Doctoral candidate in microbiology Selvi Ersoy is many things to many people and most of these things are awesome.
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Doctoral candidate in microbiology Selvi Ersoy is many things to many people and most of these things are awesome.
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Four UCSB graduate student teaching assistants who are passionate about what they do were honored on April 23 for their efforts in the classroom and beyond.
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Find out which of the 10 finalists won the 2015 UCSB Grad Slam!
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At last we've arrived at the Final Round for UCSB 2015 Grad Slam. It's been a long, weary road to the Finals and lots of tears were shed on the way, mostly mine. If you weren't one of the hundreds in attendance at Corwin Pavilion on Friday afternoon to bear witness, this is what went down.
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When the childhood home of Melissa Barthelemy, a sixth-year graduate student of Public History, burned down in Ojai when she was eight years old, she and her family may have initially thought they only escaped with a few photo albums. But, what they eventually learned was they had gained life lessons in community, compassion, and the generosity of others.
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Sara Sutherland is a Ph.D. student in UCSB's economics department. She is charismatic, driven, and lucky – she's graduating! She completed her M.A. in economics here at UCSB and now teaches business and environmental accounting for the Bren School.
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UC Santa Barbara welcomes 841 new graduate students into its ranks this week. Here, we break down the statistics on our incoming graduate student cohort and introduce you to several of our new students.
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Four UC Santa Barbara Ph.D. students will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity this summer to meet and mingle with 70 Nobel Laureates on a picturesque island in Germany. The four – Stacy Copp of Physics, Matthew Gebbie and Gregory Su of Materials, and Nikki Marinsek of Dynamical Neuroscience – are among 672 young scientists from 88 countries selected to participate in the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting June 28 to July 3.
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Fellowships and grants may seem like free money, but you still have to declare it as Other Income and pay taxes on all or part of the funds. So how do you figure out how much of the money counts as taxable income?
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Being in graduate school is hard. Being a parent in graduate school is even harder. In this Spotlight article, we talk to four graduate students about being a student parent.
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Whether she’s in a field, a zoo, or an operating room, Dr. Véronique LaCapra – a 1992 Towbes fellow who earned her Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology from UCSB in 2000 – gets to tell compelling stories in her “never boring” career as a science, environment, and health reporter for a local NPR affiliate station in St. Louis.
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The 2014 Grad Slam Final round featured 10 finalists looking to earn the title of Champion. Find out who took home the grand prize of $5,000!
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The Graduate Division’s inaugural Grad Slam, a competition in which more than 80 UCSB graduate students presented three-minute talks on their research, has won an Award for Excellence and Innovation in Graduate Education.
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When Gordon Morrell earned his Education Ph.D. in 1976, his career path took a few twists and turns. After an early career as a professor, in 1990 he joined asset and property management software solutions provider Yardi Systems in Goleta, where he has worked since, currently as its Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
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The 2013 Grad Slam Final round featured 9 finalists looking to earn the title of Champion. Find out who was the winner and who were the runners-up!
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