GradNews

January 17, 2014

11th Hour Food and Farming Journalism Fellowship – 3/1/2014

The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism is offering eight $10,000 postgraduate 11th Hour Food and Farming Journalism Fellowships. The new program established by Michael Pollan, the John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley, is open to both print and radio journalists to…

January 17, 2014

ARC Announces 2014 Fellows

The Arts Research Center (ARC) has announced the selection of fellows for the 2014 ARC Fellows Program for UC Berkeley graduate students and faculty. The cohort, led by Professor Mary Ann Smart (Department of Music), includes faculty and students from a wide range of disciplines, including Architecture, Art Practice, Environmental Design, Ethnic Studies,…

January 17, 2014

Innovation Grants Proposal Request — 2/10/2014

The Vice Chancellor for Equity & Inclusion, with the support of the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, invites campus members to submit proposals for innovation grants in support of equity, inclusion and diversity at UC Berkeley. The grant process is open to all UC Berkeley students, faculty and staff…

January 17, 2014

Registration is Open for Cal Adventures

Cal Adventures is the outdoor experiential education program at UC Berkeley that provides students with new skills, adventures and great memories. Cal Adventures registration is now open for Sailing, Windsurfing, Paddle Boarding, and Sea Kayaking at the UC Aquatic Center at the Berkeley Marina. Visit the…

January 17, 2014

Breastfeeding Support Program for Students

Coordinated by Health*Matters Wellness, the Breastfeeding Support Program is for new parents who want to continue breastfeeding their children after returning to work or school. The program offers breastfeeding classes with a lactation consultant, lactation rooms on campus with hospital-grade pumps, and sale of breast pumps at a…

January 17, 2014

File Your Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) — 3/2/2014

Students who wish to be considered for financial aid awards in academic year 2014-15,should file your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at www.fafsa.ed.gov with information from your 2013 federal tax return and the federal school code for UC Berkeley of 001312.

January 16, 2014

Berkeley Language Center Research Fellowship –2/3/2014

These fellowships will enable graduate students to work on special projects both to improve the quality of language instruction in their current department and to enhance their professional development as teachers.
Andrew Szeri

January 14, 2014

Message from the Dean (January)

Here's good news to start the spring semester: A personalized one-stop web service — called CalCentral — has just been released to all campus constituencies.

January 6, 2014

Share How You Learned Graduate School Survival Skills

Want to share your story? The editors of the book All I Needed to Know to Survive Grad School are seeking a diverse group of students and recent alums to describe how their past experiences helped them to develop the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind that lead to their…

December 12, 2013

UC Berkeley’s Back-Up Child Care Program

This fall, UC Berkeley became the first public university in the U.S. to offer both graduate and undergraduate student parents access to emergency back-up child care at highly subsidized rates. Consider back-up care when: Your child’s school/center is closed for winter break. Your primary caregiver is on vacation. Your child…
Andrew Szeri

December 12, 2013

Message from the Dean (December)

January will bring unprecedented change to millions of Americans as formerly uninsured and under-insured citizens gain access to new health insurance options created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “Obamacare.” You’ll be glad to know that SHIP provides all of the ACA-mandated “essential health benefits.”
EED Initiative Executive Director Dr. Helen Marquard (first on left) and United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) Executive Director Achim Steiner (second on left) present a UN SEED prize to Berkeley PhD candidate Jalel Sager (Energy and Resources, third from right), and other awardees from Vietnam, South Africa, and Uganda.

December 12, 2013

UC Berkeley Group Wins United Nations Award

United Nations SEED grant for sustainable energy development grant will fund a pilot energy project of a solar-based microgrid in an island community in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta.
Phi Beta Kappa

December 11, 2013

Phi Beta Kappa Fellowship – 2/4/2014

Alpha of California announces a limited number of Graduate Fellowships to be awarded to UC Berkeley doctoral students who are members of Phi Beta Kappa during the 2014-15 academic year. Preference will be given to students who have nearly completed their dissertations and who have exhausted other forms of…
Former Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau and Frederick Wiseman

December 11, 2013

Wiseman Comes to Berkeley

Frederick Wiseman visited Berkeley on December 3 to present his newest film “At Berkeley,” during two free screenings.