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Follow these six steps to turn your podcast idea into a reality.
This UC-sponsored competition is designed to showcase graduate student research for a general audience.
A new website provides resources for crafting a successful process with your mentor.
Thought-provoking lectures presented by a diverse line up of distinguished speakers.
Electrical Engineering PhD student Mindy Perkins puts theory into practice in a biology lab in Basel, Switzerland.
Ramsay Boly, a first year student in the Master of Development Practice Program, follows his passion, leading him to a life-changing experience in Taiwan.
This fellowship season, find your next grant, scholarship and fellowship on our list!
It also Inspired a Berkeley grad to apply to the Goldman School of Public Policy.
Seven UC Graduate Deans advocate for graduate education.
Graduate student researcher collects data to help determine the future of the whitebark pine.
Wherever you plan to celebrate your holidays, remember to schedule some time with family and friends to enjoy the season, locally.
Master of Social Welfare Student Iris Lin travels around the world to connect with her family members.
In search of solutions at the intersection of finance and social change.
Master of Public Policy student, Emily Alter focuses on participatory social justice research with the informal workers of Warwick Junction.
Doctoral candidate, Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez is inspired by her father to write a history of Philippine botany during the Spanish-to-U.S. colonial transition at the turn of the century.
Berkeley graduate students receive career planning guidance and employment-related assistance from the Career Center.
Fifth year PhD researcher travels to India to study rare Persian manuscripts
Three more Berkeley students bring home $15,000 Switzer Environmental Fellowship awards to help them tackle environmental challenges.
A graduate student uses her newly-developed skills to consider the nuanced perspective a young scientist may have with their role in the scientific community.
New on campus? Use this to-do list to jumpstart your time at Berkeley.
Graduate students can find assistance through Cal Student Central and Graduate Student Services. What can they offer you?
Thought-provoking lectures presented by a diverse line-up of distinguished speakers.
Fellows are recognized for their scholarly excellence and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research.
New to Berkeley? The New Graduate Student Orientation on August 21 will help you find answers to your questions and help you jump-start your academic year.
As the fall semester approaches, many international students are preparing for their journey ahead. We have compiled a resource list in conjunction with Berkeley International Office to help smooth the transition.
One of the first challenges facing new Cal students is finding a place to call home, whether on- or off-campus. Cal Housing has some tips and suggestions that can help with your search.
The Gateway Fellowship Program provides annual fellowships to UC Berkeley doctoral students in collaboration with the Graduate Division and the recipient’s academic program.
A day in the life of an emergency response worker.
Reflections on the field notes I recorded during my 2015 research trip to the National Pinoy Archives at the Filipino American National Historical Society in Seattle, Washington.
An interdisciplinary research project investigates anti-gay bias in child custody courts.
You worked hard last semester; now it’s time to relax and explore the exciting activities in and around the Bay Area. Whether you’re looking for festivals, hiking, or family-oriented fun, the summer offers myriad possibilities!
A graduate student’s research inspires at Cal Day.
Berkeley’s contestant in the UC-wide Grad Slam edges out stiff competition that showcases graduate student research.
Why fruit flies are key to the aromas and flavors of wine.
Six students in humanities and social services receive prestigious dissertation-writing fellowship!
Annual Graduate Mentoring Awards Ceremony honored five faculty members.
Consult this guide for tips on safety, health, and well-being if you’ll be traveling outside the U.S.
Graduate students deliver three-minute talks and win cash prizes.
Berkeley graduate students headed to Sacramento to educate lawmakers about the importance of graduate research and its contribution to California’s economy and progress.
Wolves and humans: the continuing struggle for territory in the US West.
Three holders of prestigious fellowships show and tell what makes Berkeley, and their studies, special!
How tramping across rice paddies in Thailand can help unravel tropical diseases and improve public health.
This video illuminates the legacy of a revered Berkeley professor, physicist, and pioneer in energy conservation.
Helping students help the public understand their research and its value for everyone.
Eight graduate students presented compelling three-minute narratives about their humanities and social science research.
Exploring connections among cinema, landscape design, local culture, and community identity.
Social Welfare PhD student honored for study on child maltreatment.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee recognizes the successful advocacy of two Berkeley graduate students.
Since 1904, hundreds of lecturers have visited Berkeley to share their research and thoughts. Here is a brief description of what we’ll be featuring this spring.
Study Abroad in Ghana led an MSW student to summer research in Uganda.
Graduate Writing Center helps graduate students polish the skills needed to write productively.
Thirteen doctoral students who are honored ARCS recipients were feted at the Ritz Carlton by the Foundation.
Ignacio Escalante, PhD candidate in ESPM, illustrates his field work and studies of a group of arachnids in southwestern Costa Rica.
The “good efforts” of a Korean linguist-in-training lead to warm rewards in Finland.
Read how one alumna supports career skills development for current students!
The Public Service Center celebrates 50 years of serving the greater good with personal reflections and service stories from alums like Congresswoman Barbara Lee, ’75.
