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The University of California, Davis, may become an academic harbor where some Puerto Rican scholars continue their scholarship in the wake of the devastation Hurricane Maria wrought on their island.

UC Davis sent a survey Friday to members of its Academic Senate and Academic Federation to ask about their ability to help Puerto Rican scholars who could benefit from temporarily relocating to UC Davis.

Five UC Davis professors from a wide range of academic departments have been selected to receive Mentoring at Critical Transitions (MCT) fellowships.

Mentoring at Critical Transitions is a faculty development program offered by UC Davis Graduate Studies aimed at enhancing the preparedness of UC Davis faculty in areas affecting the mentoring, academic socialization, and overall success of the diverse graduate student population.

Today, the Department of Justice announced plans to phase out Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program that provides temporary authorization to work or attend school for undocumented people brought to the United States as children.  

UC Davis Staff Assembly closed out the 2016-17 academic year with the organization’s annual awards ceremony, presenting Citations of Excellence and Staff and Staff Dependent scholarships worth $29,000 in a ceremony on the Moss Patio behind the Buehler Alumni Center.

Ken Burtis gave remarks and offered congratulations in his capacity as interim provost and executive vice chancellor; he has since moved back to his post as faculty advisor to the chancellor and provost.

A new program to train future marine scientists to better integrate policy and science is being launched at UC Davis.

UC Davis is one of the 29 universities selected to participate in a collective effort to gather and use data about the careers of Ph.D. students and alumni, the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) announced on July 24. Grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF grant #1661272) and the Andrew W.

UC Davis has recognized four postdoctoral scholars and their diversity-focused research interests with UC Davis Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowships.

This article originally appeared on the UC Davis website.

The subject line read, “EMERGENCY — ANIMALS IN TRAPS.” As the director of UC Davis’ Stebbins Cold Canyon Natural Reserve, I received this urgent email last Friday morning (July 7) from a researcher studying small mammals on the reserve.

Students at UC Davis are building a house. Not just any house, but a solar-powered house, one with the potential to be as affordable as it is innovative and, above all, energy efficient.

Graduate Studies has named Jeanelle Hope, Ph.D. candidate in Cultural Studies, the Graduate Student Assistant to the Dean of Graduate Studies and to the Chancellor (GSADC) for the 2017-2018 academic year.

Amanda Eke, a 2015 UC Davis McNair scholar, is among the seven UC Davis students and alumni that have been awarded a prestigious Fulbright grant.

This article originally appeared in the California Aggie.

Faith Sponsler, a graduating studio art MFA student, is the first recipient of the Keister & Allen Art Purchase Prize. The award is a purchase of a student’s artwork for the collection of the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art.

The award was announced at the opening of the “from this point forward” graduate student exhibition June 1.