Dean Doyle Goes to Washington
Seven UC Graduate Deans advocate for graduate education.
Graduate Education
Fiona Doyle, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, to Retire in June 2019
Beginning July 1, 2019, Fiona Doyle, accomplished engineer, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, Dean of the Graduate Division, and the Donald H. McLaughlin Professor of Mineral Engineering, will retire from the University of California, Berkeley. With over 35 years on … Continued
In Conversation with Chancellor Christ and Senator Skinner
Chancellor Christ and Senator Nancy Skinner joined the Graduate Assembly and Cal Alumni Association for an evening to discuss the future of public graduate education.
18th Annual Education Research Day — 3/15–3/16/2018
Education Research Day is an annual conference hosted by the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education that offers an opportunity for students to share work with their peers, faculty, and community members and engage in fruitful discussion about a range of issues … Continued
Berkeley Students Go to Sacramento… and Beyond!
Legislators at all levels need to know about the importance of graduate research.
Berkeley Ph.D. Students Shine at Graduate Research Advocacy Day
This March marked the seventh year that UC Berkeley has participated in the Graduate Research & Education Advocacy Day in Sacramento.
Graduate Diversity Program Welcomes New Leadership!
With the New Year, GDP welcomes a new director, Assistant Dean for Graduate Diversity, Abby Rincon.
Alumnus Pens Book about Race
UC Berkeley students are at the heart of a novel about race and friendship in T. Geronimo’s new book, “Welcome to Braggsville.”
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
Students take their research to the Capitol
A delegation of 20 graduate students and deans traveled to Sacramento to give lawmakers their perspective: that graduate student research is central not only to the future of the University of California, but to that of the state and the nation as well.
The Dean’s Town Hall: questions from, and answers for, the graduate community
In the late afternoon of February 9, students and staff gathered in the Banatao Auditorium of Sutardja Dai Hall for a first-time Town Hall with the Graduate Dean. Co-sponsored by the Graduate Assembly, this occasion offered a direct and relatively … Continued
Recapping the Town Hall: Your Questions Answered
In the late afternoon of February 9, students and staff gathered in the Banatao Auditorium of Sutardja Dai Hall for a first-time Town Hall with the Graduate Dean. So all graduate students may benefit from what was said, the questions and answers from the event are now available online.
Ask questions and make suggestions at a Town Hall with the Dean on February 9
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Why Graduate Education at Berkeley Matters
Graduate Dean Andrew Szeri discusses why and how our academic enterprise matters to the state of California, the U.S., everywhere.
National Research Council ranks UC Berkeley’s Ph.D. programs among nation’s best
The first detailed survey since 1995 of doctoral programs at the nation’s research universities shows that the University of California, Berkeley, continues to have the largest number of highly ranked graduate programs in the country.
Other rankings — To be (measured) is to be perceived (quantitatively, qualitatively, and through a variety of lenses)
In an August 29 feature entitled “30 Ways to Rate a College” for the Chronicle of Higher Education, Alex Richards and Ron Coddington created a clear and revealing interactive map to the major rankings showing what measures are important to … Continued
Graduate students drive UC research and help keep top faculty
Julie Kang, a psychology graduate student at UC Riverside, stated the case more baldly than most: “Without graduate students, (the university) quite honestly would come to a screeching halt.” A troupe of graduate division deans and graduate students from each … Continued
Top quality graduate students flock to UC Berkeley despite budget woes
Despite a budget shortfall, hiring freeze and higher fees, the University of California, Berkeley, continues to attract more and higher quality graduate students, according to new data from the campus’s Graduate Division.
By far, students say their top reasons to come to UC Berkeley include the chance to work with distinguished faculty and to earn their degrees from world-class graduate programs.
Enriching the culture, educating the next generation
Andrew Szeri savors his walk to work each day, winding through the scenic neighborhoods of Berkeley. He says the journey to Sproul Hall is peaceful and provides time to think before he dives into the emails and voicemails that await him.