Berkeley Selects Champion for UC-Wide Grad Slam! Judges and “People’s Choice” voters agree on the winner to face off against peers from all UC campuses at the state-wide grand competition on May 4, 2017. Read More
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.
April 12, 2016 Fellowship Matters: Remarkable Scholars and Their Supporters (Katya Cherukumilli) Katya Cherukumilli teamed up with four other graduate students to develop a bauxite-based defluoridation technique for water sources that contain dangerously high levels of fluoride.
April 11, 2016 Meet Ben Gould: Berkeley Mayoral Candidate Ben Gould, a 2nd year dual-degree student pursuing Master’s degrees in Environmental Engineering and in Public Policy, announced his intention to run for mayor of Berkeley.
March 11, 2016 Don’t Miss the Berkeley Grad Slam Championship! — 3/28/2016 See Berkeley’s 10 graduate student semi-finalists present their research in 3 minutes, TED-Talk style!
March 11, 2016 Meet the Winners of the 2016 Distinguished Fellows Video Contest In these inspiring videos, four fellowship recipients explain what brought them to Berkeley and where they plan to go next.
March 11, 2016 Fellowship Matters: Remarkable Scholars and Their Supporters (Laura Sofen) First-year doctoral student in Chemistry, Laura Sofen is the recipient of the 2015 Joe Lurie Returning Peace Corps Volunteer Gateway Fellowship, which provides room and board at International House.
March 7, 2016 Spring Break on a Budget Spring break is right around the corner, but you don’t need to break the bank to have a memorable vacation!
February 9, 2016 Meet Daniel Zimardi — Professional Development Resource Coordinator Daniel Zimardi joins Berkeley Graduate Division as the Professional Development Resource Coordinator for the newly formed Graduate Professional Services (GPS) initiative.
January 15, 2016 Graduate Diversity Program Welcomes New Leadership! With the New Year, GDP welcomes a new director, Assistant Dean for Graduate Diversity, Abby Rincon.
January 15, 2016 Meet Larissa Charnsangavej, Graduate Student Life Coordinator I’m Larissa Charnsangavej and I am so excited to join the Graduate Division as its first Graduate Student Community Coordinator.
January 15, 2016 Spring Berkeley Graduate and Tanner Lectures — Not to Be Missed! See who will be speaking at these inspiring, free lectures.
December 15, 2015 Gratitude Can Help You Get Through the Holidays For many of us the holidays can be a very stressful time. Here is some expert advice on how the practice of gratitude can help.
November 13, 2015 Rewarding Berkeley’s Aspiring Scientists Seven Berkeley doctoral students traded in lab coats for formal wear to attend the 45th Annual Scholar Awards Luncheon of ARCS on October 29, 2015.
November 12, 2015 GPS Center Opens Doors to Career Paths Within and Beyond Academia On October 22, graduate students and postdocs joined faculty and staff for a festive ribbon-cutting celebration at the new Center for Graduate Professional Services (GPS).
November 12, 2015 Yu-Hui Lin is Celebrated as this Year’s Una Fellow Yu-Hui (Amy) Lin, a Ph.D. candidate in Ethnic Studies was awarded this year’s Una Fellowship. The Una fellowship is awarded each year to an outstanding woman graduate student studying history at Berkeley.
October 27, 2015 New Center for Graduate Professional Services (GPS) Opens Doors to Help Graduate Students Navigate Career Paths Graduate students and postdocs now have a central go-to resource to help them explore how their studies can prepare them for career paths, both within and beyond academia. The festive ribbon-cutting celebration held on October 22, 2015 at the Center for Graduate Professional Services (GPS).
October 16, 2015 Fellowship Matters: Remarkable Scholars and Their Supporters (Luke Patterson) With generous support from the Alan Dundes Graduate Fellowship, Luke Patterson has been able to make an unimaginable intellectual journey halfway around the world.
September 11, 2015 New! Graduate Professional Development Services (GPS) When is the right time for graduate students to think about career directions? It’s never too late — or too soon! At every stage of your studies, Graduate Professional Services (GPS) is here to help.
September 7, 2015 Don’t Miss the Fall Berkeley Graduate Lectures Series Aldous Huxley, Noam Chomsky and Stephen Hawking. These are just some of the speakers who have lectured at the university as part of UC Berkeley’s Graduate Lectures Series.
July 14, 2015 New Graduate Student Orientation Kickstarts Careers and Friendships Do you have questions about the resources available on campus? The annual New Graduate Student Orientation provides information on health insurance, professional development services and more.