News Clipping Archive

Aggie Square in the Press

Two students, one dressed in black and one dressed in purple talking in front of an image of medical devices on a screen

New Medical Technology Emerges From Quarter at Aggie Square Program

February 04, 2025 | Dateline
The The Quarter at Aggie Square Biomedical Engineering cohort wrapped up their 10-week experience on Dec. 6 with a presentation of three medical prototypes for growth-accommodating heart valves, noninvasive glucose monitors and stroke-detection devices.

Sunset reflects off the glass face of an Aggie Square building

Aggie Square 101

January 07, 2025 | Dateline
The development of Aggie Square has led to a lot of changes on UC Davis’ Sacramento campus in the past few years, and the project will soon have an even bigger impact across the entire region.

Sacramento Council Approves $1.1 Million to Strengthen Housing Stability Near UC Davis Aggie Square

Sept. 20, 2024 | Hoodline
The Sacramento City Council has given the green light for an injection of funds exceeding $1.1 million aimed at enhancing housing stability programs in the vicinity of UC Davis' Aggie Square campus.

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg speaks at the Aggie Square project site

Aggie Square Represents Model for Economic Development in Neglected Neighborhoods, Sacramento Mayor Says

Sept. 19, 2024 | KRCA 3
With 82 days remaining in his 8-year run leading Sacramento's City Council, Mayor Darrell Steinberg delivered his final State of the City speech in the shadow of Aggie Square.

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg speaks to a crowd

Sacramento Mayor Steinberg promises 'big announcements' ahead of State of the City address

Sept. 19, 2024 | KCRA 3
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg is preparing to deliver his final State of the City address on at UC Davis' Aggie Square innovation district.

UC Davis launches new medical engineering degree program at Aggie Square

Sept. 13, 2024 | Sacramento Business Journal
The University of California Davis is launching a new master’s degree program that will be based at Aggie Square.

The Salvation Army education center on Alhambra Boulevard in Sacramento.

Salvation Army plans to restart bill assistance program for households near Aggie Square project

Aug. 7, 2024 | CapRadio
A $500,000 payment from the city of Sacramento will fund the program designed to prevent the UC Davis Aggie Square project from pushing people out of their homes.

Local Resources Inspire Design of $1.2B Aggie Square Research Hub

April 23 | ENR California
The $1.2-billion Aggie Square project combines a design that reflects the history and feel of its location through the use of locally sourced materials with cutting-edge technological capabilities that will foster groundbreaking research.

Construction Underway for Aggie Square Development, Sacramento

April 1, 2024 | SF YIMBY
An overview on plans on progress on Aggie Square.

UC Davis officials reveal Aggie Square details to Oak Park neighborhood

March 6, 2024 | ABC 10
UC Davis and Sacramento city officials revealed new details to neighbors last Thursday about the ongoing Aggie Square development at the university's Oak Park campus.

$5M approved for Stockton Boulevard housing stability programs in Sacramento

March 1, 2024 | ABC 10
Sacramento city officials approved $5 million for local home improvements as part of the UC Davis Aggie Square Community Benefits Agreement.

Image of a picture in picture of UC Davis Chancellor May discussing the future of college life with a rendering of the interior of one of the Aggie Square buildings.

California 2030: The future of campus life

Jan. 16, 2024 | CBS News

Chancellor May gives his thoughts on the future of what college will look like which includes a feature on Aggie Square.

2023 Article Archive

UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May in tan suit, speaks into TV camera (not seen), while stanbding in front of Aggie Square building

We can see the future of Aggie Square

May 8, 2023 | Dateline

Fourteen months after Aggie Square's groundbreaking, the first two buildings — Life Sciences, Technology and Engineering East and Life-long Learning have reached their full height, eight stories (including a mechanical floor atop LSTE East), which was cause for a topping-off celebration last Thursday (May 4).

Screenshot from a Fox40 News video aerial view of Aggie Square construction

Aggie Square project completes first phase

May 4, 2023 | Fox40 News

The project, located near UC Davis Medical Center, is projected to create thousands of jobs when it is fully completed over the next several years.

Screenshot of a video of Chancellor Gary May standing in front of Aggie Square construction.

Aggie Square completes first milestone. Here’s what next for the Sacramento innovation hub

May 4, 2023 | The Sacramento Bee

Political leaders, neighborhood residents and the UC Davis community celebrated what Chancellor Gary May called “the next big chapter of the Aggie Square story” on Thursday morning as they marked completion of the framework for the first two buildings at the Sacramento innovation hub.

Screenshot of a KRCA video of showing an under-construction Aggie Square building

Aggie Square 'topping off' leads to 'sign the beam'

May 4, 2023 | KRCA 3

A significant milestone was reached for the Aggie Square project in Sacramento, which is expected to generate an estimated one-time economic impact of $2.6 billion within the six-county region, according to the University of California, Davis.

