What Does Graduate Division Do for Students? How does the Graduate Division work both behind the scenes, and sometimes at front and center, to help you navigate the path to your degree?
Don’t Miss the Berkeley Grad Slam Championship! Come cheer on graduate students as they present their three-minute research talks on April 5, 2017, 3 – 5:30 pm, 309 Sproul Hall. The winner will represent Berkeley in the UC campus-wide Grad Slam.
Critical Support for the Student-Parent Juggling Act Since inception of the Back-Up Child Care program in 2003, approximately 660 students have registered; doctoral and master’s students outnumber undergraduate students by more than two to one.
Getting the Mentoring You Need The success of mentoring relationships depends not only on faculty but also on you as the mentee. Check out a dozen specific steps you can take to get the mentoring you need.
For the Love of Chemistry: Meet PhD Candidate Teresa Williams Love of one's field sparks perseverance toward the Ph.D., as one doctoral candidate reveals to another.
Shilpa Raja Awarded High Honors by the Material Research Society Shilpa Raja, who recently received her doctoral degree from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, was awarded "Graduate Student Gold” for quality research.
Berkeley Graduate Lectures Fall 2016 Check out this Fall's lectures — free and open to the public — with exciting and distinguished speakers.
Enriching the Graduate Student Experience Graduate student mentors Naniette H. Coleman and Sarah Macdonald share their passions for writing and research with mentees, and show how professional development can help students flourish.
MacArthur “Genius” Reflects on His Graduate Student Years at Berkeley Ethic Studies PhD alumnus Josh Kun highlights how campus funding empowered him as a graduate student and how awards — in his case, a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship — validate working in non-traditional fields.
Jorge Calderon: Investing in the Future of Colombian Students The Columbian Graduate Student Fellowship created by Jorge Calderon, assists Berkeley students with a strong connection to Colombia who are studying economics, engineering, mathematics, or the physical or life sciences. He hopes that this fellowship will allow high-caliber students to reach their maximum potential and contribute to Colombia.
Tropical Biology and Ships Ignacio Escalante, Ph.D. candidate and short-term fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), conducts evolutionary biology and animal behavior research for his dissertation at Barro Colorado Island.
Berkeley Crowdfunding Launches New October Projects This October, two of the eleven Berkeley crowdfunding projects are being managed in part by graduate students who are going above and beyond to ensure the campaign’s success.
Summer 2016 — La Selva: Featured Student Essay My research brought me to a mysterious, tropical environment in Peru -- la selva -- to learn more about Peru’s jungle gastronomy, which is unmatched by any other place in the world.
Featured Student Essay: Summer 2016 – Undergraduate Research Experiences in STEM Fields How summer internships at the Berkeley Lab led to a job and then to graduate studies!
Food Access, Research, and Social Justice Food issues are hot on campus now, and graduate students are in the thick of the mix.
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructors Honored at Annual Award Ceremonies On May 3, 2016, more than 200 GSIs were recognized for their exemplary teaching at the annual Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (OGSI) Award Ceremony.
Josefina Lundblad-Janjic Wins the 2016 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Josefina Lundblad-Janjic was selected by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation as a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow for 2016.
Emily Yette Wins the 2016 Philip Brett LGBT Studies Fellowship This spring Emily Yette, a doctoral candidate in Epidemiology, became the fourth recipient of UC Berkeley’s Philip Brett LGBT Studies Fellowship.
The Ausfahl Family Gives Back Bill Ausfahl established the Ausfahl Chair in Philosophy, which provides a stable, predictable source of funding for a professor to apply to research and to supporting top graduate students.
Faculty Recognized by Mentorship Awards On April 13, 2016, five faculty members were honored with the Carol D. Soc Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Award and Graduate Assembly Faculty Mentor Award.