The Food Institute Graduate Council (FIGC) at Berkeley is a cross-disciplinary hub for Berkeley masters and doctoral students interested in food systems issues. FIGC helps inform BFI’s work by giving vital guidance on UC Berkeley’s student-related food systems programs. FIGC also organizes an annual Food Systems Conference, cosponsored by BFI. During the semester, FIGC hosts a running lunch and speaker series with guest professors, cooking project workshops in the Berkeley Teaching Kitchen, farm volunteer days, monthly membership meetings, and much more.
The ESPM Graduate Diversity Council (GDC) is a graduate student group with a vested interest in the continued diversification of the students and faculty of ESPM. The group promotes and encourages diversity in our application pool, retention and support of existing diversity within our department, and outreach to our diverse communities. We are inclusive in our definition of diversity, which expands beyond racial and gender diversity. We recognize the importance and legitimacy of all forms of diversity, including but not limited to economic, sexual orientation, age, disability status,...
We are graduate students at the University of California Berkeley who work on or have an interest in insects, arthropods, and their associates. No one is quite sure when we were founded, but have a 20+ year history at Berkeley and continue to meet regularly to discuss our entomological interests, coordinate outreach events and education, support one another through graduate school woes, and share our mutual love of entomology!
Student Association for Fire Ecology at Berkeley (SAFE)
UC Berkeley SAFE is a group of Cal graduate and undergraduate students (and staff) from a varietyof fields who are passionate about fire. In addition to fostering community among fire enthusiasts in academia, we strive to spread our excitement beyond the university through classroom visits, outreach events, and more. We bring live demos and hands-on activities to a variety of settings. For detailed descriptions of our educational fire outreach activities and demos, see ...
