The Cornell University Board of Trustees has approved a 2.5% increase in the minimum 9-month stipend rate for graduate teaching and research assistants and fellowship awardees for the 2017-18 academic year. The increase was announced at the Board of Trustees meeting on January 27. The minimum 9-month stipend will increase from $25,152 to $25,780. Since 2006, Cornell's stipend has remained near the median of a benchmark group of Ivy+ schools including Berkeley, Penn, Brown, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Princeton, and Harvard. Medians for the benchmark group differ for teaching assistant versus research/graduate research assistant because many schools have different stipend rates for the different types of assistantships. Cornell's stipend is higher than the median stipend of $22,204 offered by a representative group of flagship public institutions that has been tracked since 2013. Cornell's increase for 2017-2018 is slightly above the 11-year average of 2.3% annual increase, and is above the 2.1% increase in the most recent 12 month Consumer Price Index, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This stipend rate represents the required minimum for a 9 month stipend; however, over 84% of continuing doctoral students receive additional stipends over the summer. Summer fellowship support in 2016, common in the humanities and some social sciences, was typically $5200, while the median summer appointment rate for research assistants was $8220. In addition, some disciplines provide an enhanced 9-month stipend above the minimum, ranging up to $28,998 for 9 months Students supported on assistantships earn a stipend for an appointment averaging no more than 15 hours per week of service in addition to the academic responsibilities of their degree program, plus health insurance and full tuition credit. When the value of health insurance and tuition is included with the stipend, the total compensation of a 9-month minimum assistantship package will range between $49,140 and $57,840 for students in MA, MS, or PhD degrees, depending on whether they fall under the contract or endowed college tuition rate. Total assistantship packages, including the typical summer stipend for doctoral students, the 9-month minimum, health insurance, and full tuition credit, ranges between $57,733 and $66,433. Multi-year funding commitments typically mean that doctoral students do not incur education-related debt. Among 2016 doctoral students who graduated from Cornell, only four percent had incurred education-related loan debt during their doctoral studies (21 students out of 492). Students are encouraged to apply for competitive external fellowships that provide financial support and prestige on their CV's. Each year, Cornell graduate students win awards from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Fulbright, and other institutions. If an external fellowship is lower than the minimum Cornell stipend rates, the Graduate School provides additional funds to supplement the fellowship stipend to bring it fully up to the Cornell rate, as an incentive for students to pursue external awards. |
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Hilary Fraser (left) and Rosanne Mayer from Miller Mayer Attorneys at Law update students at the Big Red Barn
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At an expanded International Coffee Hour at the Big Red Barn on Thursday, February 2, over 150 graduate and professional students gathered to learn more about the new executive order banning travel to the U.S. from seven countries.
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n hand to discuss the order, listen to concerns, and describe support and resources available for students were representatives from across the Cornell community, including Vice Provost for International Affairs Laura Spitz, immigration attorneys from Miller/Mayer, and staff from the Graduate School, ISSO, University Health Services, the English Language Support Office.
Speakers updated students on the current status of the executive order and described resources available. These include free legal assistance to Cornell students denied visas under the executive order, travel assistance, and other resources available on the new Global Cornell web page for updates on the executive order on immigration.
Students shares their concerns and experiences with each other and had an opportunity to bring their questions and concerns directly to the speakers.
