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January 15, 2016

TWO Leadership Opportunities to Work on the Women’s Leadership Intensive (WLI)

The components of the WLI program include a five-day leadership retreat, mentorship and networking events. There are separate tracks for graduate and undergraduate participants with a few overlapping sessions. This is targeted at women-identified students to look at their leadership skills and the impact of various oppressions on their leadership styles, and…

January 15, 2016

BAM/PFA Berkeley Student Preview & Community Day

UC Berkeley Student Preview is an opportunity for UC Berkeley students to preview the building and the inaugural exhibition. Friday, January 29, 2016 Current Cal student ID required. Explore the new BAM/PFA at the Community Day opening Experience the cutting-edge design by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, get a first…

January 15, 2016

Which Art Class Will You Take?

Classes begin January 25th. Have you tried any of these classes? Photography Photoshop & Lightroom, Wednesdays, 6 – 8 pm (1/27 – 3/9) Intermediate Darkroom, Wednesdays, 7 – 9 pm (1/27 – 3/9) Drawing Black & White Portrait Drawing, Thursdays, 6 – 9 pm (1/28 – 3/3) Ceramics Handbuilding…

December 15, 2015

GSR Opportunity with The UC Berkeley Center for the Study of Sexual Culture

UC Berkeley Center for the Study of Sexual Culture is looking to hire a Graduate Student Researcher for the Spring semester (January 12 – May 13, 2016) and likely the Fall semester (August 17 – December 16, 2016), with the possibility to extend the position through subsequent semesters. The Center for the…

December 15, 2015

Job Opportunity at Blendle for Journalists

Blendle is a media startup from the Netherlands, looking to transform the world of high quality journalism. Blendle allows readers to buy individual articles from a range of premium publishers and publications for a few cents a pop. Launched in 2014, and counting well over 500,000 users in Holland and Germany,…

December 15, 2015

Resources for Students in Need Over the Holidays

Winter break is almost here. For those of you who are unable to go home for the holidays and have limited resources here are some options for you. During the holiday break, a list compiled by University Health Services and the Centers for Educational Equity and Excellence, the 2015 winter…

December 15, 2015

Fellowship for Social Science Dissertation Students — 1/31/2016

The Center for Engaged Scholarship, a fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives in San Francisco,  is accepting applications for dissertation fellowships of $25,000 each. The Center supports “scholarship that can move us to a society that is more egalitarian, more democratic, and committed to environmental sustainability.” Students working on…
New Graduate Student Orientation pic

December 8, 2015

Mandatory Sexual Assault/Sexual Violence Prevention Training for Graduate Students Update

During this fall semester, hundreds of incoming graduate students completed sexual assault/sexual violence prevention education — delivered both in-person and online — mandated by the UC Office of the President. In-person presentations took place August 25 at the New Graduate Student Orientation (NGSO), followed by six more sessions in October and November.

December 4, 2015

Call for Papers for University of Kentucky Graduate Philosophy Conference — 1/12/2016

The theme for the 19th Annual University of Kentucky Graduate Philosophy Conference is “Technology Today.” Technology permeates virtually all aspects of our lives, shaping them in increasingly radical ways. The nature, influence, and future of technology have been topics of debate in the last hundred years but are not frequently a…

December 4, 2015

Postdoc Industry Exploration Program (PIEP)

Postdocs and graduate students are often faced with a dilemma: seek work in academia or seek a job in industry? For many, this decision is difficult because exposure to industry careers is limited. UC Berkeley postdocs and graduate students developed a program to increase transparency about industry so that new…

December 4, 2015

The E2 Project Request for Proposals — December 31, 2015

The E2e Project is hosting an energy efficiency research design competition and seeks innovative proposals from junior faculty, post-doctoral researchers, and Ph.D. students. E2e aims to encourage talented young researchers to work on energy efficiency issues. With generous funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the winner of…

November 16, 2015

Two EECS Affiliates are Finalists in the Collegiate Inventors Competition

Sangyoon Han Berkeley’s Sangyoon Han and Tae Joon Seok are among the 2015 finalists in the Graduate Division of the 2015 Collegiate Inventors Competition (CIC).  Sangyoon Han, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) focuses his research on implementing optoelectronic devices on Silicon Photonic platform using MEMS technologies.

November 14, 2015

U.S. Faculty Scholar Program — 1/31/2016

The Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) is pleased to announce the U.S. Faculty Scholar Program for Academic Year 2016-2017. VEF expects to award approximately four grants for U.S. professors to teach courses in English at Vietnamese universities either on-site in Vietnam or by interactive, real-time video conferencing from the United States,…