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Newsletter Archive

Three men talk amongst each other at an event

February 13, 2025

Register for the next event in the 'You Belong Here' series, read more about UC Davis Health's diversity efforts, and more.
Sunset reflects off the glass face of an Aggie Square building

January 15, 2025

Mark your calendar for upcoming events on job searching at UC Davis, youth leadership, healthy aging and more. 
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg shakes hands with Chancellor Gary S. May at the Aggie Square site at the mayor's State of the City address

December 19, 2024

Go over the highlights of 2024 and look forward to Aggie Square's grand opening in 2025!
Aggie Square construction

November 7, 2024

See communications manager position, upcoming community engagement meeting, photo contest winners, and more.
A crowd of people sitting in front of a building and listening to a speaker

October 3, 2024

Read the mayor's State of the City, watch the latest Aggie Square overview video, attend the next youth listening session, and more!
People talking in groups

September 11, 2024

Apply to create an interior mural, learn about the new medical device development master's degree program coming to Aggie Square, get the recap of our August community engagement meeting and more!
Roof penetrations on a building

August 13, 2024

Register for the August Community Engagement Meeting, see the latest construction update, attend a job talk and more!
A render of a cafe space with lots of seating and people mingling

July 18, 2024

Read about the newly announced Connect Labs, register for the August Community Engagement Meeting, see the latest construction update and more.
Community engagement meeting

June 6, 2024

See a recap of the latest community engagement meeting, get construction updates, see upcoming UC Davis job talks and more.
Rendering of the Aggie Square social lab

May 1, 2024

Learn about Maker's Space and Social Lab coming to Aggie Square and see community engagement opportunities.
Building from a distance

April 11, 2024

Find out about the Aggie Square tenant — the UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory — read a recap of the March youth listening session, and take a closer look at Aggie Square bricks and more construction updates.
Photo of a building

March 12, 2024

Read a recap of our latest community engagement meetings, get insight on previous photo contest winners, and find the latest construction updates.
A photo of a level

February 14, 2024

Register to attend our next community engagement meeting, see the latest construction photos and vote on your favorites, learn about various employment opportunities, and more!
Blue and orange sunrise sky

January 24, 2024

Register to attend our next community engagement meeting, see the latest construction photos, sign up to learn more about gaining employment at UC Davis, and more!

Opportunity Newsletter Archive - 2023

George Baxter

Decemeber 21, 2023

See a recap of the milestones and highlights of 2023, learn more about the appointment of George Baxter as Aggie Square's Chief Innovation and Economic Development Officer, and more.
Image of three construction workers of diverse backgrounds. The female is looking at the camera and smiling.

November 13, 2023

Register for the Nov. community engagement meeting, see the latest construction photos, sign up for an Aggie Square walking tour, learn about the construction crane operator in a compelling video, and more!


 

October 17, 2023

Register for our Nov. community engagement meeting, see the latest construction photos, sign up for an Aggie Square walking tour, learn more careers in construction or at UC Davis, and more!
Person stands by a test installation of bricks

September 13, 2023

Review the August quarterly meeting recap, see the latest construction photos, learn about the locally made bricks changing the face of Aggie Square and more.
Image of podcaster Mark Haney in his studio with multiple UC Davis students.

August 8, 2023

Sign up for the community meeting to tour Aggie Square under construction, see the latest construction photos, learn about students creating start-ups and more!
A community college student recieves hands-on clinical training

July 11, 2023

See  construction photo contest winners, engagement with community college and elementary school students, Aggie Square executive recruitment and more!
Bog Segar speaks while sitting on a panel

June 15, 2023

Honoring retirees, welcoming new hires, recapping the latest Aggie Square Community Engagement Meeting, highlighting housing programs and more!
UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May in tan suit signs Aggie Square poster

May 10, 2023

Celebrating Aggie Square construction progress with "topping-off" ceremony.
UC Davis Chancellor May and Claire Drummond of Wexford Science + Technology touring Aggie Square construction

April 6, 2023

Watch Chancellor May tour the construction of the Life-long Learning Center, find engagement opportunities and see construction progress.
Chris Bagatelos on the BAGS production floor

March 2, 2023

Get a recap of the latest community meeting, find out about the local glass company working on Aggie Square and mark you calendar with local job fairs.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg annouces a new housing program

February 8, 2023

Find out about a housing program supporting residents near Aggie Square and resources to build community, promote health and engage with Aggie Square.
Preliminary drawing of the 9th Avenue Gateway mixed-income housing development planned for Stockton Blvd

January 19, 2023

Check out the progress we've made the past month (through rain or shine) and save the date for the upcoming community engagement meeting on housing development.