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Dear Colleagues, On January 30, the Council of Graduate Schools released a statement expressing significant concern about the recent Executive Order on Immigration. (See below.) Their statement reflects the position of many in the higher education community, including the Graduate School, Interim President Rawlings, our peer institutions, and our professional associations (Association if American Universities, Association of public and Land Grant Universities, and American Association for the Advancement of Science), who have expressed concern about the recent Executive Order on Immigration and are encouraging that the Executive Order be reconsidered. Sincerely, Barbara A. Knuth Senior Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Past Chair, Board of Directors, the Council of Graduate Schools CGS Statement Regarding Administration's Executive Order on Immigration Following is a statement by Council of Graduate Schools President Suzanne Ortega. Our nation's security is paramount and a strong visa process contributes to our safety. However, as an organization of approximately 500 universities, we encourage the administration to reconsider the executive order barring entry or return of individuals from specific countries. The strength of our nation's graduate education depends upon both domestic and international talent. International faculty and students are vitally important to U.S. graduate education and research. They are essential contributors to our economy and research enterprise. International students (both graduate and undergraduate) contributed nearly $36 billion to the U.S. economy in 2014-15 (IIE, 2016). Domestic students benefit from the experience of training alongside international students, gaining the cultural competence needed to be competitive in a global economy. American graduate education represents the gold standard of higher education around the world, and we are committed to seeing it remain open to the best and brightest domestic and international talent. |
Congressional Solution to DACA
The BRIDGE (Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream & Grow our Economy) Act, S. 128/H.R. 496, introduced in both houses of the U.S. Congress with bipartisan support, would enable undocumented residents in the U.S. who arrived as children and have grown up in this country and who meet certain eligibility requirements to remain in the U.S. for another three years without the threat of deportation. The BRIDGE Act would also continue the employment eligibility that has been available through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
If the BRIDGE Act is passed, young people who came to the U.S. as children and are undocumented, and who meet certain requirements, would be eligible to live and work in the U.S. without the fear of deportation, for the next three years while Congress works on longer-term immigration reform to address the circumstances of undocumented individuals. The BRIDGE Act was introduced by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Reps. Mike Coffman (R-CO) and Louis Gutierrez (D-IL). Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is a co-sponsor. More information about the BRIDGE Act is available at https://www.nilc.org/issues/daca/faq-bridge-act/. If you'd like to express your support for the BRIDGE Act to members of the U.S. Congress, colleagues at Rutgers University have made available to universities across the country an easy-to-use online tool that allows individuals to show their support for the BRIDGE Act: http://www.capwiz.com/friendsofrutgers/issues/alert/?alertid=74828626 , or compose your own message and communicate by phone or email with members of the US Congress. Information on contacting your congressional representatives and senators |
At tonight's GPSA Meeting, Janet Shortall, associate dean and director of the EARS program, announced that the EARS peer-led counseling and training program, is expanding to meet the unique needs and life experiences of graduate and professional students by recruiting and training graduate and professional students to act as peer- counselors.
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We know that our graduate and professional students share some of the same concerns as undergrads, but we also recognize that there are differences that make being able to talk with a peer, another graduate or professional student, so valuable,
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In the fall, EARS began piloting specific times that graduate and professional students could connect with an EARS graduate student counselor. Prospective counselors underwent extensive training and passed a rigorous selection process to provide non-judgmental, short-term counseling.
Students who are interested in building communication skills and using empathic listening in career settings or in personal relationships can join the 11-week training program which runs from 7-9:00 pm Mondays through May 1.
"We found that graduate and professional students value the opportunity to talk with a confidential peer about any concerns that a student has," said a PhD candidate and EARS graduate student counselor.
Interested in using EARS?
EARS free and confidential services are available on
Sundays 5-7 pm, Mondays 3-5pm, Tuesdays 3-7pm or 9-10:30pm and Wednesdays 7-10:30pm. Call 607-255-EARS (3277) or walk in to 213 Willard Straight Hall and ask to speak with an EARS graduate student counselor.
If you have questions or concerns, please contact Dean Shortall directly at
[email protected]
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Congratulations to Sarah Portway, fiber science and apparel design, on her interview with Canadian television show: The Agenda with Steve Paikin.
Aired January 9th on TVO at 8PM and 11PM EST. We discussed the impacts of fast fashion, which is a piece of my research on sustainable fashion. After the interview, there was a panel discussion with sustainable fashion industry professionals.
Episodes are available on TheAgenda YouTube Channel, iTunes, and their website.