Structural framing of an Aggie Square building

With topping out, Aggie Square enters new phase — looking for tenants

May 4, 2023 | Sacramento Inno

On Thursday morning, the University of California Davis, the city of Sacramento and developer Wexford Science & Technology celebrated the topping off of what will be the first two buildings in the $1.1 billion, 1.2 million-square-foot biotechnology center just south of UC Davis’ hospital campus in Sacramento.

Aggie Square Hits Milestone With Topping Off Ceremony

May 4, 2023 | Dateline

The University of California, Davis, the city of Sacramento, and Wexford Science & Technology, LLC, today celebrated the full structural completion of the first phase of Aggie Square, an emerging innovation district on the UC Davis Sacramento campus.

Programs Will Prevent Housing Displacement Around Aggie Square

Feb. 10, 2023 | Dateline

UC Davis and the city of Sacramento are working to ensure people who live along Sacramento’s Stockton Boulevard corridor are not pushed out of their homes when Aggie Square opens.

2022 Article Archive

Man and woman at UC Davis construction site

LAURELS: Research Parks Association Honors Aggie Square Personnel

Oct. 18, 2022 | Dateline

Aggie Square and the people making it happen are continuing to attract attention in the Association of University Research Parks, or AURP.

UC Davis gets $6.3 million grant to launch medtech center planned for Aggie Square

July 20, 2022 | Sacramento Inno

The University of California Davis is launching a center dedicated to researching and commercializing new imaging technologies that could transform the way surgeries are performed.

NIH Grant Creates National Center at UC Davis

July 12, 2022 | Dateline

A new center that stands to transform surgical procedures and brain monitoring on a national scale using light-based, artificial intelligence-informed technologies will soon be part of Aggie Square thanks to a recent $6.3 million grant from NIH.

Chancellor Gary May speaks with Scott Syphax

UC Davis Aggie Square

July 6, 2022 | PBS Studio Sacramento

What is UC Davis Aggie Square? UC Davis Chancellor Gary May joins host Scott Syphax for a conversation about the project’s future.

Squaring Up With Aggie Square

April 20, 2022 | Comstock’s Magazine

After five years of planning, construction is finally beginning at Aggie Square, a $1.1 billion development near UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.

A group of people stand with shovels over a dirt trough.

Aggie Square holds groundbreaking ceremony in Sacramento

March 14, 2022| The California Aggie

On Feb. 16, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for Aggie Square in Sacramento with over 200 people were in attendance for the event.

Aggie Square Groundbreaking Ceremony

February 24, 2022 | The Observer

UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May and Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg joined development partners, elected officials, and community leaders on Feb. 16 for the ceremonial groundbreaking of Aggie Square.

Aggie Square partners at the groundbreaking

Sacramento’s ‘biggest economic initiative’ — $1 billion Aggie Square project — breaks ground

February 19, 2022 | Sacramento Bee

Community leaders and University of California, Davis, officials broke ground Wednesday on a new $1 billion, 8-acre life sciences campus that could help reshape Sacramento’s reputation as a government town to an innovation hub.

Chancellor May speaks at the Aggie Square groundbreaking

Aggie Square project breaks ground in Sacramento

February 17, 2022 | Davis Enterprise

On Wednesday morning, leaders from UC Davis, the city of Sacramento and development company Wexford Science and Technology celebrated breaking ground on the $1 billion Aggie Square project at a ceremony in Sacramento.

Construction on UC Davis’ Aggie Square to start in April

February 16, 2022 | Sacramento Business Journal

The University of California Davis celebrated the ceremonial groundbreaking of its $1 billion Sacramento campus and biotechnology hub Wednesday morning, with a start on construction eyed for this spring.

Provost Mary Croughan, Chancellor Gary May, Associate Vice Chancellor Bob Segar, and Vice Chancellor Kelly Ratliff pose with golden shovels at the Aggie Square groundbreaking

Conversation about Aggie Square

February 15, 2022 | CapRadio

Chancellor Gary May has a conversation on the groundbreaking of Aggie Square.

Darrell Steinberg at the Aggie Square site in Sacramento

How Sacramento’s mayor cleared way for construction of multibillion-dollar Aggie Square

January 9, 2022 | Sacramento Bee

After negotiating a lawsuit settlement, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg looks forward to Aggie Square moving forward.

2021 Article Archive

Aggie Square in the News | Article Archive

Thermo Fisher and UC Davis Establish Center to Advance Study of Metabolomics

July 14, 2021 | BioSpace

Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched a new collaborative unit with UC Davis that aims to standardize the metabolomics community's efforts as it engages in more large-scale cohort studies and clinical research.

UC Davis, Thermo Fisher Scientific announce research center

July 12, 2021 | Sacramento Business Journal

The University of California Davis has partnered with a giant in laboratory equipment to study clinical applications of a rapidly growing field of study — metabolomics.

