GradNews

November 18, 2014

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 by Berkeley-based art dealers of African and Asian imports, Beany and Dick Wezelman. The personal bond they have formed has led to a deep exchange of cultural knowledge…
Rosemary Joyce

November 18, 2014

Berkeley Fuel

Graduate education at Berkeley is fueled by many forces: great minds with a passion for discovery; a drive to approach problems in new ways to innovate new solutions, and philanthropy . . .

November 17, 2014

New Programs Offer Interdisciplinary Studies

Designated Emphasis in Development Engineering A designated emphasis is a specialization, such as a new method of inquiry or an important field of application, which is relevant to two or more existing doctoral degree programs. It is added as an additional major along with an existing doctoral degree program. This…
Doe Library reading room

November 17, 2014

Library Updates: Save Time with Research Tips

Need Wi-Fi While You’re Traveling? The newly announced campus Wi-Fi options include a bonus for faculty, staff and students who are traveling to other universities — the eduroam (education roaming) service now allows you to use your Airbears2 key to gain access to Wi-Fi at participating eduroam institutions in the …

November 17, 2014

ORISE Fellowship Opportunity at Center for Disease Control and Prevention — 1/16/2015

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Division of Laboratory Sciences (DLS) are seeking ORISE Fellows during the summertime to focus on public health issues related to the environment. Candidates will join projects associated with developing and applying new methods of characterizing and…

November 17, 2014

Learning Academic Entitlement Workshop — 11/18/2014

Knowing What to Want, Asking for What You Need Wednesday, November 19, 2014 12 to 1 pm Career Center’s Gold Room (3rd Floor, 2440 Bancroft Way).​ Students will learn strategies, tools, and insights to  navigate their way successfully through the academy and to develop post-graduate plans.

November 17, 2014

Family Planning at Cal! — 11/19/2014

Thinking of becoming a parent or starting a family while in Graduate School? Come to a resource panel to hear from graduate student parents and support service staff to learn about resources that are available to help graduate student families be successful at UC Berkeley. All graduate students, faculty, and support…

November 13, 2014

Volunteer Opportunity With the Office of the Attorney General

The Office of the Attorney General is seeking applications from undergraduate students, graduate students, law students, and recent law school graduates who are willing to accept unpaid volunteer positions that offer a valuable opportunity to gain exposure to the office while also obtaining valuable research, litigation, communications, and/or policy analysis…

November 5, 2014

Workshops on Writing: Scientific and Technical — 11/20/14

Scientific and Technical Writing Workshop This workshop will provide an introduction to effective scientific and technical writing. Tuesday, November 20, 2014 2 to 4 pm 110T Sproul Hall Register Online This workshop will provide an introduction to effective scientific and technical writing.
Fulbright

November 5, 2014

Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program for Iraq and Junior Faculty Development Programs for Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories

The Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program for Iraq and the Fulbright Junior Faculty Development Program for Lebanon and Palestinian Territories are designed to bring junior scholars to U.S. host institutions for faculty development, mentoring, and cultural exchange activities. These ten-week programs are designed to build the knowledge and tools of these visiting…

November 5, 2014

The Institute for Critical Social Inquiry — 2/1/2015

The Institute for Critical Social Inquiry, which will be held at The New School on June 14-21, 2015, offers advanced doctoral students and junior faculty from around the world the opportunity to take part in a series of intensive seminars with eminent scholars on topics ranging from Heidegger to secularism to critical race theory. The ICSI’s dream team…

November 5, 2014

Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar Awards — 1/15/2015

To accommodate early career scholars, the Fulbright Program is offering an additional application cycle for a select number of 2015-2016 postdoctoral awards. These awards are open to U.S. scholars who have completed their doctoral degrees within the last five years. These grants provide an excellent opportunity for recent graduates to…

November 5, 2014

New Fulbright Scholar Opportunities: Arctic Initiative — 2/2/2015

The Fulbright Arctic Initiative will bring together a network of scholars, professionals and applied researchers from the United States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia and Sweden for a series of three seminar meetings and a Fulbright exchange experience. This initiative will provide a platform for scholars to engage in collaborative thinking, analysis,…

November 5, 2014

Arts Research Center (ARC) Fellows Accepting Applications — 12/5/2014

Arts Research Center (ARC) at UC Berkeley is accepting applications for its annual ARC Fellows program. This year the program will be led by Ken Goldberg (Professor of Engineering & Art Practice) who will oversee the ARC Fellows monthly lunch seminar meetings, where student-faculty pairs will present and discuss their…

November 5, 2014

UC MEXUS Small Grant Competition — 12/1/2014

The UC MEXUS small grant competition is offered twice a year and provides support to University of California graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in all disciplines for small, short-term, non-dissertation projects of one week to six months that will advance the applicants’ research training or academic understanding of their fields.