Veterans Day Content / Veterans Day Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en Yellow Ribbons Honor Service /news/yellow-ribbons-honor-service <p>Anyone passing through the Quad at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ this week would be hard-pressed not to think about the nation’s service members, thanks to the work of volunteers who tied dozens of yellow ribbons around trees Monday (Nov. 4).</p> November 05, 2024 - 1:30pm Cody Kitaura /news/yellow-ribbons-honor-service Veterans Week Activities Begin With Yellow Ribbons /news/veterans-week-activities-begin-yellow-ribbons <p>The campus community is invited to honor the nation’s veterans next week as Veterans Day expands into Veterans Week through a series of events hosted by the Veterans Success Center.</p><section class="wysiwyg-feature-block u-width--half u-align--right"> <h3 class="wysiwyg-feature-block__title">AT A GLANCE</h3> <div class="wysiwyg-feature-block__body"> <p>Veterans Week activities</p></div></section> October 29, 2024 - 11:13am Cody Kitaura /news/veterans-week-activities-begin-yellow-ribbons Yellow Ribbons Bring Message of Support /news/yellow-ribbons-bring-message-support <p><span><span>Yellow ribbons have returned to the Quad, signaling the university’s support for veterans and Veterans Day (Nov. 11). </span></span></p> <p><span><span>Some 15 people gathered yesterday (Nov. 6) for a campus tradition that is more than a decade old —&nbsp;tying yellow ribbons around nearly every tree on the Quad.</span></span></p> November 07, 2023 - 2:00pm Cody Kitaura /news/yellow-ribbons-bring-message-support Yellow Ribbons Call Veterans to Mind /news/yellow-ribbons-call-veterans-to-mind The trees on the Quad are once again bedecked in yellow ribbons in a tribute to veterans and Veterans Day (Nov. 11). November 08, 2022 - 2:11pm Dave Jones /news/yellow-ribbons-call-veterans-to-mind ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Hospice Honors 102-Year-Old WWII Vet, Professor Emeritus /news/uc-davis-hospice-honors-102-year-old-wwii-vet-professor-emeritus <p>In the spring of 1945, after months of rooting out Nazis from high ridges in the Italian Alps, 2nd Lt. Milton Hildebrand — executive officer (XO) of his company in the 10th Mountain Division — crossed the fabled Po River.</p> November 10, 2020 - 12:45pm Cody Kitaura /news/uc-davis-hospice-honors-102-year-old-wwii-vet-professor-emeritus Ribbons and Events Show Support for Veterans /news/ribbons-and-events-show-support-veterans <p>ºÙºÙÊÓƵ is continuing to show its support for the growing community of veterans on campus.</p> <p>This morning (Nov. 4), 18 people volunteered to tie yellow ribbons around the 100-plus trees of the Quad in the traditional symbol of Veterans Day remembrance —&nbsp;an increase over last year’s volunteer numbers.</p> November 04, 2019 - 2:00pm Cody Kitaura /news/ribbons-and-events-show-support-veterans THE DOWNLOAD: Voting, Veterans, Violet Blooms /news/download-voting-veterans-violet-blooms <p>Voting has more benefits than just a feeling of having done your civic duty: That little white "I Voted" sticker is good for a discount at the Aggie Reuse Store and Aggie Surplus. Voters will get 18 percent off at <a href="https://aggiereuse.ucdavis.edu/">Aggie Reuse</a> and half off any item priced at $25 or more at <a href="https://supplychain.ucdavis.edu/procure-contract/stores/aggie-surplus">Aggie Surplus</a>.</p> November 06, 2018 - 11:45am Cody Kitaura /news/download-voting-veterans-violet-blooms THE DOWNLOAD: Smart Home Residents, Honoring Veterans /news/download-smart-home-residents <p>Three students have moved into a lab of sorts on campus — not one with beakers and test tubes, but one with radiant-heat flooring and automatic shutters.</p> <p>The Honda Smart Home, a zero-net-energy residence in ºÙºÙÊÓƵ West Village, allows researchers from Honda, ºÙºÙÊÓƵ and PG&amp;E to test out new energy-efficient technology. Meet its new residents and learn about the home in the above video.</p> November 07, 2017 - 11:15am Cody Kitaura /news/download-smart-home-residents VETERANS WEEK: Yellow-Ribbon Tying Open to All /news/veterans-week-yellow-ribbon-tying-open-all <p>For six years we’ve arrived on campus the week of Veterans Day to see all of the 100-plus trees on the Quad adorned with yellow ribbons, put there by our veterans — students and staff members.</p> October 31, 2017 - 11:13am Dave Jones /news/veterans-week-yellow-ribbon-tying-open-all THE DOWNLOAD: Butterflies, Ribbons, Rugby, Apples /news/download-honoring-organ-donors-veterans-winning-rugby-apple-sale <p>Three dozen butterflies — symbols of new life — were recently released during a tribute to&nbsp;those&nbsp;who gave&nbsp;life to others.</p> <p>Hosted annually by ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Transplant Center and Sierra Donor Services, the ceremony recognizes the generosity of ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Medical Center patients who became organ and tissue donors. Because of them and others like them, 1,200 people in the Sacramento region received lifesaving transplants last year.</p> November 15, 2016 - 11:00am Cody Kitaura /news/download-honoring-organ-donors-veterans-winning-rugby-apple-sale