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January 9, 2024

Mentoring Course for Graduate Students

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.
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December 7, 2023

Take Action on SHIP – December

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 29, 2023

Path to the Professoriate: Advancing Diversity in Academia

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.
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November 28, 2023

Craft Your Three-Minute Thesis to Submit to Grad Slam 2024

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

Berkeley Graduate Students get access to Merck Research Laboratories through flagship industrial partnership

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

Let’s Talk About Code-Switching: A Double-Edged Sword

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.
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November 9, 2023

Roselyn Lindheim Award — January 2024

The Roselyn Lindheim Award in Environmental Design and Public Health is open to students across the Berkeley campus. The award honors the life and work of Roselyn Lindheim (1921-1987), Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley.

November 1, 2023

GSI Teaching Preparation for Spring 2024

Are you planning to teach as a GSIs for the first time in the Spring 2024 semester? If so, please take note of steps you are required to take before the semester begins and during the semester.
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October 19, 2023

Continuing to support our community

Welcome to the start of a new academic year! To our continuing students, we can’t wait to see what inspires you this year. For our new graduate students, I want to extend a very warm welcome.

October 18, 2023

20 Years in the Making: Berkeley Space Center

In an exciting development announced on Monday October 16th, UC Berkeley will be partnering with NASA Ames to construct a novel 36-acre research and innovation hub at Moffett Field in Silicon Valley, just 45 miles south of Berkeley’s campus.
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October 17, 2023

How to Gain Skills and Connections at the 2023 Professional Profile Clinic

Graduate school is an exercise in juggling: every day, we practice handling the simultaneous responsibilities of being a researcher and teacher, mentor and mentee, academic and professional. But given how full our hands are at all times, adding another responsibility to the mix can feel overwhelming, if not…

October 17, 2023

Announcing the Newly Revised Graduate Student Professional Development Guide

Not sure what steps to take to advance your professional development? Follow this essential and newly revised Professional Development Guide on how to develop the key competencies of career and professional development. These competencies are broadly relevant, helping you develop skills that are valued highly across diverse career paths.

September 27, 2023

UC Berkeley Ranked #1 Public University in the Country

In a report released by US News on September 17th, UC Berkeley has yet again ranked #1 amongst national public universities, tying with UCLA. UC Berkeley has also been ranked #15 in all national universities; notably moving up from last year’s #20 ranking. 
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September 12, 2023

Greetings from the Office for Graduate Diversity

I hope you are having a fantastic start to the new academic year! I’d like to introduce myself as the Assistant Dean for Graduate Diversity in the Graduate Division. My team and I manage all of the initiatives within the Office for Graduate Diversity (OGD), including programs now in spaces like the Inclusive Excellence Hub. I’ve been at Berkeley for 16 years, but this is my first Fall semester with the OGD. I am thrilled to be working with an amazing team. 

September 11, 2023

3rd Annual Grad-Stravaganza

For a third consecutive year, Grad-Stravaganza kicked off the school year on a fun and sunny note!
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August 17, 2023

Welcome to the start of a new academic year!

Welcome to the start of a new academic year! To our continuing students, we can’t wait to see what inspires you this year. For our new graduate students, I want to extend a very warm welcome.