UC Center Sacramento

Congratulations to the Spring 2024 UCCS cohort for finishing the academic year!

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Daisy Lopez from UC Davis! 🎉

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Tamara Flores from UC Davis! 🎉

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Kate McCarthy from UC Davis! 🎉

Last month, our outgoing Director, Distinguished Professor, Dr. Richard Kravitz, presented “Communicating Evidence in an Age of Misinformation.” We would like to thank Dr. Kravitz's for his 10 years of service as UCCS Director.

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Ashkon Jones from UC San Diego! 🎉

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Renee Fagan from UC Riverside! 🎉

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Bethlehem Messele from UC Santa Cruz! 🎉

Last week, we hosted the 2024 UCCS "Grow Our Own" Public Lectureship and White Paper Award Winners: Professor Laura Wray-Lake, Dr. Chris Wegemer, Mr. Ryo Sato, Ms. Leslie Ortiz, and Ms. Amy Wong, UCLA. They presented, "From Barriers to Ballots: Identifying and Reducing Voting Barriers for Young People.”

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Sophia Arenales from UC San Diego! 🎉

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Aiden Moseley from UCLA! 🎉

Spend the Winter Quarter/Spring Semester 2025 studying and interning in and around the CA State Capitol. Gain academic credit, public policy research and internship experience. We have launched careers in public service, and we can help launch yours, too!

💻 Priority Deadline: Thursday, 6/20/2024
Final Deadline: Thursday, 8/22/2024

📚 Learn More: uccs.ucdavis.edu or visit https://linktr.ee/uccentersac

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Ruby Maciel from UC Santa Cruz! 🎉

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Luz Lopez from UC Davis! 🎉

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Bach Tran from UC Riverside! 🎉

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Kristen Le from UC Davis! 🎉

Join UC Center Sacramento on Wednesday, May 29th from 12:00pm - 1:00pm for a talk by the 2024 UCCS "Grow Our Own" Public Lectureship and White Paper Award Winner: Professor Laura Wray-Lake, Dr. Chris Wegemer, Mr. Ryo Sato, Ms. Leslie Ortiz, and Ms. Amy Wong, UCLA, on "From Barriers to Ballots: Identifying and Reducing Voting Barriers for Young People.” Deputy Secretary Jannelle Jackson with the California Secretary of State will now be joining this talk! This talk will focus on the current state of research on structural voting barriers young people face, share findings from a national survey of young voters in the 2020 presidential election and provide evidence-based policy recommendations to promote youth engagement in California’s electoral process. This talk will be given in-person and as a webinar. The link will be provided on Tuesday, May 28th to those registered by 5:00 pm on Monday, May 27th. For more information and to register for this event, please visit: https://uccs.ucdavis.edu/events/barriers-ballots-identifying-and-reducing-voting-barriers-young-people.

Register for the UCCS Undergraduate Research Showcase! Meet the Spring 2024 undergraduate student interns and view their public policy research projects completed during their stay in Sacramento.

Weds., June 5th, 2024
11:00am - 1:00pm

Register here: https://linktr.ee/uccentersac

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Donovan Hall from UC Davis! 🎉

Last week we hosted a lunchtime conversation on the Future of California’s Leadership with Senate President pro Tempore Emeritus Toni G. Atkins and Moderated by Monica Lozano former Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of La Opinión.

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Maha Ghafoor from UC Davis! 🎉

Last week we hosted a presentation Co-sponsored by the Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment (CLEE), UC Berkeley Law, titled, “A Map-Based Decision-making Framework for Equity in EV Charging”. We would like to thank our speakers, Mr. Ted Lamm, J.D. a Senior Research Fellow in the Climate Program at CLEE, Ms. Ankita Shanbhag, a skilled tech and sustainability expert, studying for her Master’s at UC Berkeley, and Mr. Ari Ball-Burack, a first year Ph.D. student in the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley, advised by Dr. Dan Kammen.

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Ashton Aron Ugale from UC Riverside! 🎉

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Nithzia Espinoza Nava from UC irvine! 🎉

Please join UC Center Sacramento (UCCS) in person or by Zoom on Wednesday, May 22nd at 3:30pm for a very special talk by our outgoing Director, Distinguished Professor, Dr. Richard Kravitz, on “Communicating Evidence in an Age of Misinformation.” This talk will discuss the four major obstacles in turning empirical evidence into policy and a path to moving forward. This lecture will be given in person and by Zoom. An in-person reception in appreciation of Dr. Kravitz's 10 years of service as UCCS Director will immediately follow at 4:30pm. This talk will be given in-person and as a webinar. The link will be provided on Tuesday, May 21st to those registered by 5:00 pm on Monday, May 20th. For more information and to register for this event, please visit: https://uccs.ucdavis.edu/events/communicating-evidence-age-misinformation

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student James Lau from UC Riverside! 🎉

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Jelina Hendrickson from UC Davis! 🎉

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Thu Tran from UCLA 🎉

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Diana Castro from UC Santa Cruz! 🎉

Meet Spring 2024 UCCS Student Emma Fitzhugh from UC Davis! 🎉