Berkeley alumni who won 2012 MacArthur Fellowships

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.

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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.

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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.

Andrew Szeri began serving as Dean of the Graduate Division on July 1st, 2007.

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.

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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.

SMART participants, Summer 2012

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.