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- February 8th Last day to add courses and change credit hours
- February 17th Last day to register without a late fee
- March 22nd Last day to drop courses or change grading basis
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The Graduate School Deans are available to speak directly with students through office hours focused on addressing some of the immediate needs of International, Immigrant, and DACA graduate students. If you are experiencing uncertainty and stress as a result of the recent actions and potential plans of the new U.S. administration as it pertains to immigration and visa issues, please consider joining us at one of our Office Hours this week. We want to hear about your concerns and can provide you with resources to help you navigate this uncertain time. Plan to attend one of the times below.
- Tuesday, February 7 from 1:30 - 2:45 pm - 384 Caldwell Hall - with Associate Dean Sara Hernandez
- Wednesday, February 8 from 9:00 - 12:00 pm - 350d Caldwell Hall with Assistant Dean Janna Lamey
- Thursday, February 9 from 3:00 - 5:00 pm - 350 Caldwell Hall with Associate Dean Jan Allen
- Friday, February 10 from 12:00 - 3:00 pm - 350d Caldwell Hall - with Assistant Dean Janna Lamey
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Cornell Career Fair | Thursday, March 2 | 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Big Red Barn Graduate and Professional Student Center
Student spouses and partners will be matched with representatives from units across campus based on their interests and skills. Participants will have the opportunity to network directly with Human Resource professionals representing various units across the University.
Please RSVP by Monday, February 20, so we can match you with the appropriate human resources representative.
(Plan to stay after the session for our Student Spouse & Partner Happy Hour!)
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Sponsored by the Students with Families Advisory Committee and the Graduate School
Job search workshops for interested spouses and partners of Cornell graduate and professional students
Searching for Local Employment
Tuesday, February 9, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Navigating Cornell Careers
Tuesday, February 21, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Cornell Career Fair
Thursday, March 2, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Volunteering in the Community
Tuesday, March 7, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Sign Up for Our Student Spouse/Partner Employment E-List
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Open to all graduate and professional students
Pie with the Deans sessions are open to any graduate or professional student to chat with the deans at the Graduate School. Stop by for pie and an informal visit with the Graduate School deans. Come and go as needed. Please RSVP below so we can have enough pie! Thursday, February 9 from 12-1:00 pm in 341 Caldwell Hall RSVP
Tuesday, February 28 from 4-5 pm in 341 Caldwell Hall - Mardi Gras Style! Complete with pie, King Cake, and gumbo! RSVP Tuesday, March 28 from 4-5 pm in 341 Caldwell Hall Wednesday, April 19 from 12:30 to 2:00 pm in 341 Caldwell Hall Friday, May 5 from noon to 1:00 pm in 341 Caldwell Hall Plus Pi Day Pie Bake-Off on, what else, Pi Day (March 14, 2017) in the Big Red Barn (BRB) |
Do you have questions about responsible conduct of research, academic integrity, mentoring relationships, scholarly or scientific collaborations? Do you want to talk with others about ethical dilemmas you're encountering in your research, teaching, classes, or advising/mentoring relationships? Join Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Jan Allen ([email protected]) at an Ethics Café. Up to 8 students can pre-register for each event; we'll provide lunch and engaging conversation. Don't have a question but are curious about guidelines to follow and pitfalls to avoid? (Want to hear the chilling story about the first university researcher sentenced to prison for research misconduct? It's a doozy!) Wednesday, February 16, noon at the BRB. RSVP. |
GPWomeN-PCCW Speaker Series: Wednesday, February 15th | 12:15-1:30pm | 401 Warren Hall RSVP Soon Come understand what people mean when they refer to "work-life balance" and what it specifically means to you and others. Learn what the newest research says about strategizing for "balance" and how individuals and companies can work toward a "balanced" approach to work and family. Lunch provided. Dr. Beth A. Livingston is an Assistant Professor in HR at Cornell University. She currently teaches courses on staffing and human resource management, and on managing work and family. Co-sponsored by the GPWomeN, PCCW, Women in Public Policy, and the Graduate School. |
Today is the anniversary of the opening of the BRB!