Opportunity Newsletter Archive - 2022

Aggie Square partners using gold shovels at the ground breaking

December 20, 2022

See how far we've come in a year! Look at milestones and press that mark Aggie Square's strides in 2022.
Image of UC Davis Aggie Square's quarterly community engagement meeting. People are sitting in a circle of chairs listening to a presenter in front of an LCD screen with slides.

December 2, 2022

Track Aggie Square's continuous upward progress with new construction photos and find a recap of our latest Community Engagement Meeting!
Graphic for youth opportunity meeting that says, Taking the First Step Toward Improving the World Around You.

October 31, 2022

See as Aggie Square grows upward and get updates at the upcoming "Youth Opportunity" community meeting.

 

Image of AURP 2022 award of excellence winners.

September 30, 2022

Catch up on construction progress, celebrate Aggie Square personnel and partners who received awards of excellence and more.

 

Construction progress

August 31, 2022

See a recap of our latest community meeting, plan to attend the Union Trades Awareness Career Fair, catch up on Quarter at Aggie Square and more.
Image of Save the Date art.

July 29, 2022

Register to attend our next community meeting, see construction photos, watch an interview about Aggie Square with Chancellor May and more.
Woman standing and smiling

June 29, 2022

Find out the latest on Aggie Square, including our new Community Engagement Manager, conversations with youth about the role Aggie Square will play and a construction update.
A bunch of hand-written Post-It notes share messages that are in this story

April 29, 2022

Look forward to the future of Aggie Square with Chancellor Gary S. May and John Marx
interior rendering

March 30, 2022

Peruse new Aggie Square renderings of welcoming interiors and check out the construction timeline to see completed, active and upcoming work.
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

February 28, 2022

Celebrate the groundbreaking at Aggie Square in a video highlighting the benchmark event, and recognize the hard work and collaboration that brought us to this point.
Darrell Steinberg at the Aggie Square site in Sacramento

January 31, 2022

Review the Quarter at Aggie Square and look forward to the work Digital CoLab will do in the Lifelong Learning building.

Opportunity Newsletter Archive - 2021

Sacramento mayor Darrell Steinberg, UC Davis Chancellor Gary May and Alice Waters at an Aggie Square event

December 1, 2021

Mayor Darrell Steinberg and Alice Waters anticipate to the positive impacts Aggie Square will have.
A castle tower made of white brick

October 27, 2021

Catch up with John Marx, faculty adviser, and Mark Romney, chief industry alliance officer, as they reflect on the role of innovation districts like Aggie Square and the importance of community involvement.
person working at a whiteboard

September 29, 2021

Learn about how AggieSquare is designed to engage the community, the past and future vision of the project, and register for the upcoming CBPA meeting on workforce development strategy and the UC Small Business First Program.

August 25, 2021

Learn more about the planned Aggie Square makerspace, why this project is public-private partnership, how UC Davis is embracing the system's new program to give small businesses more opportunities to work with the university, and more.


July 30, 2021

Learn more about what it is like to teach Quarter at Aggie Square, why Aggie Square's logo changed, how UC Davis and ThermoFisher will partner to create The Center of Excellence in Clinical Metabolomics, and more.
Man and woman in hardhats stand at a construction site

June 30, 2021

Learn more about the process of getting a construction job at Aggie Square from Wexford Science and Technology (Aggie Square's development partner), Whiting-Turner (the general contractor) and the Sacramento-Sierra Building and Construction Trades Council.
Woman and man stand at a construction site

May 27, 2021

Pre-apprenticeship programs underway for construction jobs, Aggie Square moves from planning to implementation and more.
Image of child at march supporting education.

April 29, 2021

Where do faculty see themselves at Aggie Square, Sacramento City Council approves the Community Benefits Partnership Agreement, Quarter at Aggie Square focus on multilingual education for California and more.


