Chancellor's Blog | UC Davis Leadership

Looking Back on a Year of Hospitality and Heat Waves

What I’ve learned in my first year is that Davis residents care deeply about their community and want to see UC Davis and its chancellor be successful.

UC Davis Chancellor Gary May with Doris Matsui and Davares Robinson

My Day with Chancellor Gary May

Guest blog post written by Davares Robinson, a third year Political Science major at UC Davis.

Food for thought

The idea of the “starving student” might be a longstanding archetype about the sacrifices made in higher education. But, I say it’s time to end this notion now.

Just me and my shadow

The best way to honor those who helped you become successful is to help others become successful like you.

Chancellor Gary with his mother Gloria May

A letter to mom, a lifetime of inspiration

Chancellor Gary S May Chancelling Column

Remembering MLK: His light still driving out darkness

I am often reminded of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Sometimes it’s as simple as pressing the shuffle on my iPod and hearing the lyrics of “Pride (In the Name of Love)” by the rock band U2:

Chancell-ing: UC Davis Chancellor Gary May's Column

Treating my action heroes to 'Black Panther'

This was a moment I’d been craving since my earliest days of digging around in comic shops.

Nesting in Davis with new friends and ‘Lady Bird’

As a collector of superhero action comics, it was only fitting that I created an action verb to describe my new job as UC Davis chancellor. I call it “chancell-ing.”

Op-ed on Student Housing Updates

We all know that housing is a pressing issue in our city, in the Sacramento region and across California. It’s an issue we need to address at all levels in our state, city and campus.

Abusive Behavior is Unacceptable

Messages and Announcements

Dear UC Davis Community,

Every day, it seems, we learn about instances of sexual harassment and sexual violence from courageous individuals who share their experiences from years ago or from more recent times. Just last week, Time magazine named “The Silence Breakers” as its 2017 Person of the Year to recognize those women and men who have told their own stories of sexual harassment and assault. They are people who “... helped force a nationwide reckoning” and who are “voices that launched a movement.”