Message from the Vice Provost and Dean

New Resources for Students on Mentoring

Headlines

Getting the Mentoring You Need

Podcasting 101 for Graduate Students

There’s Still Time to Participate in Grad Slam! Deadline to Enter is 2/18/2019

Important Dates

Professional Development

Honing Your Professional Skills through Campus Employment

New Professional Development Planning Tool for Masters and Professional Students

Beyond Academia Conference — 2/28 – 3/1/2019

Student Life

Need Help? Find Out What Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) has to Offer

Graduate Division Announcements

• Describe Your Project or Research for a Chance to Win a $100 Gift Card and be Published in GradNews! — 3/11/2019
• 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

• Do You Need Funding for Your Campus Sustainability Project? Apply to The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) 
• Student Technology Fund (STF) — 2/18/2019
• Berkeley Labor Center Summer Paid Internship Program — 2/25/2019
• BERC Energy Summit — 2/21 – 2/22/2019
• Designated Emphasis & Certificate in New Media — 3/1/2019
• Berkeley Lab’s Workforce Development & Education (WD&E) Department is Seeking a Communications Student Assistant
• Banner-ASU Neuroscience Scholars Program — 3/1/2019
• Apply to L.A. Review of Books Publishing Workshop — 3/15/2019
• ComSciCon Communicating Science Flagship Workshop — 3/1/2019
• I-House Gateway Fellowships Program — 3/15/2019
• Emerging Scholars Award for Excellence in Research and Public Policy — 3/15/2019
• Berkeley Home Match: a Pilot Housing Program for Graduate Students
• The Erasmus+ Mobility Grants — 3/22/2019
• Matrix Research Teams Proposals — 3/29/2019

Campus Announcements

• Looking for a Unique Living Experience During Your Time at Cal? Consider I-House
• DataEDGE Conference — 4/23/2019
• University Health Services: National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, UHS Pharmacy, and Tang Center Urgent Care
• Cal 1 Card Office Moving to Sproul Hall
• The Earth Action Initiative Conference — 3/23/2019
• International House is Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2019
• Cal Performances: Upcoming Events
• Jason Berry to Speak at GUH Symposium “Techniques of Memory”
• Berkeley Center for New Media: Video Games Have Always Been Queer

Recognition & Awards

Fellowships & Grants

• National Institute of Justice Graduate Fellowships in STEM — 4/15/2020
• Great Minds in STEM Scholarship — 4/1/2020
• Jim Fahey Safe Homes for Women Fellowship — 3/1/2020
• DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program — 11/14/2019
• Insight Data Science Fellows Program — 3/16/2020
• Center for Chinese Studies Fellowships — 4/1/2020
• R. Kirk Underhill Graduate Fellowship — 3/1/2020
• Arthur Rosenfeld Award for Energy Efficiency — 3/15/20
• Institute of International Studies Pre-Dissertation Research Grant — 2/19/2019
• Sydney Ehrman Fellowships — 2/22/2019
• UC MEXUS Collaborative Research Grants — 2/25/2019
• UC MEXUS-CONACYT Postdoctoral Research Fellowships — 2/25/2019
• Danone Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship Program — 2/25/2019
• California Science and Technology Policy Fellowships — 2/28/2019
• Taiwan International Internship Program — 2/28/2019
• Institute of European Studies (IES) Funding Opportunities — 2/28/2019
• Catherine Portman Burrowing Owl Research Award — 2/28/2019
• Grants for Disability-Related Research — 3/1/2019
• Dr. C.F. Koo and Cecilia Koo Chair Fellowships — 3/1/2019
• The Graduate Student Professionalization Workshop Grant — 3/4/2019
• Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows Competition for Recent PhDs — 3/13/2019
• Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowships Campus Deadline — 3/13/2019
• Bay Area Water Quality Fellowship — 3/15/2019
• Philip Brett LGBT Studies Fellowship — 3/15/2019
• American Councils’ Scholarships and Internships in Russia — 3/15/2019
• Frank E. Ratliff Fellowship in Classical Antiquity — 3/15/2019
• Chowdhury Fellowships for Bangladesh Studies — 3/15/2019
• Georges Lurcy Fellowship Program for Study in France — 3/15/2019
• John L. Simpson Memorial Research Fellowship — 3/18/2019
• Allan Sharlin Memorial Fellowship — 3/18/2019
• Reinhard Bendix Memorial Fellowship — 3/18/2019
• Islamic Scholarship Fund — 3/21/2019
• Dr. and Mrs. James C.Y. Soong Fellowship — 3/28/2019
• Robert E. Thunen Memorial Scholarships — 4/1/2019
• Paul J. Alexander Memorial Fellowship — 4/15/2019
• The David N. Keightley Fellowship — 4/15/2019

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