Emerging Scholars Award for Excellence in Research and Public Policy — 3/15/2019 The UC Center Sacramento announces its fourth annual Emerging Scholars Award for Excellence in Research and Public Policy. The award will recognize…
Woodland’s “Food Front” Initiative Helps a Growing Community Flourish It also Inspired a Berkeley grad to apply to the Goldman School of Public Policy.
New Graduate Certificate in Food Systems The Berkeley Food Institute, the School of Public Health, and the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley have launched a…
Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program (CMU Portugal) — 12/10/2018 Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program (CMU Portugal) is calling for applications for six doctoral scholarships to start in 2019–2020 focusing on cutting-edge areas of Information and Communication…
My Summer of Informal Work with Asiye eTafuleni (AeT) in Durban, South Africa Master of Public Policy student, Emily Alter focuses on participatory social justice research with the informal workers of Warwick Junction.
Another Student Trio Becomes Switzer Fellows Three more Berkeley students bring home $15,000 Switzer Environmental Fellowship awards to help them tackle environmental challenges.
David M. Howard Memorial Prize in American Politics — 9/1/2018 The David M. Howard Memorial Prize in American Politics recognizes an exceptionally deserving graduate student conducting research in the field of American…
Spring Graduate Seminar: Contemporary Labor Issues: Challenges and Innovation Public Policy 290 Course number: 15670 Schedule: Tuesday, 2:00 – 4:59 pm The labor movement in California and the nation overall faces…
Meet Ben Gould: Berkeley Mayoral Candidate Ben Gould, a 2nd year dual-degree student pursuing Master’s degrees in Environmental Engineering and in Public Policy, announced his intention to run for mayor of Berkeley.
Call for Papers for Reducing Urban Poverty — 5/15/2016 To encourage a new generation of urban policy makers and promote early career research, Cities Alliance, IHC – Global Coalition for Inclusive…
SAGE-IGERT Fellowship Program — 10/19/15 The SAGE-IGERT Fellowship Program supports technology developments that will enable the conservation generation, or storage of clean energy, as well as innovative…
Students Advise Legislators on Graduate Research Advocacy Day Two Ph.D. candidates recently met legislators in Sacramento to discuss the importance of graduate student research.
Forum on Cultivating Justice in Food Systems — 3/31/2015 This month, three renowned experts will talk about how social justice and food systems go hand in hand.
Student Fellowship Program Provides Food Sustainability Solutions Two graduate students receive the UC Global Food Initiative Student Fellowship to address local and international food and nutrition issues.
Public Policy Student Advocates for Prison Reform in New Memoir Ralph Spinelli, a Ph.D. student in the Goldman School of Public Policy, shares his ideas for prison reform in his recently published book.
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,…
A springful of great lectures The University of California, Berkeley, sponsors a variety of public lectures. The lectureships present eminent scholars, Nobel laureates, and prominent figures to the University and San Francisco Bay Area community. Graduate Council and Tanner Lectures are free and no tickets are required.
Interested in being a White House Fellow? Apply by January 15. President Obama meets with White House Fellows in the Roosevelt Room in the West Wing near the Oval Office. One year can…
Ways to get involved: an action-oriented four-part look at the future of UC and other public universities Surveying with concern and alarm the continuing erosion in the landscape of higher education in California and beyond, the deans of the graduate and professional schools at Berkeley got together and concluded that something had to be done.
An extraordinary season: resources for comprehending the issues and events of recent weeks at Berkeley Berkeley was not in its accustomed position at the cutting edge of the vanguard. Quietly conceived by Canadian and Spanish activists, the Occupy movement against economic and social inequality was born as protests in Kuala Lumpur in July before it reached Wall Street in New York and several sites in San Francisco in September, and city landmarks in Oakland and San Jose in the Bay Area and many locations worldwide in October.