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Do you have an interest in helping junior high students gain familiarity with science education? Family Ultimate Science Exploration (FUSE) is a program for underrepresented students and their families to gain familiarity with the practice of science. If you are interested in becoming a FUSE volunteer, please attend the upcoming training session on April 4. Read on for more info!

The Data Incubator is an intensive 8 week fellowship that prepares masters students, PhDs, and postdocs in STEM and social science fields seeking industry careers as data scientists. The program is free for Fellows and supported by sponsorships from hundreds of employers across multiple industries. The next session will be held from June 24th through August 16th, 2019. Apply today!

Are you interested in a career in college and university teaching? Do you want to improve your teaching and gain valuable pedagogical insight and training? Then sign up for this Spring 2019 course offering from the UCSB Graduate Division!

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!

A $1,000 scholarship is available from Dream Go for Chinese International Students. Read on for more information. The deadline to apply is March 31, 2019.

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!

The 21st Century Global Dynamics Research Fellowship is open to all UCSB students who have advanced to PhD candidacy. They are seeking THREE advanced PhD students with background and interests in such areas as media, globalization, institutional studies, and cultural geography. Application deadline is March 29, 2019.

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.