D-Lab Workshop Empowers Students to Advance Social Justice in Data Science Set to begin with its second iteration this June, the 8-week cohort-based online program provides a scaffolded, project-based learning environment — designed within a social justice framework — giving current Berkeley graduate students the ability to apply data science skills and tools in their individual fields of study whether they’re coming from public health, education, law, public policy or any discipline across campus.
Operation Lollipop As the academic year comes to a close, thesis and dissertation filings start flowing in and our staff begins mailing the infamous…
Mask mandates are changing — Let’s keep safe! As was recently communicated to the campus community, mask mandates are changing. Masks will continue to be required indoors on campus through…
Advancing a more diverse graduate student community Dear Graduate Students, This month, we are reminded of the triumphs and struggles of African Americans whose contributions have shaped our country…
Welcome back and looking forward! Dear Graduate Student Community, Happy New Year and welcome back! Amidst the challenges and uncertainty we’ve been steeped in this winter, I…
UC HSI Initiative: Research Apprenticeship Program — Apply Now The application for the University of California Hispanic-Serving Institutions Initiative (UC-HSI) Research Apprenticeship Program (UC-HSI RAP) is now open! Applications are due no later than January 15, 2022,11:59 PM PT.
Town Hall Recap and a Reminder to Rest, Recharge and Reconnect Congratulations on making it through this fall semester! We recognize it’s been a tremendous challenge to resume in-person instruction and I want to thank you for your patience and resilience as we’ve all navigated the ups and downs over these past months. But I hope that, like me, you’ve also experienced the joys of being back in community.
Introducing the Stern Health Sciences Fellowship Program The Stern Health Sciences Fellowship program was created to pave the way for new innovation by supporting graduate students in leading-edge research while, at the same time, addressing the urgency of human health needs by making increased funds available immediately. The program was conceived and established through a generous donation by Eric H. Stern, B.S. Business Administration, Chair of the Graduate Division Executive Advisory Committee, and a Trustee of the UCBF Board.
New Graduate Student Orientation — An overwhelming success! “We threw a party and everyone came!” Lisa Garcia Bedolla August 26th was a reason to celebrate. With the Berkeley campus now…
Peer Support Providers: Helping Navigate the Maze of Graduate Resources Recently launched this fall, the Graduate Peer Support Providers program is designed to help Berkeley graduate students learn about and more easily access the types of basic needs, mental health, and academic support services available on campus. Graduate students themselves, Peer Support Providers (PSPs) provide support to their peers with understanding, experience, and respect, using an equity-based lens.
Demystifying and Illuminating the Ph.D. Journey Built on learnings from the Berkeley Summer Institute for Preparing Future Faculty, the Path to the Professoriate (P2P) Program engages first-year Ph.D. students from underrepresented backgrounds in workshops and structured activities around illuminating the route to assistant professorship in their discipline and establishing and building a publication pipeline.
Support Resources to Keep You Centered Dear Graduate Student Community, First, I want to say how encouraged and inspired I’ve been witnessing your resilience during all the uncertainties…
A message of gratitude from the Dean and Vice Provost Dear Cal Supporters and Alumni, I want to express my profound gratitude for the generous support you’ve provided to Berkeley’s Graduate Division.…
Underscoring the Importance of Supporting Berkeley’s Graduate Students “Even though I mentor Ph.D. students, I’m not just helping them. They help me fuel my thinking about my own research. When…
UC Berkeley McNair Program Scholars Achieve What They Never Thought Possible McNair Scholar alumni Anthony Carrasco, Rasheed Shabazz, and Ilexis Chu-Jacoby are drawing from their lived experiences to become innovators and active agents of change in their graduate programs.
NSF Fellowships Support Future Research for Outstanding Graduate Recipients Among universities across the nation, UC Berkeley has historically topped the list of National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows. This prestigious and…
Graduate Diversity Pilot Program: Making Progress Students cross Sather Gate on UC Berkeley’s Campus. In July of 2020, the Graduate Division established the Graduate Diversity Pilot Program (GDPP),…
Newly Appointed Diversity & Community Fellows Work to Build a UC Berkeley For All Pictured clockwise from upper left: Kerby Lynch, Martin Kinisu, Allyson Tang, Jonathan Tyson, Andrea Jacobo, Cyrell Roberson, Knychelle Passmore, and Jon Jon…
UC Berkeley Graduate Division Awards $1.5 Million Grant to Advance Diversity The UC Berkeley Graduate Division has recently awarded grants totaling $1.5 million to nine departments within the university through the division’s new…
A Snapshot of This Year for Graduate Students — Research, Instruction and Learning in a Distanced Environment Alanna Cooney, a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering, calmly explains the challenge of remotely managing the construction of her custom-built experimental…