Campus Climate Survey Yields Results About one-quarter of all graduate students participated in the survey, which found 79 percent of graduate students were satisfied with their academic experience at UC Berkeley. The survey is believed to be the largest study of institutional climate ever conducted.
The Graduate Assembly Announces a New Publishing Project The Berkeley Graduate is a community news source by, for, and about graduate students. Our aim is to provide regular coverage of…
Back-Up Child Care Program on Weekends and during Summer; April Raffle; April 22 Open House UC Berkeley’s Back-Up Child Care program enables student parents to work on academic projects, attend study sessions, travel to conferences or give…
Master Public Speaking This Summer The Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) is offering a new course in Public Speaking this summer, open to UC…
Berkeley Graduate Students Wow Sacramento Lawmakers On March 12, doctoral candidates Margaret Rhee and Paul Yosefi joined Vice Provost Andrew Szeri — and their counterparts from the other nine UC campuses — in Sacramento for Graduate Research and Education Advocacy Day.
Workshop on Expanded Options for Graduate Students and PhDs — 5/8/2014 Careers in Higher Education and Foundations Learn about the paths of PhDs who have successfully launched their careers. Panelists will discuss career…
Graduate Researchers Bring their Passion to Sacramento Graduate students from across the UC system shared their personal stories and research interests with Sacramento lawmakers at the University of California’s fifth annual Graduate Research and Education Advocacy Day, March 12.
Tickets on Sale for the Graduate Bay Cruise 2014 — 4/5/14 The Graduate Bay Cruise, an annual event organized by the Graduate Social Club and sponsored by the Graduate Assembly, will take place…
Making the MA/PhD Work PostGraduation: A Career Workshop — 5/8/2014 Culminating events for the Mellon-funded initiative “The Humanities and Changing Conceptions of Work,” feature a free a free two-day conference held on May…
Job Search Workshop for Graduate Students and PhDs — 3/18/2014 Are you looking for a job, but aren’t sure where to start? This workshop, sponsored by the Career Center, introduces strategies for conducting…
Mental Health Resources for Graduate Students Graduate students face unique challenges whether they are adjusting to the demands of their program, teaching, taking comprehensive exams, working on their…
Summer Institute for Preparing Future Faculty — 3/14/14 The deadline for applying to the Graduate Division’s 12th annual Summer Institute for Preparing Future Faculty is fast approaching. The program is geared to graduate…
Attend the Second Berkeley Science Review Writing Workshop — 3/11/14 Want to improve your science writing? Get friends interested in science writing? Learn more about writing, layout, editing, and more? Check out…
Berkeley MFE Information Session on Campus Do you have a passion for problem-solving? Are you enrolled in a degree program in engineering, math, physics, statistics, computer science, operations…
WORKSHOP: Expanded Options for Graduate Students and PhDs — 3/5/2014 Expanded Options for Graduate Students and PhDs: Careers in Startups and Innovation Firms March 5th 5:00-6:30 pm Gold Room Career Center Are…
The Disability Determination Process (DDP) Small Grant Program — 3/2/2015 The Disability Determination Process (DDP) Small Grant Program awards $10,000 stipends for graduate-level research on improving disability determination processes. The DDP Small Grant…
Energy Innovations Grants Available — 4/10/2014 Two funding opportunities are available from the Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program of the California Energy Commission, focused on pre-commercial, proof-of-concept…
Staying on Top of Your Profession Over the last year I have been thrilled to see multiple initiatives emerge to expand professional development opportunities for graduate students. One of those — organized by graduate students and postdoctoral appointees — is the second annual “Beyond Academia” Conference on February 20-21.
Nobel Prize Recipient Carol Greider to Deliver Hitchcock Lectures — 3/4/2014 & 3/5/2014 Berkeley Graduate Lectures presents Carol Greider, 2009 Nobel Prize Recipient, Daniel Nathans Professor and Director of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Johns Hopkins…
GSI Workshops on Teaching: Strategies for Efficient and Effective Grading — 2/24/2014 February 24, 2014 1-2:30 pm at 110 Sproul Hall Grading brings stress to GSIs and students alike. While students are anxious about the outcome,…