March 2021

Lisa García Bedolla

Supporting Our AAPI Community

Dear Graduate Student Community, I wanted to take this opportunity to communicate the heartbreak and outrage that I, and others in our graduate community, felt after witnessing the attacks on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the Bay Area and across the U.S. These forms…

OskiCat and Melvyl are retiring: UC Library Search coming to libraries near you

Finding and borrowing books and other resources from libraries across the University of California system will soon get easier! On July 27, a sweeping new project will unify Berkeley’s vast collections (physical and digital) and bring together the collections of libraries across UC’s 10 campuses under one virtual roof. UC…

DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program — 5/5/2021

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science is now accepting applications for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program. The goal of the Office of Science Graduate Student Research program is to prepare graduate students for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (careers critically important to the…

Free UC Entrepreneurship Academy this Spring

April 5 through April 9, 2021 The UC Entrepreneurship Academy helps students, postdocs and faculty in all academic disciplines and fields gain the knowledge and networks needed to identify, develop and validate the commercial potential of your research or idea. UC Berkeley graduate students are encourage to register! During a…

2021 Berkeley Food Institute Food Justice Writing Contest

The concept of food justice argues that a history of structural gender and class inequities, and racially motivated policies have excluded marginalized communities from easy access to healthy foods, as described by Kirsten Cadieux and Rachel Slocum in “What does it mean to do food justice?” The COVID-19 pandemic has only…
Grad Slam 2021 Berkeley Graduate Division

Watch Our First-Ever Virtual Grad Slam!

Watch seven graduate student semi-finalists compete to be the Berkeley Champion! We’re thrilled to announce that Adélaïde Bernard was awarded first place in the Berkeley Grad Slam for her presentation titled, “Hungry Unicorns: How Antennas in Your Neurons Control Appetite.” Second place went to Neta Gotlieb for “The Impact of Stress on Pregnancy.” Iemaan Rana was…
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Join the Graduate Division as we #GoBigforGrads during this year’s Big Give! 

On Thursday, March 11, UC Berkeley’s annual 24-hour fundraising campaign kicks off and we could use your help. Big Give, designed to celebrate all that makes Berkeley special, provides thousands of alumni, current students, parents, faculty, staff, and friends an opportunity to show some school spirit and support Cal for years to come.

Free Membership with the New York Academy of Sciences

Become a Member of the New York Academy of Sciences For over 200 years the New York Academy of Sciences has helped scientists, engineers, and innovators pursue successful careers. As an Institutional Member of the Academy, UC Berkeley’s Visiting Researcher…

Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Israel — 9/15/2021

The United States-Israel Educational Foundation (USIEF), plans to award eight grants to U.S. postdoctoral scholars who seek to pursue research at Israeli institutions of higher education. Grants are open to researchers in all academic disciplines and support programs of work in Israel for up to 20 months (two…