This year’s Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Student Symposium (IGPS) was a grand slam--or should we say, Grad Slam?

For the past five years the Graduate Student Association (GSA) at UC Davis has put together IGPS, a symposium of posters, panels, and performances, but this year included a new segment, the introduction of the Grad Slam competition. Our first-ever Grad Slam champion, food scientist Forrest “Ryan” Dowdy, will go forth to represent UC Davis at the UC-wide tournament event this upcoming Monday, May 4, 2015.

For the the fifth consecutive year, the Graduate Student Association (GSA) has successfully coordinated and hosted the Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Student Symposium (IGPS) at UC Davis. IGPS attracts a diverse group of students - as both participants and attendees - because of its creative, comprehensive and collaborative nature. The symposium features panels, presentations, performances, and art work, which often merge research topics that would otherwise seem incongruent.

April 2nd and 3rd marks the fifth consecutive year the Graduate Student Association (GSA) has hosted the Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Student Symposium (IGPS). This year, an exciting new competition, Grad Slam, will be incorporated throughout the two-day symposium. IGPS aims to allow graduate and professional students from all disciplines to perform and/or present their research to not only their colleagues but also the larger campus and community.

Ph.D. Student in Linguistics

Last month, Graduate Studies and Mentoring at Critical Transitions (MCT) were honored to host a lecture featuring Dr. Claude Steele, social psychologist and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost of UC Berkeley. In addition to his teaching and administrative accomplishments in various institutions such as former positions as Provost of Columbia University, Dean of Stanford Graduate School of Education and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Stanford, Dr.

Ph.D. Student in Hydrologic Sciences

LinguisticsPh.D. Student in Linguistics

Ph.D. Student in Integrative Genetics and Genomics

Ph.D. Student in Native American Studies

The new year’s first Mentoring at Critical Transitions (MCT) event on January 22 will feature UC Berkeley’s Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Dr. Claude Steele. He will address stereotype threat within the context of mentoring graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. The event will also introduce the new MCT Fellowship, a competitive award program for faculty and their graduate student mentees. This MCT event will take place at the University Conference Center, Ballrooms A - C, from noon to 2:00 p.m.

UC Davis student Hen Werner was in the financial aid office filling out paperwork when she got to a field that stopped her short: "Parent Information." 

Our Graduate Diversity Officers have been working hard to connect the extensive resources and activities happening on campus. Now, they present to you the Graduate Diversity Network (GDN). The kickoff event is coming up quick! On December 1, Dean Jeffery Gibeling (Vice Provost of Graduate Education and Dean of Graduate Studies), and Provost Ralph J. Hexter (Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor) will open the kickoff followed by Dr.

The Student Family Housing Redevelopment Committee is working on establishing guidelines for student family housing at UC Davis.