December 16, 2021
The application for the University of California Hispanic-Serving Institutions Initiative (UC-HSI) Research Apprenticeship Program (UC-HSI RAP) is now open! Applications are due no later than January 15, 2022,11:59 PM PT.
December 15, 2021
Congratulations on making it through this fall semester! We recognize it’s been a tremendous challenge to resume in-person instruction and I want to thank you for your patience and resilience as we’ve all navigated the ups and downs over these past months. But I hope that, like me, you’ve also experienced the joys of being back in community.
December 13, 2021
In the remote/hybrid/in-person world, virtual interviews have become commonplace. While virtual interviews can eliminate the hassle of traveling, it remains important to adequately prepare yourself. Below are some tips to present yourself in a thoughtful, professional, and prepared manner.
December 13, 2021
Take these simple steps to get ahead in your professional development goals for 2022. Photo by Joseph Pearson on Unsplash After the sprint to the end of the fall semester, winter break is an important time for relaxation, rest, and…
November 16, 2021
The Stern Health Sciences Fellowship program was created to pave the way for new innovation by supporting graduate students in leading-edge research while, at the same time, addressing the urgency of human health needs by making increased funds available immediately. The program was conceived and established through a generous donation by Eric H. Stern, B.S. Business Administration, Chair of the Graduate Division Executive Advisory Committee, and a Trustee of the UCBF Board.
November 16, 2021
“We threw a party and everyone came!” Lisa Garcia Bedolla August 26th was a reason to celebrate. With the Berkeley campus now open, the Graduate Division had the opportunity once again to experience the excitement of welcoming our incoming graduate students in person. Given that last year’s cohort of…
November 16, 2021
Photo: Kelley Cox Photography In July 2020, Vice Provost Lisa García Bedolla and fellow Graduate Division staff convened a working group to meet with Black graduate students and hear their concerns and suggestions about increasing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging at Cal. Using what we heard in…
November 15, 2021
The virtual UC Berkeley Graduate Diversity Admissions Fair returned for the second year to a broader, more diverse audience of prospective graduate students. The weeklong event, which took place October 18 - 22, 2021, supports the UC Berkeley’s Office for Graduate Diversity’s goal to significantly increase diversity recruitment and create a belonging culture where students from all backgrounds feel supported, encouraged and welcomed as they prepare to apply to graduate programs.
November 12, 2021
Built on learnings from the Berkeley Summer Institute for Preparing Future Faculty, the Path to the Professoriate (P2P) Program engages first-year Ph.D. students from underrepresented backgrounds in workshops and structured activities around illuminating the route to assistant professorship in their discipline and establishing and building a publication pipeline.
November 12, 2021
Michael Arjun Banerjee I am a third-year doctoral student in Jurisprudence and Social Policy, studying American legal history. I have been working as a Graduate Writing Consultant since January 2020, with an emphasis on academic writing. Before coming to Berkeley, I earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
November 10, 2021
Dear Graduate Student Community, First, I want to say how encouraged and inspired I’ve been witnessing your resilience during all the uncertainties of this semester. I’m incredibly grateful for your patience, your ideas, and your participation as you’ve worked together to support each other, especially our students facing the greatest…
November 9, 2021
Dear Cal Supporters and Alumni, I want to express my profound gratitude for the generous support you’ve provided to Berkeley’s Graduate Division. Your generosity has enabled our graduate students to better navigate and overcome the challenges of this past year. It’s been a joy to see our graduate students back…
October 28, 2021
“Even though I mentor Ph.D. students, I’m not just helping them. They help me fuel my thinking about my own research. When they talk with me about their work, they’re moving me into areas that I wouldn’t have remotely considered. That’s huge.” Jill Duerr Berrick, professor at Berkeley Social Welfare.
October 7, 2021
Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowships are awarded to candidates who have outstanding undergraduate records, have demonstrated a need for financial assistance, are citizens of the United States of America, are enrolled in accredited colleges and universities in the United States and have received baccalaureate degrees. Applicants must be enrolled UC Berkeley graduate…
October 6, 2021
Dear graduate student community, One of my primary concerns as Vice Provost for Graduate Studies is ensuring that you feel well and supported during your time at Cal, particularly given all the challenges you have experienced due to the pandemic. This means equitable access to financial resources, fellowships and…
October 4, 2021
UC Berkeley Graduate Division celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day and recognizes that Native people are the first inhabitants of the Americas including the lands that became the United States of America, and UC Berkeley campus community. On Monday October 11, 2021, more states, cities, and communities will observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day…
October 4, 2021
The University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program was established in 1984 to encourage outstanding women and minority Ph.D. recipients to pursue academic careers at the University of California. The current program offers postdoctoral research fellowships and faculty mentoring to outstanding scholars in all fields whose research,…
October 4, 2021
Graduate students (or recent graduates) interested in careers in the California Community College system are encouraged to submit applications to The Rancho Academy. This academy is designed to broaden the spectrum of skills-building in an effort to create cohorts of potential employees whose understanding and application of diversity principles…
October 2, 2021
One of the first challenges facing new Cal students is finding a place to call home, whether on- or off-campus. Cal Housing has some tips and suggestions that can help with your search.
October 1, 2021
Robert Stalnaker Robert Stalnaker, the Laurence S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the first virtual Howison Memorial Lecture, “Counterfactuals, Compatibilism and Rational Choice,” on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 4:10 p.m. This lecture will be streamed live on the…