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The Hybrid NIH Graduate and Professional School Fair will provide an opportunity for attendees to prepare for the next step in their careers by exploring educational programs leading to the PhD, MD, DDS, MD/PhD, and other graduate and professional degrees. The Office for Graduate Diversity will be present in person at this fair and look forward to meeting you!

Prospective Berkeley Graduate Students will be able to connect with members of the Berkeley community at the UMBC McNair Research Conference. This is an annual event in which attendees can: Network with important guests and speakers Get feedback on your research from faculty, staff, and peers Meet and mingle with colleagues during our business card mixer Evaluate your (or your student’s) progress in a national academic setting Visit nearby Universities such as Johns Hopkins, The University of Maryland, College Park, Georgetown University, American University, George Washington University, Howard University Cultural opportunities in the Baltimore/Washington area, including the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, The Great Blacks in Wax Museum, The American Visionary Art Museum, Ft. McHenry, The Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park, and the Inner Harbor!

Members of the Berkeley community are eager to meet you at the California Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education. The California Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education, planned by a consortium of public and private colleges and universities from throughout California, have been designed particularly to meet the needs of advanced undergraduates and master's candidates who belong to groups that are currently underrepresented in doctoral-level programs. The groups include low-income and first-generation college students and especially African Americans, American Indians, Chicanos/Latinos, Filipinos, Pacific Islanders, Asian American women, and Asian American men in the arts, humanities, and social and behavioral sciences. Each California Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education will bring together approximately 1,000 pre-selected, high-achieving undergraduate and master's students enrolled at colleges and universities within California. The students will explore graduate opportunities and resources by participating in numerous workshops conducted throughout the day. Universities and individual graduate programs offering academic master's and/or Ph.D. degrees are welcome to participate in the recruitment fairs that will take place concurrently with the other planned activities. Note that these events are for all disciplines except programs in medicine, dentistry, optometry, chiropractic, pharmacy, veterinary science, and law, all of which have their own recruiting networks.

The largest multidisciplinary and multicultural STEM diversity event in the country, the SACNAS conference is a gathering which serves to equip, empower, and energize participants for their academic and professional paths in STEM. Over the course of the event, college-level through professional attendees are immersed in cutting-edge STEM research, professional development sessions, motivational keynote speakers, and the Graduate School & Career Expo Hall, as well as multicultural celebrations and traditions, and an inclusive and welcoming community of peers, mentors, and role models. Simply put, the SACNAS conference is a broadly inclusive space where you are encouraged and empowered to bring your whole self to STEM.

Attend the Cal State East Bay Grad Fair and learn more about UC Berkeley and our graduate programs! Please pre-register for this in person event here.

Attend the San Jose State Grad Fair and learn more about UC Berkeley and our graduate programs! Please pre-register for this in person event here.

For over 20 years, the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS) – recipient of the 2019 AIMBE Excellence in STEM Education Award – has been the go-to conference for underrepresented community college, undergraduate and postbaccalaureate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. As ABRCMS has continued to grow and evolve, it has also become a space for graduate students, postdocs, faculty, program administrators and more. Plan to join us for ABRCMS 2023, taking place in-person, Nov. 15-18 in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Office for Graduate Diversity's Diversity and Community Fellows will be tabling at the Gabriel E. Gallardo Symposium Grad Fair on Monday, April 22, 2024, in-person at the University of Washington. Stop by to learn more about the graduate student experience at UC Berkeley, receive information about our graduate programs, and get added to our mailing list for more information and resources for all!