University News

It was Gebremeskel’s first visit to the United States — and hopefully not the last, if her graduate education plans come to fruition.

Chancellor Gary S. May will join top congressional Democrats at a Capitol Hill news conference Wednesday (Oct. 25) in support of “Dreamers” and legislation under which they could stay in the United States to continue their education and contribute to society without fear of deportation.

The University of California, Davis, may become an academic harbor where some Puerto Rican scholars continue their research in the wake of the devastation Hurricane Maria wrought on their island.

University of California President Janet Napolitano, U.S. secretary of homeland security from 2009 to 2013, released the following statement September 5 after President Trump announced his decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

To the UC Davis Community: I am gravely disappointed in today’s White House decision to end a 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.

Kurt Kornbluth and Elizabeth Mitcham are the recipients of UC Davis’ inaugural Chancellor’s International Engagement Achievement Awards, while Alan Bennett received an honorable mention.

The March 6, 2017 Executive Order No. 13780 (“Executive Order”) was challenged in multiple lawsuits and multiple courts issued orders holding that the Executive Order was unlawful and temporarily stopping the Executive Order from going into effect.

The International Center held its grand opening ceremony April 21 in the same multipurpose room where 2½ months ago the Office of Global Affairs held a forum on President Donald Trump’s first set of executive orders on immigration.

Dear Campus Community, Over the weekend, a great many individuals across the country and in our UC Davis community experienced considerable confusion and consternation as President Trump’s executive order banning individuals from certain countries from entering or returning to the United States went suddenly into effect.

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