“PARIS” Study to Analyze the Impacts of Foreign Education on African Scholars The study, led by the Graduate Division and funded by The MasterCard Foundation, is a multi-university research project on the “Career and Leadership Trajectories of Alumni from Sub-Saharan Africa.”
Education Ph.D. Student Wins the 2014 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award Jennifer King Chen's dissertation research investigates science instruction designed to support students in making informed choices and its impact on successfully directing their independent inquiry and learning.
Register Now for the Second Annual “Beyond Academia” Conference The second annual Beyond Academia conference will take place February 20 and 21, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, at the International House. This is…
Applications Open for “DIL Explore” Spring 2014 — 3/20/2014 The Development Impact Lab is a USAID-funded research network administered through UC Berkeley to support scientific, engineering, and economic breakthroughs that address…
Application Open for ComSciCon’14 National Workshop – 3/1/2014 The application for the June 2014 ComSciCon workshop is open to graduate students at all US institutions in graduate programs related to…
UC Berkeley’s Back-Up Child Care Program This fall, UC Berkeley became the first public university in the U.S. to offer both graduate and undergraduate student parents access to…
Message from the Dean (December) January will bring unprecedented change to millions of Americans as formerly uninsured and under-insured citizens gain access to new health insurance options created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “Obamacare.” You’ll be glad to know that SHIP provides all of the ACA-mandated “essential health benefits.”
Deadline Extension for 2014 ARC Fellows Application The 2014 ARC Fellows Application has been extended to Friday, December 13, 2013.
UC Berkeley Group Wins United Nations Award United Nations SEED grant for sustainable energy development grant will fund a pilot energy project of a solar-based microgrid in an island community in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta.
IGCC 2014-15 Dissertation Fellowship Competition — 2/10/2014 The UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation is seeking applicants for the 2014-2015 Dissertation Fellowship Competition. The competition is open to Doctoral students enrolled in the University of California, including J.D./Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D., and M.D. with thesis. The application tool will open the first week of January and the deadline for applying for these fellowships is February 10, 2014.
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Award — 2/4/2014 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Award supports advanced doctoral candidates completing dissertations that further the understanding of the educational pathways and…
Have You Checked Out the Library Exhibits? Doe Library at sunrise From the Rise of Islam through the Dawn of the Computer Age, from pop-up books and cartoons to…
Applications Open for the CSU Doctoral Incentive Program 2014/2015 The CSU Doctoral Incentive Program provides student loans to a limited number of individuals pursuing full-time doctoral degrees at accredited universities throughout…
Introducing the New Student Section at Cal Performances As part of a generous grant from the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Student Services and Fees (CACSSF), the Cal Performances Student Ambassadors…
Meet David Spiciarich, UC Berkeley Chemistry Student and Lindau Fellow Spiciarich was nominated in 2012 to represent the US at the annual meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, along with a selected group of graduate students.
Visa Seminar by Nationally Renowned Immigration Attorney Adam Green – 11/14/13 The VSPA (Visiting Scholar and Postdoc Affairs Program) invite UC Berkeley Postdocs, Graduate Students and Visiting Student Researchers, to a special visa seminar…
“Baby Bear” Celebration — November 6, 2013 Join the Student Parent Program for free lunch and community support in celebrating new and expecting parents.
Attend the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting — 10/17/2014 The University of California, Berkeley has been invited to submit four nominations to Mars, Incorporated, to be considered for the exciting opportunity…
Berkeley Wall of Fame Welcomes Alumnus Vijay Iyer (Ph.D. ’98) Jazz pianist-composer Vijay Iyer recently received a giant windfall: the MacArthur Foundation's "genius" grant.
Fellowship Opportunities in Canada for Women in Masters or PhD Programs – 11/01/13 The Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) is accepting applications for their 2014-2015 Fellowships and Awards. The competition is open to women…