Biomedical Engineering students in Sacramento

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As this unique program emerges, we want to share the experiences of our students, faculty, staff, and community partners. Quarter at Aggie Square's commitment to multifaceted, multidisciplinary learning, our engagement with the Sacramento community, our dedication to critical topics in health and social justice, mean exciting and meaningful things are going to happen. Would you like to contribute? Email us!

The 2022 fall quarter Biomedical Engineering cohort work together at a meeting. Photo courtesy of Deesha Patel.

Update on Biomedical engineering undergrads who won at the BigBang! Buisness Plan Competition

  • by Paul D Terry

Quarter at Aggie Square is an academic program offered by UC Davis for undergraduates at UC Davis Sacramento campus that consists of coursework, internships, and community engagement of up to 18 units towards graduation. Different topics are taught each academic quarter. Quarter at Aggie Square’s 2022 fall quarter Biomedical Engineering cohort won the 2023 Big Bang! Competition in spring 2023 with Square Solutions, one of their two medical innovations.

Students are in a hospital setting solving problems around health care and equity.

2024 Advancing Health Care Equity Speaker Series

  • by Paul D Terry

Inequities in health care delivery mean that many people who most need health care have limited or no access to it. Race, socioeconomic and employment status, mental health issues, gender and sexual orientation can all impact patients’ access and experiences.

Mark Haney sits in a radio studio surrounded by several Square Solutions founders, students and entrepreneurs Henry Yu, Dillon Hill, Akshaj Raghavi, Sophie Bloyd, Harjn Bains and Deesha Patel.

10 students, 1 quarter, 2 inventions

  • by Jenny Carrick

Not long after Quarter at Aggie Square launched in fall 2020, students quickly found success through the immersive, undergraduate academic experience. Some participants were admitted to prestigious graduate programs and others earned competitive internship opportunities. This year, one team of undergraduates found success by creating not one, but two innovations as a result of their Experience last fall.

Kyerah Kyles, Andrea Medina and Laurenne Sanchez sitting in the grass with books

Immersed in Education

  • by Tanya Perez

This article originally appeared in UC Davis Magazine. Original Article

Quarter at Aggie Square “is changing the way students experience their education,” according to Angela Taylor ’96.

Taylor, program coordinator for QAS, added, “Undergraduates participating in QAS have the ability to get in front of faculty in an intimate way. They know your name, get to know you and your interests on a micro level.”

Vibrant mural celebrating Oak Park

Transformative Justice Studies Takes Off in Oak Park

  • by Sharon Campbell Knox

After launching remotely during the pandemic, Quarter at Aggie Square’s immersive learning experiences are meeting in Sacramento this fall. Transformative Justice Studies in Sacramento and Biomedical Engineering at the Health Campus are taking full advantage of the opportunity to meet in person. "The programs were immersive from the first day,” said program coordinator Angela Taylor.

Performance Painter David Garibaldi painted Kendrick Lamar for QAS

How Art Keeps Us Motivated

Finding a Voice and Relationships in Art Activism doesn’t have to have only one lens. There are different outlets you can have to do productive work and fight for liberation.

By Kyerah Kyles '22

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