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Do you live in Family Housing? Don't miss the GSA's Sweet Giveaway this Friday, February 12th from 12-2 pm at Storke Community Center! Cupcakes are first come, first serve.

The Graduate Division is excited to announce two graduate writing courses GRAD/WRIT 282AA (Thesis and Dissertation Structured Writing Communities) and GRAD/WRIT 283AA (Preparing for the Academic Job Market) for the Spring 2021 quarter from Dr. Robby Nadler, the Graduate Division’s Academic, Professional, and Technical Graduate Writing Development Director. Read on for more details!

Student parents: are you running out of ideas to keep your kids entertained during COVID-19? The Non-Traditional Student Resource Center (NTSRC) is here to help! Register for the NTSRC’s Oobleck night (Feb 10th) featuring a book reading, craft project, and science experiment all in one. Read on to learn more!

Check out this special roundtable discussion on February 11th with W. Kamau Bell, host of CNN's United Shades of America and author of The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell. Students are invited to bring their questions, comments, and thoughts to the virtual table. Read on to learn more!

Please join the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for its 2020-2021 series "Addressing Slavery" on Wednesday, February 10 at 12pm. The talk will be delivered by Dr. Errol Henderson and is titled, "The Revolution Will Not Be Theorized: Cultural Revolution in the Black Power Era." Read on for more information!

Each year the Graduate Student Association (GSA) grants awards for Excellence in Teaching by graduate student TA's, as well as awards for service to the graduate student community. These are the GSA Excellence in Teaching Award (ETA) and the Dixon-Levy GSA Service Award. The calls for nominations are now open and will end on February 28, 2021. You may nominate yourself! Read on to learn more about the awards.

The Art of Science initiative invites current UCSB undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs to tell the story of their research through the aesthetic. The competition is open until February 22, 2021. Click to learn more!

Interested in a career beyond the academy, and want to learn more about the essentials of crafting it? Read on for a message from the Beyond the Professoriate team about a new free assessment tool designed to help PhDs find a successful career outside of academia!

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 plan for success this quarter. 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 the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (RCSGD) on February 12th for a conversation on how to improve Queer and Trans experience in grad-school and in UCSB in general. Where would you like the RCSGD to invest more effort? What are key topics that you would like to address in priority? Your experience and your opinion matter!

Read on to view the Black History Month Calendar, which showcases events across departments and organizations on campus!

Now is the time for faculty to nominate graduate students for the Lancaster Dissertation Awards! This annual award recognizes two individuals who have completed dissertations deemed by the Awards Committee as having significant impact on the field in terms of methodological and substantive contributions. This year two awards will be given to doctoral degree recipients or candidates from Biological and Life Sciences and Humanities and Fine Arts. To be eligible for this year’s competition, dissertations need to have been completed between July 1st, 2019, and June 30th, 2021. All nominations must be submitted by April 2, 2021. Read on to learn more!

The UC Love Data Week (February 8-12, 2021) is a week-long offering of free presentations, demos, and workshops focused on data access, management, security, sharing, and preservation. To date, there are a total of 28 activities confirmed. All members of the University of California community are welcome to attend. Read on to learn more!

Are you interested in research, collaboration, and travel opportunities in Japan? The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) offers fellowships for pre-doc, graduate, and post-doc researchers in all fields of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Find out more at the Information Session on February 16, 2021 from 4-5pm!

Join this special Graduate Student Community Check-In hosted by fellow grad students on Thursday, February 18th at 4 pm. This is a space to share updates on how you are doing, discuss challenges you are facing, and explore how we can best support each other. RSVP today!