Trading smiles, Melissa Segura and her mother, Monica Segura, playfully warn each other not to start crying — either will set the other off. They’re talking about Melissa’s graduation on Saturday.

Deborah Thompson Austin of UC Davis’ alumni association will instruct hundreds of undergraduates to move the tassel on their graduation cap from left to right at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center Saturday ...

UC Davis student Ryleigh Praker demonstrates the language skills she has learned studying in the UC Davis Russian program. (Ryleigh Praker/UC Davis) “If asked for the most important advice I could ...

UC Davis is in the inaugural class of California universities and colleges designated as Black-Serving Institutions, or BSIs, under a state initiative recognizing those that “excel at providing ...