Events
Graduate Division
THATCamp Alt-Ac: an Alternative Academics Unconference
60 Evans Hall and Dwinelle Classrooms, UC BerkeleyA space for grad students and recent Ph.D.'s to think through the multiple career options we can explore amidst a declining tenure track job market. We will invite professionals in administrative academic, non-profit, arts administration, tech, ed-tech, digital humanities, and secondary education careers to join our two-day unstructured conference. Planned sessions will include a C.V. […]
10th Annual Graduate Research Symposium
McHenry Library, UCSCJoin us at 1:30 pm on Friday, May 9th, for the 10th Annual Graduate Research Symposium. This event offers graduate students an opportunity to share their research with faculty, staff, friends, colleagues and the local community in the form of poster, oral, live or multimedia presentations. This year’s event will take place in the "Information […]
First Annual Grad Slam
B206 Earth & Marine SciencesAlso known as the 3 Minute Thesis® competition, started by the University of Queensland, Australia, the UCSC Grad Slam will challenge graduate students to present a compelling presentation of their dissertation research in just three minutes, using language appropriate for a non-specialist audience. The Grad Slam is not an exercise in trivializing or dumbing-down research; […]
11th Annual Graduate Research Symposium
McHenry Library, UCSCThe Graduate Research Symposium highlights the innovative research being conducted by graduate students in our thirty-eight programs across five academic divisions. It celebrates the scholarly, creative, social and commercial impact they make within California and around the world! In addition to graduate students presenting their research to a general audience, graduate alumni selected by the […]
Grad Slam for 2016 Finalists
Music Center Recital Hall Music Center, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesGrad Slam, also referred to as the 3-Minute Thesis Challenge, is a competition that challenges doctoral students to present years’ worth of academic research in a concise, compelling, three-minute talk to a non-expert audience. It encourages students to clarify their ideas and to help others understand and appreciate the significance of their work. The contest […]
12th Annual Graduate Research Symposium
McHenry Library, UCSCThe Symposium offers graduate students from every division the opportunity to discuss their research with colleagues on campus and with the public. Our students present their work in the form of posters, live presentations, and media demonstrations. The Symposium also awards juried prizes, overseen by a panel of judges comprised of faculty, staff, researchers, alumni, […]
Grad Slam
Music Center Recital Hall Music Center, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesGrad Slam, also referred to as the 3-Minute Thesis Challenge*, is a competition that challenges graduate students to present years’ worth of academic research in a concise, compelling, three-minute talk to a non-expert audience. It encourages students to clarify their ideas and to help others understand and appreciate the significance of their work. The contest […]
Friday Forum for Graduate Research: Jaclyn N. Schultz
Humanities 1, Room 202Advertising Female Futurity: Children's Books Printed as Advertisements in the U.S., 1850-1870 In this presentation, I examine children's books printed as advertisemtns between 1850 and 1870 that were directed at female children. Beginning around 1850, companies produced books that served as advertisements but took the shape of children's primers, rhymes, or storybooks. This presentation carefully […]
An Immersion into Dickensian Cocktails
Charles Dickens was a unique and protean fellow; writer, social commentator, reporter, actor, father, and much more.He was also a great lover of the table and glass, a noteworthy bon vivant who created wondrous punches, cups, cocktails, and other nourishing potations, in novels as well as in daily life. This lecture will address Dickens’s skill […]
13th Annual Graduate Research Symposium
McHenry Library, UCSCEvent Photos: Graduate Research Symposium The Symposium offers graduate students from every division the opportunity to discuss their research with colleagues on campus and with the public. Our students present their work in the form of posters, live presentations, and media demonstrations. The Symposium also awards juried prizes, overseen by a panel of judges comprised […]