Dear Graduate Student Community, Congratulations on making it through a challenging year! On behalf of the Graduate Division, I want to congratulate you on your achievements and thank you for patience and resilience as we have all co-navigated this wildly … Continued
Valerie Black, a 6th-year PhD student in the Department of Anthropology, was one of 22 students recently awarded the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, the nation’s largest and most prestigious award for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social … Continued
The 50th Annual University of California, Berkeley Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition May 14–June 20, 2021 Every year since 1970, BAMPFA and UC Berkeley’s Department of Art Practice have collaborated to present an exhibition of works by Berkeley Master … Continued
We are currently accepting scholarship applications for Fall 2021 and Academic Year 2021-22. The purpose of the I-House Scholarship program is to offer UC Berkeley students who demonstrate financial need an opportunity to experience, firsthand, cultures from all over the … Continued
The College of Engineering Office for Post-Baccalaureate Programs and the UC Berkeley Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer are happy to announce the Competition for the Most Patentable Innovation for Students. Eligible projects include: capstone, coursework, hackathons, and/or independent research. Individuals and … Continued
On July 27, a sweeping new project will unify Berkeley’s vast collections (physical and digital) and bring together the collections of libraries across UC’s 10 campuses under one virtual roof. UC Library Search, a new system for discovering and using … Continued
Beyond Academia: Connecting PhDs with the world The process of earning a PhD is a Sisyphean endeavor, involving painstaking research of a niche topic for anywhere from 5 to 10 years. The promise on the other side of these degrees … Continued
For most graduate students, summer feels like a breath of fresh air. Summer is a whole three months where we feel like we finally have the time to catch up on the pile of papers we’ve been collecting, tear into … Continued
Summer reading is a dedicated market for popular literature, and it’s also an umbrella term for graduate students looking to catch up on disciplinary reading outside of the traditional semester. You may already have an academic reading list for this … Continued
UC Berkeley has launched a new postdoctoral fellowship program designed to expose participants to and prepare them for careers in higher education administration. The Future of Higher Education Postdoctoral Fellowship Program seeks to address the need for career pipelines and … Continued
Congratulations to the 2021-2022 Graduate Assembly (GA) Executive Board, Officers, and Graduate Council Representatives, and welcome to incoming president Maria Pettis. Pettis, a Geography Ph.D. candidate, previously served as Vice President of Campus Affairs with the GA and brings a … Continued
Research, Teaching, and Learning (RTL) continues to offer workshops to support remote, hybrid, and in-person instruction which are open to all instructors and GSIs. Review upcoming workshops below and visit AIS upcoming events for all future events: Maximizing Media Production for Student Engagement (5/18) … Continued
The Graduate Division is saying farewell to Eric Falci, our outstanding Associate Dean for Student Support, as he begins a sabbatical in July. Our new associate dean, Brandi Wilkins Catanese, will start on July 1st. During Falci’s tenure, which began … Continued
Linda von Hoene, Kristen Nelson, and Noah Katznelson in the Graduate Division’s GSI Teaching and Resource Center (GSI TRC) were one of the recipient groups of this year’s Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times Award. Their efforts in launching the Graduate … Continued
Cynthia Ladd-Viti and Linda Miyagawa, two long-serving staff members of the Graduate Division, are retiring. Below are summaries and highlights from their time at UC Berkeley. Cynthia Ladd-Viti, Associate Director, Office for Graduate Diversity Ladd-Viti took a circuitous path to … Continued
As I reflect on the disorienting nature of the last year, I want to highlight the various accommodations and support provided by the Graduate Division, Graduate Council, campus administration, and our generous donors as we transitioned from reacting to anticipating … Continued
The focal point of this seminar will be bringing to light those modes of praxis as tangible tools for implementation that have been shown to be successful in the fight against racism in the academy. This seminar will bring into … Continued
Lisa García Bedolla, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, invites all UC Berkeley graduate students for a town hall discussion on returning to campus. Join Lisa García Bedolla, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division, for a … Continued
Dear Graduate Student Community These are difficult times for our whole campus community and this past week has been particularly exhausting for me. Traumatic events, including the Atlanta and Indianapolis shootings, the abominable police killings of Daunte Wright and Adam … Continued
Tutors for the Firebaugh Research Scholars Program The Office for Graduate Diversity (OGD) is currently recruiting 2-3 Graduate Student Tutors for the Firebaugh Research Scholars Program to help lead seminars and support 12-18 undergraduate students’ research projects. View full description here. Join us … Continued
Jazzmeia Horn Thursday, April 22, 7 p.m. PDT | Debut Watch Party Following the debut, this performance will be available to view on demand for three months, from April 23 through July 21, 2021. Jazz vocalist Jazzmeia Horn took first … Continued
Please join us to celebrate and commemorate our URM graduate students who will be graduating from UC Berkeley this year, as well as those who graduated last year. They have supported and mentored us throughout our collective academic journeys and … Continued
We are thrilled to announce that Brandi Wilkins Catanese, Associate Professor in the departments of African American Studies and Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, will be joining the Graduate Division as Associate Dean on July 1. Dr. Catanese brings an … Continued
