Home Colleges (Find a School) University of California, Davis Public University Davis, CaliforniaSearch all Schools News Speech Code RatingYellowDue Process Ratings D, C, B Free Speech Rankings 239 of 251 Cases 7 NewsDeplatformingsLeader StatementsScholars Under Fire News Charlie Kirk event at UC Davis prompts violent protest March 20, 2023 News UC Davis feces-flingers lose their shit over movie screening December 14, 2022 News FIRE Student Defenders group at UC Davis provides ‘holistic model of support’ for students on campus April 1, 2022 Reimagining student media advisory boards as a boon to college press freedom December 6, 2021 News After five decades of oversight, UC Davis student newspaper secures right to select its own leadership February 4, 2021 News How UC Davis’s Orwellian ‘Media Board’ can control student media May 8, 2020 Don’t fall in love with the club that will be used to beat you over the head August 29, 2019 University of California, Davis rejects legislator’s push for termination of professor for years-old tweets about police March 29, 2019 UC Davis confirms professor will not be investigated for years-old tweets amid legislative pressure March 18, 2019 California assemblyman calls for UC Davis professor’s firing, claims it ‘isn’t a First Amendment issue.’ (It is.) March 11, 2019 FIRE warns University of California, Davis against investigating professor’s anti-police tweets March 8, 2019 UC Davis warns students about speech restrictions in China January 29, 2019 UC Davis law professor subjected to open records request over criticism of financial groups November 9, 2018 UPDATE: After Florida school shooting, ‘Worst Colleges for Free Speech’ promising high schoolers a right to protest March 14, 2018 News UC Davis to students: You have no right to silence opposing viewpoints March 2, 2017 UC Davis, College Republicans Disagree on Why Milo Yiannopoulos Event Was Cancelled January 16, 2017 UC Davis Spends $175,000 to Learn About the ‘Streisand Effect’ April 19, 2016 UC Davis Reverses Punishment of Student Club That Used University Name August 27, 2015 Press Release Victory for Freedom of Conscience at UC Davis: University Removes Coercive Slide from Sexual Assault Training Materials November 20, 2014 UC Davis Response to FIRE Letter Misses the Point on Freedom of Conscience November 17, 2014 Free Speech, UC Davis, and the Anti-Defamation League September 17, 2014 Is UC Davis’ Investigation of Academic Freedom Case Fatally Flawed? March 7, 2013 UC Davis Update: Panel Rejects Finding of Academic Freedom Violation Against Professor January 14, 2013 Waiting Time for Justice at UC Davis Med School? Two Years, and Counting October 17, 2012 'USA Today' on UC Davis, Pepper Spray, and Free Speech on Campus October 3, 2012 Free Speech in Two-Year Deep Freeze At UC Davis Med School August 29, 2012 In ‘Forbes,’ Professor Takes UC Davis to Task for Academic Freedom Violations August 27, 2012 At UC Davis med school, a two-year cloud over faculty expression August 24, 2012 Ninth Circuit: UC Davis Student May Sue Police Over ‘Pepperball’ Incident July 12, 2012 Civil Disobedience and Free Speech on Campus April 16, 2012 Disruptive Protesters at UC Davis Called Out by University of California President March 9, 2012 University of California Schools Flout Student Speech Rights November 29, 2011 UC Davis Update: Amid Calls for Resignation, Chancellor Apologizes November 22, 2011 FIRE President Greg Lukianoff on UC-Davis Pepper Spray Abuse November 21, 2011 UC Davis Backtracks on Discriminatory Definition of Religious Discrimination February 17, 2011 ‘California Aggie’ Covers Speech Codes at University of California-Davis January 13, 2010 A False View of Academic Freedom at UC Davis October 15, 2007 Professor, Examine Thyself October 8, 2007 Blog Larry Summers and ‘Academia at Its Worst’ September 19, 2007
