Are you having roadblocks or struggles in your graduate experience? Do you think this is emblematic of a systemic issue or something that can be solved through better organization or communication? Please reach out to us at pbsegradcouncil-group@ucsc.edu to let us know what your issue is and your idea for a solution. You don’t need […]
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PBSE Pinning Ceremony
The PBSE Grad Council helps to organize PBSE recruitment, the PBSE retreat, and PBSE orientation. To help new grads feel more welcomed in the department, the PBSE Grad Council worked to design a pin that represents all of the departments within PBSE. Each new grad gets a pin and during the beginning of the PBSE […]
MCD Town Hall
The PBSE Graduate Student Council and MCD Diversity committee co-hosted the MCD Town hall event on April 26th 2023. The event was moderated by De Acker who ran it as a world cafe style event. This first town hall was focused on Graduate and Faculty relations in post-strike MCD. Discussion topics were selected based on […]
An essay with a radical idea to shift how we do science
Ever wondered why we need giant institutions to do good science? You’re not alone. This is an article about an alternative way to do science outside of institutions and has some illuminating text about how institutional systems currently work to suck funding away from research. I particularly liked the ‘Million Dollar Toilets’ section. https://www.experimental-history.com/p/lets-build-a-fleet-and-change-the Thanks […]