Paul Kasemsap, a  horticulture and agronomy Ph.D. candidate and Grad Slam finalist, shares his passion for plant physiology and explains why his research is critical for global food security. 

Ph.D. Candidate Spencer Dahl shares his inspiration for his Grad Slam presentation and discusses how he prepared for the competition. 

For those interested in opportunities through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, please note that the competition for 2022-23 is open! The Fulbright U.S. Scholar program offers diverse opportunities for U.S. academics, administrators and professionals to teach, research, do professional projects and attend seminars abroad.

Lindsay Cameron, a Ph.D. Candidate in Neuroscience and Grad Slam finalist, shares her research and inspiration for her Grad Slam presentation. Be sure to cheer Lindsay on at the UC Davis Grad Slam Final Round on April 8. 

Amber M. Davis, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral scholar at the UC Davis MIND Institute/Psychiatry department. She is a graduate of Howard University’s Ph.D. Social Work program and started her postdoctoral position at UC Davis in 2019. 

The winner of the campus final round will have the opportunity to compete at the University of California-wide competition on May 7.  In 2019, UC Davis champion and Plant Biology Ph.D. candidate Katie Murphy went on to win the top University of California prize of $6,000. Visit the Grad Slam website to learn more about UC Davis Grad Slam. 

We are thrilled to announce the top 10 finalist for the UC Davis Grad Slam Competition. Join us on April 8 to cheer on the finalists. 

Prem Jain, M.S. ’77, tech entrepreneur and 2017 Graduate Studies Commencement speaker, is among this year's CAAA honorees. Jain will be formally presented with the Distinguished Achievement Award at the virtual  “A Night at the Aggies" event on  Friday, May 7. All alumni and community members are invited to attend, free of charge. CAAA will announce at a later date how people can watch the online event.

As you know, UC Davis has been operating mostly remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic since early last March. We write to inform you that we expect that instruction and research operations will return to pre-pandemic, in-person delivery at the start of the next academic year in September 2021. 

UC Davis Master of Fine Arts (MFA) candidates share how their artistic outlook has changed since the start of the pandemic.

COVID-19 dashed the plans of graduate students who had intended to do international research in the summer of 2020. Six UC Davis students who focus on Latin America, North America, and the Caribbean, however, developed productive alternative plans, immersing themselves in language training.

Alumna Kim Budil has been named Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s new principal associate director for Weapons & Complex Integration (WCI), Director Bill Goldstein announced on Tuesday.

Charlie Casey Nicholson, a UC Davis postdoctoral researcher, won the contest to find the first bumblebee of the year. 

Pictured Above: ARCS® Foundation Northern California Chapter (NCC) is a dedicated group of  Bay Area women focused on securing America’s  leadership in science by granting awards to top scholars pursuing graduate studies in the sciences, technology, engineering, math and medical research at six Northern California universities.

Graduate Studies at the University of California, Davis, has launched Graduate Mentoring Initiative (GMI), a new mentoring program designed at fostering an engaged culture of faculty-graduate student mentoring across all academic disciplines.