The UC program invites scholars and alumni to attend California reunions this summer.

Graduate Studies is thrilled to announce the top ten finalists for the 2020 Grad Slam competition at the University of California, Davis. UC Grad Slam is an annual contest in which master’s and Ph.D. students across UC campuses – in disciplines ranging from hard sciences to humanities – compete to sum up their research for a general audience. Students present the significance and fundamental points of their work at UC Davis in a clear, direct and interesting manner.

In accordance with the campus holiday, the UC Davis Graduate Studies offices will be closed from Friday, December 20 at 3:00 pm unti Thursday, January 2.  

Elizabeth Sturdy, who previously served as a Senior Academic Advisor in the division, was named the new Director of Mentoring and Advising earlier this academic year. She assumed the role on November 18.

This week, the California Aggie Alumni Association announced that David Loury ’79, Ph.D. ’84, has been named the recipient of the 2020 Aggie Service Award in recognition of his contributions to multitude of campus initiatives over the course of several decades. The award honors UC Davis graduates who have demonstrated exemplary Aggie pride and dedication to UC Davis through personal commitment of time, energy, volunteerism and leadership.

Our office will close at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, November 27 and remain closed on Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29 in accordance with the campuswide Thanksgiving Day holiday.

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 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. 

As you know, UCPath opened for UC Davis and UC Davis Health employees on September 27. On the day of the launch, we sent preliminary UCPath login instructions to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.  We have a few reminders to share with you as we approach critical dates.

All appointments of graduate students for the 19-20 academic year should be paid with the new rates effective October 1, 2019.  

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.

The time has come, prospective Aggies!

Earlier today (September 17), UC Davis Graduate Studies officially launched the online graduate application for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Brittani Orona is one of twenty environmental scholars chosen as 2019 recipients of the Switzer Environmental Fellowship, a program of the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. 

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.