ALT Jeevan Mann wears a lab coat while pipetting a purple liquid into a vial.

ALT Jeevan Mann, Drs. Sandoval-Castellanos and Zhao gather around a computer looking at bright field images of skin cells.

ALT Jeevan Mann, Drs. Sandoval-Castellanos and Zhao stand around a white board discussing results from ophthalmology experiment.

ALT A blue sign that reads "Graduate Center at Walker Hall" with a left arrow sign and in the background a student is walking past a Walker Hall lecture building.

ALT Thiago Braga in a traditional Gongfucha tea preparation setting.

ALT Thiago Braga giving a traditional tea-processing demonstration.

ALT Thiago Braga hosting a tea-tasting and giving a Chinese Tea Ceremony class.

ALT Thiago Braga representing the UC Davis Global Tea Institute and speaking to an audience inside a lecture hall with presentation reading "Chinese Tea Ceremony. Kung Fu Tea/Gongfucha, Tea Art."

ALT Joseph Morrison wearing lab coat and smiling.

ALT Nikita Mohapatra wearing lab coat and smiling.

ALT Luis Carvajal-Carmona in lab smiling.

ALT Chang-il Hwang (right) and Suyakarn (Sonia) Archasappawat (left) examining a 96-well microplate. (Katrina Huynh / UC Davis)

ALT From left to right: Tadeh Issaian, Anna Peñaloza, Hannah Kwok, Aylin Andrad.

ALT Tadeh Issaian to the left and smiling as group of children journal in the arboretum.

ALT Jean-Pierre Delplanque, Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies with a pull quote reading, “Graduate school is a transformative time during which the people you meet, experiences you have, and opportunities you embrace can position you for a lifetime of personal and professional enrichment.”

ALT Chancellor Gary S. May speaking to a student with a QR code and words overlaid reading, "UC Davis Leadership Job Shadow Program. Shadow a campus leader for a day. Apply Sept. 21 - Oct. 5."

ALT Incoming graduate students smiling together with resource fair tents in the background on Walker Hall north lawn.

ALT Incoming graduate students in front of LGBTQIA resource booth.

ALT Incoming graduate students inside Walker Hall talking to staff sitting at financial resources booth.

ALT Incoming graduate student talking to staff outside at feminist research institute resource booth.

ALT Toulik Maitra, Ph.D. student in chemical engineering (Mario Rodriguez/UC Davis)

ALT Grad student smiling while holding soccer ball and wearing a blue jersey.

ALT Grad students on field running as they play soccer.

ALT Grad student smiling and holding medal.

ALT Grad students on soccer field smiling together under goal post.

ALT Master's graduate smiling with open mouth and closed eyes.

ALT Doctoral graduates posing with one sitting and on their side.

ALT Master's graduates holding a fellow graduate up and laughing.

ALT Doctoral graduate with certificate smiling and waving to the left.

ALT Graduate Studies' personnel staff the two Centennial Showcase information tables in Walker Hall's North Lobby with the 100th Anniversary banners hanging above them.

ALT Ph.D. student Sarah Becksmith speaks with a Graduate Studies supporter about her research poster.

ALT Two attendees smile with Ph.D. student Daniel Martin while he exhibits the Fragile Crop Harvest- Aiding Mobile Robot (FRAIL-Bot).

ALT Professor Jeffrey Schank talks with M.F.A. Design student Wonjin Kim about his piece, "1 Stone ~ 1 Click = 1 Action = 1 Token, 2026"

ALT Master's graduate waving and smiling.

ALT Doctoral graduate with faculty walking down the commencement aisle with the yellow UC Davis sign above them.

ALT Master's graduates smiling with one wearing a "First Generation" stole.

ALT Doctoral graduate seated and viewed from behind wearing a stole that reads "2026" on the back.

ALT Rows of empty chairs facing the UC Davis Graduate Studies commencement stage inside the Credit One Union Center.

ALT Masters student smiling as hood is adjusted.

ALT MFA and Doctoral students smiling with faculty.

ALT Faculty during Doctoral Ceremony smiling with students as confetti rains down.

ALT Graduate at Commencement smiling and holding up phone while others are looking around and smiling.

ALT Archana Venkatesan is a professor of religious studies and the faculty director of the GradPathways Institute. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis).

ALT Jack Goon smiling as he receives his UC Grad Slam certificate of participation from UC Vice President, Graduate and Undergraduate Affairs, and Vice Provost, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Yvette Gullatt.

ALT Jack Goon shaking the hand of Yvette Gullatt, UC Vice President, Graduate and Undergraduate Affairs, and Vice Provost, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

ALT Jack Goon presenting his research at the UC Grad Slam in Sacramento.