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The organizing committee is now recruiting graduate students and postdocs to join the team for next year’s conference, where you can have the opportunity to develop transferable skills that are ​valuable to careers both inside and outside of the academy.

In the mood for some seafood? Three seafood-loving graduating master's students who are researching how and why people purchase seafood are looking for you and your appetite.

Become the 2016-2017 GSA Legislative Director. Represent the interests of UCSB's graduate students and lobby on their behalf.

Are you a grad student looking for a job? The UCSB Certified Farmers Market is looking to hire an outgoing and motivated graduate student to coordinate and run the farmers market on campus.

Chemist and entrepreneur Steven Isaacman, Ph.D., will discuss keys to success for today’s life science entrepreneur.

Come enjoy one more Lunch & Learn before the end of the quarter! This month's event features talks by graduate students in Materials and Philosophy.

If you're free this weekend, take a trip ​down town to the Old Mission to check out the 2016 ​I ​Madonnari street painting festival.

If you're in need of some writing assistance, check out the Monday Motivator article "Shut up and Write" by Kerry Ann Rockquemore on getting writing support.

Professional Development Program Coordinator Shawn Warner-Garcia will give an overview of the basic mechanics and content in a CV for academic and research-focused industry positions, including samples and common scenarios.

If you want to overcome procrastination, you'll have to ​get at the roots of your particular procrastination before attempting one of the methods for overcoming it.

Come to the end-of-the-year show "White Noise" by the Media Arts and Technology program. ​See the showcase of new graduate student and faculty work connecting emergent media, computer science, engineering, architecture, electronic music, haptics, and digital art research.

Summer is coming, and with it, you'll forge lasting memories of ​sunny days, warm nights, and you working on your thesis, article, or dissertation. ​So I have one question for you: ​are you ready?

The Graduate Division ​is pleased to present an informational panel on publishing in STEM fields, featuring faculty from Psychological & Brain Sciences, EEMB, and Mechanical Engineering.

Dr. Duncan Mellichamp, Professor Emeritus of the UCSB Department of Chemical Engineering, has been a UC Santa Barbara professor for nearly half a century. He will speak about his career path, and the legacy of UCSB, as the Graduate Division's 2016 keynote Commencement speaker.

This workshop will give an overview of the academic hiring process as well as information on how to search for an academic job, what materials you will need to prepare for applications and campus visits, and how to develop a realistic timeframe.