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The Women's Center recently welcomed their new Graduate Assistant Jamiee Cook. She will be creating programs for the graduate student body and working to support the services that the Women’s Center offers. Read on to find out more about Jamiee and the Women's Center at UCSB.

The Graduate Division is excited to launch #GradStories, a new video series highlighting the research and experience of UCSB graduate students​. Check out our first video featuring Rebecca Baker, a PhD student in the English Department.

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) recently welcomed their new Graduate Mental Health Peer Veronica Franco. She will be working with the Mental Health Peer Program to assist graduate students on issues related to mental health and wellness. Read on to find out more about Veronica and the Mental Health Peer Program at UCSB.

UC Santa Barbara welcomes National Science Foundation (NSF) Director France Córdova to campus. Dr. Córdova toured our university’s research facilities and met with graduate students who received the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship award. Read on to find out more about the impact of Dr. Córdova's work and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!

The Graduate Division is excited to announce a new addition to the Graduate Student Resource Center! Hannah Lawrence, the new Assistant Director of Professional Development, recently moved to Santa Barbara from Boston after working in nonprofit program management for the last four years. Read on to find out more about Hannah!

The Graduate Division is excited to welcome our new ​​Diversity Peer Advisor, ​​Sam del Castillo. ​They will be working with staff and students all across campus to make UCSB's graduate student body even more diverse, representative, and ​supportive. Read on to find out more about ​​Sam!

​Be sure to check out upcoming workshops from the Graduate Student Resource Center. From financial literacy, to improv skills for interviewing, to plenty of opportunities to build connections across campus – we hope you'll join us for ​our lineup of ​​Fall 2019 programming. ​Mark your calendars and visit the Events page for updated information as events get closer.

Our final featured student, Aizhan Adilkhan, is moving to Santa Barbara from Kazakhstan with her two children. Read on to learn more about ​her research and some of her plans for when she arrives at UCSB!

Steven Gomez is coming to UCSB from Los Angeles to pursue his Ph.D. in Materials. Read on to hear about Steven's path to UCSB and see a meme he published in an academic journal!

Aisha Anwar is an incoming Ph.D. student in English from North Carolina. She received her undergraduate degree from UNC, where she studied English Literature and Global Studies. Read on to learn more about ​​Aisha's journey in North Carolina and her business she created from a hobby!

Valdis Jansons has been busy since he received his BA and MA degrees in classical singing in Parma, Italy. He has traveled all over the world as a professional singer and has sung in over 10 languages! Valdis is coming to UCSB to pursue a Ph.D. in Music.

Grad school marks the next chapter in Tannishtha Bhattacharjee's adventure. She is coming to UCSB from Delhi, India, where she received her BA, MA, and MPhil in History. She is very excited to ​come to UCSB and continue her work in the History Department and inspire UCSB fashion.

Next up in our 2019 Incoming Grad Series is Matthew Devlin, who is coming to UCSB from the L'Oreál USA research headquarters in New Jersey to pursue a Ph.D. in ​​Mechanical Engineering. Read on to learn more about ​Matthew's ​background, research interests, and his extensive knowledge of mascara!

The 2019 Incoming Grad Series continues with Kirstin Rollins, an incoming PhD student in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from Washington State. Learn more about ​Kirstin's research interests and her plethora of fun facts!

First up in our 2019 Incoming Grad Series is Kristian Vásquez, who is entering the Ph.D. program in Chicana/o Studies. Learn more about how Kristian developed his research interests as well as his interests outside of school – including moshing!