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April 10, 2023

Take the UC Graduate Student Experience Survey

We want to hear your thoughts and ideas on your overall experience at Berkeley in order to better serve our graduate and professional student community. Your feedback is critical to informing and improving how we respond to challenges in the future, and will be used for many purposes, including identifying…
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April 6, 2023

Honoring Judy Heumann (1947-2023)

We are continuing to celebrate the inspiring life of disability rights activist and Berkeley School of Public Health alumna Judith (Judy) Heumann (M.P.H, ‘75). Judy was a founding member of The Center for Independent Living and helped launch the independent living movement nationally…

March 7, 2023

Got Writing Skills? Discover Writing Career Paths for Graduate Students

Careers in the Publishing Industry The publishing industry works closely with writers to refine and publish their work. Publishers employ editors, researchers, as well as acquisition and sales professionals to provide support for all stages of the publishing process. When it comes to careers in publishing and editing, GradPro talked…
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March 3, 2023

D-Lab Workshop Empowers Students to Advance Social Justice in Data Science

Set to begin with its second iteration this June, the 8-week cohort-based online program provides a scaffolded, project-based learning environment — designed within a social justice framework — giving current Berkeley graduate students the ability to apply data science skills and tools in their individual fields of study whether they’re coming from public health, education, law, public policy or any discipline across campus.
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March 2, 2023

Q&A with Nehal Eldeeb: Closing the gap between science and practice

Nehal Eldeeb is one of 13 doctoral students in the U.S. awarded the Grand Challenges for Social Work(opens in a new tab) (GCSW) fellowship for her project addressing the Grand Challenge of Ensuring Healthy Development for All Youth entitled “Centering Parent Voice: Exploring Parents’ Needs and Preferences.”

February 14, 2023

Meet our GSI Teaching & Resource Center Teaching Consultants

Meet our Teaching Consultants Noah Katznelson (she/her) I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Education. Through my research, I explore how societal ideologies shape educational policies and practices. In particular, my work brings attention to the ways neoliberal framings erase the deep cultural, historical, and political roots…
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January 26, 2023

Coming together stronger

Dear Graduate Student Community, Welcome back! I hope you were able to find time to relax and enjoy the company of friends and loved ones during the break. It’s a new year with much to look forward to this semester! The ratification…
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January 2, 2023

Need Accountability? Join a Check-in Group for Spring 2023

With the fall semester coming to a close, you might find yourself facing project deadlines, or you may be beginning to plan for the spring semester. These deadlines, tasks, and responsibilities can be overwhelming. Here at GradPro, we encourage you to take a step back and…

December 13, 2022

Public Service Opportunities for Graduate Students

Photo credit: Berkeley Public Service Center As graduate students, we often encounter fellowship and internship applications that ask us to describe our leadership skills and our engagements with diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. For many graduate students, these skills are primarily developed through teaching experience.
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December 12, 2022

Bringing Visibility to Undocugrads: Undocumented Graduate Students

Graduate school is a difficult period for many students, as they juggle personal, academic, professional, and financial responsibilities and as they prepare for future careers. But for the roughly 45,400  undocumented graduate students (also referred to as Undocugrads) enrolled in professional and academic master’s and doctoral programs throughout the…
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November 15, 2022

Native/Indigenous graduate students help build a more culturally-responsive campus

Each November, we commemorate Native American Heritage Month by acknowledging and recognizing the heritage and contributions (past, present and future) of Native and Indigenous people. However, the various ways in which our Native/Indigenous students impact Berkeley extend well beyond a particular month or day. These students’ multifaceted experiences not only help to inform their individual identities, but also help build a more culturally-responsive campus community.