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The UCSB Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies and the UCSB IHC Research Focus Group “What Is a Shakespeare?: Shakespeare and Global Media” are collaborating to host a virtual conference: "Global Snapshot: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Media, Performativity, and Global Communities." The conference features Keynote Speakers Dr. Peter Eckersall and Dr. Ambereen Dadabhoy, and will run on May 14 and 15. Abstracts are due April 1.

Beyond the Professoriate is offering a free webinar: "Leaving academia? Here's what you need to prepare." All graduate students and PhDs are invited to join L. Maren Wood, PhD (Founder of Beyond the Professoriate) for this interactive webinar so that you can be confident in your decision and knowledgeable about the steps you need to take. This month's webinar will run on March 25 at 9am.

The UCSB Women's Center is now accepting abstracts for its upcoming graduate student conference, "Feminist Pedagogies," which will run on Saturday, May 22. Read on for more information about the conference, and for the CFP. Abstracts are due on March 31.

The 10th annual ComSciCon Flagship Workshop will take place on August 4-6, 2022 in Cambridge, MA. ComSciCon provides graduate student attendees with a one-of-a-kind opportunity to meet early career leaders in science communication while also learning from and interacting with a remarkable group of invited experts. Applications are due on April 1.

With his winning three-minute talk, “The Early Bird Gets the Worm, but the Second Mouse Gets the Cheese: What Simple Organisms Can Teach Us about Our Daily Rhythms," Geoff Meyerhof, a graduate student in Biomolecular Science & Engineering, took the Grad Slam 2022 championship. He will now go forward to represent UCSB at the UC-wide Grad Slam, which will be livestreamed from the LinkedIn headquarters on May 6. Read on for more about the Final Round of UCSB Grad Slam 2022!

Read on for tips from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD)--an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community--about strategies to help you manage your time. Membership in the NCFDD (free for UCSB students!) provides several forms of professional support to help combat common problems academics face. Read on to learn more!

Join us on Friday, March 11 at 4:30pm for the Final Round of the 2022 Grad Slam competition! You'll be able to watch our ten finalists' presentations, participate in a live Q&A, vote in the People's Choice Category, and find out this year's winners. You can join in person at Campbell Hall or watch online via UCSB's Youtube channel.

The application for 2022-23 San Clemente single graduate student housing for continuing students is open now, and will be until March 10. Apply today! Spaces are limited and not guaranteed. Read on to access the application link.

UCSB's Graduate Center for Literary Research (GCLR) is now accepting abstracts for their annual conference, which will be held in hybrid format on June 5. This year's theme is "Forked Tongues: The Role of (Foreign) Languages in Literature, Film, and the Arts." Abstracts are due soon, on March 11. Read on for more information and the link to the conference website.

The UCSB Library is hosting two workshops during Weeks 9 and 10 - Data Carpentry: Reproducible Publications in RStudio and Zotero for Groups. Read on for more information!

3M will be hosting Raising Influence in Science and Engineering (RISE) a virtual conference from June 13-15, 2022. RISE is primarily intended to introduce emerging female and/or underrepresented science and engineering graduate talent to the wide range of rewarding careers in research and development at one of the world’s most recognized innovation companies. Applications are due on April 11, 2022.

Join UCSB's Gradate Student Association next week for two events: their General Assembly for GSA reps, and their Grad Student Appreciation Lunch. Read the post for details.

UCSB Graduate Division is offering a course for Spring 2022 designed for graduate students interested in a career in college and university teaching. Students will gain experience in applying pedagogical theories and evidence-based teaching into course design, implementation, assessment, and evaluation. Register today!

UCSB Arts and Lectures will be hosting two upcoming events as part of its Justice for All series, one this week and one next week. Read on for more information.

The UCSB Library is hosting two workshops next week -- Intro to R for Data Visualization, and Zotero Basics.