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The Peace Corps is very Berkeley
In the half century since the Corps was founded, UC Berkeley has supplied more volunteers than any other university in the U.S. — over 3,400 in more than 120 countries. And the numbers don’t begin to...
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Changes among Graduate Division’s Deans
Szeri Dear Graduate Students, Your life at Berkeley may, from time to time, bring you into contact with the Graduate Division’s Office of the Dean — for example, if you need help to resolve a concern...
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Berkeley doctoral candidates Mont Allen, Robert Harkins, Bruno Reinhardt, and...
Chartotte W. Newcombe The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship is the largest and most prestigious such award for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences who are...
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The key to totally surprising a mentor: no leaks
TOP: Anthropology’s Cori Hayden, with flowers, balloons, and certificate — the official swag of a mentoring award surprise — with applauding GSIs, who surreptitiously nominated her. BOTTOM: left,...
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GSI honors for a dozen new ways of helping people learn
TOP: The 2012 Teaching Effectiveness Award winners and other relevant players: roughly clockwise from left, starting with Graduate Dean Andrew Szeri (seated, gold tie), Kim Starr-Reid, assistant...
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Berkeley leads the way in NSF fellowships
The National Science Foundation fellowship is a crown jewel of graduate student awards. And Berkeley students lead the nation in capturing these prestigious and highly competitive grants. From...
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Speciesism seminar November 15 and beyond
From November 2012 through May 2013, faculty at Berkeley and Stanford are organizing an academic seminar series (associated with public outreach events) to discuss “Speciesism and the Future of...
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University of California Human Rights Fellowship — 2/21/2013
The Human Rights Center is holding its annual competition for student fellowships in partnership with organizations working on human rights issues. Registered students at UC Berkeley and the Graduate...
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A few changes among Grad Division’s Deans
Graduate Dean Andrew Szeri sent the following in January to graduate student affairs professionals, faculty graduate advisers, and department chairs, regarding a few recent changes in the Dean’s...
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Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellows chosen
Chartotte W. Newcombe UC Berkeley doctoral candidate Roi Livne and alumna Elham Mireshghi were among 22 fellows selected to receive a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. Newcombe is...
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Alumni Search for Answers in West Berkeley
Allen Pastron, owner of Oakland-based company, Archeo-Tec, stands in front of an archeological survey site in West Berkeley. Archeo-Tec employee, Kyle Brudvik, works with colleague, Melissa Lewis, at...
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