Native/Indigenous graduate students help build a more culturally-responsive campus Each November, we commemorate Native American Heritage Month by acknowledging and recognizing the heritage and contributions (past, present and future) of Native and Indigenous people. However, the various ways in which our Native/Indigenous students impact Berkeley extend well beyond a particular month or day. These students’ multifaceted experiences not only help to inform their individual identities, but also help build a more culturally-responsive campus community.
Staying Connected: Latinx students celebrate their heritage through community Latinx Heritage Month (observed September 15-October 15) signifies a time to recognize, honor, and celebrate the resilience, contributions, and cultures of Latinx,…
Fellowships Support Graduate Student Success Graduate students at Berkeley are fearless adventurers, pushing the boundaries of what we know about our world. Read more to learn what sparks the imaginations of our talented students and inspires their groundbreaking research, and how critical fellowship funding propels their success.
Berkeley Mastercard Foundation Scholar – Blazing the trail for women in tech Berkeley Mastercard Scholar Vivian Omondi is someone who practices the act of being the change she wishes to see in the world. With guidance from UC Berkeley alumni along the way, she has chartered a path to her own success.
Sara Ann Knutson: Traditional Archaeological Interpretations vs. Contemporary Public Perspectives Sara Ann Knutson Sara Ann Knutson is a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate in anthropology with a specialization in Scandinavian and Middle Eastern Archaeology.…
Sofi Chavez: Queer Kinship and Queer Secrecy Sofi Chavez Sofi Chavez is a third-year Ph.D. student in the Ethnic Studies department exploring queer kinship structures, queer secrecy, and the…
Daniela Medina: Uplifting People Closest to Incarceration Daniela Medina Daniela Medina, a second year master’s student in UC Berkeley’s Social Welfare program, dedicates her studies, work, and life to…
Anthropology Ph.D. student Valerie Black awarded prestigious Newcombe Fellowship Valerie Black Valerie Black, a 6th-year PhD student in the Department of Anthropology, was one of 22 students recently awarded the Charlotte…
Urte Laukaityte On the Interdisciplinarity of Philosophy and Psychiatry Urte Laukaityte When one thinks about philosophy, popular names like Aristotle, Nietzche and Kant come to mind. For someone who is not…
Laura Belik: Constructions of Space and their Multiple Memories Laura Belik, a fourth-year Architecture PhD candidate at UC Berkeley, looks at the spatial relations of memory and power within the migration…
Margiana Petersen-Rockney: Food Systems Adapting (Or Not) to Climate Change Margiana Petersen-Rockney, a 5th-year PhD student at UC Berkeley, was homeschooled on her mom’s diversified dairy goat farm in Massachusetts until she…
Ph.D. Student Kathy Shield’s Groundbreaking Research on Radioactivity Ph.D. student Kathy Shields working in a campus lab.Photographer: Marilyn Sargent “I kind of joke that nuclear engineering is like any…
#ChooseBerkeley – Sean Darling-Hammond Sean Darling-Hammond (he/his) Can you describe your program and what your research is about? “I am a 4th year PhD student at…
2021 Berkeley SciComm Fellows Congratulations to the 2021 Berkeley SciComm Fellows! Twelve emerging scientists have been selected as Berkeley SciComm Fellows! Science at Cal would like…
Two UC Berkeley Ph.D. Students Named Newcombe Fellows Two UC Berkeley Ph.D. students have been named 2020 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellows: E.C. Feiss (History of Art) and Juliana…
Graduate Students Recognized with Chancellor’s Awards for Public Service Chancellor’s Awards for Public Service Each year, the Chancellor recognizes students, staff, faculty, and community partnerships that embody UC Berkeley’s proud tradition…
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.
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.