UC Davis

INDEX

• Campus
• Executive recruitments
• Technology
• Human resources
• Free subscriptions
• Safety
• Dateline details
• WarnMe
• Blood drives
• Big Shift
• Political activities
• Road and path work
• Transit and parking

This page is published and updated by the staff of Dateline UC Davis. See previous issues here. Contact: dateline@ucdavis.edu.

Campus

Executive recruitments

• Current executive recruitments are posted on the UC Davis Leadership website.

Technology

• The university has ended its contract with Trumba, the vendor that provides the calendar on the central homesite. This means colleges and departments will no longer have a method to syndicate events across multiple UC Davis websites. Pages that use SiteFarm have a built-in events system, and instructions for using that can be found here. Any offices with event pages that would like to be listed on the UC Davis homesite should contact the Office of Strategic Communications’ web team at scweb@ucdavis.edu.

Human resources

• Retirement savings — Contribution limits to the UC 403(b) and 457(b) pre-tax and Roth savings plans have increased in 2024.
• Down-payment assistance — A state program tailored to income-eligible, first-time and first-generation homebuyers in California began accepting applications in April.

Free subscriptions

• The Economist — The UC Davis Library has purchased a license making this publication available online, free, to everyone with a ucdavis.edu email address.
• The New York Times — The UC Davis Library purchased an academic license to NYTimes.com for use by all students, faculty, staff, clinicians and emeriti of UC Davis and UC Davis Health. If you have an authenticated UC Davis login, you have complimentary access. Note: Faculty and staff may periodically be prompted to renew; if you are a student, your access should remain active at all times while you are enrolled.

Safety

• Annual asbestos notification (Jan. 30, 2024) — This notice is required by the California Health and Safety Code, notifying all employees of the presence of asbestos in campus buildings constructed prior to 1979.
• Police Accountability Board annual report — The board has posted its 2022-23 report and executive summary.

Dateline details

• Dateline schedule: During the month of December, Dateline will publish each Tuesday except for Dec. 24 and Dec. 31, which are university holidays. Dateline will resume its weekly schedule on Jan. 7.
• Dateline is published every Tuesday during the academic year, and is sent by email to all faculty and staff on the Davis campus. Previous email editions can be seen here.
• Deadline — Generally 10 a.m. Thursday the week before publication.

WarnMe

• WarnMe tests are held three times each academic year. The most recent test was held Oct. 17.
• UC Davis WarnMe and Aggie Alert messages provide faculty, staff, students and others with timely information and instructions during emergencies or other urgent situations that may directly affect their well-being. WarnMe messages and Aggie Alerts are distributed by email and text message and also posted to the Everbridge Mobile App and UC Davis’ official Facebook and X accounts. Tests are scheduled three times during each academic year.
  • Please review your contact information, and update it as necessary.
  • Employee and student contact information — Your UC Davis email addresses are included in the WarnMe system automatically; you can add mobile numbers and other email addresses.
  • Parents, vendors, contractors and others — You can sign up for text notifications only for the Davis campus and three other university locations (Bodega Marine Laboratory, Tahoe Environmental Research Center, and Continuing and Professional Education).
  • Mobile app (limited to people with UC Davis email addresses) — The app includes a number of safety features and is an important option for UC Davis affiliates with international phone numbers, as WarnMe does not send text messages to international numbers. Learn more about the Everbridge Mobile App and how to download it.
  • Overview and frequently asked questions

Blood drives

• Blood drives are held on campus each quarter. Check back for the dates for future events.

The Big Shift is the campuswide heating system conversion project, whereby steam lines are being replaced with hot water lines. Heat exchangers in buildings will draw heat off the hot water, to heat the buildings, just like we do now with steam. The hot water system will use electricity (a renewable resource) to heat the water, instead of natural gas, a fossil fuel, that is used in the steam system. The hot water system will use less energy, because the water need not be heated to boiling (for steam), and will be safer to maintain. Current road and path closures are listed here, along with other project links:

• Construction progress
• Interactive map
• Construction updates
• Sign up for e-newsletter

Political activities

• Prohibition on political campaign intervention — The University of California strongly supports public and civic engagement by members of the university community, in both their professional and personal capacities. At the same time, we must adhere to the restrictions outlined in this advisory from the Office of General Counsel.

Road and path work

• Road closures are available on an interactive map. Read more about it here, and click here to view the map.

Transit and parking

• Find information about AggiePark, the mobile app used to purchase parking on the Davis campus, on the Transportation Services website.
• Eligible employees can sign up, change or end their enrollment in the Commuter Card Benefits Program between the 1st and 10th of every month.
• Planned impacts to transportation and parking because of events or closures are listed on this page.
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  • Questions? Contact Unitrans by email or phone, 530-752-2877.