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The UCSB Library is offering a pair of workshops in week 7 to introduce students to two powerful software tools for your research: R and Zotero. Read on for more information and registration links.

The founder of Beyond the Professoriate, Dr. L. Maren Wood, is offering three webinars in February, two of which are free. If you're wondering where your PhD can take you beyond academia, check out these excellent professionalization opportunities.

UC Love Data Week is next week, with UCSB's Library Research Data Services hosting seminars on February 14th and 17th. Read on for more information about these events and for registration info.

Did you miss our Special Guest Workshop with Alison Miller last week but want to learn to be more productive and effective at writing and conducting academic research? Would you like to develop and use a sound project-management approach to completing your dissertation or thesis? Then be sure to watch the recording from the event! Read on for more info and a link to the video.

Anne Berry is the Graduate Student Intern for the Office Black Student Development. Her position supports Black student community at UCSB. Read on to learn more about Anne and her work!

The Qualifying Round for the 2022 Grad Slam Competition has begun, and all 26 submissions are available to view in our Qualifying Round Showcase. The videos will be publicly available until February 15th, so don't miss your chance to watch all these excellent submissions!

UC Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara County Public Health Department are continuing their partnership to offer boosters to our local community on Tuesdays and Fridays through the end of February at Embarcadero Hall. Click here for links to schedule an appointment.

UCSB just released a new Work-Life Resource website, My Family Resources! Read on for information and links that will help you access the site's resources. Grad student parents should especially take note, but this site will also be useful to all graduate student employees.

The Los Angeles Review of Books is now accepting applications for its 2022 Publishing Workshop! Read on for more information about this exciting program, and for links to the application.

UC Santa Barbara Early Childhood Care & Education Services is now hiring a new part-time Program Evaluation Coordinator. Read on for more information about this student employment opportunity.

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 achieve balance in your life. 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!

Alex Eleazar is the Graduate Student Assistant at the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (RCSGD). Alex helps organize social, professional, and education events for LGBTQ+ graduate students across UCSB. Read on to find out more about Alex and the RCSGD!

The UCSB Library is going to have a book giveaway on Feb 1, handing out free copies of this year's UCSB Reads book, "Exhalation: Stories" by Ted Chiang. Read on for more info about how to get your free copy of this collection of nine sci-fi short stories!

The Second Graduate Center for Literary Research (GCLR) Graduate Student Roundtable will be held on February 28 from 11am to 12:15pm. The theme is translation and translation theory and all graduate students in the Humanities are encouraged to apply. Submit your abstract by Monday, February 7. Read on to learn more!

Read here for updates about UCSB's return to campus next Monday, January 31, and also for links to various COVID resources available to UCSB students.