January 20, 2015
Cal professors named National Academy of Inventor fellows.
January 20, 2015
The Arlt Award is given to a recent doctorate recipient who authored a book on the topic of humanities.
December 15, 2014
Doctoral student Bradley Wheeler received one of only 11 prestigious graduate research fellowships made by the NSF for military veterans contributing to STEM fields.
December 15, 2014
UC Berkeley PhD candidate Dan Hammer is taking a year off from school, but his reason may surprise you.
December 15, 2014
Sofie Ramos credits her faculty advisors for helping her develop as an artist.
December 15, 2014
What is Ebola? The Ebola virus is one of the world’s most devastating illnesses. The virus was first detected in 1976 in an outbreak near the Ebola river in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The virus’ latest outbreak, beginning in March 2014, has infected roughly 13,000 people and has…
December 15, 2014
In the largest-ever private donation to the field of cybersecurity, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced a $45 million grant to UC Berkeley, Stanford and Massachusetts Institute of Technology to establish three new academic centers to research cybersecurity. UC Berkeley will receive $15 million.
November 20, 2014
Manage your work/life balance with these tips from these university's experts.
November 17, 2014
A UC survey released shows high satisfaction, career success, low unemployment, decreasing student loan debt and overall degree satisfaction among UC doctoral alumni.
November 17, 2014
Being an Una Fellow is one of the highest honors at UC Berkeley.
October 15, 2014
The Film and Media Department is currently accepting proposal applications for their biennial conference, Serialities 1915/2015. Proposals must be submitted no later than October 31, 2014, and should include a title, an abstract of no more than 300 words, a short 100 word…
October 15, 2014
Social Workers in Classroom participants with officers Maggie Bishop and Galina Melamed (second and third from the left). A new student-led program aimed at helping provide training and support to graduate students in the School of Social Welfare was launched this year. Social…
October 15, 2014
Two UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare alumni were recently awarded research awards.
Carly Devlin ('14) was awarded the American Clinical Social Work Association's (ACSWA) Judith Holm Memorial Student Awards, including a $2,000 grant and a $1,000 Snooks Prize grant to the School of Social Welfare...
October 15, 2014
In September, the newly remodeled Social Research Library re-opened in 227 Haviland Hall. Sign up for the monthly blog, Library Researcher at Berkeley for the UCB libraries (for advanced users). Upcoming library exhibits:…
October 15, 2014
Several J-School alumni and others with strong ties to the Graduate School of Journalism were among the red carpet glitterati ...
October 15, 2014
Alumna Megan Vanneman ’13 was in her third year at the School of Public Health when she became interested in examining the effects of the decentralized public mental health care system in California. Last month Vanneman's dissertation was published…
October 15, 2014
Last month, President Barack Obama nominated law school alumna Maria Echaveste ...
October 15, 2014
The ASUC Judicial Council is currently looking for graduate students to take a seat as a justice for graduate student representation on campus
October 14, 2014
In September, alumni Diane Wiener and Troy Lionberger launched Thriving in Science, a peer-support program that provides support and resources to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.
September 15, 2014
The 2014-2015 Big Ideas Competition is now open. The contest is open to graduate and undergraduate students who are interested in submitting innovative ideas that would improve society. The contest awards $300,000 in prize money. Applicants should submit their ideas by November 13, 2014 at 12 pm PST. This…