University of California/Davis

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Group.png University of California/Davis  
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MottoFiat lux
(Latin)
Formation1905
Type• Public research university
• Land-grant
• Space-grant
Other nameAggies
The northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system.
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The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California.[1] Named a Public Ivy,[2] it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institution was first founded as an agricultural branch of the system in 1905 and became the seventh campus of the University of California in 1959.

Occupy movement

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After police Lt. John Pike used pepper spray on the eyes of students at the University of California Davis, the University of California Regents were ordered to pay $1,000,000 to the 21 victims of the attack, plus compensation for Lt. Pike's "psychiatric injury". He had been on paid leave for the duration of the 8 month enquiry.[3]

 

Alumni on Wikispooks

PersonBornNationalitySummaryDescription
Peter Lavelle1 September 1961USJournalistJournalist for RT.
Indira Samarasekera11 April 1952CanadaAcademicCanadian academic, WEF, Bilderberg
Rosanna Wong15 August 1952Hong KongPoliticianHong Kong politician, WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow 1993
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References

  1. http://finreports.universityofcalifornia.edu/index.php?file=12-13/pdf/fullreport-1213.pdf
  2. Greene, Howard R.; Greene, Matthew W. (2001). The public ivies: America's flagship public universities (1st ed.). New York: Cliff Street
  3. http://www.policestateusa.com/2013/john-pike-gets-compensation-for-emotional-suffering/