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Free cake was available all day for students, staff, and faculty. |
Friday, February 10
- 4:30 - 7:00 pm - Special TGIF
Saturday, February 11
- 2:00 p.m. - Family and Friends Anniversary Party
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Searching for Local Employment | Tuesday, February 7 | 9:30 - 11:30 | Ithaca Visitors Center | 904 East Shore Drive. The Graduate School and Tompkins Workforce have teamed together to offer you valuable information about how to conduct an effective job search in the Ithaca area and resources available to support you. Please RSVP. |
Freedom of Speech and Civility on Campus In the spirit of diversity, inclusion and dialogue, the Campus Wide "Breaking Bread" initiative invites you to attend our first community-wide dinner of 2017, to discuss Freedom of Speech and Civility on Campus. Using recent national events as a backdrop for this conversation, we invite you to participate in an open dialogue with other members of our community. Please register. |
Thursday February 9, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Attend this workshop for graduate students and postdocs to learn how to create a professional resume from your multi-page academic CV. After the workshop you will be able to:
· Recognize the difference between a resume and a CV
· Understand when you would use a resume or a CV
· Know when to would use a combination resume versus a chronological resume
· Understand how to write a resume
Presenter: Christine Holmes, Director Postdoctoral Studies Program ([email protected])
Attendees are welcome to bring their own lunch during this session.
Co-Sponsored by the Office of inclusion and Student Engagement (OISE) and the office of Postdoctoral Studies
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Wednesday February 15, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. 102 Mann Library An important part of the job search is interviewing and then negotiating the offer. Come learn about the art of interviewing! Presenters: Christine Holmes, Director of Postdoctoral Studies Program Attendees are welcome to bring their own lunch during this session. |
Wednesday February 22 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm| 102 Mann Library Are you contemplating a career outside of academia and are unsure about what transferable skills you have or what careers are available to you? If so, you are invited to attend this free workshop to learn what strategies you can take in exploring a career outside of academia. Presenter: Christine Holmes, Director of Postdoctoral Studies ([email protected]) Attendees are welcome to bring their own lunch during this session. Co-Sponsored by the Office of inclusion and Student Engagement (OISE) and the office of Postdoctoral Studies |
Are you looking for more opportunities to speak English? Do you want learn more about American culture and share ideas about your own culture with others? Join the English Language Support Office's Speaking Groups Program this spring as a Participant to make meaningful connections across campus in weekly small group discussions for 8-weeks during Spring 2017. This program brings together international graduate students and fluent English speakers for language support and conversations about culture, academic interests, and campus life. PARTICIPANTS: All matriculated international graduate and professional students are welcome to join the Speaking Groups Program (SGP) weekly discussion groups. We are now accepting applications for participants until February 10. If you are interested in becoming a participant for Spring 2017, you will need to:
- complete a SGP participant application
- sign-up for a weekly discussion time that fits your schedule after receiving a notice of acceptance to the program
- attend and participate in weekly, one hour discussion group meetings for 8-weeks during Spring 2017
- attend a final reception in May
For any questions or concerns, contact Melissa Myers at [email protected] To learn more about ELSO, go to cornellelso.weebly.com |
Fellowships, Postdocs, and Awards:
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The CARE-Cornell Collaboration is excited to offer paid summer research fellowships for three
Cornell graduate students to conduct research abroad for 7 weeks with CARE
's Tanzania
country
office and then report on lessons learned for CARE USA headquarters in Atlanta, CA.
The three Cornell graduate student research
fellows will
contribute to finding solutions to today's urgent international development
challenges while working with leadership at CARE,
one of the nation's top results
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nonprofit organizations.
