September 2022

Cal DSP Welcome

July 15, 2023

Understanding disability accommodations at Berkeley for grad students

Let’s start off with the data. The Disabled Students’ Program (DSP) serves over 5,000 students, approximately 11% of the students enrolled at UC Berkeley.  Nearly 15% of DSP students (755 as of July 29, 2022) are graduate students who chose to contact DSP and apply for accommodations. The…

September 22, 2022

Staying Connected: Latinx students celebrate their heritage through community

Q: Tell us about your experience as a graduate student at Berkeley. Have you encountered any challenges? If so, how were/are you able to push past them? Miguel: I’m a first-generation low-income Chicanx-identified genderqueer student, who used to be large-bodied and recently realized they are neurodivergent. My first…