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May 14, 2021

What you need to do before OskiCat and Melvyl retire

On July 27, a sweeping new project will unify Berkeley’s vast collections (physical and digital) and bring together the collections of libraries across UC’s 10 campuses under one virtual roof. UC Library Search, a new system for discovering and using library resources, will allow students, faculty,…

May 14, 2021

Exploring opportunities outside the academy? Join the Beyond Academia community.

Beyond Academia: Connecting PhDs with the world The process of earning a PhD is a Sisyphean endeavor, involving painstaking research of a niche topic for anywhere from 5 to 10 years. The promise on the other side of these degrees is employability, especially within the academic institutional system that produced…
Kathleen and Yakira

May 14, 2021

NSF Fellowships Support Future Research for Outstanding Graduate Recipients

Among universities across the nation, UC Berkeley has historically topped the list of National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows. This prestigious and competitive fellowship provides significant funding over one to three years, allowing students to pursue important research in fields ranging from cognitive neuroscience and bioengineering to public policy and…

May 14, 2021

How a GradPro Check-in Group Can Support You This Summer

Photo: Shane Rounce, Unsplash For most graduate students, summer feels like a breath of fresh air. Summer is a whole three months where we feel like we finally have the time to catch up on the pile of papers we’ve been collecting, tear into our…

May 14, 2021

A Summer Reading List for Professional Development

Photo: Ben White, Unplash Summer reading is a dedicated market for popular literature, and it’s also an umbrella term for graduate students looking to catch up on disciplinary reading outside of the traditional semester. You may already have an academic reading list for this summer of texts…

May 14, 2021

Berkeley Launches New Future of Higher Education Postdoc Program

UC Berkeley has launched a new postdoctoral fellowship program designed to expose participants to and prepare them for careers in higher education administration. The Future of Higher Education Postdoctoral Fellowship Program seeks to address the need for career pipelines and pathways beyond the professoriate, and the critical lack of…

May 14, 2021

Upcoming Trainings Opportunities for GSIs

Research, Teaching, and Learning (RTL) continues to offer workshops to support remote, hybrid, and in-person instruction which are open to all instructors and GSIs. Review upcoming workshops below and visit AIS upcoming events for all future events: Maximizing Media Production for Student Engagement (5/18) Getting Started with…

May 14, 2021

Farewell to Two Long-Serving Staff Members

Cynthia Ladd-Viti and Linda Miyagawa, two long-serving staff members of the Graduate Division, are retiring. Below are summaries and highlights from their time at UC Berkeley. Cynthia Ladd-Viti, Associate Director, Office for Graduate Diversity Cynthia Ladd-Viti Ladd-Viti took a circuitous path to Berkeley,…

May 13, 2021

JSMF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Understanding Dynamic and Multi-Scale Systems — 6/11/2021

The James S. McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in Understanding Dynamic and Multi-scale Systems is intended to provide students in the final stages of completing a Ph.D. degree more freedom in identifying and securing postdoctoral training opportunities. Following a multi-phase review of applications, selected pre-doctoral students are granted…

May 4, 2021

COVID Accommodations for Graduate Students 2020-21

As I reflect on the disorienting nature of the last year, I want to highlight the various accommodations and support provided by the Graduate Division, Graduate Council, campus administration, and our generous donors as we transitioned from reacting to anticipating the needs of our graduate student body. I am…
Campus Sather Gate

May 4, 2021

Graduate Diversity Pilot Program: Making Progress

Students cross Sather Gate on UC Berkeley’s Campus. In July of 2020, the Graduate Division established the Graduate Diversity Pilot Program (GDPP), awarding a total of $1.5 million in grants to nine departments across campus. This substantial commitment — one of the largest single financial investments toward…

April 19, 2021

Antiracism in the Academy Seminar — 4/29/21

Moderator and Speakers Patrick V. Naranjo, Moderator Patrick V. Naranjo is a tribal member of the Santa Clara Pueblo and a graduate from Haskell Indian Nations University. He holds an MA degree from UCLA in American Indian Studies with an emphasis on contemporary tribal cultural property protections and is an…

April 19, 2021

Graduate Student Town Hall — April 29 from 4-5:30 p.m.

Lisa García Bedolla, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, invites all UC Berkeley graduate students for a town hall discussion on returning to campus. Join Lisa García Bedolla, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division, for a town hall event discussion on the topic of returning to…
Lisa García Bedolla

April 19, 2021

Acknowledging traumatic events, and two announcements

Dear Graduate Student Community These are difficult times for our whole campus community and this past week has been particularly exhausting for me. Traumatic events, including the Atlanta and Indianapolis shootings, the abominable police killings of Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo, and the Chauvin trial,…

April 19, 2021

Office for Graduate Diversity opportunities, including employment

Tutors for the Firebaugh Research Scholars Program The Office for Graduate Diversity (OGD) is currently recruiting 2-3 Graduate Student Tutors for the Firebaugh Research Scholars Program to help lead seminars and support 12-18 undergraduate students’ research projects. View full description here. Join us at our…

April 19, 2021

April Cal Performances: Jazzmeia Horn and Renée Fleming

Jazzmeia Horn; photo credit: Emmanuel Afolabi Jazzmeia Horn Thursday, April 22, 7 p.m. PDT  |  Debut Watch Party Following the debut, this performance will be available to view on demand for three months, from April 23 through July 21, 2021. Jazz vocalist…

April 16, 2021

Join our 2021 Mardi-Grad Send-Off!

Please join us to celebrate and commemorate our URM graduate students who will be graduating from UC Berkeley this year, as well as those who graduated last year. They have supported and mentored us throughout our collective academic journeys and now we want to hold a send-off event in…
headshot of Brandi Catanese

April 16, 2021

Announcing Brandi Wilkins Catanese as New Associate Dean of the Graduate Divison

We are thrilled to announce that Brandi Wilkins Catanese, Associate Professor in the departments of African American Studies and Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, will be joining the Graduate Division as Associate Dean on July 1. Dr. Catanese brings an immense wealth of experience in teaching, advising, and…