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September 5, 2018

Sign up for CalNet 2-Step Verification — 9/24/2018

Protect your CalNet with 2-Step verification! 2-Step verification helps ensure that you’re the only one who can access your account, even if bad guys steal your password. All you need is your phone to enroll. Need instructions? No phone? Get one…

September 5, 2018

The City and its People, Fall 2018 Colloquium

The Global Urban Humanities Initiative announced its The City and its People, Fall 2018 Colloquium on global and US cities, people, public art, urban history, urban literature and more. Students are welcome to attend whether you are looking to register in a 1-unit course or want to drop-in on a lecture…

September 4, 2018

Big Ideas Contest Launches! Pre-proposals Due — 11/14/2018

Big Ideas is an early-stage, student-led, innovation contest that connects students with the mentorship, training, and resources needed to successfully conceptualize, deploy, and scale their social ventures. Open to undergraduate and graduate students, the Contest awards up to $300,000 in prizes annually. Since its founding in 2006, Big Ideas has…

September 4, 2018

Fall Career Fairs – A Little Bravery Can Lead to Big Opportunities

Career fairs are great for career exploration, with opportunities for students from all programs and disciplines. Why not check one out?

student trio awardees for Switzer fellowship

September 4, 2018

Another Student Trio Becomes Switzer Fellows

Three more Berkeley students bring home $15,000 Switzer Environmental Fellowship awards to help them tackle environmental challenges.

August 27, 2018

Fiona Doyle, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, to Retire in June 2019

Janet Napolitano, President of the University of California; Fiona Doyle, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division; and Joe Charbonnet, Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Engineering and 2018 UC Grad Slam Champion. Beginning July 1, 2019, Fiona Doyle, accomplished engineer, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies,…

August 14, 2018

Leveraging Video Analysis to Examine the Relationship between Undergraduate Research and Science Identity

A graduate student uses her newly-developed skills to consider the nuanced perspective a young scientist may have with their role in the scientific community.

Fiona M. Doyle, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division

August 13, 2018

Welcome to the New Semester!

Welcome and orientation activities are underway — be sure that you access all that Berkeley offers!

“The Fantasy, The Ideal, and The Reality of Career Exploration,” by the Motivating Informed Decisions (MIND) program, UCSF.

August 13, 2018

The Messy Reality of Career Exploration, Explained

Why career exploration can be slow and tough — and where to find support!

August 13, 2018

Arts Research Center 2018–2019 Program

The Arts Research Center’s 2018–2019 program will have a special focus on the critical potential of arts from the Global South. The events organized around this question are the result of collaboration between the Arts Research Center’s Interim Director Natalia Brizuela, Anneka Lenssen (History of Art), Leigh Raiford (African American Studies), and…

August 13, 2018

Salsa Dancing for Graduate Students!

Interested in dancing Salsa or Bachata? Looking to connect with fellow graduate students? Check out our Facebook page, Salsa at Cal-Graduate Division, a new group for Cal Graduate students and alumni interested in learning Latin social dances. All levels are welcome. We will be posting information on…

August 13, 2018

Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies Scholarships — 10/1/2018

This program is open to all recent Ph.D. recipients and doctoral candidates in the social sciences or law. The Academy Scholars Program identifies and supports outstanding scholars at the start of their careers whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the social sciences or law with a command of the language…

August 13, 2018

American-Scandinavian Foundation Grants and Fellowships — 11/1/2018

The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) offers fellowships (up to $23,000) and grants (up to $5,000) to individuals to pursue research, study or creative arts projects in one or more Scandinavian country for up to one year. The grants are considered suitable for post-graduate scholars, professionals, and candidates in the arts to…

August 13, 2018

Hertz Fellowships for Physical, Biological, & Engineering Sciences Ph.D. Students — 10/24/2018

The Hertz Foundation provides unique financial support to the nation's most remarkable PhD students in the physical, biological and engineering sciences. The merit-based annual competition for graduate fellowships consists of a cost-of-education allowance and a personal-support stipend.

August 12, 2018

Berkeley Ethnic Studies and History Ph.D.s awarded Mellon Public Fellowships

Maria Faini and Jason Rozumalski talk about their new career paths and taking their humanities expertise public.

August 9, 2018

Exciting Fall Offerings from Berkeley Graduate Lectures

Thought-provoking lectures presented by a diverse line-up of distinguished speakers.

August 9, 2018

Three Graduate Student Positions at the Berkeley Food Institute — 8/20/2018

The Berkeley Food Institute currently has three positions open for graduate students. Campus Food Equity and Inclusion Policy Fellow The fellow will apply their food system and policy advocacy knowledge to lead efforts to implement BFI’s Foodscape Map policy recommendations on campus. Land Use…

August 9, 2018

Academic Job Search Series — 8/21/2018

Whether you plan on wading or plunging into the market, here’s a chance to learn a little more about what you’re getting into.

August 9, 2018

Ford Foundation Predoctoral, Postdoctoral, and Dissertation Fellowships — 12/6/2018

Through its Fellowship Programs, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity…

August 8, 2018

American Fellowships Awarded to Three at Berkeley

Fellows are recognized for their scholarly excellence and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research.