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November 21, 2011

Our Common Commitment

Recent campus events highlight the urgency of engaging the issues of our day with intellectual rigor and conducting ourselves in ways that enable dialogue and debate without fracturing the community of which we are all part.
Occupy Cal

November 21, 2011

An extraordinary season: resources for comprehending the issues and events of recent weeks at Berkeley

Berkeley was not in its accustomed position at the cutting edge of the vanguard. Quietly conceived by Canadian and Spanish activists, the Occupy movement against economic and social inequality was born as protests in Kuala Lumpur in July before it reached Wall Street in New York and several sites in San Francisco in September, and city landmarks in Oakland and San Jose in the Bay Area and many locations worldwide in October.
image with text that reads; fellowships, grants, scholarships

November 21, 2011

Funding Opportunities for November through January

New funding opportunities include DOE Carlsbad Field Office Fellowship Programs, Dorothea Lange Fellowship, Department of Defense SMART Scholarship, Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program and more.
ASUC Undergraduate/Graduate Mentorship Program (UGMP) logo

November 21, 2011

Have you ever thought about mentoring an undergrad?

The ASUC Undergraduate/Graduate Mentorship Program (UGMP) provides an opportunity for graduate students to mentor undergraduate students considering the pursuit of an advanced academic degree. The graduate student will offer advice and answers to the undergraduate who is interested in gaining more knowledge about his/her academic field of interest, the graduate school process, or just about future academic endeavors.

November 21, 2011

The Graduate Social Club invites you to its Winter Wonderland party

The Graduate Social Club’s newest offering will be its semi-annual Winter Wonderland party, beginning at 8 p.m. on December 16 at BEC's Bar on 2271 Shattuck Avenue. The GSC announcement says, “Once you’ve rocked all your finals, come to our classy event. Ladies, break out those cocktail dresses, and guys, remember to wear pants.

November 10, 2011

Graduate Funding Opportunities

ARIT Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Turkey The American Research Institute in Turkey will offer ARIT fellowships for research in Turkey for the academic year 2012-2013. Grants for tenures up to one year will be considered; however, some preference is given to projects of shorter duration. ARIT…
the Tang Center

October 20, 2011

Mumps outbreak: UHS offers information and immunization

The Tang Center, 2222 Bancroft Way, headquarters of UHS. As information about the recent mumps outbreak emerges, recommendations are being refined to maximize the impact of immunization measures. UC Berkeley students living in congregate settings (high density housing with shared eating areas and bathroom facilities such as campus residence…
room with coach and table and chairs

October 20, 2011

Dissertation Writer’s Room Renovation

In June of 2010, the Doe Library and the Graduate Division opened a special place for graduate students who want to (or simply must) do some serious writing on their dissertations.
Andrew Szeri

October 20, 2011

Each one teach one

I’m happy to convey the Graduate Division’s heartiest congratulations to Berkeley Professor of Physics Saul Perlmutter, who early this month shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for the simultaneous discovery --- with two competitor-colleagues half a world away at the Australian National University --- of the accelerating expansion of the universe.
arun majumdar

October 3, 2011

Grad students stage an energy symposium to change the world

Are you interested in the latest energy-and-resources breakthroughs in science, engineering, policy, economics, and more? Then you might want to mark your calendar for what’s happening at Berkeley on the 20th and 21st of October. Arun Majumdar It’s the BERC 2011 Energy Symposium, the largest student-run…

September 21, 2011

Celebrating Joe Duggan’s epic career as teacher, scholar, and dean

Joe Duggan, 2007 (photo: Peg Skorpinski) The Graduate Division received the sad news of the death of our colleague and friend on October 2, 2016.  Several memorial gatherings are planned by friends and colleagues.   An updated tribute to his life is at https://grad.berkeley.edu/remembering-joe-duggans-life-as-teacher-scholar-dean-and-colleague/…
Chancellor Robert Birgeneau (center) and his wife Mary Catherine (left) meet with Ma Ying-jeou (right), the president of the Republic of China (Taiwan).

September 20, 2011

Taiwan Partnership a Boon for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Last October Berkeley sealed an unprecedented partnership with Taiwan, setting the stage for an influx of cross-cultural resources in the humanities and social sciences. With this partnership, Berkeley becomes the first member of Taiwan’s Top University Strategic Alliance, a program created by the country’s Ministry of Education to increase the international exposure of top Taiwanese scholars and researchers.
Andrew Szeri

September 15, 2011

Mainly, the Graduate Division is here for you

Now that the semester is underway, I want to be sure you’re aware of various ways the Graduate Division might be able to assist you in the coming weeks and months, particularly if you’re new to Berkeley and haven’t yet fit us into your mental map of this complex campus.
Shade

September 15, 2011

Berkeley students win a sizable share of environmental fellowships

In August, the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation announced the winners of its half-million dollars worth of environmental fellowships and grants for 2011. There were 20 of them around the United States, master’s and Ph.D. students. Four — a fifth of the total — are pursuing studies at Berkeley.