Visionary philanthropists support graduate studies for immigrants and children of immigrants.
Kim Fong, graduate student in the School of Information, shares her cross-country road trip from Berkeley to a technology policy summer internship in Washington, DC.
Kevin Weaver, studying at Berkeley Law, explores social justice issues in education and on the Berkeley streets.
The Graduate Division is always working to improve the graduate student experience — including prospective students!
Bernardo S. Hinojosa, a PhD student in Literature, spent his summer at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies (PIMS) in Toronto, working towards a diploma in Manuscript Studies, and conducting research.
Check out this Fall’s lectures — free and open to the public — with exciting and distinguished speakers.
New Vice Chancellor for Equity & Inclusion seeks to advance student diversity and community.
A first-time graduate student researcher shares practical tips for effectively mentoring a summer intern.
Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History, receives the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation award and a Phi Beta Kappa Fellowship.
Seven faculty members were honored for their outstanding mentoring of graduate students.
Exploring the black queer past leads a young scholar to imagine the future.
On March 22, nearly 200 graduate students, donors, faculty and staff celebrated the distinguished fellows who hold prestigious multi-year fellowships as well as the generous supporters who help sustain the excellence of graduate education at Berkeley. Throughout the evening, Alumni House … Continued
On March 22, scores of graduate students celebrated how fellowships support their studies. View the winning entries of the video contest — the highlight of this annual event.
How does the Graduate Division work both behind the scenes, and sometimes at front and center, to help you navigate the path to your degree?
Come cheer on graduate students as they present their three-minute research talks on April 5, 2017, 3 – 5:30 pm, 309 Sproul Hall. The winner will represent Berkeley in the UC campus-wide Grad Slam.
Shilpa Raja, who recently received her doctoral degree from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, was awarded “Graduate Student Gold” for quality research.
Check out this Fall’s lectures — free and open to the public — with exciting and distinguished speakers.
Graduate student mentors Naniette H. Coleman and Sarah Macdonald share their passions for writing and research with mentees, and show how professional development can help students flourish.
Ethic Studies PhD alumnus Josh Kun highlights how campus funding empowered him as a graduate student and how awards — in his case, a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship — validate working in non-traditional fields.
The Columbian Graduate Student Fellowship created by Jorge Calderon, assists Berkeley students with a strong connection to Colombia who are studying economics, engineering, mathematics, or the physical or life sciences. He hopes that this fellowship will allow high-caliber students to reach their maximum potential and contribute to Colombia.
Ignacio Escalante, Ph.D. candidate and short-term fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), conducts evolutionary biology and animal behavior research for his dissertation at Barro Colorado Island.
This October, two of the eleven Berkeley crowdfunding projects are being managed in part by graduate students who are going above and beyond to ensure the campaign’s success.
My research brought me to a mysterious, tropical environment in Peru — la selva — to learn more about Peru’s jungle gastronomy, which is unmatched by any other place in the world.
How summer internships at the Berkeley Lab led to a job and then to graduate studies!
Food issues are hot on campus now, and graduate students are in the thick of the mix.
On May 3, 2016, more than 200 GSIs were recognized for their exemplary teaching at the annual Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (OGSI) Award Ceremony.
Regarded as a prophet in his own time, Arthur H. Rosenfeld drove California to become a global leader in energy efficiency.
Josefina Lundblad-Janjic was selected by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation as a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow for 2016.
This spring Emily Yette, a doctoral candidate in Epidemiology, became the fourth recipient of UC Berkeley’s Philip Brett LGBT Studies Fellowship.
Bill Ausfahl established the Ausfahl Chair in Philosophy, which provides a stable, predictable source of funding for a professor to apply to research and to supporting top graduate students.
On April 13, 2016, five faculty members were honored with the Carol D. Soc Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Award and Graduate Assembly Faculty Mentor Award.
Tesla Monson, a fourth year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Integrative Biology, is the host and producer of “The Graduates,” a science radio talk show that airs on KALX 90.7.
Ten Berkeley graduate students competed on Monday, March 28, 2016, as semi-finalists for a spot in the ten-campus University of California Grad Slam competition that will take place on April 22.
This March marked the seventh year that UC Berkeley has participated in the Graduate Research & Education Advocacy Day in Sacramento.
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.
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.
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.
See Berkeley’s 10 graduate student semi-finalists present their research in 3 minutes, TED-Talk style!
In these inspiring videos, four fellowship recipients explain what brought them to Berkeley and where they plan to go next.
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.
Spring break is right around the corner, but you don’t need to break the bank to have a memorable vacation!
Daniel Zimardi joins Berkeley Graduate Division as the Professional Development Resource Coordinator for the newly formed Graduate Professional Services (GPS) initiative.
With the New Year, GDP welcomes a new director, Assistant Dean for Graduate Diversity, Abby Rincon.
I’m Larissa Charnsangavej and I am so excited to join the Graduate Division as its first Graduate Student Community Coordinator.