This circle aims to hold space for vulnerable and authentic connection around the challenges of being an Undocumented graduate student. This could include status-related stressors, personal relationships, financial stress, faculty/staff relationships, and the role of white supremacy culture within academia, … Continued
Dear Graduate Student Community, I write to you to balance my optimism regarding returning to in-person instruction this fall with my concern on behalf of our community about the alarming spike in COVID-19 cases nationally and on campus, including a … Continued
In light of the unprecedented disruptions experienced by the campus community, the Graduate Division and Graduate Council have approved a blanket two-year extension of normative time (applied automatically) for doctoral students. The EVCP also has approved a four-semester extension of … Continued
The Chemistry Graduate Life Committee was stuck with a conundrum when the university transitioned to remote instruction last March. How can a group of chemistry graduate students recreate the liveliness and camaraderie of in-person social events during a pandemic? While … Continued
A new program aimed at improving how graduate student instructors design and teach courses remotely returns for a second iteration. Graduate student instructors shoulder an array of responsibilities. Under the mentorship of faculty, they teach discussion sections and labs associated … Continued
The Art Rosenfeld Award for Energy Efficiency is a $10,000 fellowship awarded to one UC Berkeley graduate student in a Ph.D., Masters, J.D. or professional program who is committed to research on energy efficiency. This includes technical, social science and … Continued
When speaking to students at a Graduate Diversity Admissions Fair this fall, UC Berkeley’s Vice Provost for Graduate Studies Lisa García Bedolla emphasized her role in encouraging the next generation of scholars: “My job is to leave the door open … Continued
Dear Graduate Student Community, I want to first acknowledge and thank you for your incredible work in adapting to the challenges of remote learning and teaching. I know that many in our graduate student community (and myself personally) have been … Continued
If you’d like to renew your energy for 2021, the Office for Graduate Diversity and Graduate Assembly are hosting , where speakers will highlight the hope that still exists for graduate student academic and career trajectories and … Continued
The Graduate Assembly’s new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Fund provides grants for campus groups and affiliates starting or continuing efforts to further diversity, equity, and inclusion in the campus community. The first review was Jan. 20, though applications will be … Continued
Graduate students are invited to join the UC Berkeley Restorative Justice (RJ) Center for Center’s Graduate Student Inclusivity Program. The opportunity to build meaningful relationships and community has been drastically inhibited during these challenging times that are also calling on … Continued
UC Berkeley engineering graduate students considering academia as their profession are invited to apply to a series of free DELTA Future Faculty Institutes facilitated by the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). These workshops are open to all graduate students … Continued
The Library’s Spring 2021 Workshop Calendar is now available! Browse upcoming workshops and register online Learn Zotero (bibliographic citation management), Python (data analysis), or NumPy (data manipulation); explore resources from the East Asian Library, or take an embroidering or knitting … Continued
Dear campus community, I am mourning the loss, both personally and on behalf of our Berkeley community, of Joseph A. Myers, a leader, advocate, attorney, faculty member, and mentor who advanced Indian American advocacy, legal education, and justice initiatives nationally, … Continued
Extension to Change Grading Option for Spring 2021 Semester The Graduate Council has approved an extension of the deadline for students to change their grading option for the spring 2021 semester. Please check with your department’s Graduate Student Affairs Officer … Continued
As part of the Graduate Division’s broader vision for improving internal coordination and communication with and across the more than 100 graduate programs at UC Berkeley, graduate student affairs officers and divisional leadership have formed a GSAO Coordinating Committee to … Continued
In December, Julie Posselt, associate professor of higher education at University of Southern California, led an admissions workshop for more than 175 UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and graduate students who serve on graduate admissions committees or support the admissions process. … Continued
When the Graduate Division messaged graduate students in July about a spring 2021 award recognizing institutional change, we did not yet have a process in place for accepting submissions or awarding funds. “We knew we wanted to provide graduate students … Continued
Dear Graduate Student Community, As we close out this tumultuous and exhausting year, I am profoundly grateful for your flexibility and resilience, and for the staff, faculty, and partners who are doing their best to support you in all aspects … Continued
The Graduate Division and Graduate Assembly co-hosted a Fireside Chat on Dec. 10, inviting student representatives to share the greater ideas, questions, and concerns of the graduate student community on the topics of housing, financial support, technology access, mental health/health … Continued
