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Please join the UCSB Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for a special industry and entrepreneurship event co-sponsored by Apeel Sciences and the MIT Enterprise Forum. The event will be held Wednesday, March 20, from 12-1:30p in ESB 1001. Lunch will be provided. RSVP today!

Every year, two graduate student delegates, along with their Graduate Deans, gather with local legislators in Sacramento to advocate for the support of graduate research. Meet this year's advocates: Adriana Sánchez, a doctoral student in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology, and Nicholas Huynh, a doctoral candidate in the Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Marine Science. Read on to learn more!

The newly implemented UC Santa Barbara Housing Voucher Program is part of our institution’s continued efforts to address food and housing insecurity concerns for our student population. Read on for more information and application details.

The UCSB Library is pleased to announce a NEW pilot program for Winter Quarter Dead and Finals Weeks. Beginning March 10 and ending March 22, Late Night Study will begin at 6PM. During Late Night Study, the Library is only open to UCSB students, faculty, and staff. Read on for more info!

Your submissions and votes for the sixth "Art of Science" competition made this year's competition the largest yet! You are warmly invited to attend a reception on Thursday, March 14th, 4-5pm in the Elings Hall lobby where the 2019 winners will be announced. Refreshments will be served.

On Wednesday, March 6, the Graduate Division and the Office of the Ombuds co-hosted a workshop on how to navigate the challenges of the PhD student/advisor relationship. Read on for some important takeaway points from the session.

The Los Angeles Review of Books is now accepting applications for the 2019 LARB/USC Publishing Workshop. The Publishing Workshop is an intensive, three-week summer course on book, magazine, and online publishing held on the USC campus from July 7-July 26, 2019. Scholarships are available. Read on for more info and apply today!

Are you considering an internship while studying at UCSB? Earlier this month, we reached out to ​​current UCSB graduate students and asked them to sit on a panel to discuss the importance of their internship experience while being enrolled as a full-time student. Here we offer a summary of what our panelists were asked and share a glimpse of what they had to say.

Join Doug Bradley from the UCSB Writing Program for a spring quarter course on Science Communication. This course provides students within STEM disciplines a foundation in science communication practices that explain, persuade, describe, and entertain. Students will learn how to craft scientific stories that are accurate, realistic, and compelling. Read on for more info!

UCSB's Research Mentorship Program is seeking graduate students, postdocs, and researchers for a paid mentorship opportunity this summer in a wide range of disciplines. Join as a mentor and help create an academically inspiring summer for the next generation of researchers. Graduate students may be employed up to 100% over the summer. Program duration is June 24 to August 2, 2019.

Announcing the 3rd Dissertation Institute (DI), an interactive workshop for underrepresented graduate students in engineering. The week-long event will focus on skills and strategies needed to successfully complete the dissertation process as well as provide networking opportunities to build connections for future collaborative career advancement. Learn more and apply today! Deadline extended to March 15, 2019.

Come learn about the Individualized Professional​ Skills (IPS) Grant Program at ​our ​March 15 Meet & Eat! ​You'll hear from ​James Giammona (PhD Student, ​Physics), Rodger Luo (PhD Student, Media Arts & Technology), and Veronica Laos (PhD Student, Chemistry) about their professional development experiences funded by the IPS ​grant.

UCSB's Queer and Trans Graduate Student Union will host a fundraiser at Pizza My Heart in Isla Vista on Wednesday, March 6. Purchases made all day wi​ll benefit the QTGSU with funding support. You can also join the Board Members who will be there from 4 to 7 p.m. Read on to learn more about the QTGSU.

UCSB Career Services is currently accepting applications for its Graduate Career Peer position, to begin employment in Summer 2019. This position will give the successful applicant valuable experience working in ​higher-ed administration and the opportunity to assist with program development. The application deadline is Sunday, March 24.

On February 22, the Graduate Division hosted a salary negotiation workshop led by Lisa Gates, co-founder of She Negotiates. Along with role-playing exercises and audience Q&A, Lisa discussed how to relate your aptitude and experience to others in negotiating salaries and promotions, including negotiation tactics and frameworks. Read on for more details and links to further information!