Aggie Heroes Content / Aggie Heroes Content for ٺƵ en Budget From Canceled Event Used to Stock The Pantry /coronavirus/news/budget-canceled-event-stock-pantry <p>Each quarter, the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences invites students to take a break from the stresses of finals to stop in for coffee, hot chocolate and quick snacks like macaroni and cheese or oatmeal. With no in-person finals this quarter, it wasn’t going to happen, which gave the three staffers who organize the event an idea.</p> March 24, 2020 - 11:10am Cody Kitaura /coronavirus/news/budget-canceled-event-stock-pantry Teammates Make Others Feel Like Stars /news/teammates-makes-others-feel-stars <p>On the football field, Kooper Richardson uses all of his 300 pounds and 6-foot-6-inch&nbsp;frame to defend his ٺƵ quarterback. On this Saturday after Valentine’s Day, he gently held the hand of a teen in a sparkling crimson gown as they waited in line to have their portrait taken.</p> March 09, 2020 - 2:20pm Julia Ann Easley /news/teammates-makes-others-feel-stars Jonathan Eisen: From Aggie Hero to Time /news/jonathan-eisen-from-aggie-hero-to-time <p>Professor Jonathan Eisen, named the first Aggie Hero of 2019-20 for calling out science meeting organizers for gender and racial imbalance among presenters, last week landed on a Time magazine list of 16 people and groups “fighting for a more equal America.”</p> <p>The evolutionary biologist “knows he’s an unlikely champion for female representation at scientific conferences,” Time says. “But he also knows someone needs to point out the dearth of women who are speakers at these events.”</p> February 25, 2020 - 3:22pm Dave Jones /news/jonathan-eisen-from-aggie-hero-to-time Challah for You, Profit for Food Bank /news/challah-you-profit-food-bank <p>Walking into the Hillel House kitchen in Davis most Thursdays, your senses are overloaded with smells of bread in the oven, and the sounds of giant oven fans and upbeat music, not to mention the chatter among ٺƵ students.</p> <p>This is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChallahforHungeratDavis/">Challah for Hunger</a>, a student organization preparing 40 to 50 loaves of challah (a braided bread), each week generally, to raise money for the Yolo Food Bank.</p> February 25, 2020 - 2:59pm Dave Jones /news/challah-you-profit-food-bank Heroes’ Reception at Chancellor’s Residence /news/heroes-reception-chancellors-residence <p>I had heard and read the stories of our 2018-19 Aggie Heroes — students, staff and faculty chosen throughout the academic year for “using their talents and powers for the greater good of our university and beyond.”</p> June 17, 2019 - 12:30pm Dave Jones /news/heroes-reception-chancellors-residence Seeking Out Aggie Heroes /news/seeking-out-aggie-heroes <p>When the Camp Fire destroyed Paradise last fall, <a href="/news/camp-fire-caring-pets-and-people/#StudentsLendAid">the ٺƵ Sikh Cultural Association leapt into action</a>, collecting and delivering donations to a Chico shelter, then volunteering at a Salvation Army warehouse.</p> <p>Those students could be called <a href="https://leadership.ucdavis.edu/aggie-heroes">Aggie Heroes</a> —&nbsp;those who go above and beyond to help and inspire others.</p> February 05, 2019 - 10:45am Cody Kitaura /news/seeking-out-aggie-heroes CHANCELL-ING: Closing Campus and Opening Our Hearts /news/chancell-ing-closing-campus-opening-hearts <p>The smoky days of mid-November were unlike anything ٺƵ had experienced. Lecture halls went silent and bike traffic slowed to a trickle as hazardous pollutants from the horrific Camp Fire in Butte County engulfed the region. The scene of masked faces and orange skies was surreal as we closed our Davis and Sacramento campuses for more than a week.</p> December 10, 2018 - 11:53am Dave Jones /news/chancell-ing-closing-campus-opening-hearts