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Elizabeth Sturdy, who previously served as a Senior Academic Advisor in the division, was named the new Director of Mentoring and Advising earlier this academic year. She assumed the role on November 18.

I am so excited to bring you the first quarterly GSADC blog of the 2019/20 academic year! It has been a whirlwind of a few months but I am so proud and extremely happy to serve as an advocate for graduate students across the UC Davis Campus.

Winter Break Office Closure Information
 

In accordance with the campus holiday, the UC Davis Graduate Studies offices will be closed from Friday, December 20 at 3:00 pm unti Thursday, January 2.  

David Loury named the recipient of the 2020 Aggie Service Award

Our office will close at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, November 27 and remain closed on Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29 in accordance with the campuswide Thanksgiving Day holiday.

Third-year mechanical and aerospace engineering Ph.D. student Dane Sterbentz is a recipient of the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration’s Laboratory Residency Graduate Fellowship (DOE NNSA LRGF). Sterbentz, part of professor J.P. Delplanque’s research group, is one of just four doctoral students across the country to receive the fellowship.

Scientists can improve how they inform politicians and other policymakers on how to make decisions, say Hannah Safford and Austin Brown.

Graduate students have a new advocate in Graduate Studies. Slande Erole, a Ph.D.

On-site disability services for graduate students

As you know, UCPath opened for UC Davis and UC Davis Health employees on September 27. On the day of the launch, we sent preliminary UCPath login instructions to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.  We have a few reminders to share with you as we approach critical dates.