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December 11, 2017

Yancey/Edgley Fellowship and Award — 3/31/2018

The Dr. Antronette (Toni) K. Yancey and Darlene Edgley Fellowship was created by Ms. Darlene Edgley to continue the work pioneered by the late Dr. Antronette (Toni) Yancey, MD, MPH. Dr. Yancey’s concern with the dangers of America’s sedentary lifestyle and its relationship to issues of obesity and related…

December 11, 2017

Harvard University Environmental Fellows Program — 1/16/2019

The HUCE Environmental Fellows Program awards two-year postdoctoral fellowships to outstanding young scholars in any environment-related discipline. This year the cohort will represent research areas in history, engineering and public policy, comparative literature, earth and planetary science and earth system sciences, chemistry, and climate change adaptation. The Harvard University Center for…

December 10, 2017

Spring Graduate Seminar: Contemporary Labor Issues: Challenges and Innovation

Public Policy 290 Course number: 15670 Schedule: Tuesday, 2:00 – 4:59 pm The labor movement in California and the nation overall faces significant challenges, made more urgent since the 2016 federal elections. This course will focus on: (a) the current employment conditions of low-wage workers and…

December 8, 2017

Postdoc Opportunity at UCSF Center for Health and Community

Evidence for Action (E4A), a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, awards grants to support innovative, rigorous research on how systems, programs, and policies influence population health and health inequalities. The E4A National Program Office reviews research proposals and recommends the most rigorous…
ARCS Scholars

November 17, 2017

Celebrating ARCS Scholars

Thirteen doctoral students who are honored ARCS recipients were feted at the Ritz Carlton by the Foundation.

November 15, 2017

The Department of Linguistics Seeks a GSI for Spring 2018

The Department of Linguistics is seeking one GSI for Spring 2018 to teach: Ling. 5:  Language and Linguistics MWF 2 – 3 pm with Professor Larry Hyman The GSI must attend lecture and teach three sections as listed: Tu 8 – 9 am Tu…
Graduate Assembly seal

November 15, 2017

How to Conquer the Job Talk — 12/1/2017 

After months of anxious silence, the voice on the other end of the phone says, “We’d like to invite you for an on-campus interview…and of course we’re all looking forward to your Job Talk.” Your stomach clenches…

November 14, 2017

USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research Fellowships — 12/15/2017

The USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites proposals for its three research fellowships for advanced-standing PhD candidates: Margee and Douglas Greenberg Research Fellowship Robert J. Katz Research Fellowship in Genocide Studies Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson Research Fellowship Each fellowship provides $4,000 support and will be awarded to…

November 14, 2017

Competition: CTSP and Facebook’s Data for Good — 1/28/2018

The Center for Technology, Society & Policy (CTSP) seeks proposals for a Data for Good Competition. The competition will be hosted and promoted by CTSP in coordination with the UC Berkeley School of Information IMSA, and made possible through funds provided by Facebook. Team proposals…
University of Helsinki

November 9, 2017

Hello, Hei, Annyeong

The "good efforts" of a Korean linguist-in-training lead to warm rewards in Finland.