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The National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education will be hosting a webinar this Monday, September 19th from 6:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST (9:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET) focused on Inventing the Way Forward: Graduate Education for the STEM Workforce.

UC Santa Barbara welcomes ​769 new graduate students into its ranks next ​week, and this group of incoming students is one of our most diverse ever. Here, we break down the statistics on our incoming graduate student cohort and introduce you to several of our new students.

SciTrek ​provides on-site resources for students, practicing teachers, and teachers in training to cover required grade-level standards and processes that form the basis of all evidence-based approaches to understanding our world. They are holding an information session on September 26.

The University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program was established in 1984 to encourage outstanding women and minority Ph.D. recipients to pursue academic careers at the University of California. The deadline to apply is November 1.

The Graduate Student Resource Center is hosting a workshop on writing a​ diversity statement for an academic position on Monday, September 19. The workshop is open to all UCSB graduate students and postdocs.

Collaborate at UCSB is looking to hire a tech-savvy and service-oriented graduate student for their Instructional Design Assistant position.

Do you have strong fluency in more than one language? Versatile Ph.D. will host a free AMA-style panel discussion for humanities and social science Ph.D.s on Careers in Language Translation from September 19-23.

The Graduate Student Association (GSA) has a brand new website. Including information on awards, funding, resources, and social events -- all in an easily navigable new design!

The UCSB Library’s newly opened Interdisciplinary Research Collaboratory is looking to hire three new assistants who can begin work at the start of the fall quarter.

Kali Yamboliev, a doctoral candidate studying medieval Mediterranean history, exemplifies the diversity and achievements of UCSB students. She sat down to talk with us about her upcoming year abroad as a Fulbright Fellow and how she learned to balance work and life in grad school.

Virginia Tech is hosting the Future Faculty Development Program, an exciting and rewarding two-day event for a small group of doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars interested in pursuing academic careers.

The Non​-​traditional Student Resource Center (NTRSC) is looking to hire a graduate student assistant for the year. The application deadline is Friday, September 9 at 4 p.m.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we must cancel the Finding Funding workshop that was originally scheduled for September 13. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and we will inform you if we are able to reschedule the workshop in the near future.

All Ph.D. students entering the academic job market for 2016-2017 ​​can earn up to $80 (from Amazon.com) to participate in this paid research study from UC Riverside and the Life Events Lab.

The UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (IHC) seeks 10-12 graduate students with native fluency in Spanish or Mandarin to serve as interpreters at Isla Vista Elementary School during the school’s twice-yearly Parent-Teacher Conference weeks.