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The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit convenes leaders from academia, business, and government to discuss cutting-edge energy technologies, facilitate relationships to move technologies to market, and showcase innovations that will advance solutions to current and future energy challenges. All graduate students can register for free. Registration closes Monday, May 17. Read on to learn more!

Attention graduate student parents! The Cottage Health Covid-19 Drive-Up Vaccination Clinic at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital is now offering the Pfizer vaccination to individuals 12 and over (those under 18 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian).

Join UCSB Beyond Academia for a unique event on May 21 designed to connect our campus’ diverse grad student and postdoc population with non-academic professionals who are eager to support them. Participants can engage in real time via a special affiliate Slack workspace to discuss a number of topics of interest. Attendees are also encouraged to engage asynchronously on the Slack space both before and after the event, so even if you can’t make it on May 21, be sure to sign up anyway in order to receive the Slack link!

Join UCSB Arts & Lectures for a FREE virtual event with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama of Tibet. "Creating Hope with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama" in conversation with Pico Iyer takes place on Tuesday, May 18 at 8:30 p.m. Pacific. Read on to learn more!

You are invited to participate in UCSB's Online Commencement Ceremony, the Grad Walk, or both! You must confirm your participation on MarchingOrder using your @ucsb email address. The last day to schedule your participation is TODAY, May 11, at midnight Pacific time.

Join ComSciCon for Combatting COVID with Black Communities, held remotely on Wednesday June 2nd at 9:00am PST. The workshop will provide the latest information on COVID-19 in Black communities, resources on the systemic inequities that lead to this racial disparity in healthcare, and training on science communication and building trust with Black communities. The workshop will also provide funding and further support to projects of attendees. Applications are due by Friday, May 14. Read on to learn more!

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 handle rejection. 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!

UC Santa Barbara's Graduate Division would like to congratulate Logan Kozal, UCSB's campus winner, for winning the 2021 People's Choice Award at the UC-wide Grad Slam! Read on to learn more and to watch her talk!

The Graduate Student Association at UC Santa Barbara is pleased to announce the 2021 Excellence in Teaching Award recipients. The GSA Excellence in Teaching Award (ETA) recognizes graduate students who have shown excellence and gone above and beyond as teachers at UC Santa Barbara. Read on to learn more!

Check out this UCSB series on grad student and postdoc professional development experiences funded by the Individualized Professional Skills (IPS) Program. Our latest featured video is by Jasmine Kelekay, a graduate student in Sociology, who attended the Afroeuropean Studies Conference. Read on to watch her video and learn more about the IPS program!

Cheer on and vote for Logan Kozal, UCSB's campus winner and graduate student in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, as she presents her research in the UC-wide Grad Slam! Logan will be competing against members of other UC campuses for her share of the $14,000 total prize money. You can watch Grad Slam live tomorrow and cast your vote for Logan in the People's Choice Award!

Nominations are open for two awards honoring graduate students who have distinguished themselves as mentors of undergraduates. Each of the six recipients will receive a $1,000 award. The deadline to nominate is Monday, May 10, 2021.

If you were unable to attend the recent Fulbright U.S. Student Program information session on April 27, check out these resources from the event and information about ongoing advising support at UCSB.

NIH is pleased to announce the 2021 Future Research Leaders Conference (FRLC). This is an excellent career development opportunity for talented, early-career scientists interested in pursuing careers at NIH’s Intramural Research Program (IRP). ​The 2-day virtual conference will be held on June 29-30, 2021. The application deadline is Monday, May 10 at 12 pm Eastern.

Grad students, need help managing your research? UCSB Library is offering a workshop on Zotero, a popular open source citation manager. Learn how Zotero can help you efficiently collect and organize your research, create bibliographies, collaborate with your colleagues, streamline your research process, and more. This workshop will be offered twice in May. Sign up today to reserve your spot.