Campus leaders addressed international student concerns at “A Conversation About the Executive Order on Immigration,” sponsored by the Office of Global Affairs and held last Thursday afternoon (Feb. 2) at the International Center. 

A memorial service was held on Thursday, January 26 at Putah Creek Lodge for Lenora “Nora” Timm, a professor emerita of linguistics and former associate dean of Graduate Studies.

Graduate Studies will be closed from Friday, December 22 through Monday January 2.  Please note that we will close at noon on December 22, so please submit all paperwork at 250 Mrak Hall between the hours of 9:00 am and 11:30 am.

A end-of-year message from Prasant Mohapatra, Vice Provost of Graduate Education and Dean of Graduate Studies.

As we wrap up the fall quarter and move into the holiday season, the Office of Graduate Diversity hopes to address the needs of graduate students dealing with food insecurity by providing the following list of local and campus resources.

Tuesdays and Thursdays
5:45 PM – 6:30 PM 
Davis Community Meals
St. Martin's Episcopal Church Hall
640 Hawthorne Lane

The University of California has granted formal approval to the University of California, Davis, to begin offering graduate degrees in three new areas of study.

The new programs, which span several departments across campus, aim to train graduate students at UC Davis in the emerging areas of big data, environmental policy, and the energy sciences.

The new master’s and doctoral degree programs include:

In response to the final report, the chancellor and other senior leaders outlined a plan for the Orchard Park Redevelopment in the Orchard Park Redevelopment Status Report.  The status report responded to the student priorities articulated in the Student Family Housing Redevelopment Committee’s final report. 

Henry “Hoby” Wedler, an organic chemistry graduate student at the University of California, Davis, and host of Francis Ford Coppola Winery’s Tasting in the Dark experience, has been named one of Sacramento's 40 Under 40 for 2016.

Five UC Davis professors from a broad range of disciplines - including Chemistry, Anthropology, and Linguistics - have been selected to receive 2016-2017 Mentoring at Critical Transitions (MCT) Fellowships.

Funded by generous support from the Wakeham fund, the $10,000 award will provide support for one or more of the recipients’ graduate student mentees. The 2016-2017 Mentoring at Critical Transitions Fellowship recipients include:

We are pleased to announce that the UC Davis online graduate application for the 2017-2018 academic year is now open. To learn more about our graduate academic programs, admission requirements, and funding opportunities, please visit our Admissions page.

It is with a deepened sense of resolve and a fresh set of eyes that the Graduate Studies team approaches the 2016-2017 academic year.  In constant collaboration our various constituencies, we will work toward creating a more vibrant graduate education experience that will have a lasting impact on the lives of our graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty.