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‘Academic’ Means More Than Tenure Track (Inside Higher Ed)

April 22, 2020
The discourse about academic vs. nonacademic careers omits a category of fulfilling careers that students might be interested in pursuing, writes Gina Shereda, and we should stop framing job opportunities that way.

 

About a year ago, I made a career transition into professional and academic development support for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. I have found the work immensely fulfilling, and as with any other new position, I spent quite a bit of time in my first several months trying to catch myself up to speed on the lingo of the profession....

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The Professor Is In: Stranded on the Academic Job Market This Year? (The Chronicle of Higher Education)

April 21, 2020
Thanks to Covid-19, we are in a brave new world — except we are all scared, and it feels downright medieval in many ways.

As a career consultant who works with academic-job candidates, I’ve been hearing many questions and anxieties voiced by clients as well as by readers of The Professor Is In series. Higher education is reeling from this global pandemic, and everyone is stressed about budgets and money. But a lot of untenured faculty members and graduate students, in particular, are worried about what’s next for them and their future in academe. I’ll be blunt: The prospects are not good...

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Molecular and Cellular Biology Teaching Assistant @ Harvard Summer School

April 16, 2020

The Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology S1-A course explores the central principles of molecular and cellular biology, with a focus on structure function relationships, energy, metabolism, and genetics/genomics. The course is taught at the introductory level and is part of a series (S-1A and S-1B) that fulfill the medical school admission requirement. Taught by Professors Aditi Hazra and
Nava Gharaei.

Teaching Assistant Duties:

BIOS S-1a is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a fast-paced, innovative course that draws from the...

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My lab is closed to me because of the coronavirus. Here’s how I’m planning to stay productive (Nature) -- an article from a Harvard community member

April 10, 2020

Lei Su’s benchwork at Harvard University might have stopped — but thanks to careful preparation and collaboration tools, his team is keeping its research going.

 

I am a research fellow at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, studying epigenetics and diabetes. Over the past few weeks, I’ve received e-mails from the medical school, the university, Harvard-affiliated hospitals and principal investigators in my laboratory and elsewhere at the institute. All these messages are about paring down research activities and preparing...

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For Many Graduate Students, Covid-19 Pandemic Highlights Inequities (The Chronicle of Higher Education)

April 10, 2020

As higher education reels from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, graduate students say they face a unique set of challenges, including difficulty getting access to research materials, concern about finishing their degrees on time, and pressing financial troubles. Administrators are focusing attention on faculty members and undergraduates, some grad students complain, reinforcing the feeling that they are second-class citizens.

Anna Meier, a fifth-year doctoral candidate in political science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, said her peers are preoccupied with...

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Don’t Forget About Graduate Students (The Chronicle of Higher Education) -- article by Harvard graduate student

April 10, 2020
Our labor sustains colleges’ educational mission. Now it’s time for universities to sustain us.

As the urgency and severity of the coronavirus pandemic have become apparent, universities have rapidly been thrust into troubled — and uncharted — waters. They have required students to evacuate their dormitories, faculty to move classes online, and staff to work remotely, all to prioritize safety while maintaining the educational mission. With the immediate crises of getting students home and classes online now largely behind us, colleges are now starting to focus...

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Bioinformatics Scientist @ Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute

April 10, 2020

The initial focus of the recently created Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute (“Gates MRI”) will be dedicated to translating findings from basic science into potential solutions that will fill the product pipeline for malaria, tuberculosis, enteric and diarrheal diseases, and maternal and neonatal child health. It is committed to saving lives by improving the pace and predictability of translational medicine in global health. The Gates MRI will relentlessly seek out innovative strategies to develop the best drugs, biologics, and vaccines to fight some...

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Funding Opportunity for G1s and G2 - Cardiovascular Research

April 9, 2020

Please see the attached flyer with information regarding the John S. LaDue Memorial Fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine or Vascular Biology Research. The Fellowship will provide financial support for a two-year period to one rising G2 (current G1) or rising G3(current G2) PhD student at Harvard Medical School who is conducting research in cardiovascular medicine or vascular biology.

 

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