Nearly 30 UC Berkeley Graduate Programs Top 10 in Latest New U.S. News Report In an exciting new development, U.S. News released their first round of 2024 rankings for graduate schools – identifying nearly 30 UC Berkeley graduate programs as Top 10 programs in the country.
Public Health Changemaker: Q&A with Forbes 30 Under 30, Iemaan Rana Iemaan Rana, a Public Health Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley, is one of this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 Achievement for Science recipients. Iemaan is the first person ever to simultaneously pursue an M.D. (at the University of Illinois) and Ph.D. at two different institutions, and her research focuses on carcinogenic exposures.
Office for Graduate Diversity Hosts Annual Weekend Visit On March 16 and 17, 136 admitted graduate students visited UC Berkeley’s campus as a part of the University’s Diversity Days. The Diversity Days experience is hosted by the Office for Graduate Diversity and reserved for first-generation and low-income admits as well as admits who’ve graduated from an HBCU, TCU, or HSI.
UC Berkeley is a Fulbright Top Producing Institution For years, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program has allowed some of the brightest and most driven students an opportunity to conduct innovative research or teach internationally.
Diversity and Community Fellow attends Sacramento Advocacy Day with University of California Graduate and Professional Council! In her commitment to advancing the interests of UC Berkeley's graduate students, Anna Judson participated in the University of California Graduate and Professional Council's Sacramento Advocacy Day.
Exciting Renovations at the Inclusive Excellence Hub Over the last four months, you may have walked by 2515 Channing Way and noticed work crews, painters, and even cement trucks. The Inclusive Excellence Hub, a vibrant and inclusive community space for underrepresented graduate students, was getting an update.
UC Berkeley Receives Prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Grant to Transform STEM Doctoral Programs On January 11, we received the good news that UC Berkeley has been awarded a prestigious Alfred P. Sloan grant to host a Sloan Center for Systemic Change.
UC Berkeley’s Mace: A Commencement Ceremony Icon The afternoon of Saturday December 16 saw Haas Pavilion filled with almost 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students alongside over 6,000 friends and family members to celebrate the commencement of the Class of 2023.
Path to the Professoriate: Advancing Diversity in Academia Since Fall 2020, the Office for Graduate Diversity’s (OGD) Path to the Professoriate (P2P) program has hosted four cohorts and more than 300 underrepresented doctoral students. P2P is designed to prepare first-year doctoral students from underrepresented backgrounds for assistant professorships and academic publication.
Berkeley Graduate Students get access to Merck Research Laboratories through flagship industrial partnership It was an exhilarating day filled with exciting discoveries for eight Berkeley graduate students affiliated with the Inclusive Excellence Hub. The Hub sent this cohort of masters and doctoral students from a variety of disciplines to take part in the Scientific Engagement and Emerging Discovery Sciences (SEEDS) Symposium organized by Merck Research Laboratories in South San Francisco.
20 Years in the Making: Berkeley Space Center In an exciting development announced on Monday October 16th, UC Berkeley will be partnering with NASA Ames to construct a novel 36-acre research and innovation hub at Moffett Field in Silicon Valley, just 45 miles south of Berkeley’s campus.
UC Berkeley Ranked #1 Public University in the Country In a report released by US News on September 17th, UC Berkeley has yet again ranked #1 amongst national public universities, tying with UCLA. UC Berkeley has also been ranked #15 in all national universities; notably moving up from last year’s #20 ranking.
More than a Graduation Stole, a Family Tradition A hundred years after her great-great-grandmother, Master of Social Work graduate student Sarah Lance proudly continued her family's cherished tradition of wearing a family stole at graduation.
Meet Aliosha: Rhetoric Ph.D connects with Cyprus’ cultural heritage through his research After discovering his passion for rhetoric, Aliosha uses his summer to return to Cyprus and conduct fieldwork to uncover cultural heritage.
Developing the Tools of Tomorrow for the Problems of Today With data science on the move as one of the fastest growing majors at Berkeley, increasing demands for innovative ways to interpret and utilize the field have also swelled.
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.