Call for Applications The Institute of European Studies is pleased to announce the following funding opportunities in 2021-22 for research in and on Europe. Grants and fellowships are available for UC Berkeley graduate students, undergraduates, faculty and lecturers in all fields of study. This year, … Continued
The Academic Senate’s Committee on Teaching is pleased to announce an initial call for nominations to recognize Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times. This award is intended to honor UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and student instructors who in 2020 embraced the … Continued
UC Berkeley is participating in a pilot of California COVID Notify, a smartphone-based COVID-19 exposure notification system from the State of California. It uses the Exposure Notifications System built by Google and Apple to alert you when you’ve been exposed to COVID-19. … Continued
Graduate students across campus have advocated for and taken on the work of producing systemic change within their departments, from syllabus (re)design, to student and faculty recruitment and retention. The Diverse Academy is a series of events and workshops intended … Continued
UC Berkeley’s GSI Teaching and Resource Center is pleased to announce its Graduate Remote Instruction Innovation Fellows Program. Fellows will work to develop high-quality approaches for remote instruction for spring and summer 2021 courses. The program is intended for graduate … Continued
Professor, scholar, mentor and community leader Elizabeth (Betty) Parent has had a remarkable career of firsts: She was the first Native American to be on the editorial board of the Harvard Educational Review, the first Alaskan Native woman to earn … Continued
The Phi Beta Kappa Alpha of California Chapter is now accepting graduate fellowship applications for the 2021-22 academic year. Members of Phi Beta Kappa who are currently enrolled in Ph.D. programs at UC Berkeley are eligible to apply. Note: The Graduate … Continued
We are thrilled to welcome Jessica Mena Flores (She, Hers, Ella) to the Graduate Division in her role as the Undocumented Graduate Student Specialist. Her first day is Nov. 2, and she will be working alongside Office for Graduate Diversity staff to … Continued
UC Berkeley’s graduate programs have, historically, operated siloed recruitment initiatives within each of Cal’s 14 schools and colleges. As part of a new and unified approach to diversity recruitment and in recognition of the multidisciplinary interests of many applicants, UC … Continued
The Program The University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program was established in 1984 to encourage outstanding women and minority Ph.D. recipients to pursue academic careers at the University of California. The current program offers postdoctoral research fellowships and faculty … Continued
For nearly 60 years, the American Institute of Indian Studies has provided funding to pre- and post-doctoral scholars and artists in pursuit of knowledge about India. The AIIS fellowship competition is not restricted to those from its member institutions. Non-U.S. citizens … Continued
The Graduate Division is pleased to announce a new companion program to the Student Parent Grant: the Graduate Division Caregiver Grant. This new caregiver grant can provide assistance to graduate students who are the primary live-in caregiver for an adult individual. … Continued
Enroll in Courses You’ll need to enroll in at least one course before July 29, 2020 to maintain continuous access to the Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) and University Health Services, Recreational Sports Facility (RSF), campus libraries, University Housing, and … Continued
Dear Graduate Student Community, I am grieving the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Nina Pop, Sandra Bland, and too many others. I have been sickened by how brutally police across this country have responded to … Continued
A team of investigators led by professors Art Reingold and Maya Petersen at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health is conducting a COVID-19 study of all UC Berkeley students who plan to reside in Alameda and Contra Costa counties from … Continued
UC Berkeley’s GSI Teaching and Resource Center seeks to hire up to 200 graduate students for the Graduate Remote Instruction Innovation Fellows Program. This 8-week summer program runs from June 22 to Aug. 14, 2020 and participants will receive a summer stipend of … Continued
The Center for Studies in Higher Education at UC Berkeley is inviting doctoral students from UC campuses conducting research on higher education to apply for the yearlong David P. Gardner Seminar. In the 2020-2021 academic year, the seminar participants will … Continued
UC Berkeley is currently recruiting students to support Rapid Reviews COVID-19 (RR:C19), a newly funded initiative of the MIT Press and Berkeley that will develop and launch an open access, rapid-review overlay journal for the accelerated curation and peer review … Continued
Graduate Student Community, I hope you and your loved ones are taking the necessary measures to stay safe and healthy during this challenging time. We know that the COVID-19 crisis has brought immense disruption to our campus and to the … Continued
For over 200 years the New York Academy of Sciences has helped scientists, engineers, and innovators pursue successful careers. As an Institutional Member of the Academy, UC Berkeley’s Visiting Researcher Scholar … Continued
