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Opinion: Some Self-Care Advice for Graduate Students (Inside Higher Ed)

August 25, 2020

If I’ve learned anything over the decades, it’s that self-care needs to be part of the agenda as higher education recalibrates itself to educate and develop students in a post-COVID environment. I’ll share some of the insights I’ve gained -- especially for graduate students and doubly so for graduate students who are first generation or from communities of color.

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Self-Efficacy and Performance of Research Skills among First-Semester Bioscience Doctoral Students (Life Science Education)

August 25, 2020

While there is a growing body of literature on the development of research skills among science, technology, engineering, and mathematics doctoral students, very little is specific to biosciences. We seek to address this gap by characterizing aptitude and self-perceived facility with research skills among incoming bioscience doctoral students, as well as how and why they change over the first semester of doctoral training.

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2020 Sep 28

[Career Navigator Workshop/Peer Mentor Training] Mental Health First Aid

9:00am to 3:30pm

Location: 

Zoom - TBA

Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders. This training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the

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2020 Sep 25

[Peer Mentor Training] How and Why to be a Good Graduate Peer Mentor (Dr. Sarah Schwartz - Suffolk University & Dr. Jason Heustis - HMS Program in Grad Ed)

3:00pm to 4:30pm

Location: 

Zoom - TBA

In this interactive workshop, Dr. Sarah Schwartz (Suffolk University) and Dr. Jason Heustis (Harvard Medical School) will draw from the best practices outlined in published literature to facilitate discussions and highlight suggestions for peer mentoring in practice.

 

The topics to be covered include

- a general understanding of good mentoring, mentoring networks and the complementary roles of mentors and other roles (e.g. sponsors)

- evidence of the impact of peer mentoring and the positive outcomes on mentees

- strategies for...

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2020 Sep 18

[Peer Mentoring Training] DEIJB Approaches and Discussions in Peer Mentoring

3:00pm to 4:30pm

Location: 

Zoom - TBA

Peer mentors can be a vital resource in promoting graduate student success and creating an inclusive, supportive community. Peer mentors may help new students adapt to graduate school as well as provide advice, encouragement and support at various stages during graduate training. Central to the success of peer mentoring relationships is the near-peer connection, where conversations happen naturally around topics of the shared experiences for the mentor and mentee. While similarities help...

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2020 Aug 26

Dissertation Defense - David Radke (BBS)

10:00am to 11:00am

Location: 

Zoom - Contact for Details

Evolutionary dynamics of deletions removing regulatory features in the human noncoding genome

Program: Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Shamil Sunyaev

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Four ways to build your network without attending a conference [Nature]

August 11, 2020

When I became an associate professor at a relatively unknown university in China last year, I knew the odds were against me in the networking game. I felt I would be invited to fewer conferences and have less appeal as a networking prospect at those I did attend.

So I resorted to alternative networking strategies, and through these have taken part in at least 5 projects with collaborators in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Pakistan and China, conducted guest lectures at 3 Chinese universities and published around 12 research papers with my collaborators. Here are the four strategies I...

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2020 Aug 20

Racial Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Neuroscience Workshop [Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders]

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Online - Register for Details

Racial justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical issues that cross all aspects of neuroscience training and have tremendous implications for trainees, mentors, and the future of the field. This virtual workshop, the first in a series, will provide personal experiences on the training process and explore how institutions are approaching these areas to bring about positive change.

 

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Faculty Development Specialist @ University of Rhode Island

August 10, 2020

Would you like an opportunity to join a dynamic faculty development team? The University of Rhode Island's Office for the Advancement of Teaching & Learning is seeking a new faculty development specialist who will work directly with our faculty to advance excellence in teaching and learning.  More information about our current programs and services can be found here:...

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2020 Sep 24

[Career Navigator Workshop] Foundations of Grant Writing and Applying for Fellowships (Dr. Lisa Goodrich - HMS Dept of Neurobiology)

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Zoom - TBA

In this session, attendees will get an overview of the grant-writing process, including developing specific aims and aligning a narrative and goals with a stated funding opportunity.  The presentation includes a discussion of the differences between grants and fellowships.  This session will be of interest to students consider NSF, NIH F31 and NIH F31D applications in the Fall.

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