Graduate StudentResource Center

The UCSB Work-Life Resources Program will host a Bright Horizons Family Solutions Benefit Overview this Thursday, March 23. Join to learn more about your family support benefits that will help you manage the many responsibilities you have.

As the end of Winter quarter approaches, it's time to buckle down on your writing goals! Do you need a productive, quiet environment where you can really get things done? Come write alongside your fellow grad students in the Graduate Writers' Room, featuring comfortable seating, snacks, and the best free coffee on campus! Open Wednesdays 10-4.

Nominations are open for the 2023 Graduate Division Commencement Student Speaker! Faculty, staff, and graduate students may nominate a student for the 2023 Commencement ceremony. Students can also self-nominate with a letter of faculty support. Submit by Monday, April 3.

Join the Graduate Center for Literary Research (GCLR) next Monday, March 20 from 3-4:30pm for "Art, Art History and Artificial Intelligence," a talk by Dr. Leonardo Impett from Cambridge University, UK.

Adele Myers, Ph.D in the BioShape Lab, will give a public lecture, "Unlocking Mysteries of the Female Brain," at Brass Bear Brewing in downtown Santa Barbara on March 21 at 7pm! Join her as she delves into the understudied field of female reproductive health and its effects on the brain.

UCSB is looking for singers to perform the Alma Mater and National Anthem during the Commencement 2023 ceremonies. Sign up for an audition time by April 21.

Join University and Community Housing Services on April 5 at 12p via Zoom to learn what housing is available near UCSB for 2023-2024. If you have questions, bring them!

This Thursday at the the MCC Theatre: "Lethal Democracies: Racial Terror and Abolition." This event will feature a screening of the documentary The Mother followed by a panel discussion, "Maternal Black Insurgency."

Join UCSB Library on March 22 at 5pm for "Straight from the Source: The Source Family Archive with Isis Aquarian." This event features a conversation with Isis Aquarian about her life with the Source Family, a commune in Los Angeles in the early 1970s.

Save the date for one of our most popular events of the year! Join us on Tuesday April 4 for this fun social event hosted by the Graduate Division and the UCSB Library. The event is FREE to all current graduate students; wine and light hors d'oeuvres will be served.

Join UCSB's Center for Black Studies Research as they welcome Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, Dr. Brandon Ogbunu, for his talk "Mending a Broken Biology: Human Diversity, Disinformation, and a New Way Forward"!

The Division of Social Sciences and the Department of Black Studies will be hosting UCSB alumna Sarah Eisner '93 and Randy Quarterman, co-founders of The Reparations Project, on March 7 from 4-6p. The talk, which is followed by a reception, will be held at the MultiCultural Center.

Sumbmissions are open for the tenth annual "Art of Science" competition. The Art of Science initiative invites current UCSB undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs to tell the story of their research through the aesthetic. Submissions due April 10.

The Public Domain Players present to you Finding Jud(a)ea, a brand new play written and directed by Grace Kimball, PhD Student in Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at UCSB. Finding Jud(a)ea will premiere on March 3 at the Isla Vista Community Center, with additional stagings on March 4 & 5.

UCSB Health & Wellness invites all students -- including graduate students -- to participate in the National College Health Assessment (NCHA) survey. This comprehensive health survey helps H&W learn about the health and wellbeing issues students are experiencing The survey is open until March 3rd.

Join the Center for Black Studies Research (CBSR) on Monday, Feb 27 from 4-5:30pm in South Hall 4603 as they welcome UCSB Psychological and Brain Sciences Professor, Dr. Dan Conroy-Beam, for his talk where he will present a sufficiency test of the "alliance hypothesis" of race! Appetizers and refreshments will be served. The event will also be livestreamed

Join the Center for Innovative Teaching, Research, and Learning (CITRAL) for Coffee with a Prof! The winter visiting scholar is Dr. Jeffrey Bernstein, Professor of Political Science from Eastern Michigan University and Director of the Bruce K. Nelson Faculty Development Center.

Come join the International TA Appreciation Social on Wednesday, March 1 from 3-4:30p. The focus of the social is "Finding Your Teaching Identity". There will be food and fun activities to help international TAs boost their confidence as teaching assistants.

The Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity has two workshops around processing burnout and fatigue coming up at the end of February! In this workshop, participants explore these questions through engaging in reflections on critical thought — particularly the wisdom of BIPOC, 2SLGBTQ+ and feminist thinkers — and leaning into creative practices.

Next week, UCSB Arts & Lectures welcomes acclaimed materials scientist and science communicator Dr. Ainissa Ramirez. On Feb 22, Dr. Ramirez will host a lunch and learn session on the topic of “Diversity in STEM.” On Feb 23, Dr. Ramirez will deliver an illustrated presentation on the impact of women and people of color in science and engineering. Both events are free.