This call for proposals aims to support National Autonomous University of Mexico-University of California collaborative innovation, product development, and applied research to mitigate the health, social, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Below is a summary of the various … Continued
CARES Act and Dream Act Funds Today is the last day for graduate students to apply for CARES Act or Dream Act COVID-19 relief funding. Our goal is to maximize all available sources of relief funding to award as many … Continued
Need a book from the UC Berkeley Library? The library is able to provide temporary access to digitized versions of millions of volumes held by UC libraries through the Hathi Trust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS). Things to know: Start … Continued
To support instructors preparing for summer’s remote instruction, Digital Learning Services (DLS) in collaboration with Center for Teaching and Learning, have developed the following resources also available on this summer sessions webpage. Remote Instruction Guide Developed specifically for summer sessions … Continued
UC Berkeley’s Visiting Researcher Scholar and Postdoc Affairs (VSPA) program is proud to offer our affiliates and UC Berkeley graduate students access to a Nature Masterclasses subscription, which will allow you access to an online course in scientific writing and publishing, … Continued
Dear Graduate Student Community, This message is to inform you about financial resources available from the CARES Act and campus relief funds to assist eligible students with additional expenses experienced during this period of social distancing and online learning. The … Continued
Dear Graduate Student Community, Above all, we hope you and your loved ones are safe and well. Over the course of the last few weeks, the personal and professional lives of our students, staff and faculty have converged, and much … Continued
Chancellor’s Awards for Public Service Each year, the Chancellor recognizes students, staff, faculty, and community partnerships that embody UC Berkeley’s proud tradition of public service and commitment to improving our local and global community. Faculty, staff, undergraduate and graduate students, … Continued
The Graduate Division and Graduate Assembly are thrilled to announce the 2020 recipients of the Graduate Division’s Carol D. Soc Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Awards and the Graduate Assembly’s Faculty Mentor Awards. Excellent faculty mentorship has an indelible impact on … Continued
Do you want to influence campus culture? Do you care about preventing and responding to interpersonal violence? Join the PATH to Care Center for an online leadership and training opportunity to gain valuable skills and tools to prevent and respond to … Continued
Hang with the Cal Esports community and participate in open play, tournaments, virtual board games Cal Esports is hosting a lightly structured open house for current and prospective students, as well as staff, faculty, alumni and guests on Saturday, April … Continued
Reading and Conversation with U.S. Poet Laureate in Conversation with UC Berkeley Professor Beth Piatote Wednesday, April 22, 2020 5:30-7 p.m. PDT This event will be online. Register for the livestream here. During this time of crisis, poetry is more … Continued
It goes without saying that this is a difficult time for all of us to navigate. We understand that it can be frustrating to balance this reality with our lives at school. When we have to dedicate so much mental … Continued
Basic Needs efforts have expanded to meet the needs of the UC Berkeley community. The Basic Needs Center’s living document serves as a resource for assistance with food distribution, CalFresh benefits and case management. Food Pantry Distributions The Basic Needs … Continued
Given the unique situation that continues to evolve around COVID-19, the following changes are now in place until further notice to help make using your insurance and getting care easier wherever you may be: No referrals from University Health Services … Continued
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has led to unpredictability, and circumstances are changing rapidly. With all the overwhelming news about the virus, and the way it’s changed our daily lives, it can be difficult to think intentionally and compassionately about the … Continued
The Berkeley International Office would like to share some modified end-of-semester reminders, as well as answers to some frequently asked questions regarding current or prospective international students. BIO staff have been working closely with Graduate Student Affairs Officers to communicate … Continued
The Visiting Scholar and Postdoc Affairs (VSPA) Program Office is pleased to inform you that the call for applications to the Privileged Partnership Fellowship Program with the Free University of Brussels (Université Libre de Bruxelles or ULB) is now open! The … Continued
Expanding Definitions of Being a Historian: The UC Berkeley Department of History’s Career Diversity Program Are you considering a non-professorial career, but feel that this would be a failure of your Ph.D., or a loss of your identity as an … Continued
Cheer on our ten graduate student Grad Slam semi-finalists as they present their three-minute research talks in our first-ever virtual Grad Slam championship! This year’s event will be live-streamed, and we want you to join our virtual audience. Wednesday, April … Continued