March 30, 2021

Aggie Square's Community Benefits Partnership Agreement explained, video shares more about Aggie Square's community impact, partnership brings COVID vaccines to Oak Park and more.
Graphic of person teaching, students learning

February 26, 2021

Aggie Square as a talent generator, career path training, health clinic for foster children, events and more.


Middle school students work on a project

 January 27, 2021

Youth programs, projects poised to advance research, Quarter at Aggie Square, events and more.

Opportunity Newsletter Archive - 2020

Blue ornament on a tree

Your Aggie Square monthly update: December 16, 2020

ICYMI: Take a look back at the year in Aggie Square progress and milestones.

Artist David Garibaldi

Your Aggie Square monthly update: November 30, 2020

Artist David Garibaldi talked to and performed for Quarter at Aggie Square students.

image of Dr. Maisha Winn and Dr. Torry Win with Transformative Justice Studies.

Your Aggie Square monthly update: September 30, 2020

Quarter at Aggie Square classes have started and the project is taking shape.

Daniel Fong and Soheil Ghiasi

Your Aggie Square monthly update: August 27, 2020

Behind the scenes of Aggie Square’s teaching center and how UC Davis innovation updates.

Aggie Square from Stockton Blvd

Your Aggie Square monthly update: July 29, 2020

Economic impact studies, virtual job fairs, and more.

John Marx, Ph.D.

Your Aggie Square monthly update: June 30, 2020

Community engagement, and why developers think UC Davis and Sacramento offer great opportunity.

Map marker icon with text in the center that reads"You belong here."

Supplemental Aggie Square update: May 26, 2020

UC Davis' first virtual job recruitment event promises to be the first of many.

UC Davis town hall

Your Aggie Square monthly update: May 26, 2020

To see the multidisciplinary collaboration of Aggie Square's future, look at what's happening at UC Davis today.

coronavirus

Your Aggie Square monthly update: April 13, 2020

How UC Davis leverages collaborative innovation to address the COVID-19 pandemic. 

 

Aggie Square preliminary design

Your Aggie Square monthly update: February 19, 2020

Faculty discussion on "Food, Health & Youth," Quarter at Aggie Square, Sacramento High School kids participate in a surgery simulation, and more.

Alice Waters at Aggie Square

Your Aggie Square monthly update: January 23, 2020

Alice Waters comes to Aggie Square, entrepreneurship thrives at UC Davis. 

Opportunity Newsletter Archive - 2019

John Marx

Your Aggie Square monthly update: December 18, 2019

UC Davis selects a developer partner, Aggie Square has a faculty liaison, connecting campuses, and new awards.

A researcher looking through a microscope

Your Aggie Square monthly update: November 14, 2019

Aggie Square Opens Doors, Opportunities for More Breakthroughs, National Recognition for Chancellor and Mayor

Faculty Senate Chair Kristin Lagattuta

Your Aggie Square monthly update: October 17, 2019

Opportunities for Faculty, Aggie Square’s collaborative approach, Commercializing Opportunities, Unfold Podcast: The Future of Food

Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education Carolyn Thomas

Your Aggie Square monthly update: September 19, 2019

RFPs issued to four development firms, New opportunities for undergraduates, Aggie Square’s sneak preview, UC Davis launches Unfold podcast

Chancellor Gary May

Your Aggie Square monthly update: August 12, 2019

Topics in this issue: Chancellor May Shares his Vision, Next-level Partnerships, Food and Health in Aggie Square, Sacramento’s Best Hospital, Innovation District

Aggie Square’s Chief Innovation Officer, Jim Kovach

Your Aggie Square monthly update: July 12, 2019

Topics in this issue: Lifelong Learning, RFQ Update, Jim Kovach’s Storied Career

Chancellor Gary May listening intently

Your Aggie Square monthly update: June 12, 2019

Topics in this issue: Aggie Square RFQ Released, Chancellor May Updates Regents, Rios Named Vice Provost of Public Scholarship

Preliminary design of Aggie Square development

Your Aggie Square monthly update: May 6, 2019

Topics in this issue: A Preliminary Design, Job Coalition, Startup Spirit and Elk Grove Shuttle.

Aggie Square 101

Your Aggie Square monthly update: April 3, 2019

Topics in this issue: Aggie Square 101, Big Blue Bringing Best Ideas to Aggie Square, Public Scholarship, Community Impact and Listening First.