Take the UC Graduate Student Experience Survey We want to hear your thoughts and ideas on your overall experience at Berkeley in order to better serve our graduate and…
Honoring Judy Heumann (1947-2023) We are continuing to celebrate the inspiring life of disability rights activist and Berkeley School of Public Health alumna Judith (Judy) Heumann…
Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week In recognition of the important contributions, impact, and value of our 13,000+ academic and professional graduate students at UC Berkeley, we are pleased to celebrate Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week April 5-11, 2023.
Reimagining our work and making time for joy First, I want to thank all of you for your perseverance and commitment as we’ve worked through what has been, and continues to be, a uniquely demanding semester.
Don’t Miss Grad Slam! Announcing the Seven Berkeley Grad Slam Semi-finalists Cheer on our seven Grad Slam Semi-finalists as they present their three-minute research talks in our virtual Grad Slam championship! This year’s event will be live-streamed, and we want you to join in as part of our virtual audience.
Finding community amongst world-class researchers My name is Ali, and I’m a 4th year PhD student in Science and Math Education, and I thought you might want to hear directly from a student what it’s like to study at UC Berkeley.
Berkeley is a Fulbright Top Producing Institution — Meet Two Recipients For decades, The Fulbright Program(opens in a new tab) has offered students the opportunity to research and teach a variety of new and exciting topics while fostering international diplomacy and absorbing a broad array of cultures.
Got Writing Skills? Discover Writing Career Paths for Graduate Students When it comes to thinking about writing-related careers, most of us immediately think of publishing and editing. While there are certainly a…
D-Lab Workshop Empowers Students to Advance Social Justice in Data Science Set to begin with its second iteration this June, the 8-week cohort-based online program provides a scaffolded, project-based learning environment — designed within a social justice framework — giving current Berkeley graduate students the ability to apply data science skills and tools in their individual fields of study whether they’re coming from public health, education, law, public policy or any discipline across campus.
Destiny is Calling – Meant to be at Berkeley When Kenneth Ng'etich began his search for the perfect university to complete his master’s in journalism, remnants of a particular school were at the top of his mind.
Q&A with Nehal Eldeeb: Closing the gap between science and practice Nehal Eldeeb is one of 13 doctoral students in the U.S. awarded the Grand Challenges for Social Work(opens in a new tab) (GCSW) fellowship for her project addressing the Grand Challenge of Ensuring Healthy Development for All Youth entitled “Centering Parent Voice: Exploring Parents’ Needs and Preferences.”
Changing Academia from Within: Meet one of Berkeley’s UC President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellows Part of the UC-Hispanic Serving Institutions Doctoral Diversity Initiative, the UC President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellowship works towards advancing historically underrepresented students from California Hispanic Serving Institutions into the professoriate.
2022 Leadership in Graduate Diversity Award Recipients Meet our inaugural Leadership in Graduate Diversity Award recipients...
Meet our GSI Teaching & Resource Center Teaching Consultants Most of you have come to know the GSI Teaching & Resource Center through our Teaching Conference for First-time GSIs or our…
Coming together stronger Dear Graduate Student Community, Welcome back! I hope you were able to find time to relax and enjoy the company of friends…
Meet Our GradPro Team GradPro staff members are here to support you as you navigate your graduate program, career planning, job search, and beyond. Here at…
Need Accountability? Join a Check-in Group for Spring 2023 With the fall semester coming to a close, you might find yourself facing project deadlines, or you may be beginning to plan…
Bringing Home the Slammy! Q&A with 2022 Berkeley Campus and UC Systemwide Grad Slam Winner Justin Lee On May 6, 2022, Justin Lee, now a fourth-year Ph.D. student in metabolic biology, competed against nine graduate-student peers from other campuses…
Public Service Opportunities for Graduate Students Photo credit: Berkeley Public Service Center As graduate students, we often encounter fellowship and internship applications that ask us to describe our…
Bringing Visibility to Undocugrads: Undocumented Graduate Students Graduate school is a difficult period for many students, as they juggle personal, academic, professional, and financial responsibilities and as they prepare…