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I School Launches Certificate in Applied Data Science

Beginning in Fall 2019, UC Berkeley graduate students may apply to earn a Graduate Certificate in Applied Data Science from the UC Berkeley School of Information. The certificate requires three 3-unit courses and is designed to complement a student’s regular degree program. Upon graduation, a…
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Carpool Permit Holders Must Now Use Berkeley Moves!

Effective July 1, 2019, all carpool permit holders must utilize Berkeley Moves! by logging all carpool trips into the platform’s online calendar at least twice a week. Details are available on the UC Berkeley Parking and Transportation website. About Berkeley Moves!…

Essential Information for International Graduate Students

The Berkeley International Office (BIO) would like to remind international graduate students of the following enrollment, employment and degree information: Maintaining Proper F–1/J–1 Visa Status There are a number of different criteria you must be aware of to maintain your F-1/ J-1 visa…
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Be a Mentor with the ‘Getting into Graduate School’ Program – 8/16/2019

The Office for Graduate Diversity is seeking graduate student mentors who are interested in increasing the diversity of students applying for graduate school by mentoring undergraduate students.  As a GiGS mentor, you may be working with first-generation college students who are unfamiliar with the path…

Beware of Student Phone and Email Scam

The Berkeley International Office has learned that some UC Berkeley students have received threatening phone calls from individuals pretending to work at U.S. government agencies such as the Social Security Office or Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Each year, scammers…

Rowland Fellowship — 8/16/2019

The Rowland Institute was originally founded by the late Edwin H. Land in 1980 as The Rowland Institute for Science, a privately endowed, nonprofit, basic research organization, conceived to advance science in a wide variety of fields. The Rowland Junior Fellows Program lies at the heart of the Institute: A…
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Berkeley Science Review is Seeking Graduate Student Bloggers and Designers

The Berkeley Science Review (BSR) is a graduate student-run magazine that aims to highlight the groundbreaking research occurring at UC Berkeley in a wide variety of scientific disciplines, from biology to physics to computer science. The BSR is currently seeking science bloggers, as well as illustrators, designers and…

Another Farewell!

After more than 10 years working in Communications and Events for the Graduate Division, I am retiring from UC Berkeley. My career highlights are — by far — working with our incredible graduate students during essay and video contests, and Grad Slam. I am always…