General News

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) has awarded 2021-22 fellowships to four scholars at the University of California, Davis. Recipients will pursue academic work and lead innovative community projects to empower women and girls.
 
•    Sarah Biscarra Dilley, an American Fellowship, is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Native American and Indigenous Studies, Critical Gender Studies, Visual Arts, Geography, and History.  

Four UC Davis postbaccalaureate researchers returned to campus this fall as both graduate students and fellows of the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).

Graduate studies is pleased to announce the 26 recipients of the Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Awards. Graduate Studies recognizes the importance of mentorship and advising for graduate student success, and this award celebrates individuals who provide outstanding service in this area.

The annual exhibition by UC Davis arts and humanities graduate students will showcase works across the disciplines of art, design, music, creative writing, Native American studies, English, Spanish and French. The exhibition is hosted by the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art and can be viewed June 10 through Sept. 6 on the museum’s website.  

Graduate alumni and students connect and thrive through new mentorship program.

Graduate Diversity Officer Josephine M. Moreno outlines the steps universities and departments should take.

Graduate Studies is pleased to announce and celebrate the dedicated and talented individuals who have earned awards and recognition for their exceptional achievement in the 2020-2021 academic year.

Graduate Studies and Graduate Council are pleased to present awards for outstanding mentoring of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. The Distinguished Mentoring Awards recognize the vital role mentoring plays in the academic and professional development of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars at UC Davis.

Graduate Studies is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Excellence in Postdoctoral Research Awards: Dr. Essam Abdelfattah, Dr. Fabio Anzà, and Dr. Michelle Cohn.

On April 16, Chancellor Gary S. May announced that spring 2021 graduates will have the opportunity to participate in a limited-scale, in person commencement processional. Additionally, they will have the opportunity to participate in a virtual graduation ceremony. 

Over a dozen graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from the University of California, Davis, have been named the 2021-2022 fellows in the Professors for the Future (PFTF) program.

The 2021 symposium will be held virtually and will take place 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. PST Monday, April 26, to Thursday, April 29. This year’s theme, “From Red Power to Wallmapu Libre and Land Back: Engaging Hemispheric Indigenous Resistance Movements,” hopes to facilitate a forum that recognizes and connects the continued relevance of Indigenous resurgence especially significant in recent events.

Chancellor Gary S. May's statement on guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial

Graduate Studies is committed to protecting and supporting all our students' and scholars' well-being, and we proudly stand in solidarity with them. We demand justice when crimes have been committed and will continue to engage in and lead meaningful efforts to dismantle racism and other forms of hate.

When George Floyd and Breonna Taylor were killed, the UC Davis community was ignited with a passion to “do something.”