Cal Massage Offers a Soothing Discount to Cal Grad Students Treat yourself to a relaxing and therapeutic massage with a 35% discount.
Get on Track with these Career Center Opportunities Opportunities with McKinsey & Company, Habib University Foundation, and a Call for Panelists for the 2013 PhD Career Colloquium.
25th Annual I-House Celebration and Awards Gala You are invited to join the International House community April 18th for its annual gala, this year honoring Ambassador Kenneth D. Taylor (IH '57-'59) and Dr. Patricia E. Taylor (IH '58-'60) in recognition of their heroism during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. Tickets to the fundraising dinner and exciting raffles can be purchased online.
Nonresident? Adjust Your Residency Status for Tuition Purposes If you are a nonresident and believe you are eligible for resident status, you may submit an online Residence Classification Petition (RCP) on Bear Facts between May 1st 2013 and June 1st 2013 to ensure your petition is reviewed before the fall 2013 fee payment deadline.
Violence-Prevention Education Requirement Reminder All incoming students - including graduate students and professional school students - are expected to attend one training session, in person, to fulfill a UC Systemwide requirement for violence-prevention education.
A springful of great lectures The University of California, Berkeley, sponsors a variety of public lectures. The lectureships present eminent scholars, Nobel laureates, and prominent figures to the University and San Francisco Bay Area community. Graduate Council and Tanner Lectures are free and no tickets are required.
Aiming to be faculty? Prepare yourself! (With help.) The aim of this institute is to enable graduate students to excel in all aspects of academic life as they pursue an advanced degree at Berkeley and transition from graduate school to future academic careers.
Become a more productive writer in 2013 Do you have writing goals for your thesis or dissertation in the new year? Have you resolved to be a more productive writer in 2013? Join, for free, a community of writers sharing advice and strategies twice a month via email.
MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program Berkeley has its first crop of graduate and undergraduate students in the new the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program, which helps financially disadvantaged students from Sub-Saharan Africa. Meet the first three grad students, who hail from Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda.
2012 at Berkeley: a quick look back A year with leaping lizards and tailed robots, a $60-million-dollar institute for Berkeley, a theory proven 40 years later, a crucial election, and a transition at the very top of the campus food chain.
A quick guide to fellowships and grants Money doesn't grow on trees. But some of it is in fact available for picking, if you're willing to invest a bit of effort and persistence.
Between now and next semester A short list of important dates, including deadlines for filing thesis and dissertation, for In-Absentia registration, and for nominating faculty members for mentoring honors. Oh, and holidays!
Center for Race and Gender seeks presentation proposals by November 19 Make a presentation --- an an individual or as part of a panel --- on emerging research on race, gender, and their intersections.
Speciesism seminar November 15 and beyond A series of seminars and public outreach events aimed at inspiring a global dialogue on the relationships of humans to the rest of the natural world.
Building new research on how students learn into the ways they’re taught If you're going to teach, knowing how students really learn is an advantage.
It takes a partnership: alumni, professors, corporations say thank you to Berkeley How gratitude turns into fellowships and other opportunities for new generations of graduate students
WarnMe: new options for emergency notification Have you updated your WarnMe contact options? WarnMe is a campus service that exists to save live, including yours.
International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) Program — 11/7/2012 The IDRF offers 9 to 12 months of support. Fellowship amounts vary depending on the research plan, with a per-fellowship average of $20,000. Eighty fellowships are awarded annually for empirical and site-specific research that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies.
Coming this fall: a season of great lectures Distinguished speakers present lectures on the future of American politics, intelligence and the brain, religion and history, and global income inequality. Admission is free.
Two opportunities from University Health Services Bring the graduate student perspective to Tang Center leaders as a member of the Student Health Advisory Commiittee. Also: a workshop with lots of how-to information about breastfeeding your baby.