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Starting in February 2021, economically disadvantaged Sacramento residents will be able to access scholarship-funded career training offered by UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education (CPE), the workforce development arm of UC Davis.

By John Marx and Paul Hastings

In 2021, faculty and staff are looking ahead, planning two new UC Davis building projects that will shape the future of research at our university. Aggie Square in Sacramento and the Grand Challenges Building in Davis will be devoted to bringing faculty and students together from multiple colleges, schools, and departments to generate new knowledge, to address the most complex challenges facing our world at this time, and to educate the next generation of researchers. 

By Tanya Perez

A regular topic of discussion among the planners of Aggie Square surrounds opportunities for youth. Specifically, what might kids in kindergarten through 12th grade be able to participate in at Sacramento’s future innovation hub?

From the beginning, Aggie Square has been envisioned as a place which will invite the community to be part of engaging, enriching programs. And that means local children, as well.

By Sharon Knox

Leadership from Oak Ridge Elementary and Aggie Square joined the Quarter at Aggie Square’s Transformative Justice Studies students and faculty for a conversation with Sacramentan David Garibaldi about arts, education, and community.

“This past summer, we saw our world creating images that reflected how we felt, saying what we had no words for,” Garibaldi said. “Art has always been a voice for the unsaid.”

By John Marx

Sometime in the spring of 2020, School of Medicine Dean Allison Brashear started using the term “Virtual Aggie Square” to describe the teamwork between UC Davis faculty and staff involved in COVID-19 research. That pathbreaking, cross-causeway collaboration captured the spirit of Aggie Square, since one of the project’s fundamental goals is making it easier for all of us to work across the university’s disciplines, departments and schools. 

The University of California, Davis, is delighted to announce that the Aggie Square project is one step closer to realization. After Tuesday’s Sacramento City Council meeting, in which members adopted unanimously a resolution of intention to establish the Aggie Square Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District, UC Davis leadership is encouraged by the city’s continued commitment to this transformative venture.