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March 9, 2016

Graduate Assembly Elects 2016 – 2017 Executive Board

Graduate Assembly elections took place on March 7 at a lively five-hour meeting that discussed 29 nominated candidates, eight newly elected officers, and one announcement of a mayoral candidacy. The Graduate Assembly, the official representative body of graduate and professional students on the Berkeley campus, holds elections every…

March 9, 2016

Safety Messages Will Now be Sent to the Campus Community via Nixle

If you are member of the UC Berkeley community and currently have a “berkeley.edu” email address, you will be automatically added to Nixle’s UC Berkeley rivate group on March 7, 2016 and you will begin to receive Nixle email from the UC Berkeley Police Department.  Nixle’s platform will send emails about safety…

March 9, 2016

Science Outside the Lab Workshop — 3/30/2016

The long-running Washington, D.C. science policy immersion program returns for the summer of 2016. Graduate students in science, engineering, and related disciplines, who are interested in how decisions about science and innovation funding, regulation and policy are made, will benefit from this program. The Science Outside the Lab workshop is offered June 13-June…

March 9, 2016

Zika Virus — What You Need to Know

Tang Center on Bancroft University Health Services joins public health officials in urging UC Berkeley students, faculty and staff to defer travel or to use caution when traveling to  Zika-affected areas as the most effective action members of the campus community can take to…
the mountains in the mist

March 7, 2016

Spring Break on a Budget

Spring break is right around the corner, but you don't need to break the bank to have a memorable vacation!

February 16, 2016

The Forgotten International Fellowships — 3/15/2016

The Forgotten International (FTI) is enlisting applicants for field volunteer positions abroad to do poverty alleviation work. FTI partners with 10 organizations in Cambodia, Nepal, India, Kenya, Peru and Uganda, and continues to expand their placements around the globe. Placements abroad may involve: teaching English or other skills to children or young…

February 12, 2016

Drawdown Fellowship Program — 3/18/2016

Project Drawdown is a US-based research organization that is developing a book, open-source database, and digital platform describing how 100 existing technological, social, and ecological solutions, deployed at scale and in combination, can alter the composition of our atmosphere and help forge a path toward temperature decline. It is offering two…

February 12, 2016

Career Pathways Seminar — 2/25/2016

Want to hear about inspiring career perspectives? The Berkeley Postdoctoral Association is hosting a Career Pathways seminar series designed to expose you to unique career paths and to connect you with people who are working in exciting fields outside of academia. The seminar features Dr. Meghan Byrne, who will talk about careers pathways in scientific publishing.

February 12, 2016

2016 Faculty Mentor Award (FMA) — 2/21/2016

The Graduate Assembly has extended the deadline for nominations for the 2016 Faculty Mentor Award (FMA) to February 21 at 11:59 pm The UC Berkeley Graduate Assembly Faculty Mentor Award (FMA), now in its 13th year, honors members of the Berkeley faculty and teaching staff who have shown an outstanding commitment to mentoring, advising, and generally supporting graduate students. The Graduate Assembly presents three…
Fiona M. Doyle

February 12, 2016

Celebrate Multiculturalism!

Spring festivals remind me of the multicultural richness of the Berkeley campus and our surrounding area.

February 11, 2016

Volunteer Position Available with Science@Cal

Science@Cal is a cross-discipline campus organization dedicated to sharing the wonder, excitement and relevance of the UC Berkeley STEM research community with public audiences. Science@Cal seeks a graduate student to assist with organization and speaker recruitment for its monthly East Bay Science Cafe. This position requires a few volunteer hours of…

February 11, 2016

Family Fare begins at BAMPFA

Second Saturdays at 11:30 am and 1 pm Ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s) Bring the whole family to the new BAMPFA in downtown Berkeley to view, discuss, and make art. In each session of Family Fare, your family can participate in guided viewing and discussion in…

February 11, 2016

Sitka Fellows Program — 03/29/2016

The Sitka Fellows Program is looking for visionaries of all backgrounds who wish to immerse themselves in their work alongside other smart and passionate people like themselves. The program is a fully-funded, seven-week residency at Sheldon Jackson Campus in Sitka, Alaska where those chosen for the program can dedicate…

February 9, 2016

Call for Abstracts for the 2016 MCH Interdisciplinary Research Symposium

2016 MCH Interdisciplinary Research Symposium Tuesday, March 15,  2016 UC Berkeley The Center of Excellence in Maternal Child Health at UC Berkeley invites researchers, students, and faculty to present the latest findings of their work in Maternal Child and Adolescent Health and compare notes with colleagues from…

February 9, 2016

General Scholarship for Higher Learning Award — 4/15/2016

ReservationCounter.com Scholarships for Higher Learning are awarded twice annually in the fall and spring of each year. The Spring 2016 General Scholarship Award is for $1500. The deadline to apply is April 15, 2016. See the ReservationCounter.com website for more information.

February 9, 2016

UCBe: Involved

Graduate Assembly Executive Board 2015-16 Graduate Assembly Question. Investigate. Critique. Design. Analyze. Advance. While these are all activities Berkeley graduate students are used to doing in their academic lives, the dedicated students in The Graduate Assembly have added “Advocate” and “Lead” to their portfolios. From regular Graduate…

February 8, 2016

Hydro Foundation Research Awards — 3/15/2017

The Hydro Research Foundation is leading the Research Awards Program designed to stimulate new student research and academic interest in conventional or pumped storage hydropower. The awards are made possible by a grant from the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program of the U.S. Department of Energy. In 2017, the…