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Mayowa Adegboyega, Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology has assumed the role of Graduate Student Assistant to the Dean of Graduate Studies and to the Chancellor (GSADC) for the 2018-2019 academic year.

Three UC Davis graduate students, Lauren Howe (International Agricultural Development), Erik Grijalva (Ecology), and Matthew Williamson (Ecology), have achieved the high honor of being selected as Switzer Environmental Fellows by the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. 

Graduate Studies is pleased to announce the top ten finalists for the 2018 Grad Slam competition at UC 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.

Pictured above: John Slater,Vice Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Associate Professor of Spanish

For all its rewards, studying the humanities can be a solitary endeavor. John Slater, Associate Professor of Spanish at University of California Davis, cites dissertation writing as the prime example.

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.

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.