Election Day is Nov. 6: find out about the issues Learn about everything on the ballot, including the temporary-tax-for-education measure, Prop. 30.
Two Berkeley alums win MacArthur Fellowships Two UC Berkeley alumni, both national leaders in their fields — one in fighting poverty, the other in battling disease — are among the 23 Americans named as this year's recipients of coveted MacArthur Fellowships.
UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program — 11/1/2012 Since 1984, this program has provided research opportunity and career development for scholars whose work will enhance the diversity of the academic community at the University of California.
CSU Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program — 2/2013 The California State University provides loans to students pursuing doctoral degrees who thereafter would like to teach in the CSU, the largest higher education system in the United States.
WarnMe: new options for emergency notification Have you updated your WarnMe contact options? WarnMe is a campus service that exists to save live, including yours.
International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) Program — 11/7/2012 The IDRF offers 9 to 12 months of support. Fellowship amounts vary depending on the research plan, with a per-fellowship average of $20,000. Eighty fellowships are awarded annually for empirical and site-specific research that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies.
Academic Services: upcoming workshops on writing Writing and editing are a large,--- but tamable --- beast in the lives of many graduate students. Find out how to make them do what you want as you work on your dissertation, grant proposal, and more.
Two opportunities from University Health Services Bring the graduate student perspective to Tang Center leaders as a member of the Student Health Advisory Commiittee. Also: a workshop with lots of how-to information about breastfeeding your baby.
Two words that count: please vote! My message this time is directed to students who hold U.S. citizenship, and it can be summed up in two words: please vote! A vital first step is registering to vote, and the deadline for that is October 22. Here's how.
Inspired by the Intersection Between Science and Humanities Jessica Ling, Ph.D. candidate in English, was awarded the Yoshiko Uchida Endowed Scholarship, which assists Asian graduate students who want to become writers. With the help of her fellowship, Jessica is pursuing research on the nineteenth-century novel.
Welcome, and welcome back, respectively! Graduate students: whether you're among the 3,000 newcomers or the 7,000 returnees, here are some tips worth noting, from the Graduate Dean.
Important information for grad students receiving fall fellowships at UC Berkeley Technical things, but important: you need to be registered; when to expect stipend payments; setting up Electronic Funds Transfer; international students need to complete tax forms.
Welcome from the UC Berkeley Library Tips on how to get the most out of the 11 million items in Berkeley collections, from the experts.
AmphibiaWeb tracks newly discovered species — and those in a mass die-off Berkeley people — including grad alumni — are at the heart of a vital resource where you can find out, online, how all of earth's known frogs, toads, and salamanders are doing.
Tackling a global health crisis, one toothbrush at a time A Public Health alumna (and professor), Karen Sokal-Gutierrez, shocked by what junk food had done to young teeth in parts of the world where decay had been nearly unknown, founded a volunteer project that's now saving smiles in five countries around the world.
Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies This multi-session two-day conference, now in its 39th year, will be held October 12–13, 2012, at Saint Louis University. The featured speaker,…
This could be the start of something big Message from the Dean: What do the afterglow of the Big Bang and the influence of facial hair on 19th-century American presidential politics have in common? The new SMART program, being piloted this summer with graduate students mentoring undergrads in hands-on research.
As others see us: the view through rankings Start-up days: South Hall and North Hall, circa 1874 UC Berkeley wasn’t always what you see today. In 1868, and for some…
Brett Fellowship’s Numero Uno seeks an Italian Studies Ph.D. The first-ever fellowship award from the Philip Brett LGBT Fund was made this spring by a faculty committee choosing from a highly…