2025 was another remarkable year for Aggie Square. From the grand opening of Aggie Square to new programs, read more about this year's major events, achievements and announcements.
Aggie Square Community Fund 2025-26 ApplicationAggie Square is built on partnership — between UC Davis, Wexford Science & Technology, and the City of Sacramento — to make sure innovation and opportunity grow together. The Aggie Square Community Fund invests in projects that strengthen nearby communities through creativity, collaboration, and shared prosperity.
In October, more than 130 fifth- and sixth-grade students from the neighboring Language Academy of Sacramento visited Aggie Square for Discovery Day, an event designed to spark curiosity and introduce young learners to the world of healthcare and STEM- based careers.
In an inspiring demonstration of community partnership and educational innovation, UC Davis Health’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (BMM) wrapped up its annual Summer Research Program for Sacramento Charter High School (SCHS) students.
Aggie Square is excited to welcome Bailey Day as the new Operations & Events Manager for Wexford Science & Technology. Bailey's interest in building community and sharing stories around scientific discovery has led her into roles in marketing and communications at biotech startups and events and programming in the life sciences non-profit space. She worked at Seek Labs, a molecular diagnostics company, and at BioHive, Utah’s life sciences industry collective, where she supported community engagement and storytelling initiatives.
At every turn, Whiting-Turner brought excellence, innovation, and intention; but that’s just the beginning. What matters most is what UC Davis Health can do because of it. This wrap film captures the deeper “so what”: a future made tangible, a mission given momentum, and a space built not just to function, but to empower. The work is done. Now the real work begins.
UC Davis’ Sacramento and Davis campuses may be separated by a causeway, but recently they were brought together by design. Although final touches are still being added at Aggie Square ahead of its May 2 grand opening, power tools near two of the development’s brand-new, state-of-the-art classrooms took a brief break on March 12, 2025, as the spaces buzzed with both excited students and campus stakeholders, among them Chancellor Gary May.
Aggie Square isn’t just a cutting-edge innovation hub—it’s a showcase of Sacramento pride, built with local labor, materials and heart, from handcrafted bricks to towering glass walls. With deep community partnerships and an investment in local benefits, the project blends history, progress and regional impact.
Two UC Davis alumni, who found their calling—and thriving careers—through the university’s Construction Management Certificate Program, come full circle to help build Sacramento’s transformative Aggie Square innovation district.
