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Join us for a February 2 informational session with Melodie Blakemore, Senior Research Integrity Specialist from the Office of Research, who will tell you what you need to know when preparing your human subjects protocol and will answer your questions about the process.

For many graduate students, the hunt for summer opportunities or jobs after graduation has begun. Join Professional Development Peer Advisor Nicole Poletto at this workshop to learn more about what employers are looking for and how you can put your best foot forward.

Physics doctoral candidate Claire McLellan, who works as a graduate research assistant in Dr. Ania Bleszynski Jayich’s Quantum Sensing and Imaging Group at UCSB, won both the Materials Research Society Graduate Student Gold Award and the Arthur Nowick Graduate Student Award.

The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a grant that supports outstanding Ph.D. students from American universities who wish to conduct research in France for a period ranging from 4 to 9 months. Deadline is January 27, 2017.

The National Institute of Justice Research Assistantship Program is designed to support criminal justice research and to provide highly qualified doctoral students with practical and applied research experience. The deadline is January 27.

Check out Sales Bootcamp's information session to learn more about technology sales and how you can make your way into the tech industry.

Counseling and Psychological Services is offering a support group in Mandarin in order to provide a safe space for international students to create their own community and offer an opportunity for students to strengthen interpersonal skills and relate to each other at a deeper level.

UCSB's Counseling and Psychological Services is hosting an array of group therapy, workshop, and seminar offerings this quarter, including their "Riding the Wave" workshop series exclusively designed to help graduate students navigate the ups and downs of grad school with greater ease.

Check out these upcoming info sessions to learn about career opportunities with AXA Advisors, NAVAIR, Maxim Integrated Products, and Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Affinity Grad Mixers – sponsored by the Graduate Student Apartment Community Council, Graduate Division, and CAPS – will host mixers on January 23, 24, and 26. All mixers will provide appetizers and a space for building community with other graduate students from diverse backgrounds.

Are you an F-1 international graduate student interested in working off-campus while enrolled in classes or working off-campus upon graduation? Come learn how to gain employment authorization for off-campus employment related to your field of study. The first workshop is on January 25.

Attention graduate students! Are you employed through the university? If so, be sure to take advantage of the free training available to you through Lynda.com.

Join Nate Emery – a UCSB Ph.D. alum in Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology – on January 24 as he shares about his current postdoc position and what motivated the career moves that have brought him to where he is now.

In order to filter out qualified candidates, many employers use an applicant tracking system that searches your resume for keywords that match the job description. Using Jobscan, you can now scan your own resume before submitting. Sign up for your free trial today!

Author and anti-racist activist Tim Wise will give a talk as part of UCSB's Resilient Love in a Time of Hate series that will focus on meaningful ways in which white Americans can be allies to communities of color. This event is free and will be followed by a Q&A session with Wise.