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Charlie Kirk event at UC Davis prompts violent protest March 20, 2023 News UC Davis feces-flingers lose their shit over movie screening December 14, 2022 News FIRE Student Defenders group at UC Davis provides ‘holistic model of support’ for students on campus April 1, 2022 Reimagining student media advisory boards as a boon to college press freedom December 6, 2021 News After five decades of oversight, UC Davis student newspaper secures right to select its own leadership February 4, 2021 News How UC Davis’s Orwellian ‘Media Board’ can control student media May 8, 2020 Don’t fall in love with the club that will be used to beat you over the head August 29, 2019 University of California, Davis rejects legislator’s push for termination of professor for years-old tweets about police March 29, 2019 UC Davis confirms professor will not be investigated for years-old tweets amid legislative pressure March 18, 2019 California assemblyman calls for UC Davis professor’s firing, claims it ‘isn’t a First Amendment issue.’ (It is.) March 11, 2019 FIRE warns University of California, Davis against investigating professor’s anti-police tweets March 8, 2019 UC Davis warns students about speech restrictions in China January 29, 2019 UC Davis law professor subjected to open records request over criticism of financial groups November 9, 2018 UPDATE: After Florida school shooting, ‘Worst Colleges for Free Speech’ promising high schoolers a right to protest March 14, 2018 News UC Davis to students: You have no right to silence opposing viewpoints March 2, 2017 UC Davis, College Republicans Disagree on Why Milo Yiannopoulos Event Was Cancelled January 16, 2017 UC Davis Spends $175,000 to Learn About the ‘Streisand Effect’ April 19, 2016 UC Davis Reverses Punishment of Student Club That Used University Name August 27, 2015 Press Release Victory for Freedom of Conscience at UC Davis: University Removes Coercive Slide from Sexual Assault Training Materials November 20, 2014 UC Davis Response to FIRE Letter Misses the Point on Freedom of Conscience November 17, 2014 Free Speech, UC Davis, and the Anti-Defamation League September 17, 2014 Is UC Davis’ Investigation of Academic Freedom Case Fatally Flawed? March 7, 2013 UC Davis Update: Panel Rejects Finding of Academic Freedom Violation Against Professor January 14, 2013 Waiting Time for Justice at UC Davis Med School? Two Years, and Counting October 17, 2012 'USA Today' on UC Davis, Pepper Spray, and Free Speech on Campus October 3, 2012 Free Speech in Two-Year Deep Freeze At UC Davis Med School August 29, 2012 In ‘Forbes,’ Professor Takes UC Davis to Task for Academic Freedom Violations August 27, 2012 At UC Davis med school, a two-year cloud over faculty expression August 24, 2012 Ninth Circuit: UC Davis Student May Sue Police Over ‘Pepperball’ Incident July 12, 2012 Civil Disobedience and Free Speech on Campus April 16, 2012 Disruptive Protesters at UC Davis Called Out by University of California President March 9, 2012 University of California Schools Flout Student Speech Rights November 29, 2011 UC Davis Update: Amid Calls for Resignation, Chancellor Apologizes November 22, 2011 FIRE President Greg Lukianoff on UC-Davis Pepper Spray Abuse November 21, 2011 UC Davis Backtracks on Discriminatory Definition of Religious Discrimination February 17, 2011 ‘California Aggie’ Covers Speech Codes at University of California-Davis January 13, 2010 A False View of Academic Freedom at UC Davis October 15, 2007 Professor, Examine Thyself October 8, 2007 Blog Larry Summers and ‘Academia at Its Worst’ September 19, 2007
FIRE Student Defenders group at UC Davis provides ‘holistic model of support’ for students on campus April 1, 2022
After five decades of oversight, UC Davis student newspaper secures right to select its own leadership February 4, 2021 News
University of California, Davis rejects legislator’s push for termination of professor for years-old tweets about police March 29, 2019
UC Davis confirms professor will not be investigated for years-old tweets amid legislative pressure March 18, 2019
California assemblyman calls for UC Davis professor’s firing, claims it ‘isn’t a First Amendment issue.’ (It is.) March 11, 2019
FIRE warns University of California, Davis against investigating professor’s anti-police tweets March 8, 2019
UC Davis law professor subjected to open records request over criticism of financial groups November 9, 2018
UPDATE: After Florida school shooting, ‘Worst Colleges for Free Speech’ promising high schoolers a right to protest March 14, 2018 News
Victory for Freedom of Conscience at UC Davis: University Removes Coercive Slide from Sexual Assault Training Materials November 20, 2014
UC Davis Update: Panel Rejects Finding of Academic Freedom Violation Against Professor January 14, 2013