Message from the Vice Provost and Dean

Get Ready for the Winter Break!

Headlines

Gratitude Can Help You Get Through the Holidays

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Important Dates

Apply for In Absentia Registration for Fall 2020
Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Apply for Filing Fee Status for Fall 2020
Wednesday, August 26, 2020

File Thesis or Dissertation (Fall 2020 Deadline)
Friday, December 18, 2020

Apply for In Absentia Registration for Spring 2021
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Apply for Filing Fee Status for Spring 2021
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

File Thesis or Dissertation (Spring 2021 Deadline)
Friday, May 14, 2021

Professional Development

Craft Your Three-Minute Thesis and Submit Your Grad Slam Video by 2/18/19

Student Life

Graduate Division Announcements

• Call for Nominations for the Carol D. Soc Awards and the Faculty Mentoring Awards — 2/8/2019
• The E2 Project Request for Proposals — December 31, 2015
• Student Parents: UC Berkeley’s Back-Up Child Care Program is for You — Pre-Enroll Now!
• Job Opportunity at Blendle for Journalists

Opportunities

Campus Announcements

• The Berkeley-Haas Women in Leadership Conference — 3/16/2019
• Mandatory Sexual Assault/Sexual Violence Prevention Training for Graduate Students Update
• Resources for Students in Need Over the Holidays
• Postdoc Industry Exploration Program (PIEP)
• GSR Opportunity with The UC Berkeley Center for the Study of Sexual Culture
• Library News: Documentaries at Doe and Change in UC Berkeley Library Permissions Policy

Recognition & Awards

Fellowships & Grants

• Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowships — 1/7/2020
• Summer Arabic Language and Media Program (SALAM) — 12/31/2019
• Jim Fahey Safe Homes for Women Fellowship — 3/1/2020
• Foreign Language and Area Studies Awards — 1/29/2020
• NEH Senior Research Fellowship Program — 1/24/2019
• Switzer Environmental Fellowships — 1/6/2020
• Mike Synar Graduate Research Fellowship — 1/27/2020
• R. Kirk Underhill Graduate Fellowship — 3/1/2020
• Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation — 1/11/2016
• Fellowship for Social Science Dissertation Students — 1/31/2016
• U.S. Faculty Scholar Program — 1/31/2016
• ARIT Fellowships for Advanced Turkish Language Study for Summer 2016 — 2/5/2016
• John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship — 2/12/2016
• Andrew. W. Mellon Mediterranean Regional Research Fellowship Program — 1/15/2017
• Soroptimist Founder Region Fellowship Grant — 1/15/2017
• Kang Family Graduate Fellowship for Biotechnology — 3/3/2017
• East Asia Fellowship Program — 12/31/2017
• The Bancroft Library Study Award — 2/5/2018
• World Wood Day Foundation (WWDF) Research Grant — 2/12/2018
• Albert Newman Fellowship for Visually-Impaired Students — 3/15/2018
• National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program — 12/7/2018
• Chateaubriand Fellowship for STEM — 1/8/2019
• Chateaubriand Fellowships in Humanities and Social Sciences — 1/8/2019
• Harvard University Environmental Fellows Program — 1/16/2019
• Phi Beta Kappa Fellowship — 1/29/2019
• Clark Foundation $10,000 “Investment in Community” Graduate Fellowship — 1/31/2019
• Nuclear Nonproliferation Fellows Program — 2/1/2019
• L’Oréal USA For Women In Science Fellowship — 2/1/2019
• Bloorview Research Institute Pursuit Award — 2/4/2019
• Sydney Ehrman Fellowships — 2/22/2019
• UC MEXUS-CONACYT Postdoctoral Research Fellowships — 2/25/2019
• Taiwan International Internship Program — 2/28/2019
• Philip Brett LGBT Studies Fellowship — 3/15/2019
• Frank E. Ratliff Fellowship in Classical Antiquity — 3/15/2019
• Georges Lurcy Fellowship Program for Study in France — 3/15/2019
• Postdoctoral Fellowships for Graduate Research Training in Alcohol Problems and Alcohol-Related Disparities — 6/30/2019

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