February 29, 2024
A new partnership between the Student Advocates Office and the Graduate Assembly brings a new support role to graduate students: the Student Advocates Office Graduate Caseworker!
February 29, 2024
In her commitment to advancing the interests of UC Berkeley's graduate students, Anna Judson participated in the University of California Graduate and Professional Council's Sacramento Advocacy Day.
February 22, 2024
Over the last four months, you may have walked by 2515 Channing Way and noticed work crews, painters, and even cement trucks. The Inclusive Excellence Hub, a vibrant and inclusive community space for underrepresented graduate students, was getting an update.
February 21, 2024
Dear Graduate Student Community, I hope 2024 and your Spring semester are off to a strong start. I know it can be hard to balance your course load, personal life, and the many other pressures we all face every day. Right now, I…
February 20, 2024
Are you intimidated by the prospect of preparing your grad student tax return? Are you confused by the tax forms you received from your institution or funding agency – or the forms you didn’t?
February 14, 2024
The Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB), the Townsend Center for the Humanities, and the Graduate Division are pleased to invite applications from Berkeley Ph.D. students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences to attend LARB’s Summer Publishing Workshop…
February 11, 2024
Apply to Live at International House! International House at UC Berkeley is accepting room and board applications for graduate students, both international and those from the United States. I-House offers a once-in-a-lifetime living and learning environment! Our diverse community brings together individuals from around the globe, creating opportunities for cross-cultural…
January 25, 2024
Last spring, Madison Browne, now a fifth-year Ph.D. student in psychology became Berkeley's 2023 Grad Slam Champion for her presentation, "Shedding Light on Alzheimer's Disease." Madison went on to compete against the nine other campus champions across the UC system.
January 24, 2024
Starting the week of January 29, GradPro will be running a series of weekly Check-In Groups designed to help you set attainable goals and access resources and support.
January 19, 2024
On January 11, we received the good news that UC Berkeley has been awarded a prestigious Alfred P. Sloan grant to host a Sloan Center for Systemic Change.
January 9, 2024
The afternoon of Saturday December 16 saw Haas Pavilion filled with almost 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students alongside over 6,000 friends and family members to celebrate the commencement of the Class of 2023.
January 9, 2024
With the variety of courses being offered in the Spring 2024 semester, it can be overwhelming to figure out which to take. We encourage you to enroll in GSPDP 301, Effective Mentoring in Higher Education. This seminar will help guide graduate students as they mentor undergraduates at Berkeley, work in the context of a mentoring relationship with their graduate advisers, and prepare for the mentoring they will do in future academic and non-academic careers.
December 14, 2023
Congratulations on making it through this fall semester! I want to extend my heartfelt appreciation to all of you for your exceptional resilience and dedication.
December 8, 2023
The Graduate Division is delighted to announce the hiring of the inaugural Graduate Student Basic Needs/Housing Specialist, Emily Yraceburu.
December 7, 2023
Want to waive SHIP? The Spring 2024 waiver period is December 1, 2023 – January 1, 2024. All waivers received between January 2, 2024 and January 15, 2024 are subject to a late fee of $75. No waivers will be accepted after January 15, 2024. The Fall 2023 &…
November 30, 2023
First, I want to thank you for reading this, and for your past gift(s) of support. As we end another year, I thought I could share a quick look back.
November 29, 2023
Since Fall 2020, the Office for Graduate Diversity’s (OGD) Path to the Professoriate (P2P) program has hosted four cohorts and more than 300 underrepresented doctoral students. P2P is designed to prepare first-year doctoral students from underrepresented backgrounds for assistant professorships and academic publication.
November 28, 2023
You could win cash prizes and state-wide recognition while you further your professional development skills! Attention all graduate students, from all disciplines! It’s that time again: time to begin preparing for Grad Slam. Grad Slam is a competition where graduate students doing original research distill their…
November 21, 2023
It was an exhilarating day filled with exciting discoveries for eight Berkeley graduate students affiliated with the Inclusive Excellence Hub. The Hub sent this cohort of masters and doctoral students from a variety of disciplines to take part in the Scientific Engagement and Emerging Discovery Sciences (SEEDS) Symposium organized by Merck Research Laboratories in South San Francisco.
November 14, 2023
Have you ever found yourself adjusting the way you talk or behave when transitioning from one environment to another? Perhaps you shift from casual banter with friends to adopting a more formal tone in professional settings.