From the Berkeley garage of Laura Stachel and Hal Aronson, a solar initiative that saves lives We last reported on doctoral candidate Laura Stachel in 2010, when she won the Graduate Student Award for Civic Engagement at the Chancellor's Awards for Public Service ceremony in 2010 and also became a Bay Area winner of the Jefferson Award for public service.
There’s a WHAT on the lawn? An unexpected visitor used the grass outside of Sproul Hall as a landing field one day in early April. Safely on the ground, the flyer, a full-grown pelican of indeterminate age, ignored the humans streaming by, who were heading off to home and dinner. The main rush was over, and most didn't notice the grey ball of feathers, hunkered down and unmoving, as they hurried along.
Fulbright International Education Administrators Program Through its short-term seminars, the Fulbright International Education Administrators Program can help U.S. higher education administrators establish lasting connections within the social,…
Rotary Scholarship for Graduate Studies The Rotary Club of Berkeley is accepting applications for the competitive Rotary International Global Grant Scholarship for Graduate Studies. The grant is…
The Rachel Tanur Prize for Visual Sociology The Social Science Research Council is accepting applications for the Rachel Tanur Prize for Visual Sociology. The prize recognizes students in the social…
Will you run for Cal on April 15? I Run 4 Cal is an all-skill-level charity race to encourage donations to campus departments, scholarships, programs, and student groups. Cal students,…
Already a busy semester for the Graduate Division, here and abroad Dear Graduate Students, Your future selves are out there — graduate alumni of Berkeley. Some of them are very far from campus,…
2012 Fellows Reception: a pleasant gathering on a day that only occasionally exists It was not hard for a good time to be had by all. The atmosphere was convivial, the mood was celebratory, there were plenty of people to talk to, and --- always a priority for grad students --- there was food. And not only that, the food was good.
The Symantec/UC Berkeley Symposium — a confluence of minds on computer security and more On February 15, two normally quite separate entities got together --- to exchange ideas and information, and to simply get to know each other better. That was the plan, and it clearly worked.
Graduate funding opportunities for March, April, and beyond Find out more about the Mellon Foundation Fellowship, Operation HOPE Fellowships and the Shinnyo Fellowship.
The Dean’s Town Hall: questions from, and answers for, the graduate community Scene: Banatao Auditorium in Sutardja Dai Hall, February 9. Dramatis personae: the graduate community, particularly students (including Graduate Assembly president Bahar Navab,…
Library pilot program — return your books at any campus library The University Library is quietly launching a pilot program to enable library users to return checked out materials from any campus library to…
Call for Programs: Stay Day 2012 – Students in Action Stay Day is a one-day event, sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs, that provides participants with the opportunity to engage in a collective conversation about the evolving needs of our students through a series of interactive sessions.
Party on the bay, stern-wheeler style, April 7 The Graduate Social Club is holding its annual Bay Cruise Saturday, April 7 from 7:30 to 11p.m., aboard the San Francisco Belle, a…
Think of yourself as a Primary Source Any day you may find yourself chatting (by phone or email or Facebook or even in person) with a student who is considering coming to Berkeley. You're here, on the ground. You know the campus from the inside, and you have a unique kind of credibility: you're a student now, doing the very thing your questioner is hoping to do, at one of the most desirable places in the world. To augment your knowledge of Berkeley's funding and more, we've prepared a detailed overview called Graduate Education at UC Berkeley.
Graduate funding opportunities for February, March, and beyond Human Rights Center summer fellowships; Scholarships for children of California strawberry farmworkers; Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation Fellowship; Fellowships offered by the Institute of International Studies (IIS); CONICYT/BECAS Chile multi-year scholarships; Fulbright Scholar Competition
March and April teaching and mentoring: an award, workshops, and time to apply for an institute 2011 winner Susan Muller and her GSIs GSIs: do you have a great mentor? Nominate by March 5. Mentoring award nominations: Nominations…
More workshops in March and April: grant proposals, editing/revising, dissertation writing These workshops are presented by Graduate Division Academic Services. How to Write an Academic Grant Proposal Thursday, March 22, 2012, 3 to…
Berkeley’s writing requirement? Bold vision, endless revision. College Writing Programs at Berkeley is, for the record, a singular proper noun. And no, that will not be on the final exam.
The Spring 2012 menu of Tanner and Graduate Council Lectures Samuel Scheffler, Kathryn Mickle Werdegar, Jonathan Barnes and Peter Singer