Pros, Cons of Aggie Square Project

March 9, 2021 | Insight on Capital Public Radio

Forward to the 27-minute mark to hear Aggie Square planning director Bob Segar talk with Randol White (CapRadio) about what the project plans for residents living in the surrounding Oak Park and Tahoe Park neighborhoods, and the Sacramento region.

2020 Article Archive

City Moves to Partner with UC Davis in Aggie Square Innovation District

October 27, 2020 | Mayor's Office of Civic Engagement

The City of Sacramento Tuesday took its first formal step to partner with UC Davis and Wexford Science and Technology on construction of the planned Aggie Square.

Aggie Square project will create opportunity and jobs for Sacramento’s communities

October 23, 2020 | Sacramento Bee

Chancellor Gary S. May and Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg share goals and partnerships of the innovation hub.

A conversation about Aggie Square

October 21, 2020 | Facebook Live

City Councilman Jay Schenirer and UC Davis' Bob Segar discuss the progress being made at Aggie Square.

The 1st Quarter at Aggie Square: Transformative Justice Studies

September 29, 2020 | Dateline

Quarter at Aggie Square, and undergraduate academic program, will launch virtually this fall quarter with Transformative Justice Studies.

Development Spotlight: Aggie Square

August 20, 2020 | Comstocks Magazine

The development known as Aggie Square has the potential to benefit the university, the City of Sacramento and the entire region.

Food Hub

August 17, 2020 | Sacramento Magazine

The collaboration between UC Davis, a heavy hitter in agriculture and environmental science, and Waters, a well-known advocate for healthy, local food and sustainable farming practices, looks like a winning partnership.

Environmental Review for UC Davis' 150-acre Sacramento campus moves forward

July 31, 2020 | Sacramento Business Journal

Chef Alice Waters, one of the founders of the farm-to-table movement, announced she will open a new institute at Aggie Square, the University of California Davis' incoming innovation center.

Aggie Square Debuts New Economic Report

July 7, 2020 | Sacramento Business Journal

Aggie Square is expected to generate nearly $5 billion in annual revenue after build-out of phase 1 and phase 2 of the project.

Recovery Center

April 21, 2020 | Comstocks Magazine

These projects [like Aggie Square] were important before, and now they're critical because what happens in the next three to six months is going to drive what happens in the recovery.

Experts: Sacramento Could Be the First Economy To Bounce Back After Coronavirus

March 26, 2020 | CBS Sacramento

Projects such as this MLS stadium, the Rail yards, and Aggie Square at UC Davis are still a go, which means income to the economy long term, and plenty of construction jobs in the short term.

Chef And Food Advocate Alice Waters Starting Education Institute At UC Davis Aggie Square

January 17, 2020 | CapRadio

One of the biggest names of the culinary world is collaborating with UC Davis and the expansion project at its Sacramento campus.

Alice Waters teams up with UC Davis for new Institute for Edible Education

January 17, 2020 | San Francisco Chronicle

Alice Waters, the founder of Berkeley’s groundbreaking restaurant Chez Panisse, was in Sacramento on Thursday to announce a new collaboration with UC Davis dubbed the Alice Waters Institute for Edible Education.

Farm-to-table pioneer Alice Waters opening food institute in Oak Park’s Aggie Square

January 16, 2020 | The Sacramento Bee

Chez Panisse founder and farm-to-table pioneer Alice Waters will open a new food institute at UC Davis’ Aggie Square in Oak Park, she announced at a press conference in Sacramento on Thursday.

Alice Waters Institute will be an anchor at Aggie Square

January 16, 2020 | Sacramento Business Journal
Chef Alice Waters, one of the founders of the farm-to-table movement, announced she will open a new institute at Aggie Square, the University of California Davis' incoming innovation center.

2019 Article Archive

Development team selected for Aggie Square

December 18, 2019 | Sacramento Business Journal
The University of California Davis has selected a pair of developers, Wexford Science & Technology LLC and GMH Capital Partners, to build out the first phase of Aggie Square, a planned satellite campus and biotech hub in Sacramento.

Greater Sacramento Economic Council 2019 Partner of the Year

December 16, 2019 | UC Davis Dateline
UC Davis honored for its forthcoming Aggie Square innovation hub on the university’s Sacramento campus.

Electrify America to buy $11 million in electric buses for new UC Davis-Sacramento bus route

November 19, 2019 | Sacramento Business Journal
A new bus line set to launch this spring will connect Davis and Sacramento, and signals the completion of a program that has brought more than $40 million in electric vehicle infrastructure and services to the region.

AURP Leadership Award

November 6, 2019 | Association of University Research Parks
The Association of University Research Parks (AURP) announced this year’s Awards of Excellence recipients at the 2019 International Conference.

Four developers in the running to build Aggie Square

September 16, 2019 | Sacramento Business Journal
The University of California Davis has its short list of potential developers for its planned Sacramento satellite campus.

UC Davis releases request for Aggie Square developers

June 11, 2019 | Sacramento Business Journal
The university is seeking developers who would finance, design, build and manage the first phase of development at Aggie Square.