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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
U.S. Department of Energy Awards Student for Wind Energy Outreach ERG student, Joe Rand, recently received national recognition for his contribution to wind energy deployment.
The ‘Woz’ Steve Wozniak Awarded Alumnus of the Year Apple co-founder and alumnus Steve Wozniak has been a big supporter of Cal for nearly three decades.
ERG Students Achieve National Recognition for Groundbreaking Studies In honor of the upcoming Earth Week, we're featuring two Energy and Resources Group students whose research has earned national press coverage.
First-Year Graduate Student Takes on the Biggest Story of Her Life When journalism student Harriet Rowan began researching campaign reports at UC Berkeley, she didn't realize it would land her in the media spotlight.
Jessica Reilly Sails Around Latin America with International Fellowship Energy and Resources Group Ph.D. student studies the impact of rising sea levels on coastal life.
Fellowship Matters: Remarkable Scholars and Their Supporters Selina Shieunda Makana is a PhD student in African American Diaspora Studies (AADS) from Kenya, and benefits from fellowship support made possible…
School of Public Health Alumna Examines Decentralized California Health Care in Dissertation Alumna Megan Vanneman ’13 was in her third year at the School of Public Health when she became interested in examining the effects of the decentralized public mental health care system in California. Last month Vanneman's dissertation was published…
Graduate Student Mimics Flight of Birds with Robots Cameron Rose loves anything that flies. So much, in fact, that he has devoted his life to building robotic drones that fly like birds.
Meet Graduate Student Paige Johnson A graduate student at the Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies, Paige came to UC Berkeley following a year in Indonesia on a Fulbright grant.
Student in School of Social Welfare Studies Sex Trafficking Lynsey Clark, a master’s degree student at UC Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare, recently published an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, focusing on the child sex trafficking epidemic in her local community.
Meet David Spiciarich, UC Berkeley Chemistry Student and Lindau Fellow Spiciarich was nominated in 2012 to represent the US at the annual meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, along with a selected group of graduate students.
Hooked on Sailing through Cal Adventures Public Health graduate student Rachel Weintrab is hooked on sailing through Cal Adventures
Landing Your First Job After Graduation Check out a guide we prepared for you and get advice from a graduate student who landed a great first position with IBM Africa.
Life after dissertation: What’s next for degree recipients? Anna Spurlock, a graduate student in Agricultural and Resource Economics, completed her dissertation this spring. Now she plans to spend her time at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researching energy efficiency related topics.