Message from the Vice Provost and Dean

Welcome to the New Academic Year!

Headlines

Graduate Writing Center A “Gem” For Students Polishing Their Skills

Important Dates

Apply for Filing Fee Status for Fall 2019
Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Apply for In Absentia Registration for Fall 2019
Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Apply for Filing Fee Status for Spring 2020
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Apply for In Absentia Registration for Spring 2020
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Professional Development

Fall 2017 GSI Teaching Conference: 8/17–18/2017

Student Life

Graduate Division Announcements

• Call for Papers: 23rd International Conference of Europeanists
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Application Workshop — 9/17/2015
• Student Parents: UC Berkeley’s Back-Up Child Care Program is for You — Pre-Enroll Now!

Opportunities

• Interested in Increasing Graduate Diversity? Become a GiGS Mentor! — 8/6/2019

Campus Announcements

• RSVP Now for New Graduate Student Orientation
• Upcoming Career Fairs and ‘Looking Beyond Academia’ Workshop
• Ph.D. Career Colloquium — 9/1/2015
• The Career Center Hosts Academic Job Search Workshops
• Center for Technology, Society and Policy promotes Grad Student and Postdoc Involvement
• Open Positions at the Graduate Assembly — Apply Now!
• Library Tours & Library Information for Graduate Students
• Good News for Current and Future Student Parents
• Cal Rentals Now Free for Students

Recognition & Awards

Fellowships & Grants

• Fulbright U.S. Student Program — 8/28/2019
• SQCC Research Fellowship — 9/15/2019
• The Research Explorer Ruhr Scholarship — 8/28/2015
• The Irving and Helen Betz Traveling Fellowship — 9/11/2015
• UC Mexus Grants Support Dissertation Research — 9/12/2016
• Luce Scholars Program: Experience in Asia — 10/17/2016
• JSPS Summer Fellowship Program — 11/10/2016
• Kang Family Graduate Fellowship for Biotechnology — 3/3/2017
• Mike Synar Graduate Research Fellowship — 1/30/2019
• Kirk Underhill Graduate Prize — 5/31/2019
• Institute of Current World Affairs Fellowship — 6/15/2019

Making the News

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• Climate Change Could Fuel Next Wave of Immigrants from Latin America
• Cassie Cal Robot Can Probably Ride Hovershoes Better Than You
• Couple Introduces Berkeley Falcons to the World, One Post at a Time
• Berkeley CS Graduate Student and Advisor Devise Digital Forensic Techniques to Unmask "Deepfakes"
• To Help the Bees, Protect the Prairie
• Birdsong Researchers are Among the Hottest Hires in AI