As part of UC Berkeley’s commitment to thriving Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities on campus, the Asian American and Pacific Islander Standing Committee (AAPISC) was formed in 2019 under the executive sponsorship of the Vice Chancellor for Equity … Continued
This summer, learn what makes Cal Youth Camps one of the most unique programs on campus. If you’re a graduate student with children, or a Graduate Division staff or faculty member with children, explore our award-winning camps for your family’s … Continued
The Career Center remains open and will continue to serve graduate students during the remote learning period, now through March 29. Career Counseling: The Career Center offers confidential individual consultations with the option of telephone, as well as in-person appointments. … Continued
LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) is a digital library of thousands of self-paced, high-quality courses and video tutorials from industry and subject experts on topics ranging from data science to graphic design to nailing your next interview. UC Berkeley students, staff … Continued
The Center for Chinese Studies offers annual competitive fellowships for continuing UC Berkeley graduate students in Chinese studies. Eligibility varies among the fellowships. Students may submit a single application for multiple CCS awards. Students may apply to only one of the … Continued
In order to ensure equity across all prospective graduate students’ experience and to anticipate travel concerns relating to the coronavirus (COVID-19), campus administration strongly recommends that departments replace all 2020 in-person graduate student spring visits with virtual experiences. Please visit … Continued
The Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TARII) invites proposals from U.S. scholars for feasible short-term research on Iraq-related topics to be conducted outside of Iraq and the United States. For example, projects could include: Research in archives in Europe, Turkey, … Continued
The Institute for the Study of Societal Issues has announced a call for applications for the Graduate Fellows Program (GFP). In its forty years of existence, the Program has provided an interdisciplinary research and training environment as a complement to, … Continued
Free 3-Part Workshop Series VSPA is always proud to sponsor the 3-part series, How to Get Published in International Journals: Writing Strategies for Non-Native English-Speaking Scholars. The lecture series presents specific approaches to help the writer recognize and work with linguistic … Continued
Cal State East Bay is hosting the 34th Annual California State University Student Research Competition on Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25, 2020. The organizing committee is currently in the process of securing judges for various sessions, and they … Continued
Are you a Berkeley student, staff member, or faculty looking for a little help with data science? Not sure how to use a Jupyter notebook? Need to learn a little SQL, Python, or data visualization for a research project? Need … Continued
Three minutes of your time would really help the library! Even if you have never heard of the publisher Elsevier, we need your input to properly gauge the impact of the loss of access to these journals – data about … Continued
The Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB), the Berkeley Graduate Division, and the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities are pleased to invite applications from UC Berkeley Ph.D. students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences for funding to … Continued
Cal alumnus Marshawn Lynch is returning to UC Berkeley for an eSports competition at Zellerbach Hall March 28-29 from 1-4 p.m. (both days). His team, the San Francisco Shock, is playing the first home game … Continued
Graduate student interns are here to help you build skills, succeed in your program, and launch your career! The Graduate Division would like to introduce this semester’s Professional Development Liaisons, known as PDLs. Established in Fall 2018, the Professional Development … Continued
Request for Proposals: CARE-UC Innovation Fellowship Program The CARE-UC Innovation Fellowship Program is a research and training opportunity established by CARE USA’s Innovation Team and the University of California, in collaboration with the UC Blum Center Network. The fellowship is intended to … Continued
The R. Kirk Underhill Graduate Fellowship provides $30,000 to a UC Berkeley graduate student whose research focuses on Anglo-American affairs, including but not limited to issues involving foreign relations, politics, history, law, economics, and culture. Priority will be given to … Continued
The Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, & Mixed Methodologies (ICQCM) is a training institute for scholars from underrepresented backgrounds and/or scholars doing critical research on communities of color. Their mission is to advance the presence of scholars of color among … Continued
UC Berkeley’s 150W Committee is collecting stories and photos in commemoration of UC Berkeley’s decision to admit women “on equal terms in all respects with young men.” The goal of the history project is to record the history of women … Continued
The Graduate Assembly, ASUC, and Academic Senate have formed an Instructional Resilience Task Force to help UC Berkeley become more resilient to power outages, air quality challenges, or other events that could disrupt ordinary instruction in the future. Learning about … Continued
