tomorrow. These are among the global “wicked problems” for which we seek solutions through a cross-disciplinary approach.

Checking In With Chancellor May: Celebrating Philanthropy’s Impact on our Students

Erin E Garcia — October 18, 2024 - 10:18am

Checking In With Chancellor May: Preparing Students for a World of Opportunity

Cody Kitaura — August 16, 2024 - 9:55am

To the UC Davis Community:

The new academic year starts in just a few weeks and I look forward to seeing our campuses full of new and returning Aggies.

For many of our students, summer is a popular season to engage in global learning opportunities, and approximately 1,200 students are participating in study abroad programs this year.

Checking In With Chancellor May: Empowering People and Communities

Cody Kitaura — June 14, 2024 - 9:06am

To the UC Davis community:

As we celebrate graduation this weekend, it’s important that we acknowledge the devastating ongoing conflict in Gaza, the West Bank, Palestine and Israel. We are deeply saddened by the suffering and loss of life. Our hearts go out to the individuals and families affected, especially the children, students and civilians enduring unimaginable loss. We share the hope that the international community and those involved directly in this ongoing conflict can bring peace to the region and begin to rebuild.

Checking In With Chancellor May: Preparing Students for the Workforce of the Future

Cody Kitaura — May 17, 2024 - 3:00pm

To the UC Davis Community:

It’s important to start this month’s letter by acknowledging the difficult times we are enduring as a community, as a nation and across the globe. As individuals and community members, we are experiencing what it truly means to uphold freedom of speech and First Amendment rights, even when such speech sometimes distresses or inconveniences members of the campus community.

Checking In With Chancellor May: Our Transfer Student Success

Cody Kitaura — April 19, 2024 - 10:40am

To the UC Davis Community:

Today, thousands of future Aggies will open their email to the exciting news they have been accepted as transfers at UC Davis. They join our vibrant community of almost 8,000 transfer students and will continue their path toward an undergraduate degree in a community eager to welcome them.

Checking In With Chancellor May: Celebrating Art and Innovation

Cody Kitaura — March 22, 2024 - 10:33am

To the UC Davis Community:

UC Davis’ commitment to art reinforces the vital role of liberal arts in education — one that enhances our understanding of the world around us, enlightens us and prompts us to seek social justice. These skills are critical, even for students who don’t plan to pursue a career in the arts or humanities.

Checking In With Chancellor May: Appreciating Our World-Class Faculty

Cody Kitaura — February 16, 2024 - 10:36am

To the UC Davis community:

With the winter quarter racing toward midterms, our libraries, labs and coffee shops are buzzing with students digging deep into their courses. Researchers are focused in their offices and labs, methodically searching for the next breakthrough that will propel their work forward.