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The Insight Data Fellows Programs are tuition-free professional Fellowships for students and postdocs looking to transition to careers in data science, health data science, data engineering, or artificial intelligence. Over the last 5 years, we have helped over 750 graduate students and postdocs who are all now data scientists and engineers at over 200 leading data companies across the United States, including Cornell alumni. Applications are now open for our Summer Fellowships Programs and can be found on our website. For more information please go to: http://insightdatascience.com |
Applications now open: http://einaudi.cornell.edu/international-research-travel-grants. These grants provide travel support for Cornell University graduate students conducting short-term research and/or field work in countries outside the United States. They also provide travel support for professional students engaged in various academic experiences in the international arena. Applicants must be enrolled in an approved PhD or Master's degree program at Cornell University, or be enrolled in one of the professional schools. Groups are not eligible to apply as grants are awarded on an individual basis. The application deadline is February 15, 2017. |
Cornell has been selected as one of five partner universities that will take over the prestigious and impactful Social Science Research Council (SSRC)-DPDF program. The program will be led by the Einaudi Center and supported by the Graduate School, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The Einaudi DPD program supports mid-level PhD students in developing innovative dissertation proposals within emerging areas in the humanities and social sciences. Faculty from Cornell, in collaboration with the SSRC, prepare students for pre-dissertation summer research and proposal writing in workshops in the spring and fall of the fellowship year. In the summer months, students conduct preliminary research to establish connections, test their methods and determine the feasibility of their research projects. The program awards up to $5,000 toward summer research costs for 12 Cornell students. The Einaudi DPDF Program pays for travel and accommodations for the two workshops: The spring workshop takes place June 7-11, 2017 and the fall workshop September 13-17, 2017. Second- and third-year graduate students in all humanities and social science disciplines who are enrolled full-time in PhD programs are eligible to apply. Applicants are expected to have completed all or most of their required coursework and be ready to begin planning for dissertation research. First-year graduate students who have completed master's degrees and fourth-year students who have not yet undertaken dissertation research may be eligible. The application form and details of the 2017 program will be officially announced in early February and the deadline for applications will be February 26, 2017. Please visit the Einaudi Center website for updates or contactDr. Heike Michelsen, Associate Director for Academic Programming for the Einaudi Center ([email protected], tel. 607-255-8926). |
The College of Arts and Sciences and Cornell University Library (CUL) have established a competitive digital collections grants program to support collaborative and creative use of visual resources through the creation of digital content of enduring value to the Cornell community and scholarship at large. The collections created through this grants program will become a part of Cornell University Library's digital library. The program is open to Cornell graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences.
For more information, including requirements for applying, please visit https://dcaps.library.cornell.edu/grants/as.
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University of Michigan | May 02-05, 2017 NextProf Science is aimed at future faculty-advanced doctoral students or postdoctoral fellows who are interested in an academic career in science at an exceptional academic research institution and who have demonstrated a commitment to diversity. U-M College of Literature, Science, and Arts will host about 50 future faculty participants on the U-M campus to show them the rewards of an academic career, help them understand the faculty search process, and connect them with faculty in their research area, as well as academic leaders, and other participants. The NextProf Science 2017 workshop is free to participants, who must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Underrepresented minorities and women are especially encouraged to apply. Travel, lodging, and meals will be covered by the program. The deadline to receive all applications and supporting materials is: February 15, 2017. Applicants may nominate themselves or be nominated by a faculty mentor. Find additional information about the workshop and application materials on the NextProf Science website at: sites.lsa.umich.edu/nextprof-science/ |
Priority application date: February 1, 2017 CU-CIRTL and the Center for Teaching Excellence are recruiting graduate and postdoctoral applicants to join the Spring 2017 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Practitioner program. Through participation in a series of four workshops from February-May 2016, participants will receive training and support needed to conduct a small-scale classroom research project and present the results. SoTL Practitioners receive a monetary award to defray project costs and become part of a community of fellows advancing teaching excellence at Cornell. Individuals or pairs/small teams may apply; send inquiries including a few sentences about your teaching project ideas to Kimberly Williams at: [email protected] Learn more |
Upcoming Opportunities for: Graduate Students, Future Educators, and Teaching Assistants GET SET Workshop: Utilize Classroom Assessment Techniques to Evaluate Student Learning (Certificate: Assessing Learning and Teaching) Wednesday February 08, 1:30-2:45 p.m. (G37 Plant Science) Interested in using informal assessment to measure student learning? This session explores the informal side of assessment by discussing a variety of simple, effective, and low-stakes classroom techniques that can provide information about a student's knowledge and skills. GET SET Workshop: Developing Service-Learning in the Disciplines (Certificate: Innovative Approaches in Pedagogy) Thursday February 16, 4:45-6:00 p.m. (143 Plant Science) Would you like your students to engage with real issues or problems in the community? This workshop explores successful service-learning projects, their steps and components, and possibilities for adding service-learning approaches to courses within various disciplines. GET SET Discussion: Keeping Students Engaged - Beyond the First Day of Class Wednesday, February 15, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (421 CCC) Now that the semester is underway, what are some strategies to engage your students and enhance the learning environment? Join graduate students and postdocs in an informal lunch discussion on taking the next steps to being a great teacher! |
Careers, Internships, and Jobs:
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Spring Technical & Entrepreneurial Career Fair
- Wednesday, February 8
- 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Barton Hall
- Entrepreneurial companies that are growing and hiring across job functions (finance, business development, project management, HR, etc.)
