Office for Graduate Diversity

07/21/2021

05/12/2021

For Immediate ReleaseMay 7, 2021BERKELEY/SACRAMENTO: California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that Jovan Scott Lewis, an associate professor of Geography and Othering & Belonging Institute-affiliated faculty member, has been appointed to the state's first taskforce created to study reparati...

02/16/2021

The Black Studies Collaboratory is now accepting applications for two doctoral fellowships!

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

01/15/2021

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation “Just Futures” award aims to increase the collective understanding of America’s history

10/19/2020

10/13/2020

Know a student interested in pursuing graduate education? Invite them to join 50+ Berkeley programs for our Graduate Diversity Admissions Fair 2020 on October 22. Hear from faculty and students at Berkeley - hosted by the Office for Graduate Diversity!

https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/2757696/2FB6BDA4F7DD8D56BF52722872C1B140

Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 03:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time. 1 Day, 50+ Berkeley programs! Join the University of California, Berkeley for a virtual Graduate Diversity Admissions Fair. At this event, we will be joined by a wide selection of our graduate programs.

10/10/2020

Help the Basic Needs Center better support your health needs and win a $50 gift card!

Addressing our health and other basic needs, like food or housing, can be daunting. By taking this 10-15 minute anonymous survey about your experience navigating health at Cal, you can help us understand how to improve our services to better serve your needs.


We will be giving away THREE $50 Safeway gift cards each week to our survey takers, so make sure you complete the survey before it closes on November 3rd!

CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY TINYURL.COM/HEALTHXBN

10/02/2020

Once a ‘weird kid who raised turtles’ who was born when drinking fountains were segregated, Tyrone Hayes is now a biology professor battling racism.

09/17/2020

The assistant vice chancellor and director of financial aid and scholarships, helps make college a reality for students.

08/26/2020

What’s the role of the activist-athlete in today’s movements for racial justice? Hear from NFL star , sports writer Dave Zirin, Indigenous marathon runner and other top athletes at this Thursday at 12:00pm PST / 3pm EST.

06/10/2020

Coming up in a few hours!

TODAY - June 10th, 2020 - 3:00 - 7:00 PM

Zoom Registration link: https://berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mKOBvpxnTrWbqxO9d2K2OA

Opening Commentator
Troy Duster, Chancellor's Professor, Founding Director, The Institute for the Study of Social Change, and Former Director, The AC Center

Event Speakers
Juana María Rodríguez, Chair and Faculty, Department of Ethnic Studies

Lok Siu, Faculty, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies

Ramón Grosfoguel, Faculty, Chicano/Latino Studies

Elsadig Elsheikh, Director of the Global Justice Program, Othering & Belonging Institute

Keiko Yamanaka, Faculty, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies

Hon. Trina Thompson, Faculty, Department of Ethnic Studies

Harvey C D**g, Faculty, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies

Hatem Bazian, Faculty, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies

Rasheed El Shabazz, Masters of City Planning Candidate, College of Environmental Design

Babalwa Kwanele, The African American Holistic Resource Center

Perfecta Oxholm, Ph.D. Candidate, Goldman School of Public Policy

This event is co-sponsored by Arts and Ideas Live Online, the Department of Ethnic Studies, and the Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies.

06/10/2020

STRIKE for BLACK LIVES!

Strike for Black Lives

06/04/2020

If you read no further, understand this: Black Lives Matter = if anyone kills a Black person, their punishment should be the same as if they killed someone from any other race.

06/01/2020

In today's current political and cultural climate, it's crucial that everyday Americans engage in important conversations about race, bias, discrimination, and privilege. For people of color, these conversations are nothing new; they are a…

05/30/2020

This. And I will add staff.

ID: tweet from Brandy MP : Today I want to acknowledge and affirm the Black grad students + faculty in academia that have never not written under extreme racial duress. I will never forget writing my dissertation during Ferguson. Maybe your research is related, maybe not. It wears on us all. Much love green heart emoji

Amplifying.

05/20/2020

Applications opened Monday for California Disaster Relief Assistance for Immigrants ⁠— a state-funded program that provides a one-time award of disaster relief to undocumented adults impacted by COVID-19.

05/19/2020

A mom, grandma and great-grandma, she’s known on campus for her love, wisdom and straight A’s

05/11/2020

CalFresh provides eligible students with up to $194 per month for groceries. Households with dependents are eligible for more funding. The UC Berkeley CalFresh Team is hosting two final CalFresh application sessions for Spring 2020 on Friday, May 15th at 12pm and 5pm.

Reserve a spot at https://tinyurl.com/calfresh2020. If you have any questions regarding CalFresh tune in to ask a CalFresh ambassador or email [email protected].

Can’t join our session? Visit http://calfresh.berkeley.edu/apply for other ways to apply.

UCB CalFresh is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting 05/15 at noon or 5pm

Join Zoom Meeting

https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/96609739205

04/28/2020

"Do you have financial need for the Spring 2020 term as a result of COVID-19?

If so, you may be eligible for relief funds to support your housing, food, technology, and/or medical/health needs. UC Berkeley COVID-19 Relief Funds are for currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate, international, and undocumented students.

For more information and how to apply, go to: tinyurl.com/UCB-C19-FUNDS. In order to access our Google site, you must be logged into your Berkeley email or Gmail account."

Do you have financial need for the Spring 2020 term as a result of COVID-19?

If so, you may be eligible for relief funds to support your housing, food, technology, and/or medical/health needs. UC Berkeley COVID-19 Relief Funds are for currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate, international, and undocumented students.

For more information and how to apply, go to: tinyurl.com/UCB-C19-FUNDS. In order to access our Google site, you must be logged into your Berkeley email or Gmail account.

04/23/2020

Now *this* is a virtual graduation!

Unable to gather on campus, UC Berkeley students are recreating their school block by digital block.

04/17/2020

04/17/2020

A conversation with first-gen faculty
Tuesday, May 5, 12:00 to 1:30 pm

This virtual panel discussion features four UC Berkeley faculty who are the first in their families to attend college. Panelists will share their educational, career, and life experiences and discuss how these experiences have shaped their philosophies and approaches to teaching, research, mentoring, and campus service. These experiences provide real-world insights into what it takes to create more inclusive and welcoming environments in our classrooms, labs, and meetings.

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/leading-by-example-a-conversation-with-first-gen-to-college-faculty-registration-102807822966

04/13/2020

Congrats to all the newly elected officials of the Graduate Assembly for 2020-2021! We're always full of awe and gratitude for the student-leaders on campus and can't wait to can continue partnering and partner in new ways to meet graduate student needs.

The Graduate Assembly held elections for its executive board for next year via Zoom, while elections for the Graduate Council were postponed until May.