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Apply before June 30 to be a student intern at the U.S. Department of State and get hands-on experience of diplomacy in action.

Attention recent graduates! The UCSB MultiCultural Center (MCC) is hiring a Publicist and Marketing Coordinator. Apply by June 21 for primary consideration.

Attention recent graduates looking for a non-academic, university staff position with a social justice orientation. The UCSB Multicultural Center (MCC) is currently hiring a Student Liaison to support the services and mission of the MCC. The position is open until filled.

Two graduate students from UCSB have been awarded the prestigious Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies dissertation completion fellowships for the 2017-18 academic year: Karen Hanna of Feminist Studies and Megan Lukaniec of Linguistics.

Interested in data science? Join the Data Incubator for a free 8-week fellowship where you will be trained as a data scientist!

​​Congratulations to Melissa Barthelemy and Sarah Lerner on receiving the 2017 Graduate Student Internship Fellowship! ​Learn more about the organizations they ​will be working with and how this work is helping them prepare for a variety of career options after ​completing their graduate programs.

Student health will remain open during its usual hours of 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. during the summer with a few partial closures. Current health coverage for GHI members continues until September 23. No referrals are necessary when more than 50 miles outside of Santa Barbara.

What is it about your research that motivates and excites you? At Lunch & Learn, we want to know! Sign up to be a speaker at one of our upcoming events to share your research, expand your CV, and practice public speaking in a friendly and cross-disciplinary environment.

If you're looking for top-notch online professional development resources for grad students and postdocs, then check out the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity. Take advantage of their weekly motivational emails, Career Center, webinars, and multi-week courses.

The Institute for Human Studies at George Mason University is offering an hour-long online workshop on developing your academic elevator pitch. This workshop is free for students in the humanities and social sciences.

The Dining Room at The Club & Guest House is still accepting reservations for their all-you-can-eat brunch buffet during Commencement weekend! Reservations are available from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday (June 17 and 18).

Faculty PIs with NSF awards are encouraged to apply for a $50,000 supplemental funding opportunity to provide support for non-academic research internships for graduate students. The first deadline is June 23, 2017.

Read on to find out more about campus resources to protect your digital information from scammers and other online threats.

Congratulations to Lynnette Arnold from Linguistics and Kevin Johnson from Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology who have been announced as the 2017 recipients of the Winifred and Louis Lancaster Annual Dissertation Award.

Join Dr. Perez and Dr. Rogers as they discuss the founding of Apeel Sciences, the science behind ​their technology, and how it will change food processing worldwide.