CV to Resume for Graduate Students and Postdocs
- Thursday, February 9
- 12:00 PM, 102 Mann Library
Job and Internship Tips for Design and Visual Arts Positions
- Thursday, February 9
- 4:30 PM, Studio Steps, Milstein Hall
PhD Careers in Conversation
- February 6-10
- Asynchronous- participate any time that week
- Versatile PhD will host a free AMA-style panel discussion on PhD Careers in Conservation, Feb. 6-10, 2017. All panelists are PhDs or ABD in STEM disciplines and all are currently working in conservation in a variety of settings.
- http://vphd.info/upcoming-panels
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A list of all events may be found at the following link to the Career Services calendar: http://www.career.cornell.edu/events/calendar.cfm |
- Free YOGA!!!! Mondays and Thursdays - 5-6:15 PM Willard Straight Garden Room (go down the stairs across from the International Lounge) Open To All Cornell students for Free. All skill levels welcome. Increase your physical and mental well-being. We will have some yoga mats, but if you have one, please bring it.
- Free ZUMBA with the Amazing Abe! Wednesdays at 5 PM - Willard Straight Hall 5th floor lounge. Latin-inspired dance-fitness craze that blends red-hot Latin music and contagious steps to create a fitness party! Exercise, relax, energize! Join us if you want to try Zumba for the first time or if you are a Zumba addict.
- Creative Arts. Wednesdays 7-8:00 PM, Slope Studio, 2nd Floor Willard Straight Hall. (down the steps across from the International Lounge) No artistic skill necessary. Join others in a relaxing and supportive atmosphere to reflect, create for personal growth. We are very lucky to have Certified Art Therapist, Emily Millen, lead the session! Free and all materials provided.
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Thursday, February 9: 7-8pm Willard Straight Hall International Lounge Mary Bucknam, R.P.A.C., is a primary medical provider for Cornell Healthy Eating Program (CHEP). She works with students with eating disorders and helps them on their road to recovery. She will be discussing how eating disorders arise and how to recover. Come for yourself, for a friend or family member. |
Friday, February 10: 12:20 - 1:10 PM International Lounge, Willard Straight Hall FEEL GOOD FRIDAY - Free lunch will be provided Learn how to cultivate a purpose in life, and how to use it to guide you and as a resource to better withstand life's challenges. We invite you to join Professor Anthony Burrow, Ph.D (College of Human Ecology) for a presentation based on years of research, striving to understand how a having a sense of self, identity, and purpose shape the experiences people have in their everyday lives. |
Beyond Consent: The Theory of Change is a sexual violence prevention summit for student leaders at Cornell to gain foundational knowledge of sexual violence prevention theory and practice, connect with staff and faculty at Cornell who support work in this area, and develop a strong network that will establish a critical mass of students to attend to the on-going risk of sexual and dating violence on campus. Students will consider how to shift patterns within social environments that may contribute to the risk of sexual violence and proactively create a more positive sexual and social culture at Cornell. Additionally, summit attendees will explore ways to disrupt the cultural elements that support sexual violence and replace them with new beliefs and practices. We are seeking students to attend focus groups for Beyond Consent to provide input on possible workshop topics, share thoughts on potential speakers, and consider best practices to make the summit inclusive and accessible. Beyond Consent Focus Group Meeting Time: Tuesday, 2/7/17, 7:30-8:30pm: RSVP |
Join us for a light dinner and deep and intimate conversation that explores issues of identity, mental health and social well-being. This series covers topics ranging from studying abroad as an Asian American, body image, relationships with parents, safe sex, culture shock, microaggressions, to the quarter-life crisis. These discussions happen on select Wednesdays at 5:00 pm beginning on Wednesday, February 8th in the 1st Floor Multipurpose Room of 626 Thurston Ave. |
