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The Graduate Division is pleased to announce the ​winners for two awards ​honoring graduate students who have distinguished themselves in the area of undergraduate research supervision: Jessica Zisa, Natalie Larez, Alejandra Valencia Medina, Sepideh Alavi, Sharon Levy, Laura Pritschet, Shailja, and Zoë Zilz. Read on to find out more about our awardees!

Are you mentoring a novice researcher this summer or planning to in the future? If yes, you are invited to attend the Mentoring Workshop Series hosted by the Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships (CSEP).

Get a quick glance at upcoming deadlines for summer and a look ahead to the fall.

Check out this UCSB series on grad student and postdoc professional development experiences funded by the Individualized Professional Skills (IPS) Program. This week's featured video is by am Samanta De Frutos García, a PhD in Iberian Linguistics from the Spanish and Portuguese department, who used the IPS funds to earn a Certificate in Teaching Heritage Languages. Read on to watch the video and learn more about the IPS program!

Stanford University is now accepting applications for postdoctoral fellowships positions with the Pandemic Preparedness Hub. This interdisciplinary fellowship will train recent doctoral graduates from any field who would like to pursue a career in advancing science to prevent or mitigate infectious disease pandemics. Applications due on June 30.

What if you had the opportunity to talk about your research any way you wanted to? What is it about your research that motivates you? At Lunch & Learn, we want to know! Presenters are needed for our Summer events, as well as those for the 2023-24 academic year. Sign up to present your research in a fun, informal 15-minute presentation.

The Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies has funding for UCSB graduate students and faculty interested in being involved in one of the eight thematic research clusters. Apply before July 5th!

The Student Speaker for the 2023 Graduate Commencement is Chris Chien, a candidate in the Teaching Education Program in the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education. He will be delivering the keynote at the Commencement ceremony on June 16 at 1pm. Read on to learn more about Chris!

Congratulations to Sergey Salushchev, PhD Candidate in History, and Thomas Lankiewicz, PhD Candidate in EEMB, who were selected as the winners of the 2023 Winifred and Louis Lancaster Dissertation Awards. Read on for more information and interviews with the Awardees.

Check out this UCSB series on grad student and postdoc professional development experiences funded by the Individualized Professional Skills (IPS) Program. This week's featured video is by Cam Audras, a Master's student in the Music and Viola Performance department, who used the IPS funds to take private lessons on orchestral excerpts from top orchestral musicians. Read on to watch the video and learn more about the IPS program!

Read on for tips from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD)--an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community--about the difficulty of actually writing every day. Membership in the NCFDD (free for UCSB students!) provides several forms of professional support to help combat common problems academics face.

All are invited to attend two upcoming theater events at the IV Community Center. The Tempest will run June 2-4, and Love & Information will run June 9 & 10.

The UCSB Library will be offering an ORCID workshop for graduate students on Wednesday, June 7 from 12-1pm in Library Classroom 1312. ORCID is a unique, persistent digital identifier that you own and control, and that distinguishes you from every other researcher.

All grads are invited to an event at Draughtsman Aleworks in Goleta at 7pm on Friday, June 2. PhD students in Mathematics Fabio Ricci and Joel C. Pion will be delivering a joint talk on applied fluid mechanics.

Virginia Tech is now accepting applications for the 2023 Future Faculty Diversity Program. This three-day program is designed to encourage graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to consider faculty positions at Virginia Tech. Application deadline is August 15.