Cal Aggie Alumni Association

Making fall memories with our Aggie networks across the country, one gathering at a time.

Missed out? Tap the “Alumni Events” link in our bio to stay in the loop.

📍 Silicon Valley Aggies meetup at the Campbell Farmers Market
📍 New York Aggies Flushing food tour
📍 Homecoming social
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Image Descriptions:
1: Silicon Valley Aggies pose together on a sunny, tree-lined street between vendor tents at the Campbell Farmers Market.
2: New York Aggies pose during a Flushing food tour, with several holding snacks, drinks and UC Davis alumni pennants.
3: Four Aggies smile around a restaurant table with plates of dumplings, dipping sauces and drinks during the Flushing food tour.
4: CAAA President Deborah Thompson Austin poses with marching band members in matching light blue shirts pose with drums, cymbals and brass instruments on an outdoor patio at the Homecoming social.

What can caring for dogs with brain tumors teach us about treating cancer in people?

At UC Davis, researchers are studying that connection while working to improve care for both.

The new Translational Brain Tumor Center brings together veterinary and human medicine to help move discoveries from the laboratory to patients.
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Image Descriptions:
1: Luna, a small, fluffy dog, wears a blue bandana and looks up at the camera with her tongue out.
2: UC Davis veterinary researchers pose with Danson, a yellow Labrador sitting on a treatment table.

For UC Davis alums Jimmy Panetta and Jennifer Nieto, the UC Washington Program (UCDC) opened doors to careers in public service and policy.

As the UC Washington Center celebrates 25 years, explore how the program helped these Aggies turn their experiences into lasting impact.

🔗: Link in bio
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Image Descriptions:
1: Portrait of Congressman Panetta wearing a suit and tie in front of an American flag.
2: Jennifer Nieto wearing a dark blazer over a green top and smiling with glasses.

Deborah Austin, president of the Cal Aggie Alumni Association, is my latest guest on Face to Face with Chancellor May.

One of Austin’s priorities as CAAA board president at UC Davis is to increase alumni engagement. She said she wants to better understand what alumni need and how the hundreds of thousands of Aggies around the world can support one another.

The alumni association is also piloting an alumni-to-alumni mentoring program, creating opportunities for graduates to connect with others who can offer career advice, perspective and guidance at different stages of professional life.

Alumni are essential to our success, so I really applaud the activities Deborah is starting.

To watch the full episode and learn more, click the link below:
https://ucdav.is/m/ChancellorMay

Image description: Chancellor May and Deborah Austin pose for a photo together. Chancellor May is seen wearing a black suit, and Deborah is wearing a patterned dress. They are both smiling in a studio.

Eleven years at No. 1. UC Davis has once again been named the most sustainable university in North America.

From the ways we move around campus to the ways we power it, Aggies are helping build a more sustainable future.
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Image Descriptions:
1: A person rides a bicycle and another rides a scooter along a tree-lined UC Davis road, with yellow flowers in the foreground.

2: A flock of sheep grazes on a grassy area of the UC Davis campus beneath large trees. Several people watch from behind a white fence.

3: Five people paint a colorful mural featuring the UC Davis water tower, plants and words about imagining a more sustainable world.

What can happen when you take the first step?

For Ranger Kielak ’19, one step led to a 2,642-mile walk across America, more than $8,500 raised for charity and a new calling. Now, the proud UC Davis alum and business owner helps others pursue their goals through Within Range Coaching.

Browse the UC Davis alumni business directory to discover and support more Aggie-owned businesses.

🔗: Link in bio
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Image Descriptions:
1: Ranger stands behind his gear cart on a beach at the start of his walk across America, with ocean waves in the background.
2: Ranger stands with his gear cart beside a “Welcome to New Mexico” sign during his walk across America.
3: Ranger smiles while wearing a light-colored cowboy hat and dark jacket in front of a pale wooden wall.

Where can a background in genetics, chemistry, biotechnology or anthropology take you? For these Aggies, the answer includes crime labs, federal agencies and even the search for missing World War II aircraft.

Through its accredited master’s program in forensic science, UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education combines original research with hands-on training in crime scene investigation, forensic DNA analysis, toxicology, drug chemistry and more.

Explore the many career paths in forensic science and how UC Davis prepares students to pursue them.

🔗: https://www.ucdavis.edu/curiosity/news/how-uc-davis-strengthens-forensic-science-workforce
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Image Descriptions:
1: A gloved UC Davis forensic science student measures fake blood spatter on a wall beside evidence marker 22 during a mock crime scene exercise.
2: UC Davis forensic science students examine staged evidence and numbered markers in a taped-off outdoor mock crime scene.
3: An instructor pours casting material into a footprint impression as a UC Davis forensic science student observes during a laboratory training exercise.