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When it comes to hands-on learning, Isabelle Straka doesn’t limit herself to the classroom. The second-year master’s student in Viticulture and Enology puts newly acquired skills to the test in producing her own wine label.

“It’s actually a funny story,” Straka said of her decision to launch Straka Wines in 2016. Her mother, a winemaker with 20 years of experience, would occasionally produce a small batch of viognier, a full-bodied white wine similar to Chardonnay.

This year's cohort of fellows includes students and postdoctoral scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines and graduate programs.  In this three-part spotlight series, we'll be getting to know our PFTF fellows and their projects.

Doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars in the humanities and social sciences across the country and beyond have some new help to discover a world of career possibilities, thanks to an employee in Graduate Studies.

For thousands of years, animals have helped humans advance biomedical research. Early Greeks, such as Aristotle and Galen, studied animals to gain insights into anatomy, physiology and pathology. Today, model organisms, like mice, help researchers understand human diseases, opening the door to potential defenses and new therapies.     

This article originally appeared on Inside Higher Ed.

Ryan Dowdy’s research could revolutionize California’s food and agriculture industry while simultaneously fighting climate change.

The fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Food Science graduate group works with Assistant Professor Christopher Simmons to convert biological food waste into electricity.

Members of the UC Davis graduate education community:

The devastating impact of the fires in the Northern California region and the continued threat they pose to our community falls far too close to home.

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.