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The Climate Justice Symposium for Transforming Education, hosted by CSU and UC, is free and open to anyone interested in attending. Sessions will be offered in a mix of pre-recorded and live formats between April 28th through May 1st. They are also seeking proposals for lightning talks from faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students who would like to present 3-5 slides in 5-7 minutes on one of their core conference topic focuses. Cash prizes will be awarded to the most popular talks.

The University of California recently announced a transformative open access agreement with Elsevier, the world’s largest academic publisher. The new four-year agreement will go into effect on April 1, 2021, restoring UC’s direct online access to Elsevier journals and doubling the number of articles covered by current UC open access agreements. Read on for more details!

The University of California, Santa Barbara’s Art History Graduate Student Association presents its 45th Annual Academic Symposium: Haunting the Canon: The Super-phenomena in Art on Friday, April 23 from 9am-12pm. Read on to learn more and to register for the symposium!

The National Science Foundation recently announced that as part of their Career-Life Balance Initiative, they would like to draw attention to the opportunity for supplemental funding to help NSF-funded researchers (including graduate students and postdoctoral scholars) who are confronted with a short-term increase in dependent care responsibilities ensure that the research activities supported by an NSF award can continue. Read on for more information!

The UCSB Library is preparing to reopen a portion of the main Library for limited student study space at the beginning of Spring quarter on March 29th. Seats will be available by reservation-only for current UCSB students as well as faculty and staff. Reservations can be made up to two weeks in advance and users will be able to book up to 15 hours per week. Read on to learn more!

Study abroad in Taiwan as a graduate student at National Tsing Hua University! The Fall 2021 semester runs from early September 2021 to early January 2022. Submit an application and supplemental materials by March 31 to be nominated by UCSB. Read on to learn more!

The Graduate Student Association (GSA) recently sent out an update on vaccine eligibility for graduate students. Graduate student employees qualify as part of the current Phase 1B rollout. Therefore, if UCSB is paying you — generally determined by whether you receive your paycheck through UCPath — then you are right now eligible to receive the vaccine in Santa Barbara County. Read on to learn more!

During Week 1 of the Spring quarter, which coincides with Trans Week of Visibility, UCSB's RCSGD will hold a Trans Research Festival in order to highlight the research and work done by the brilliant trans members of our campus community. Read on to learn more!

Check out the new Grad School Confidential podcast series! This monthly series is dedicated to breaking the silence over the academic and personal challenges that graduate students face, from impostor syndrome to working in isolation to dealing with failure. This month's episode focuses on burnout in graduate school. Read on to learn more!

Are you an international graduate student? Check out this article containing general info on taxes, including Glacier Tax Prep (GTP), right here on the GradPost. Read on to learn more!

Read on for an important update about availability of Basic Needs resources over Spring break as well as information about new and updated services!

The Mind and Behavior Assessment Clinic provides individuals in Santa Barbara County and surrounding areas a low-cost option to quality, comprehensive neuropsychological assessments. Read on to learn more!

Did you know? The Healing Center is a new specialty clinic of the Hosford Clinic that provides psychological services to Black and African American clients of all ages. In addition to general stressors and life issues, the Healing Center acknowledges the effects of racial trauma, marginalization, and injustice on social and health disparities among Black communities. All services at the Healing Center are provided by Black therapists who have an interest in addressing the negative toll of anti-Black racism on Black residents in our local community.⁣ Services are on a sliding fee schedule and UCSB students qualify for the lowest community fee of $25/session, with further fee reductions possible. Read on to learn more!

Join the STS Futures Initiative for its panel discussion on Thursday, March 4, 2021. This event brings together scholars working at the intersections of STS-oriented pedagogy, the public/digital humanities, and feminist/antiracist approaches to research. Read on to learn more!

Arts & Lectures is spearheading Race to Justice: an in-depth look at systemic racism from every angle. Interdisciplinary and cross-departmental, this season-long series engages leading activists, creatives, and thinkers to expand our understanding of racism and how race impacts society, and to inspire an expansive approach to advancing racial equality. On March 4, tune in to hear New York Times columnist Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow. All UCSB students can access the Race to Justice events for free. Read on to learn more!

Please join the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the next installment of its 2020-2021 series "Difficult Dialogues: Anti-Blackness" on Friday 2/26 at 12pm. The talk will be delivered by Dr. Joyce Bell and is titled, "How 'Diversity' Underdeveloped Higher Education." Read on to learn more and to register!

Did you know? The Hosford Counseling & Psychological Services Clinic is a UCSB-based community clinic that provides culturally sensitive, low-cost individual, couple, family, and group psychological treatment to the entire Santa Barbara community. Services are on a sliding fee schedule and UCSB students qualify for the lowest community fee of $25/session, with further fee reductions possible. Read on to learn more!

RCSGD staff are seeking to learn what barriers exist that negatively impact LGBTQIA+ students' academic success while at UC Santa Barbara. Their goal is to identify these barriers, so they can continue to remove them or to create resources and structures that will help students circumvent these challenges as they continue toward graduation. Read on to learn more!

Did you know? UCSB's Rapid Rehousing Program offers assistance to students with housing needs by offering transitional housing, housing vouchers, and case management. Read on to learn more!

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!