UC Grad Slam is an annual contest in which master’s and Ph.D. students across UC campuses – in disciplines ranging from hard sciences to humanities – compete to sum up their research for a general audience. Students present the significance and fundamental points of their work at UC Davis in a clear, direct and interesting manner. Riley Hughes is a graduate student in the Nutritional Biology Ph.D. program.

UC Grad Slam is an annual contest in which master’s and Ph.D. students across UC campuses – in disciplines ranging from hard sciences to humanities – compete to sum up their research for a general audience. Students present the significance and fundamental points of their work at UC Davis in a clear, direct and interesting manner. Stela Petkova is a graduate student in the Neuroscience program.

UC Grad Slam is an annual contest in which master’s and Ph.D. students across UC campuses – in disciplines ranging from hard sciences to humanities – compete to sum up their research for a general audience. Students present the significance and fundamental points of their work at UC Davis in a clear, direct and interesting manner. Lauren Rountree is a graduate student in the Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership master's program.

Graduate Studies has announced the finalists in the 2019 Grad Slam competition at the University of California, Davis.  UC Grad Slam is an annual contest in which master’s and Ph.D. students across UC campuses – in disciplines ranging from hard sciences to humanities – compete to sum up their research for a general audience. Students present the significance and fundamental points of their work at UC Davis in a clear, direct and interesting manner.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is a program of the U.S. Department of State, funded by an annual appropriation from the U.S. Congress to the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and supported in its implementation by the Institute of International Education.

Grace Ha is an ecology graduate student studying camouflage in seagrass beds. Ha performs field experiments to understand the survival rates of prey species in different colored habitats.

Graduate Studies is carefully monitoring the impact of the partial federal shutdown on graduate students and postdoctoral scholars supported by federal funding. We anticipate that new awards, funding increments, payments, and prior approvals will not be forthcoming from the impacted agencies under a shutdown. However, if you are applying for a grant, please submit your application by the deadline published in the funding opportunity announcement, regardless of the status of the government shutdown.

Jean-Pierre “JP” Delplanque, who has been serving as interim vice provost and dean of Graduate Studies since July, has been appointed to the post on a permanent basis by Chancellor Gary S. May. The appointment, effective Jan. 1, follows a campuswide recruitment and a selection process that included public forums with the candidates.

UC Grad Slam is an annual contest in which master’s and Ph.D. students across UC campuses – in disciplines ranging from hard sciences to humanities – compete to sum up their research for a general audience. Students should present the significance and fundamental points of their work at UC Davis in a clear, direct, and interesting manner.

Presentations should be no longer than three minutes in length and prepared for a diverse audience comprised of students, faculty, and community members. Judges will strongly consider clarity and effectiveness of the presentation by a general university audience. 

Happy new year! The UC Davis Graduate Studies offices reopened yesterday (January 2) and our academic services team has resumed regular drop-in hours. Winter Quarter officially begins at UC Davis on Friday, January 4, with class instruction starting on following Monday, January 7. 

Please note the following important dates and deadlines scheduled for the upcoming quarter. 

Claudio Monteza-Moreno is a student in the Animal Behavior Graduate Group. His UC Davis journey started in Panama, where he worked as a naturalist guide for the Smithsonian Institute. He's studied tool use in non-human primates and his thesis research concerns animal movements in reforested areas.

The Young Scientist Program is dedicated to bringing STEM education to underserved communities. Launched 2014, it's grown from a one-person outfit to one supported by nearly 100 UC Davis student volunteers

The UC Davis Graduate Studies offices will be closed from Friday, December 21 at 3:00 pm through Tuesday, January 1.  If you're planning to submit paperwork to Graduate Studies on December 21, please be sure to visit between the hours of 9:00 am and 11:30 am.

Graduate Studies will also be closed the afternoon of Friday, December 14 for our annual staff winter celebration. If you need to drop off documents, please use the drop box in front of the office and they will be retrieved on Monday morning.