Message from the Vice Provost and Dean

Welcome to the New Academic Year!

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

Important Dates

File Thesis or Dissertation (Summer 2021 Deadline)
Friday, August 13, 2021

Apply for In Absentia or Filing Fee (for the Fall semester)
Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Apply for Candidacy (Fall NRST reduction only)
Wednesday, August 25, 2021

File Thesis or Dissertation (Fall 2021 Deadline)
Friday, December 17, 2021

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

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 — 8/26/2020
• SQCC Research Fellowship — 9/15/2020
• Mike Synar Graduate Research Fellowship — 1/27/2020
• R. Kirk Underhill Graduate Fellowship — 3/15/2021
• 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
• Institute of Current World Affairs Fellowship — 6/15/2019

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• 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"
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• Birdsong Researchers are Among the Hottest Hires in AI