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Urmila Venkatesh brings 20+ years of higher education experience to her current role as a coach, facilitator, and Assistant Director of Alumni Career Education at Stanford University. Prior to this role, Venkatesh taught in Stanford’s Life Design Lab and was the Assistant Dean of Career Education for PhDs and Postdocs. Urmila is dedicated to helping students find meaningful careers in and beyond academia by identifying and showcasing the transferable lifelong skills and knowledge gained from their academic training, extracurricular pursuits, and life experiences of all kinds. Venkatesh holds a Bachelor’s in Architecture from the University of California Berkeley and a Master’s in Fine Arts from the University of Michigan.

This interactive workshop series is your complete introduction to programming in R for people with little or no previous programming experience. It covers the basics of using RStudio, creating variables, working with data frames, and starting to analyse your data using summary statistics and data visualization.

This four-part interactive workshop series is your complete introduction to Python programming for people with little or no previous programming experience. By the end of the series, you will be able to apply your knowledge of basic principles of programming and data manipulation to a real-world social science application.

This engaging and beginner-friendly workshop offers a clear introduction to the fundamental concepts underlying modern AI tools like ChatGPT. Participants will learn about core concepts including machine learning and neural networks, and explore the capabilities and limitations of AI chatbots. Through clear explanations, real-world examples, and interactive activities, this session is ideal for anyone interested in demystifying AI and exploring what it can—and can’t—do. In this workshop, we provide a basic and relatively non-technical introduction to the foundational concepts underlying contemporary AI tools. First, we’ll cover the fundamentals of AI, Machine Learning, and Neural Networks/Deep Learning. Then, we’ll examine the capabilities and limitations of contemporary AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity, and outline best practices for the use of such tools.

What is the relevance of the academy to achieving social justice? What does it mean to be a social change scholar? How can the academy be (re-)made to reflect the diversity and complexity of society, where students and communities have active voices and roles in shaping the pedagogy, research approaches, and policy production of the research university? For more than four decades, ISSI's Graduate Fellows Program has provided mentorship, training and support to doctoral students engaged in social change scholarship. This one-day symposium features the current first-year Graduate Fellows sharing their work in progress. Each panel includes one respondent.

The CDSS Data Discovery Symposium is an opportunity for undergraduate students and faculty to showcase innovative projects, discuss emerging data science research, and connect with the broader academic community. The event will feature presentations, networking opportunities, and a keynote speaker.

Please RSVP for "RTL & Faculty: In Conversation", where we'll be having an informal conversation with instructors who have actively engaged with RTL’s services and resources. This panel-style event will feature instructors sharing their experiences, strategies, and reflections on how they’ve incorporated RTL-supported tools, spaces, and programs into their teaching. Whether you’re curious about what’s possible or looking for inspiration, this is a great chance to hear directly from your colleagues. This hybrid event will be held on May 7th, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM in person in 117 Dwinelle Hall (Academic Innovation Studio) and also on Zoom. Registrants will be sent a Zoom link and bCal invite as the session date draws near. 

This introductory workshop covers basics of Git using command line (Bash). We will cover key concepts and workflows, including version control, repository creation, branching, merging, and collaboration. You'll gain hands-on experience navigating Git, managing repositories, and contributing to projects, making it easier to streamline your work and collaborate with others.

This event aims to celebrate joy in teaching and learning, foster community, and uplift instructor and student voices. For this year’s theme, we hope to explore the relationship between student voice and liberation. The theme - “Student Voice, Liberation, and the Places We Teach” - is grounded in the work of Paulo Freire and his awareness of education as a means for learners to develop a critical consciousness of oppression and, in the process, discover their own agency for change. What does it mean for UC Berkeley to be a site for liberation?

Register to learn about GradPro's Check-in Groups. All UC Berkeley graduate students are welcome to attend. In GradPro Check-in Groups, you'll meet weekly with small groups of fellow graduate students to set goals, share resources and experiences, reflect on your values and priorities, and discuss topics and struggles related to life as a graduate student. Check-in Groups provide accountability and structure to help you get the most out of your Summer semester! What you'll learn in the info sessions: -The goals and philosophy of the check-in groups -What a typical session format looks like -What past graduate student participants think about their experience -How registration works GENERAL INFO SESSIONS: Session #1: Tuesday, May 13th, 2025 from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m. PT via Zoom Session #2: Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 from 2:00 to 2:30 p.m. PT via Zoom Registration for the info sessions will close the day before each session at 5 p.m. PT. Please note that registering for an info session is separate from Check-in Group registration, which will open from May 19th to May 23rd.

Professor Sheila Teves will share career and job search advice in an informal conversation over Zoom, 45-60 minutes in length. Learn what hiring looks like at UBC - bring your questions to the discussion! Speaker bio: Dr. Sheila Teves is an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Mechanisms of Gene Regulation at the University of British Columbia. She received her PhD at the University of Washington in Seattle, and during her postdoctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley, she studied how transcription programs are maintained and regulated during the cell cycle, using genomics and super resolution single molecule imaging. In July 2018, Dr. Teves started her own group at the University of British Columbia, combining diverse techniques such as genomics and single molecule imaging to address basic biological questions on transcription regulation, chromatin biology, and cell identity.

Graduate Professional Development (GradPro) is hiring three doctoral students to join their team of Professional Development Liaisons (PDLs). We're looking for graduate students who are ready to serve as a peer leader and give back to the campus community. PDLs will help students in every program and discipline build skills, succeed in their programs, and launch their careers. Candidates should have a demonstrated commitment to graduate student professional development and to supporting students from groups that have been historically underrepresented in higher education. Candidates must also have at least two years of experience as a graduate student at UC Berkeley. If you are interested in learning more about the role, check out our call for applications.