Cal grad student John Osborn and undergrad Reginald James win two of the first AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarships Of the half-dozen students selected to receive the new scholarships, two will use them at Berkeley, one pursuing a graduate degree, the other an undergraduate --- together comprising one-third of the first awards, if you're counting.
Fulbright International Education Administrators Program Through its short-term seminars, the Fulbright International Education Administrators Program can help U.S. higher education administrators establish lasting connections within the social,…
Will you run for Cal on April 15? I Run 4 Cal is an all-skill-level charity race to encourage donations to campus departments, scholarships, programs, and student groups. Cal students,…
Submitted for your perusal: student-faculty creations, through the ARC Fellows program In 2009 the Arts Research Center on campus created a new platform for faculty-student collaboration called the ARC Fellows program, in which…
Library pilot program — return your books at any campus library The University Library is quietly launching a pilot program to enable library users to return checked out materials from any campus library to…
Tang 360: We Want to Hear From You! Free Food (pizza, salad, fruit and cookies)! $10 Gift Card (Amazon or Target)! You already know what 360 degrees means, so what…
Party on the bay, stern-wheeler style, April 7 The Graduate Social Club is holding its annual Bay Cruise Saturday, April 7 from 7:30 to 11p.m., aboard the San Francisco Belle, a…
Graduate funding opportunities for February, March, and beyond Human Rights Center summer fellowships; Scholarships for children of California strawberry farmworkers; Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation Fellowship; Fellowships offered by the Institute of International Studies (IIS); CONICYT/BECAS Chile multi-year scholarships; Fulbright Scholar Competition
March and April teaching and mentoring: an award, workshops, and time to apply for an institute 2011 winner Susan Muller and her GSIs GSIs: do you have a great mentor? Nominate by March 5. Mentoring award nominations: Nominations…
More workshops in March and April: grant proposals, editing/revising, dissertation writing These workshops are presented by Graduate Division Academic Services. How to Write an Academic Grant Proposal Thursday, March 22, 2012, 3 to…
The Spring 2012 menu of Tanner and Graduate Council Lectures Samuel Scheffler, Kathryn Mickle Werdegar, Jonathan Barnes and Peter Singer
University Health Services provides a support group for female graduate students Are you a female graduate student? Have balance issues? Need confidence? Feel like and imposter? Join the Graduate Women's Support Group.
Top Dog with Top Dogs: a meet-and-eat event An afternoon of social networking and hot dogs at Alumni House. Admission comes with unlimited food and drink, and costs $3 per student. Register by February 22nd.
Would you like to work in Hong Kong? Learn about opportunities at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, which is offering an array of faculty positions in one of the world’s most alluring cities.
Fellowships: do people here get them? People do. Many apply, but few are chosen. Are any of those few from Berkeley? It’s unpredictable, but yes, it definitely happens. Here are some recent cases in point.
Deadlines coming up: faculty mentoring awards, master’s candidacy, and more Upcoming deadlines for Filing Fee application; Candidacy application for a Spring 2012 Master's degree; Sarlo, Faculty, and Outstanding Mentorship of GSI award nominations.
Ask questions and make suggestions at a Town Hall with the Dean on February 9 Help us improve your experience as a graduate student!
Interested in Operational Excellence? Maybe looking for a thesis or dissertation topic? Operational Excellence is a multi-project effort by UC Berkeley to improve operations and save money on the administrative expenditures, so that more of the budget can be devoted to teaching and research. Dean Szeri has been the faculty head of this effort since last January. As he wears two administrative hats, it's perhaps worthwhile to consider that OE (as Operational Excellence is known) may provide an interesting area to consider in your thesis or dissertation research.
You’re invited to the next forum (December 6) An important message from the Council of Deans Task Force on the Future of Public Universities.
Filing a thesis or dissertation for a fall degree? Do so by December 16 — electronically. You won't have to stand (or sit) in line! New this year: master's theses may now be filed electronically, too.