Education

February 15, 2019

Berkeley Lab’s Workforce Development & Education (WD&E) Department is Seeking a Communications Student Assistant

Berkeley Lab’s Workforce Development & Education (WD&E) Department has one  opening for a Communications Student Assistant to research, write, and edit impact reports and other work about our science education programs. Additionally, the student assistant will maintain our social media presence (by creating and posting content, monitoring messages and working…

July 12, 2018

EducationUSA Ukraine Intern — 7/31/2018

EducationUSA is recruiting virtual interns from the U.S. for supporting EducationUSA projects! The two interns will work with a cohort of about 70 Ukrainians seeking admission to bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral programs in the U.S. Interns will engage with students by leading virtual workshops/presentations on the U.S. admissions…

August 14, 2017

Position Opening: Research Assistant III (Science Education)

Funded by the Barbara Y. White Fund through the Graduate School of Education, this work has been designed by Laleh Coté, a doctoral student in the SESAME program. Laleh will serve as the main point of contact, and Dr. Alan Schoenfeld (Graduate School of Education) will serve as…
Cristobal Madero

April 13, 2016

Spotlight on Fulbright Scholars: Cristobal Madero

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.

April 16, 2015

Opportunity For Graduate Students In Education

Graduate students writing dissertations focusing on higher education are invited to apply for membership in a research seminar to be held in 2015-16, co-sponsored by the Center for Studies in Higher Education and Social Science MATRIX. Participants in the seminar will be called David P.

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…

September 15, 2014

Humanity in Action: Diplomacy and Diversity Scholarship — 10/30/2014

Humanity in Action has opened applications for the 2015 Diplomacy and Diversity Fellowship, a graduate-level educational fellowship. This transatlantic program brings together 24 American and European graduate students to study international relations and global diversity in a collaborative setting. The program is designed to develop leadership skills and knowledge among graduate…
Anisah Waite.

June 20, 2014

Berkeley Students Recognized by NAEd/Spencer Fellowship

Four UC Berkeley students were awarded National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship for their research in the field of education. Each recipient was given a $25,000 cash prize for the 2014-15 academic year and an opportunity to network with members of NAE and other senior scholars during a retreat.
Collage of various faculty mentors over the years

June 1, 2012

The key to totally surprising a mentor: no leaks

So far, nobody’s let the cat out of the bag, so the surprise has been total in every case. Despite Berkeley’s long tradition of protest and California’s reputation for spontaneity, faculty members here simply don’t expect to be interrupted by outsiders while they’re teaching a class.  When it dawns on them that the invasion brings unexpected but happy news for them personally, decorum goes out the window.
Video Contest Winners

April 13, 2012

Meet the Winners of the 2012 Distinguished Fellows Video Contest

Meet the winners of the 2012 Distinguished Fellows Video Contest: First Place: Jeremy Chase Crawford. Second Place: Arturo Cortez. Third Place: Kristina Kangas. Winners received conference travel awards in the amounts of $1,000, $500, and $250, respectively.
Francoise Tourniaire

February 17, 2012

A Passport to Opportunity

Françoise Tourniaire Ph.D. ’84 has an adventurous spirit—except when it comes to the cold. That’s how Tourniaire, as a young math student from France, happened to land at UC Berkeley for a yearlong study-abroad program in 1979. Berkeley got the nod over chilly Cornell.