Newsletter – Baskin Engineering Graduate Experience

Key Winter 2025 Deadlines

January 22, 2025

*Please note the following upcoming university deadlines, and ALWAYS check the official UCSC Academic and Administrative Calendar for important dates and deadlines. Bookmark this year’s Academic and Administrative Calendar and refer to it regularly.
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Ph.D. students advance research in responsible AI and assistive technology through Fellowship for Anti-Racism Research (FARR)

April 23, 2025

K. Kritika (Ph.D., Computational Media, ‘27) and Yaxuan Wang (Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, ‘28) are the FARR fellows, advancing research in assistive technology and responsible AI.
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Developing mathematical models for alzheimer’s research: the path of alumnus Dylan Esguerra

March 11, 2025

Baskin Engineering alumnus Dylan Esguerra (M.S., Statistics, ’23) discovered his passion for statistics as a sophomore at UC Santa Cruz. Dylan pursued the 4+1 Statistical Science Program and had the opportunity to work with Adjunct Professor of Applied Mathematics…
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Writing Support For UCSC Graduate Students!

March 4, 2025

The Writing Center offers UCSC graduate students one-on-one writing tutoring and supportive writing groups through the VOCES Program. The VOCES Graduate Student Writing Center is staffed by advanced graduate students who serve as individual tutors and writing group mentors. Bring us your budding…
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CSE Event at the GSC – Getting the Job: A Microsoft Interview

March 4, 2025

Learn what Microsoft Principal Architect Jeff Stock asks job applicants when they make it through preliminary interviews. Jeff will give examples of the technical questions he asks and the answers he expects to receive from good candidates. When: Friday, March…
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UC Santa Cruz Graduate Student Survey – Now Open!

March 4, 2025

The UC Santa Cruz Graduate Student Survey is now open in late winter and will be open through early spring quarter 2025. All currently enrolled UC Santa Cruz graduate students are invited to participate. Graduate students can access the survey at ucal.us/ucgsesucsc.…
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Announcing Limited Submission – Schmidt Science Fellows 2026

March 4, 2025

We are pleased to announce the launch of Limited Submission – Schmidt Science Fellows 2026. Click on the link below to view more information. Thank you! Internal Submission Deadline: Sunday, April 13, 2025 Cycle: 2026 Discipline/Subject Area: PhD Students in Science, Technology, Engineering…
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Frontiers of AI: Language, Inference, and Innovation – Live Event with Nathan Lambert, Alessio Fanelli and Dylan Patel

March 4, 2025

Join us for a special LIVE EVENT in Silicon Valley on Friday, March 7 from 3:15pm to learn more about the Frontiers of AI. One of our amazing NLP-MS students, Sam Silver, is hosting a special event on the Silicon Valley campus…
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Calling all Grad Students! Research Opportunity!

March 4, 2025

Our team is looking to hire a continuing graduate student (either a Ph.D. student, or a master’s student in their first year) to maintain and grow a mobile phone app designed to increase the productivity of small and micro…
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How Keerthi Koneru contributed to the security of critical systems that millions rely on daily

February 24, 2025

Keerthi Koneru is a UC Santa Cruz class of 2024 computer science Ph.D. graduate. Drawn to UCSC’s Computer Science and Engineering Department for its focus on combining conceptual learning with practical application, her research focused on securing electrical substations…
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The Robert (Bob) Moses Scholarship

February 24, 2025

The Robert (Bob) Moses Scholarship (PDF) supports the educational goal of a graduate student from an underrepresented group who is pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree in mathematics education or STEM discipline. Information about the scholarship is listed below.…
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2025 SFI Education programs for graduate students

February 24, 2025

The nonprofit Santa Fe Institute (SFI) focuses on research and training in the quantitative modeling of complex systems, including social, cultural, and political systems, and economies. We would be grateful if you could circulate the opportunities below to interested…
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Hands-On Workshop: How to Write R Packages With Literate Programming

February 9, 2025

Hosted by Baskin Engineering’s Statistics Department, this is a great workshop for students or researchers for whom writing and packaging R code is a core skill. In this workshop, we will demonstrate a simple new approach to writing R…
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