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Meet the new Graduate Career Peer Erik Martinez! He is a Master's student at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management and he is here to support his fellow graduate students in their career development.

UC Santa Barbara welcomes ​769 new graduate students into its ranks next ​week, and this group of incoming students is one of our most diverse ever. Here, we break down the statistics on our incoming graduate student cohort and introduce you to several of our new students.

Kali Yamboliev, a doctoral candidate studying medieval Mediterranean history, exemplifies the diversity and achievements of UCSB students. She sat down to talk with us about her upcoming year abroad as a Fulbright Fellow and how she learned to balance work and life in grad school.

For eight weeks this summer, undergraduate scholars from across the country traveled to UCSB to participate in three research programs hosted by the Graduate Division that allowed them to conduct research in their fields of interest under the guidance of a faculty and graduate student mentor.

The National Endowment for the Humanities recently announced that ​UCSB is one of 28 institutions to receive a Next Generation PhD Grant to ​help universities rethink how they prepare doctoral students for career paths outside ​the academy.

Meet the Graduate Division's new Funding Peer, Noreen Balos! Noreen has strong ties to California and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Education at UCSB with a research focus in STEM education. We chatted with Noreen about her research, her passion for students, and the importance of family.

The deadline to apply for this four-day intensive workshop is Monday, July 25. You are eligible to apply if you are a Ph.D. student who has advanced to candidacy, has completed a chapter of your dissertation, and is committed to attending all sessions of the Write-In.

The Graduate Division recently named the winners for two awards for graduate students who have distinguished themselves in the area of undergraduate research supervision.

Are you in the midst of your dissertation and in need of more structure and inspiration? Would you like to make some serious progress on your dissertation this summer? Then consider applying to the 2016 Dissertation Write-In!

The Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity will be hosting a memorial to honor the 49 lives lost in the Orlando tragedy on Monday, June 20, at noon.

The organizing committee is now recruiting graduate students and postdocs to join the team for next year’s conference, where you can have the opportunity to develop transferable skills that are ​valuable to careers both inside and outside of the academy.

Dr. Duncan Mellichamp, Professor Emeritus of the UCSB Department of Chemical Engineering, has been a UC Santa Barbara professor for nearly half a century. He will speak about his career path, and the legacy of UCSB, as the Graduate Division's 2016 keynote Commencement speaker.

If you attended Grad Slam 2016, you already know Sara Weinstein as the Raccoon Girl from her talk about parasite transmission in raccoons. But do you know how she went from chemistry and art to majoring in biology and how her skills in mouse stuffing have helped her career in EEMB?

There is one week left to ​sign up for the 2016 Beyond Academia conference before registration closes on Friday, May 13! The full schedule for ​the conference – including detailed workshop descriptions and panelist bios – is now posted on the website.

If you didn’t catch the April 22 live stream of the 2nd annual UC Grad Slam, you may view the entire event, including the three-minute talk by UCSB Grad Slam Champion Nicole Leung, online.

The Graduate Division would like to remind graduate students who intend to participate in the 2016 ceremony that the deadline to register is Friday, May 6.

For 2016-17, monthly graduate student rental rates will be set at 20% below the current year’s rates. The rent for a room in a two bedroom apartment will be $874 per month and the rent for a room in a four bedroom apartment will be $764.

Professors Judith Green (Education) and Tevfik Bultan (Computer Science) received Outstanding Graduate Mentor Awards from the Academic Senate. They were among 11 faculty members and graduate student teaching assistants to receive honors.

UCSB has crowned its campus Grad Slam champion, and now our own Nicole Leung is off to ​participate in the UC-wide competition up in San Francisco! Find out how you can watch the event this Friday.

Whether you are on the job market or just starting to explore career paths, the Beyond Academia conference is here to help! This ​annual conference aims to prepare UCSB graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in all stages and disciplines to pursue a wide range of career options.