University of California, Davis

What struck Chancellor Linda Katehi the most Sept. 4 when she greeted UC Davis firefighters upon their return from a wildfire in Southern California? The chancellor outlined four strategies to help ensure UC Davis’ future stability: More UC Davis budget news: budget.ucdavis.edu

By lrosenhall@sacbee.com (Laurel Rosenhall) California State University, Sacramento, President Alexander Gonzalez and UC Davis Vice Chancellor Fred Wood will join the commission that administers Cal Grants and other forms of financial aid. Gonzalez, 64, has headed Sacramento State since 2003.

By Gael O'Brien Scandal travels like a tsunami; it deposited Linda Katehi’s reputation in California, doused with mud, weeks before she moved there to assume the role of chancellor at University of California Davis. A high achiever, Katehi had solid administrative credentials, was well regarded as a...

Katehi said she “played absolutely no role in admissions decisions regarding so-called Category I admissions.” University of Illinois President B. Joseph White and Urbana-Champaign Chancellor Richard Herman backed her up, and UC President Mark Yudof also stood by her.

After a news conference in San Francisco, Katehi rode with outgoing Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef to Davis for a 1½-day visit that included a dinner with the faculty leadership, a breakfast meeting with the provost, a luncheon with the UC Davis Foundation board and a night at the theater,...

Engineering researcher and noted university administrator will join UC on Aug. 17. View biography.

UC President Mark Yudof (center) and outgoing UC Regents Chairman Richard Blum introduce Linda Katehi (far left) as UC Davis chancellor and Susan Desmond-Hellmann as UC San Francisco chancelllor. Both will assume their posts in August.