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June 10, 2014

Summer Sessions Dissertation or Thesis Filing Deadline — 8/14/14

If you are planning to file your dissertation or thesis on summer registration, you’ll need to submit all materials before August 14, 2014. Keep in mind that if you are planning to use co-authored or previous published material in your manuscript, special approval is required at least 3 weeks before…
Phi Beta Kappa

June 9, 2014

Seven Students Win Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Fellowships

Each year the Phi Beta Kappa Alpha of California Chapter awards fellowships to PBK members who are currently enrolled as doctoral students at UC Berkeley. The seven winners of the 2014 fellowship awards of $5,000 each are:

June 4, 2014

Berkeley Wall of Fame Focuses on Tech Innovators

Andy Grove Ph.D. ’63 In 1956, as Grove fled Communist-occupied Hungary and a Holocaust-haunted past, little did he foresee becoming a legend of the high-tech industry. A few years after finishing his Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Berkeley, he was the first hire at Intel —…

May 28, 2014

Bancroft Library — U.S. History Scene Fellowship in Digital History — 6/10/14

The UCB Bancroft Library and U.S. History Scene have announced competitions for a new fellowship in Digital History. The aim of this program is to familiarize scholars with emerging digital technologies and digital archival collections, including the digital publication of original scholarly research. The fellowship will introduce history…

May 16, 2014

Update on Stephens Hall Graduate Student Lounge

from Andrew J. Szeri, Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Dean of the Graduate Division In connection with the recently announced re-purposing of 440 Stephens Hall, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Claude Steele and I have, for several weeks, heard and reviewed expressions of concern from students and others who…

May 15, 2014

U.S. Department of Energy Carlsbad Field Office Fellowship — 5/21/2014

The U.S. Department of Energy Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) is accepting applications for a one-year CBFO appointment (with possibility of extension) in the field of environmental microbiology. This appointment will be located at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center (university institute). Typical laboratory…
Hackathon

May 15, 2014

Women’s Hackathon Honors I-School Students

Four Master’s students from the School of Information competed in the one-day Women’s Hackathon at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park in April.  The four designed a new Facebook feature that allows users to save and organize especially interesting content from their own timeline or from elsewhere on Facebook. Later they can “relive” that saved content in its social context.
Margaret Rhee

May 14, 2014

Graduate Student Wins Chancellor Award

In early May, Margaret Rhee, a doctoral candidate in Ethnic Studies with a Designated Emphasis in New Media Studies, was awarded the Chancellor’s Award for Public Service in the category of Campus-Community Partnership for her project “From the Center.”
Yo Yo Ma

May 13, 2014

Cal Performances Announces 2014-15 Season

Season highlights include Yo-Yo Ma performing solo Bach at the Greek Theatre and a three-concert residency with Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; UCB students receive a 50% discount on single tickets.
Andrew Szeri

May 13, 2014

Congratulations on Another Successful Semester!

Congratulations! The semester is coming to an end, as recently did the "Campaign for Berkeley." The six year campaign successfully raised over $3 billion for the University and nearly doubled graduate fellowships.

May 12, 2014

UC Berkeley to Host Top International Soccer Clubs — 7/26/2014

UC Berkeley will host top international soccer clubs, Real Madrid CF and Inter Milan, as they compete for the Guinness International Champions Cup (ICC) on Saturday, July 26 at 3 pm at Kabam Field at California Memorial Stadium. ICC event promoters, Relevent Sports, will…

May 12, 2014

44th Annual Berkeley Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition — 5/16 to 6/8/2014

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) will present the Annual Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition. The forty-fourth iteration will be the last in the Mario Ciampi-designed building on Bancroft Way. Experience the thrill of Ciampi’s challenging space present in Jessica Hankey’s installation, which uses the…

May 12, 2014

New Free Speech Movement Website and Poster Contest — 5/30/2014

In preparation for the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement during the 2014 fall semester, a new, interactive website has launched featuring a visual history of the momentous events of 1964. Visit https://fsm.berkeley.edu to view biographies of UC Berkeley students, faculty and staff who were…

May 8, 2014

Health for America Fellowships — 5/12/2014

Health for America announces a fellowship program for six fellows interested in health innovation. They will work with patients, providers, payers and local communities to understand their perspectives. Fellows will use entrepreneurial techniques, with support from seasoned mentors to prototype and test solutions, iterating rapidly to create high impact solutions. Health…

April 29, 2014

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science — 7/7/2014

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) is now accepting applications for 2014-2015 fellowships in Japan. Programs last from 1 month to 2 years and are open to applicants from around the world in all fields of research including humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program…

April 28, 2014

Cal Adventures Open House — 5/17/2014

Looking to soak in the warm weather with the company of friends? Join us at the Berkeley Marina anytime between 12:00pm and 5:00pm on Saturday, May 17 to enjoy FREE sailboat rides, kayak tours, food and drinks. May 17th 12:00pm and 5:00pm, first come first served! Location: Berkeley Marina Free to…