Extension of Normative Time and Non-Resident Supplemental Tuition Waiver Eligibility In light of the unprecedented disruptions experienced by the campus community, the Graduate Division and Graduate Council have approved a blanket two-year…
Chemistry Grad Students Organize Virtual Beer Tasting Event for Frothy Fun A Sierra Nevada representative describes the brews during the tasting. The Chemistry Graduate Life Committee was stuck with a conundrum when the…
How one program’s efforts will enhance online learning for 28,000 undergraduates at Cal A new program aimed at improving how graduate student instructors design and teach courses remotely returns for a second iteration. Graduate student…
Arthur Rosenfeld Award for Energy Efficiency — 3/14/21 The Art Rosenfeld Award for Energy Efficiency is a $10,000 fellowship awarded to one UC Berkeley graduate student in a Ph.D., Masters,…
Record Increase In Historically Underrepresented Graduate Applicants 2019 GradFest Photo: Kelley Cox Photography When speaking to students at a Graduate Diversity Admissions Fair this fall, UC Berkeley’s Vice Provost…
Reflecting On This Semester’s Start Dear Graduate Student Community, I want to first acknowledge and thank you for your incredible work in adapting to the challenges of…
Event for All Grad Students: Reframing 2020 — 2/1/21 Reframing 2020 If you’d like to renew your energy for 2021, the Office for Graduate Diversity and Graduate Assembly are hosting Reframing…
Graduate Assembly’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Fund The Graduate Assembly’s new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Fund provides grants for campus groups and affiliates starting or continuing efforts to further…
Graduate Student Inclusivity Trainings Hosted by the Restorative Justice Center Graduate students are invited to join the UC Berkeley Restorative Justice (RJ) Center for Center’s Graduate Student Inclusivity Program. The opportunity to…
Professional Development Program for Engineering Students Considering the Professoriate UC Berkeley engineering graduate students considering academia as their profession are invited to apply to a series of free DELTA Future Faculty…
The Library’s Spring 2021 Workshop Calendar is now available! The Library’s Spring 2021 Workshop Calendar is now available! Browse upcoming workshops and register online Learn Zotero (bibliographic citation management), Python (data…
Mourning the Loss of Scholar and Activist Joseph A. Myers Joseph A. Myers Dear campus community, I am mourning the loss, both personally and on behalf of our Berkeley community, of Joseph…
Extension of the Deadline for Graduate Students to Change Their Grading Option Extension to Change Grading Option for Spring 2021 Semester The Graduate Council has approved an extension of the deadline for students to…
Coordinating Committee for GSAOs Launches To Strengthen Collaboration and Communication As part of the Graduate Division’s broader vision for improving internal coordination and communication with and across the more than 100 graduate…
The Case for Change: Conducting Holistic Graduate Admissions Reviews at Berkeley Professor Julie Posselt In December, Julie Posselt, associate professor of higher education at University of Southern California, led an admissions workshop for…
How 5 Graduate Students Are Advancing Anti-Racist Scholarship in Their Department Student instructors (l-r): Whitney Mgbara, Aidee Guzman, Rosalie Z. Fanshel, Kenzo Esquivel, Phoebe Parker-Shames When the Graduate Division messaged graduate students in…
Updates from our Graduate Student Fireside Chat Dear Graduate Student Community, As we close out this tumultuous and exhausting year, I am profoundly grateful for your flexibility and resilience,…
Graduate Student Fireside Chat – 12/10/20 The Graduate Division and Graduate Assembly co-hosted a Fireside Chat on Dec. 10, inviting student representatives to share the greater ideas, questions,…
Nominate an Instructor for the Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times Award The Academic Senate’s Committee on Teaching is pleased to announce an initial call for nominations to recognize Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times.…
Pilot Program: California COVID Notify Smartphone App UC Berkeley is participating in a pilot of California COVID Notify, a smartphone-based COVID-19 exposure notification system from the State of California.…