Luncheon Seminar Series

The Berkeley Edge Luncheon Seminar Series is held weekly throughout the year on Tuesdays at noon in the Faculty Club.  Participants enjoy a catered lunch, the company of fellow graduate students, and a series of presentations and discussions about graduate student life, campus resources, and the academic career path.  Please reserve your lunch hour on Tuesdays to join the group of new and current students, as well as staff, faculty and featured guests. 

Summer 2007 Schedule

Previous programs: Spring 2007, Summer 2006

Tuesdays, 12 to 1 pm

Date Room Topic and Speakers
June 12 Heyns Room Faculty Club

Campus Resources For Graduate Students

Tiffany Lewis, MPH, Health Educator, University Health Services Andrew Green, Ph.D., Ph.D. Counselor, Career Center

June 19 Heyns Room Faculty Club

Must Dos & Must Sees in the Bay Area! + Balancing Life & School

Graduate Student Panel

June 26 Heyns Room Faculty Club

Funding Graduate School

Graduate Student Panel

July 3 Heyns Room Faculty Club

Public Speaking & Poster Presentations

Andrew Green Ph.D. Career Counselor, Career Center

July 10 TBA

Graduate Students on Preparing for Graduate School

S.M.A.S.H. Academy / Summer REU Event

Graduate Student Panel

July 17 O’Neill Room Faculty Club

Mentors and Mentoring

Oscar Dubón, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

July 24 Heyns Room Faculty Club

Research Skills & Selecting a Research Project

Gibor Basri, Ph.D., Professor, Astronomy

July 31 O’Neill Room Faculty Club

Communicating With Your Advisor to Get what you Need

Carla Trujillo, Ph.D., Director, Graduate Diversity Program

Aug 7 Lewis-Latimer Room Faculty Club TBA
Aug 14 Heyns Room Faculty Club

Choosing The Academic Path

Rachel Brem, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology

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