Many universities hold annual Master of Fine Arts exhibitions showing what students have accomplished during their studies. The model is more expansive at the University of California, Davis, showcasing the breadth of work from students in departments across the College of Letters and Science.

The winners of the LeShelle & Gary May Art Purchase Prize, the Keister & Allen Art Purchase Prize, and the Savageau Award in the Department of Design will be announced at the June 8 opening celebration.

International LGBTQIA+ graduate students encounter unique challenges and experiences navigating the UC Davis landscape. These experiences are translated into an interactive art installation by the Queer Trans Lab at the UC Davis LGBTQIA+ Resource Center, now on display in the UC Davis International Center. Alienation and Liminality: An Installation on International LGBTQIA+ Graduate Student Experiences on Campus was created by students Kait Murray, Sa

The quality and quantity of mentorship at UC Davis is on the rise, and the university’s graduate students and postdoctoral scholars have taken note as demonstrated by the more than 40 nominations that were submitted for the Distinguished Graduate and Postdoctoral Mentorship Awards this year.

Julia Mouat, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Integrative Genetics and Genomics Graduate Group, won second place in the UC Grad Slam competition held on May 5 at the LinkedIn Headquarters in San Francisco. She competed against nine other graduate students representing each of the other universities in the University of California system.

On June 1, alumni, graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and administrators from Professors for the Future (PFTF) will be coming together to celebrate a milestone for this professional development program within UC Davis Graduate Studies.

UC Davis Public Scholarship and Engagement has announced nine graduate students have joined the second cohort of its Public Scholars for the Future fellowship program. The fellowship program, which launched in Spring 2022 in partnership with Graduate Studies, provides scholars with the resources and support to integrate community

With more than 100 graduate and professional degree programs — including the No. 1 ranked School of Veterinary Medicine and top-25 programs and specialties in nursing, earth science and engineering — the University of California, Davis continues to be recognized as a national leader in graduate education by U.S. News and World Report.  

The media company released updated rankings on April 24 for nearly 20 disciplines and dozens of specialties in its 2023-2024 Best Graduate Schools. 

To start her UC Davis Grad Slam presentation, fourth-year Ph.D. student Julia Mouat asked audience members to think about their grandparents. 

“What do you know about them? Their lives before you were born?” Mouat asked. 

UC Davis Graduate Studies is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022-23 Postdoctoral Research Excellence Awards. The winners were announced at the 8th annual Postdoctoral Scholars Research Symposium on March 17.

Members of the Graduate Studies community are dedicating themselves this UC Davis Give Day to help current graduate students experiencing a financial emergency.

Graduate Studies is proud to announce the 2023 top 10 finalists of UC Davis Grad Slam.

This year’s top 10 finalists will be competing at the semi-final round of UC Grad Slam on April 6. The event will be held at the Graduate Center at UC Davis. The graduate students will be vying for the chance to win $2,500, among other awards, as well as the opportunity to compete in the final round of UC Grad Slam where they could win the UC-wide title and additional prize money.

The recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria were devastating and we are heartbroken by their impact. We share your concern and wish to express our deepest sympathy for members of our UC Davis community impacted by this terrible catastrophe. Global Affairs has created a Sharing Information and Resources on Turkey and Syria webpage to share resources and offer support. 

While reaching the milestone of a 50th anniversary is certainly something to celebrate, UC Davis and the Northern California Chapter of the ARCS Foundation would rather celebrate something else—UC Davis graduate students.

“We’re huge believers in supporting the sciences and think that it’s really the only true answer to all the complex issues we have in the world,” said Ellie Bingham, co-president of ARCS Northern California Chapter. “Supporting science at the graduate level is really this fulcrum point of new and innovative ways forward in research.”

Flying back to one’s home country to attend a parent’s funeral, dental emergencies, paying for unexpected prescription medication—these are examples of real issues graduate students experienced this academic year that Graduate Studies was able to help address because of The Graduate Studies Emergency Grant Program.

Advancing greater diversity in graduate education is an important topic in academia and one that UC Davis Graduate Studies is consistently pursuing, which is why Grad Studies recently hosted a virtual event, “Centering Equity in Graduate Education,” featuring newly appointed Education Commissioner for the State of California, Michal Kurlaender.