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November 4, 2014

Share Your Experiences! “Graduate Study in the USA: Surviving and Succeeding” — 12/2/2014

Contribute to a new book written for prospective and current graduate students by a mix of graduate students and those who have recently completed their doctorate. The premise is simple: if you could go back in time and talk with yourself when you began your studies, what advice would you give?…

October 15, 2014

Submit Proposals for Film + Media Conference: Serialities 1915/2015

The Film and Media Department is currently accepting proposal applications for their biennial conference, Serialities 1915/2015. Proposals must be submitted no later than October 31, 2014, and should include a title, an abstract of no more than 300 words, a short 100 word…

October 15, 2014

Graduate Students Launch Program to Help Budding Social Workers

Social Workers in Classroom participants with officers Maggie Bishop and Galina Melamed (second and third from the left). A new student-led program aimed at helping provide training and support to graduate students in the School of Social Welfare was launched this year. Social…

October 15, 2014

Two Social Welfare Alumni Win Research Awards

Two UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare alumni were recently awarded research awards. Carly Devlin ('14) was awarded the American Clinical Social Work Association's (ACSWA) Judith Holm Memorial Student Awards, including a $2,000 grant and a $1,000 Snooks Prize grant to the School of Social Welfare...

Tami Bond conducting research with mechanical equipment

October 15, 2014

UC Berkeley Alumna Wins MacArthur Fellowship

UC Berkeley alumna, Tami Bond, was recently named a 2014 MacArthur Fellow for her work on measuring black carbon emissions on human health and the atmosphere.

October 15, 2014

Hellman Fund Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Faculty Fellows, Launches New Graduate Awards

As the Hellman Fellows Program celebrates its 20th anniversary, a new pilot program initiated this year — The Hellmann Graduate Awards — provides 14 graduate students with funding to help enrich the student’s academic career.

October 15, 2014

>Play Digital Media Conference Connects Student and Alumni Techies

The Berkeley HAAS School of Business will be hosting the >Play Digital Media Conference to connect students and alumni interested in technology.

October 15, 2014

Library News

In September, the newly remodeled Social Research Library re-opened in 227 Haviland Hall. Sign up for the monthly blog, Library Researcher at Berkeley for the UCB libraries (for advanced users). Upcoming library exhibits:…

October 15, 2014

Berkeley Talks Features Intimate Talks with David Sedaris, Yo-Yo Ma and More

Berkeley Talks — a new series of public talks and lectures hosted by Chancellor Nicholas Dirks and co-presented by Cal Performances — features intimate conversations with artists and intellectuals such as writer David Sedaris and musician Yo-Yo Ma.

Alumni pose in front of step and repeat banner

October 15, 2014

J-School Alumni and Lecturers Earn Eight Emmy Nominations and Three Wins

Several J-School alumni and others with strong ties to the Graduate School of Journalism were among the red carpet glitterati ...

October 15, 2014

School of Public Health Alumna Examines Decentralized California Health Care in Dissertation

Alumna Megan Vanneman ’13 was in her third year at the School of Public Health when she became interested in examining the effects of the decentralized public mental health care system in California. Last month Vanneman's dissertation was published…

October 15, 2014

Obama Taps Berkeley Law School Alumna as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico

Last month, President Barack Obama nominated law school alumna Maria Echaveste ...

October 15, 2014

Now Recruiting Graduate Students to Serve on ASUC Judicial Council

The ASUC Judicial Council is currently looking for graduate students to take a seat as a justice for graduate student representation on campus

October 15, 2014

Free Speech Movement Leaves an Inspiring Legacy

Berkeley has preserved the documentary record of this extraordinary time, ensuring that future generations will be in a position to explore these events that changed the landscape of higher education in the United States.

October 14, 2014

Call for Applications to SMART Program for Summer 2015 — 11/24/2014

In last year’s cohort Lindsey Dougherty, a Ph.D. student in Integrated Biology and her mentee—Alex Niebergall, a third-year Marine Science major conducted research on how the Disco Clam—emits flashes of light. Student Mentoring and Research Teams (SMART), a 10-week mentoring program administered…

October 14, 2014

Cal Student Film Pass is Your Passport to Great Films

Are you a film buff but can’t fit the price of a movie ticket into your student budget? Cal Student Film Pass will help you save money on your film outings and help expose you to your new favorite film. The new program allows U.C. Berkeley students to watch an…

October 14, 2014

Workshops on Writing: Editing & Revising — 10/21/2014

Editing and Revising In this workshop you will learn how a professional editor works with a manuscript; how to use the techniques of an editor to revise your own writing; and how to diagnose and avoid common writing errors and weaknesses. Tuesday, October 21, 2014 2 to 4 pm…

October 14, 2014

Diplomacy and Diversity Fellowship — 10/30/14

The Diplomacy and Diversity Fellowship is a transatlantic educational program from Humanity in Action. The Fellowship offers 24 American and European graduate students the chance to explore the changing international dynamics of diplomacy and diversity. Fellows travel to Washington, DC, Paris and Berlin to study how American…

alumni Diane Wiener and Troy Lionberger.

October 14, 2014

Amid Academic Stress, Alums Start Peer-Support Group, ‘Thriving in Science’

In September, alumni Diane Wiener and Troy Lionberger launched Thriving in Science, a peer-support program that provides support and resources to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.

October 14, 2014

Use Versatile PhD to Exploring Non-Academic Career Options

Thinking about next steps in your career? The Versatile PhD is a new resource for graduate students who want to know more about non-academic career options and how to pursue them. Their focus is on humanities and social science careers, but graduate…