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Preparing for Life after Graduate School

A "Preparing For Life After Graduate School" workshop was brought to UC Davis Oct. 22-24 as a result of a joint collaboration between the UC Davis Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Math and Physical Sciences, Graduate Student Association, Graduate Studies: GradPathways, and American Chemical Society (ACS).

Golden Fellowship Recipients of 2013-14 Honor Namesake at Reception

On January 23, 2014, the annual lunch reception was held in honor of the William G. Golden, Jr. and Kathleen H. Golden International Agriculture Fellowship at UC Davis. Vice Provost of Graduate Education and Dean of Graduate Studies Jeffery Gibeling and four the of five fellows attended to receive Mrs. Golden as the guest of honor.

 

Graduate Students Excel in Community Service

Congratulations to two recipients of the UC Davis HumanCorps' 2007-2008 Community Service Awards. The Graduate Student Community Service Committee (GSCSC), with over 350 collective service hours contributed during the last school year, was the proud winner of a Group Award. Brandy Wiegers, doctoral candidate in Applied Math, earned the distinction of Outstanding Graduate Student for her work with the GSCSC and the Explore Math program. For a complete list of honorees, see theHumanCorps website.

AAUW Awarded to Cultural Studies Grad Student

For the third year in a row, a Cultural Studies grad student has been awarded the prestigious American Association of University Women (AAUW) dissertation fellowship. Big congratulations go out to Winnie Tam! (And "great job" to her dissertation director, Michael P. Smith.)

UC Davis Collaboration Helps West African University Student Make History

We've known all along that our support of graduate education reaches far beyond our own UC Davis campus, and Robert (Bob) Gilbertson's recent trip to Mali, West Africa is one example of our global collaboration and impact.

Bob (Professor, Plant Pathology) was in Mali participating in the Ph.D. dissertation defense exam of student Moussa Noussourou. Bob was a co-advisor of Moussa, along with Dr. Rick Foster of Purdue University and Professor Hamidou Maiga of the University of Bamako.

Alumna Honored in Fellow Publication

UC Davis graduate student alumna Dr. Emily Prieto was highlighted in the spring 2008 issue of “ADELANTE!”, a newsletter created by National Hispanic Science Network (NHSN) and the Summer Research Training Institute (SRTI) and distributed to their Fellows.

Emily attended SRTI in 2004 when she was a doctoral student at UC Davis. While at UC Davis, Emily won the Walker Award for Outstanding Academic Staff Advisor in 2005. Her graduate work focused on HIV interventions for hard-to-reach populations in Mexico.

The J. Robert Oppenheimer Goes to UC Davis Postdoc

Congratulations to UC Davis postdoc Dr. Moran Wang, who has been awarded the prestigious J. Robert Oppenheimer (JRO) Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).

The JRO fellowship is awarded to individuals who display extraordinary ability in scientific research and show clear and definite promise of becoming outstanding leaders in the research they pursue.

UC Davis Graduate Student Wins National Council of Graduate Schools "Distinguished Dissertation Award"

UC Davis Graduate Student, Cristobal Uauy, was awarded the national “Distinguished Dissertation Award” by the Council of Graduate Schools and University Microfilms International. Cristobal’s dissertation, “Positional Cloning of Gpc-B1, a Wheat Quantitative Trait Loci Affecting Senescence and with Pleiotropic Effects on Grain Protein, Zinc, and Iron Concentration,” was the sole winner under the Biological and Life Sciences field category.

IGERT Awarded

UC Davis has received a new Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award from the National Science Foundation.