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April 19, 2021

Graduate Student Town Hall — April 29 from 4-5:30 p.m.

Lisa García Bedolla, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, invites all UC Berkeley graduate students for a town hall discussion on returning to campus. Join Lisa García Bedolla, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division, for a town hall event discussion on the topic of returning to…
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April 19, 2021

Acknowledging traumatic events, and two announcements

Dear Graduate Student Community These are difficult times for our whole campus community and this past week has been particularly exhausting for me. Traumatic events, including the Atlanta and Indianapolis shootings, the abominable police killings of Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo, and the Chauvin trial,…

April 19, 2021

Office for Graduate Diversity opportunities, including employment

Tutors for the Firebaugh Research Scholars Program The Office for Graduate Diversity (OGD) is currently recruiting 2-3 Graduate Student Tutors for the Firebaugh Research Scholars Program to help lead seminars and support 12-18 undergraduate students’ research projects. View full description here. Join us at our…

April 19, 2021

April Cal Performances: Jazzmeia Horn and Renée Fleming

Jazzmeia Horn; photo credit: Emmanuel Afolabi Jazzmeia Horn Thursday, April 22, 7 p.m. PDT  |  Debut Watch Party Following the debut, this performance will be available to view on demand for three months, from April 23 through July 21, 2021. Jazz vocalist…

April 16, 2021

Join our 2021 Mardi-Grad Send-Off!

Please join us to celebrate and commemorate our URM graduate students who will be graduating from UC Berkeley this year, as well as those who graduated last year. They have supported and mentored us throughout our collective academic journeys and now we want to hold a send-off event in…
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April 16, 2021

Announcing Brandi Wilkins Catanese as New Associate Dean of the Graduate Divison

We are thrilled to announce that Brandi Wilkins Catanese, Associate Professor in the departments of African American Studies and Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, will be joining the Graduate Division as Associate Dean on July 1. Dr. Catanese brings an immense wealth of experience in teaching, advising, and…

April 16, 2021

Design Conversation with Ahmed Ansari — 4/23

Join the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation on Friday, April 23 from noon to 1 p.m. for our final Design Conversations speaker of the spring semester with Ahmed Ansari. Ahmed Ansari is an Industry Assistant Professor at NYU’s Integrated Digital Media program in the Department of Technology,…

April 16, 2021

ARCS Poetry and the Senses Fellowship

The Arts Research Center invites all graduate students to apply to our Poetry and the Senses Fellowship. Thanks to a generous multi-year grant from Engaging the Senses Foundation, the Arts Research Center (ARC) is hosting a fellowship program dedicated to exploring Poetry & the Senses. The program is grounded in…

April 13, 2021

Science at Cal Series Showcases Graduate Research

Science at Cal regularly hosts Grounds For Science, a unique public science talk series organized by and featuring UC Berkeley graduate students. Each event includes dynamic conversation, trivia, and a science-inspired cocktail. Last month’s program, The Bees’ Disease &…

April 13, 2021

Student Org Spotlight: STEM First Year Initiative

  Graduate student organizations are an essential part of UC Berkeley’s culture. In this article, we highlight STEM*FYI, an organization for all underrepresented STEM scholars. Thanks to Haider Ali Bhatti for providing written responses to our questions. What is…

April 13, 2021

Remote Teaching and Digital Learning Resources for GSIs

We’ve curated centralized resources to support Graduate Student Instructors in addition to the numerous trainings and support offered by our GSI Teaching and Resource Center. Sign up for the Research, Teaching, and Learning newsletters…

April 12, 2021

CRRSA Act and Emergency Funding for Graduate Students

Dear Graduate Student Community, This message is to inform you about financial resources available from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA) and campus relief funds to assist eligible students with additional expenses experienced during this period of social distancing and online learning. The request for action…

April 12, 2021

Double-Occupancy Rooms Available at International House

A double-occupancy room at I-House. Due to a fantastic response to the upcoming reopening of International House, the number of confirmed offers for residency, and optimism about the fall semester, International House is now offering double-occupancy rooms. Experience has shown that those…

April 10, 2021

Laura Belik: Constructions of Space and their Multiple Memories

Laura Belik, a fourth-year Architecture PhD candidate at UC Berkeley, looks at the spatial relations of memory and power within the migration patterns of Northeast Brazilian populations, specifically within the state of Ceará. Currently relocated to shelter in place in her home country of Brazil, Belik is writing…
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April 6, 2021

Rivka Valérie Louissaint: Art for Working Class People

Rivka Valérie Louissaint (she/they) a first year MFA student at UC Berkeley, makes art which is informed by their experiences as a Black, working class, immigrant, and queer woman. They are also inspired by liberation movements, such as the Black, Native American, and Puerto Rican national…
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March 30, 2021

Margiana Petersen-Rockney: Food Systems Adapting (Or Not) to Climate Change

Margiana Petersen-Rockney, a 5th-year PhD student at UC Berkeley, was homeschooled on her mom’s diversified dairy goat farm in Massachusetts until she started college.  Photo: Margiana Petersen-Rockney Not many academics studying farming systems come from a rural or farming background, and that is where…