Inspiring Legislators to Support Graduate Research Berkeley students join peers at the State Capitol to advocate for research funding to UC. Read More
March 14, 2017 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.
January 11, 2017 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.
October 23, 2016 Berkeley Graduate Lectures Fall 2016 Check out this Fall’s lectures — free and open to the public — with exciting and distinguished speakers.
October 21, 2016 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.
October 19, 2016 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.
October 18, 2016 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.
October 13, 2016 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.
October 13, 2016 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.
September 6, 2016 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.
August 15, 2016 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!
July 19, 2016 Food Access, Research, and Social Justice Food issues are hot on campus now, and graduate students are in the thick of the mix.
June 7, 2016 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.
May 27, 2016 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.
May 24, 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.
May 17, 2016 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.
May 12, 2016 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.
May 11, 2016 Meet Tesla Monson, Host of KALX’s “The Graduates” Tesla Monson, a fourth year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Integrative Biology, is the host and producer of “The Graduates,” a science radio talk show that airs on KALX 90.7.
April 14, 2016 Finalist for UC-wide Competition Chosen at Berkeley’s Grad Slam Ten Berkeley graduate students competed on Monday, March 28, 2016, as semi-finalists for a spot in the ten-campus University of California Grad Slam competition that will take place on April 22.
April 13, 2016 Berkeley Ph.D. Students Shine at Graduate Research Advocacy Day This March marked the seventh year that UC Berkeley has participated in the Graduate Research & Education Advocacy Day in Sacramento.
April 13, 2016 Spotlight on Fulbright Scholars: Cristobal Madero Cristobal Madero is a doctoral student in the area of Education Policy and a Fulbright scholar. After 10 years of teaching in Chile, he came to Berkeley to research how schools might help teachers develop a passion for their profession.