General News

Ph.D student Dane Sterbentz receives prestigious Department of Energy Fellowship

Third-year mechanical and aerospace engineering Ph.D. student Dane Sterbentz is a recipient of the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration’s Laboratory Residency Graduate Fellowship (DOE NNSA LRGF). Sterbentz, part of professor J.P. Delplanque’s research group, is one of just four doctoral students across the country to receive the fellowship.

Getting to Know Slande Erole, the New Graduate Student Assistant to the Dean and Chancellor

Graduate students have a new advocate in Graduate Studies. Slande Erole, a Ph.D. candidate in the Political Science graduate program, will serve as Graduate Student Assistant to the Dean of Graduate Studies and to the Chancellor (GSADC) for the 2019-2020 academic year.

Graduate Studies, School of Law Launch New Pilot Program With Student Disability Center

On-site disability services for graduate students

Graduate Studies recently partnered with the Division of Student Affairs, the UC Davis School of Law and the Student Disability Center (SDC) to launch a one-year pilot program that will allow graduate students to work with an on-site disability specialist. 

Info for Graduate Students: UCPath Access and Student Medical Insurance

Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, 

As indicated in my message sent to you on September 27, the UC Davis service channels are actively working hard to enter graduate student and postdoctoral scholar appointments into UCPath.  You will not be able to access UCPath until your appointment process is completed.  Your access to UCPath should be available to you on October 15. 

New Information about UCPath for Grad Students and Postdocs

Today (September 27), UCPath went live for UC Davis and UC Davis Health employees. As such, Graduate Studies has compiled a set of instructions that graduate students and postdoctoral scholars should use to verify the accuracy of their employee data in the new system.

Holistic U Teaches Incoming Graduate Students How to Build a Community Toolbox

Graduate Studies hosted the second annual Holistic U, teaching incoming graduate students how to build community across disciplines and identities. Through a two-day workshop series, participants examined privilege, mindfulness, unconscious bias and self-care and how these factors relate to the graduate student journey.

Certain Graduate Students Eligible For New Benefit In UCPath

When UCPath goes live this fall, students who are hired at 43.75 percent time or more for at least 3 months will be eligible to opt for a Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DepCare FSA).

If you’re not familiar with it, the DepCare FSA is used to pay for eligible caregiving expenses for your children up to age 13 or an eligible adult dependent. You set aside money for your DepCare FSA from your paycheck on a pre-tex basis and use those funds to pay for eligible DepCare expenses. Here are some details on how the plan works.