Message from the Vice Provost and Dean

Have a Relaxing Winter Break!

Headlines

Science Adventures to Help Curb Extinction

Dean Doyle Goes to Washington

Woodland’s “Food Front” Initiative Helps a Growing Community Flourish

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

Five Easy Ways to Boost your Professional Development Over Winter Break

What’s It Like to Work at a Tech Company as a Humanities Ph.D.?

Student Life

Making the Most of Your Holidays

Graduate Division Announcements

• Call for Nominations for the Carol D. Soc Awards and the Faculty Mentoring Awards — 2/8/2019
• The Sproul Hall Elevator Will be Out of Service Until 3/31/2019
• Student Parents: UC Berkeley’s Back-Up Child Care Program is for You — Pre-Enroll Now!

Opportunities

• Student Technology Fund (STF) — 2/18/2019
• Now Hiring! Adobe Program Evaluation Fellow
• Postdoctoral Scholar Positions Available at the Center for Advanced Imaging at Harvard
• Haas Institute Summer Fellowship — 1/31/2019
• Tata Social Summer Internship Program in India — 2/15/2019
• UC Berkeley Prizes Program at Announces Competition
• Housing Available at MacArthur Commons
• Call for Abstracts for Global Urban Humanities Initiative Symposium — 12/20/2018

Campus Announcements

• Beyond Academia Professional Profile Clinic — 1/30/2019
• Conquer your Stage Fright with Free Public Speaking Workshops at the Townsend Center — 1/18/2019
• Graduate Student Inclusivity Certificate Program — 2/1/2019
• New Graduate Certificate in Food Systems
• University Health Services: National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, UHS Pharmacy, and Tang Center Urgent Care
• Berkeley Labor Studies Spring Courses

Recognition & Awards

Fellowships & Grants

• Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowships — 1/7/2020
• Roselyn Lindheim Award — January 2020
• Summer Arabic Language and Media Program (SALAM) — 12/31/2019
• Foreign Language and Area Studies Awards — 1/29/2020
• NEH Senior Research Fellowship Program — 1/24/2019
• Switzer Environmental Fellowships — 1/6/2020
• CPRIT TRIUMPH Postdoctoral Fellowship — 12/31/2019
• Mike Synar Graduate Research Fellowship — 1/27/2020
• Center for Chinese Studies Fellowships — 4/1/2020
• Boren Fellowships — 1/30/2020
• The Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TARII) Fellowships — 04/30/2020
• Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship — 12/21/2018
• ARISC Graduate/Postdoctoral and Research Fellowships — 12/28/2018
• Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship — 1/7/2019
• 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
• Nico Linesch Boundary Crossing Scholar’s Award — 1/23/2019
• CAORC Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program — 1/24/2019
• Phi Beta Kappa Fellowship — 1/29/2019
• Clark Foundation $10,000 “Investment in Community” Graduate Fellowship — 1/31/2019
• Frederick Douglass Teaching Scholars Fellowship — 2/1/2019
• Peter Lyman Fellowship in New Media — 2/1/2019
• L’Oréal USA For Women In Science Fellowship — 2/1/2019
• Berkeley – Austria Research Fellowships — 2/1/2019
• Two Grants from IES Center for British Studies — 2/1/2019
• Berkeley Language Center Fellowships for Graduate Students — 2/4/2019
• Bloorview Research Institute Pursuit Award — 2/4/2019
• Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems (InFEWS Fellows) — 2/11/2019
• Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Graduate Fellowship Program — 2/15/2019
• Sydney Ehrman Fellowships — 2/22/2019
• UC MEXUS Collaborative Research Grants — 2/25/2019
• UC MEXUS-CONACYT Postdoctoral Research Fellowships — 2/25/2019
• California Science and Technology Policy Fellowships — 2/28/2019
• Institute of European Studies (IES) Funding Opportunities — 2/28/2019
• The Graduate Student Professionalization Workshop Grant — 3/4/2019
• Postdoctoral Fellowships for Graduate Research Training in Alcohol Problems and Alcohol-Related Disparities — 6/30/2019

Making the News

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