Career Development

Nominations are now open for two awards honoring graduate students who have distinguished themselves as mentors of undergraduates. Nominations may come from academic and research units as well as individual faculty. The nomination deadline is Friday, April 28.

Is your thesis Prize-worthy? For the fifth year in a row, the Science and SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists ​is offering four recent Ph.D.s a career-making opportunity. Could you be one of them?

Join Doug Bradley from the UCSB Writing Program for a spring quarter course on Science Communication (Writing 259). This course provides students within STEM disciplines a foundation in science communication practices that explain, persuade, describe, and entertain.

Looking for a job next year? UCSB is seeking up to four Graduate Student Assistants for a new undergraduate student success program focused on underrepresented minority and low-income students.

Join the UCSB Writing program for a faculty panel discussion on using writing to inform the research and discovery process and explore how intimately writing, research, and creativity are entwined.

The 2017 Grad Slam competition is just a month away! Mark your calendars to come out and support your friends and colleagues as they share their research in a memorable 3-minute pitch. The competition runs from April 10-21, and the preliminary round schedule is now posted!

The Data Incubator is hosting another round of data science fellowship opportunities! If you are interested in getting free hands-on training as a data scientist, then this program is for you.

Graduate Division's Academic Services unit will offer Filing Pre-check sessions May 30-June 5. Schedule your Zoom appointment today!

The University of California Humanities Research Institute is funding up to three humanities Ph.D. students to attend the Humanists@Work Graduate Career Workshop in San Jose, CA on April 30-May 1, 2017. Applications are due by March 31.

Beginning summer 2017, a new product called Primo will serve as a one-stop search box for all physical and electronic items provided by UCSB Library, as well as items that can be requested through interlibrary loan.

Writing, designing, and delivering an effective oral presentation, especially one focused on academic research, requires careful planning and a lot of practice. Join Jeff Hanson and Madeleine Sorapure to learn how to captivate an audience with your research story.

Join us for the last Lunch & Learn event of the quarter, featuring talks by graduate students in English and Electrical & Computer Engineering. Come enjoy free lunch and a chance to socialize with and learn from graduate students across the campus.

Two financial literacy workshops are scheduled this month for graduate students to learn basic information about taxes and loans. Sign up today!

Summer programs have begun their recruitment cycle, and there are several opportunities to mentor interns focused in science, engineering, or mathematics this summer. This is a wonderful way to hone your communication and project management skills as well as inspire the next generation.

Join Versatile Ph.D. as it hosts its next panel discussion about careers in think tanks for humanities and social science Ph.D.s. Learn how you could make a positive impact on public policy while developing your skills.