Join Health & Wellness for a workshop on how to stress less in graduate school! The workshop will be held next Thursday, November 3, immediately following the Graduate Writers' Room and will feature free snacks and giveaways.
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Want to capture the reader's attention and encapsulate your research concisely? Learn how at the Introduction and Problem Statement workshop led by Writing Peer Kyle Crocco.
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The new photo essay exhibit, The Other Malecon, features the work of John Paul Gallagher, a photojournalist that documents the lived experiences of people living around El Malecon, a boardwalk area in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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The Switzer Environmental Fellowship Program supports highly talented graduate students in New England and California who demonstrate outstanding leadership potential, and who are committed to a career in environmental improvement. Application deadline is January 9, 2017.
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The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) at the University of Michigan will appoint recent recipients of the Ph.D. as postdoctoral fellows for a two-year term beginning July 1, 2017. The application deadline is November 7, 2016.
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From green building design to automobile software development, these information sessions will give an inside look at how engineering skills can be applied to real-world problems. Featuring WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff, Green Hills Software, and Robert Bosch Corporation.
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The EI Fellows program provides innovative postdoctoral scholars with the opportunity to build a foundation in one of the core disciplines represented within the Earth Institute (i.e. social, earth, biological, engineering, and health sciences). Deadline is November 1, 2016 by 5 p.m. EST.
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The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) awards an astrophysics postdoc scholar an opportunity to research at various facilities for up to 4 years. Deadline is October 31 at 5 p.m. (GMT).
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On September 27, the Graduate Division hosted dozens of new graduate students, faculty, and administrators at UCSB’s first-ever Diversity Matters reception, welcoming what has been described as UCSB’s most diverse class of graduate students ever.
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Promoting Student Mental Health: A Guide for UC Faculty and Staff provides mental health education and steps on how to properly support students' mental well-being.
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For those doing research overseas, the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) offers research fellowships to doctoral candidates, postdoctoral scholars, and independent scholars all year round. Various fellowships applications open now with deadlines of Jan 2017 - Feb 2017.
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This workshop will help you identify and talk about the valuable transferable skills that you develop in graduate school and how you can apply those skills in a career beyond academia.
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A panel of faculty and students will provide insight on the Ford Foundation Fellowship Program application process at an information session. The Ford Foundation offers prestigious fellowships designed to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties.
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Meet the new Graduate Career Peer Erik Martinez! He is a Master's student at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management and he is here to support his fellow graduate students in their career development.
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The Graduate Student Resource Center is hosting a workshop on writing a diversity statement for an academic position. The workshop is open to all UCSB graduate students and postdocs.
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