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September 6, 2018

Strategies and Skills for Mentoring: A Workshop for Graduate Students — 9/26/2018

The purpose of this workshop is to assist graduate students in establishing and working within the context of mentoring relationships with faculty. It will also provide graduate students with strategies and skills that they will need in mentoring undergraduates here at Berkeley and preparing for the mentoring they will do…

September 6, 2018

Big Community Fee — Student Initiated Projects Fund

The Big C Student Initiated Projects Fund is a piece of the Big C Student Fee. The Big-C (Big Community) Fee Referendum expanded staffing (student and permanent), programs, and services, including funding for student-initiated projects, offered through the Centers for Educational Justice & Community Engagement (EJCE) that serve the Berkeley…
Fiona M. Doyle, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division

September 6, 2018

Settling in to the New Semester

In addition to your academic work, I urge you to take some time to explore the broader Berkeley campus and its offerings.
People standing around a Persian rug

September 5, 2018

Trail to Tonk

Fifth year PhD researcher travels to India to study rare Persian manuscripts

September 5, 2018

Sign up for CalNet 2-Step Verification — 9/24/2018

Protect your CalNet with 2-Step verification!  2-Step verification helps ensure that you’re the only one who can access your account, even if bad guys steal your password. All you need is your phone to enroll. Need instructions? No phone? Get one…

September 5, 2018

The City and its People, Fall 2018 Colloquium

The Global Urban Humanities Initiative announced its The City and its People, Fall 2018 Colloquium on global and US cities, people, public art, urban history, urban literature and more. Students are welcome to attend whether you are looking to register in a 1-unit course or want to drop-in on a lecture…

September 4, 2018

Big Ideas Contest Launches! Pre-proposals Due — 11/14/2018

Big Ideas is an early-stage, student-led, innovation contest that connects students with the mentorship, training, and resources needed to successfully conceptualize, deploy, and scale their social ventures. Open to undergraduate and graduate students, the Contest awards up to $300,000 in prizes annually. Since its founding in 2006, Big Ideas has…

August 27, 2018

Fiona Doyle, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, to Retire in June 2019

Janet Napolitano, President of the University of California; Fiona Doyle, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division; and Joe Charbonnet, Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Engineering and 2018 UC Grad Slam Champion. Beginning July 1, 2019, Fiona Doyle, accomplished engineer, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies,…

August 13, 2018

Arts Research Center 2018–2019 Program

The Arts Research Center’s 2018–2019 program will have a special focus on the critical potential of arts from the Global South. The events organized around this question are the result of collaboration between the Arts Research Center’s Interim Director Natalia Brizuela, Anneka Lenssen (History of Art), Leigh Raiford (African American Studies), and…

August 13, 2018

Salsa Dancing for Graduate Students!

Interested in dancing Salsa or Bachata? Looking to connect with fellow graduate students? Check out our Facebook page, Salsa at Cal-Graduate Division, a new group for Cal Graduate students and alumni interested in learning Latin social dances. All levels are welcome. We will be posting information on…

August 13, 2018

Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies Scholarships — 10/1/2018

This program is open to all recent Ph.D. recipients and doctoral candidates in the social sciences or law. The Academy Scholars Program identifies and supports outstanding scholars at the start of their careers whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the social sciences or law with a command of the language…

August 13, 2018

American-Scandinavian Foundation Grants and Fellowships — 11/1/2018

The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) offers fellowships (up to $23,000) and grants (up to $5,000) to individuals to pursue research, study or creative arts projects in one or more Scandinavian country for up to one year. The grants are considered suitable for post-graduate scholars, professionals, and candidates in the arts to…