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded UC Berkeley a $3 million grant to evaluate and expand its data science curriculum to ensure it is accessible to a broad range of students. The UC Berkeley D-Lab is hiring several positions … Continued
The 2020 Travers Conference will bring together experts from around the country to assess proposals to reform Congress. There is an active bipartisan effort underway in Washington, D.C. to consider potential reforms of a Congress that is commonly perceived as … Continued
All UC Berkeley students can now read The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal for free! Thanks to the efforts of the Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) and UC Berkeley Graduate Assembly, all students at … Continued
This three-part lecture series presents specific approaches to help the writer recognize and work with linguistic and organizational cues not readily apparent to the untrained eye. It explains the importance of absolute clarity and Aristotelian argumentation in English academic writing, … Continued
Join the Science Policy Group at Berkeley for the second Science Meets Science event on January 21, bringing together social scientists and STEM scientists to discuss timely science policy issues. The discussion will center on the scientific ethics of feeding … Continued
Win cash prizes and state-wide recognition while you take your professional development to the next level! Grad Slam is a campuswide competition where you present your original research to a large audience for the chance to win cash prizes. This … Continued
The launch party for our “Poetry and the Senses” program sponsored by Engaging the Senses Foundation, this event will include local poets Indira Allegra, Chiyuma Elliott, and Lyn Hejinian, who will offer readings and comments followed by a conversation. How … Continued
In this panel, we’ll unpack the landscape of modern scholarly publishing by exploring economics and stakeholder power structures, and what the University of California is doing to address these issues through recent publisher negotiations. Refreshments provided. Publish or Perish Reframed: Navigating … Continued
The Berkeley Innovative Solutions (BIS) Consulting program pairs interdisciplinary teams of graduate students with energy- and resource-focused companies in the Bay Area. Our teams work directly with the leading companies in the energy and technology spaces. Past companies include Tesla, Siemens, Sunpower, and … Continued
The Cal Esports Community Center is hosting an open house for Cal students to explore the facility, game with fellow students in the open play area, play in casual on-site tournaments, and join one of the UC Berkeley’s student gaming … Continued
The William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India is an immersive, 10-month volunteer service program matching young professionals with development organizations. Fellows work on scalable and sustainable development projects in the fields of education, livelihoods, technology and innovation, and … Continued
California Sea Grant offers fellowship opportunities in research, natural resource management, and marine policy that allow graduate students to explore their interests and broaden their experience. Former Fellows have advanced to careers in academia, nonprofit organizations, and state and federal government … Continued
The Institute of Governmental Studies will award three Synar Graduate Research Fellowships of up to $3,000 each. The Mike Synar Graduate Research Fellowship is awarded to distinguished UC Berkeley graduate students who are writing their dissertations on an aspect of American politics, … Continued
The Boren Fellowships are designed to give graduate students maximum flexibility to pursue their academic goals alongside their study of the target language. Boren Fellows may concentrate only on language study during their time abroad — such an application will be … Continued
Open to registered graduate students who wish to study in Scandinavia. Terms of the endowment state “preference shall be given to American students who wish to study in Scandinavia, preferably Sweden, and to students in Scandinavian Languages and Literature,” but … Continued
The Roselyn Lindheim Award in Environmental Design and Public Health honors the life and work of Roselyn Lindheim (1921-1987), Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley. A generous endowment from her husband, the late Richard Lindheim, her children, … Continued
The Rickover Fellowship Program in Nuclear Engineering is designed to meet the needs of the Naval Reactors Division of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for appropriately trained personnel for the maintenance and development of science and engineering technology as … Continued
The Switzer Environmental Fellowship Program offers one-year Fellowships to highly talented graduate students in New England and California whose studies and career goals are directed toward environmental improvement and who clearly demonstrate leadership in their field. The Switzer Fellowship provides: … Continued
Win cash prizes and state-wide recognition while you take your professional development to the next level! Calling all graduate students, from all disciplines! Are you working on original research? Have you ever wanted to give a TED talk? Do you … Continued
Thanks to a grant from the Student Technology Fund, eligible graduate students may sign up for design and digital photography classes for free.
