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The Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships (CSEP) is currently hiring for two new positions starting in Winter 2017 to conduct interviews with photonics companies to assess their workforce needs. This opportunity is most useful for photonics students but others are welcome to apply.

UCSB's Interdisciplinary Humanities Center seeks a graduate student to help design and implement a communications project that consists of creating a database of faculty on campus who are involved in publicly-engaged teaching and research. Applications are due December 15.

This fellowship supports scholars and analysts who wish to undertake research and writing on topics of relevance to contemporary US-Asia policy; in particular, key challenges in U.S.-Asia relations and possible responses and approaches to addressing those challenges. Deadline is January 2, 2017.

Dr. Ruby Mendenhall, Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, will host a colloquium, “Racial Microaggressions in Higher Education: Doing the Difficult Work of Building a Diverse and Inclusive Community” on December 2.

Attention all faculty, teaching assistants, and staff: GauchoSpace Support has services beyond email ticketing help! They also assist with gradebooks, assignments and quizzes, and even offer specialized trainings and advanced workshops. Check out their services and let them help you!

On Monday, November 14, the UCSB Library's Sherri L. Barnes led a lunchtime brown bag info session where she presented an overview of ​academic publishing today. This article contains useful handouts, slides, and resources from the workshop.

The Sydney Brenner Research Scholarship is awarded each year to a scholar, researcher, historian, or writer seeking to advance knowledge in the history of the Life Sciences. Deadline is December 15.

Take a much-needed break before finals week and support UCSB's incredible dancers in their Fall Dance Concert titled "Exposure: Revealing, Relating, Responding," happening on December 2 and 3.

UC Santa Cruz's ISEE is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2017 Professional Development Program, which provides early‐career scientists and engineers training in effective education techniques as well as other professional skills. Applications are due December 12.

Full scholarships are available for intensive language study at the Middlebury Summer Language in any of the eleven languages offered: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. Application deadline is December 15.

Be sure to stop by the Express Flu Shot Clinics that occur every Friday at Student Health from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Students covered under Gaucho Health Insurance (GHI) receive the flu shot for FREE! Non-GHI students are able to get the shot for $30.

The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science program is offering five postdoctoral positions at $60,000 each and identifying exceptional women researchers committed to serving as role models for younger generations. The application deadline is February 3, 2017.

The Durham International Fellowships for Research and Enterprise Junior Research Fellowship is aimed at researchers with significant postdoctoral experience and exceptional recent doctorands. Deadline to apply is December 2, 2016, at midnight (UK time).

Interested in being a Graduate Resident Assistant (RA) for the 2017-2018 school year? Come to this info session on Monday, November 28, at 7 p.m. in the San Clemente Center! Attending the session does not obligate you to apply and non-attendance does not disqualify you from applying.

Successful collaborations require coordination and planning among investigators and the ability to work together. Come join the UCSB Office of Research for a discussion with a panel of guest speakers about creating and fostering successful collaborations.