Join the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation on Friday, April 23 from noon to 1 p.m. for our final Design Conversations speaker of the spring semester with Ahmed Ansari. Ahmed Ansari is an Industry Assistant Professor at NYU’s Integrated Digital Media … Continued
The Arts Research Center invites all graduate students to apply to our Poetry and the Senses Fellowship. Thanks to a generous multi-year grant from Engaging the Senses Foundation, the Arts Research Center (ARC) is hosting a fellowship program dedicated to … Continued
The Visiting Researcher Scholar and Postdoc Affairs (VSPA) Program at UC Berkeley has sponsored the following free memberships for UC Berkeley students. The New York Academy of Sciences For over 200 years the New York Academy of Sciences has helped scientists, … Continued
Graduate Diversity & Community Fellowship The duration of this fellowship is August 16, 2021 – May 31, 2022 Diversity and Community Fellows advance and implement the diversity and inclusion goals of OGD and the Graduate Division. Critical components of this … Continued
Science at Cal regularly hosts Grounds For Science, a unique public science talk series organized by and featuring UC Berkeley graduate students. Each event includes dynamic conversation, trivia, and a science-inspired cocktail. Last month’s program, The Bees’ Disease & Building … Continued
From his pre-graduate school work in community development, to his doctoral research in the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley, to his current role in California state government, Christopher Hyun is driven by a central principle: “I need to … Continued
Graduate student organizations are an essential part of UC Berkeley’s culture. In this article, we highlight STEM*FYI, an organization for all underrepresented STEM scholars. Thanks to Haider Ali Bhatti for providing written responses to our questions. What is your … Continued
In an effort to support graduate students seeking academic student employment as Graduate Student Instructors and Graduate Student Researchers, the Graduate Division has launched a centralized webpage which aggregates all open GSI and GSR postings from Handshake. Handshake is the … Continued
We want to hear your thoughts and ideas on your overall experience at Berkeley in order to better serve our graduate and professional student community. Your feedback is critical to informing and improving how we respond to challenges in the … Continued
We’ve curated centralized resources to support Graduate Student Instructors in addition to the numerous trainings and support offered by our GSI Teaching and Resource Center. Sign up for the Research, Teaching, and Learning newsletters Read the most recent Research, Teaching, … Continued
Dear Graduate Student Community, This message is to inform you about financial resources available from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA) and campus relief funds to assist eligible students with additional expenses experienced during this period of … Continued
Due to a fantastic response to the upcoming reopening of International House, the number of confirmed offers for residency, and optimism about the fall semester, International House is now offering double-occupancy rooms. Experience has shown that those who live in one of … Continued
Study Space at Moffitt Library Reserve study space at Moffitt Library! Current UC Berkeley undergraduate and graduate students may reserve study space for one, two or three hour time slots between 9 am – 5 pm, Monday through Friday. Only … Continued
Dear Graduate Student Community, I wanted to take this opportunity to communicate the heartbreak and outrage that I, and others in our graduate community, felt after witnessing the attacks on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the Bay Area and … Continued
Finding and borrowing books and other resources from libraries across the University of California system will soon get easier! On July 27, a sweeping new project will unify Berkeley’s vast collections (physical and digital) and bring together the collections of … Continued
Hear from Career Center staff Ricardo Flores about job hunting with a disability Navigating grad school with a disability can be disheartening. Sometimes it seems like everything is designed to make things more difficult for you, or just without you … Continued
Apply by March 19 to the LA Review of Books’ summer workshop on careers in the publishing industry. Berkeley PhD students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences are invited to apply to the Los Angeles Review of Books’ summer … Continued
The Center for Social Sector Leadership at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business is hosting an event with Dr. Carmen Rojas, President and CEO of the Marguerite Casey Foundation, as part of their Path Bending Careers Speaker Series. April … Continued
We are thrilled to announce the 2021 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 a transformative impact on the well-being, academic success, and … Continued
The Master of Social Welfare and Juris Doctorate graduate degree programs were recently approved as CalFresh local student programs. Students in these programs still need to meet income guidelines, but no longer need to meet the hourly work requirement to … Continued
The New York Academy of Sciences is hosting this webinar for graduate students, postdocs and young faculty. According to an article in Inside Higher Ed, “the odds of any given Ph.D. getting a tenure-track job lie between 10 and 25 … Continued
April 5 through April 9, 2021 The UC Entrepreneurship Academy helps students, postdocs and faculty in all academic disciplines and fields gain the knowledge and networks needed to identify, develop and validate the commercial potential of your research or idea. UC Berkeley graduate … Continued
The concept of food justice argues that a history of structural gender and class inequities, and racially motivated policies have excluded marginalized communities from easy access to healthy foods, as described by Kirsten Cadieux and Rachel Slocum in “What does … Continued
We’re thrilled to announce that Adélaïde Bernard was awarded first place in the Berkeley Grad Slam for her presentation titled, “Hungry Unicorns: How Antennas in Your Neurons Control Appetite.” Second place … Continued
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
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