Cornell Libraries sponsors many free workshops each semester on topics ranging from Excel and Photoshop to Wikipedia and Feminism. Link to all the offerings across the various units: http://spaces.library.cornell.edu/calendar/CULworkshops/?cid=4102&t=d&d=0000-00-00&cal[]=4102. |
CSCU will be offering workshops this Spring Semester on the following topics:
- Introductory Statistical Analysis Using a Menu-Based Software
- Basic Data Analysis and Research Skills
- Introductory Statistical Analysis Using R
- Intermediate Statistical Analysis Using R
- Interpreting Linear Models: Regression and ANOVA
- Sampling Design and Analysis of Complex Surveys
- Designing Experiments
- Introduction to Logistic Regression for Responses with More than Two Categories
- Factor Analysis
- Visualizing Data
- Introduction to Survival Analysis
- Introduction to Classification and Regression Trees
- Introduction to Bayesian Statistical Methods
- Reproducible Research
- Introduction to Path Analysis and Mediation Analysis
For more information, visit https://cscu.cornell.edu/workshops/schedule.php. |
Saturday, February 11, 11:30 - 4:00 pm Since 1999, Chili Cook-off features chili prepared by approximately 30 restaurants as they compete for the titles of Best Meat/Overall Chili, Best Vegetarian, and People's Choice Chili. In addition to Chili, there are other Chili related food items. The Chili Cook-off will feature a farmers market with vendors and local wineries, breweries, and farmer's sampling their goods. All activities will take place on the Ithaca Commons and surrounding streets. This is a great way to get involved in the community! |
Tuesday, Feb 7th 5 - 6:30PM Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room Enjoy a Delicious Italian Dinner The Student Assembly and Cornell Minds Matter cordially invite you meet the new Cornell Dean of Students, Vijay Pendakur. He will be speaking about his personal path to his work in student affairs, the new role of the Dean of Students and how it ties to diversity, inclusion, and well-being. During dinner Vijay will interact with students in order to collaborate and foster productive involvement. |
Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 3:30pm to 4:30pm Stocking Hall, 146
A seminar by David Archambault II, Chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation
Chairman Archambault is a leading spokesperson for protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, has spoken on Indigenous rights before the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, and written in the New York Times. He recently was named by Foreign Policy magazine as a Global Thinker 2016 for his stewardship of the Dakota/Lakota homeland.
Sponsored by the Department of Natural Resources
Cosponsored by the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program and the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs
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The Advancing Science and Policy (ASAP) organization is excited to announce that we will be organizing and funding buses to attend the March for Science event in Washington, D.C. on April 22, 2017. You do not need to be a member of ASAP to attend the event with us. This event is open to the general graduate science community as well as any other Cornell graduate student interested in supporting the sciences. If you are interested in joining us we ask that you please fill out this survey to reserve a space in the bus as well provide any important information we may need to know in planning the trip. PLEASE COMPLETE BY THE END OF THE WEEK. Please contact Sabrina Solouki at [email protected] or Charlotte Levy at [email protected] for any additional information or concerns. |
In honor of International Women's Day 2017, The International Women's Day Committee and Cornell Women's Resource Center present the International Women's Day Leadership Awards. Who can be nominated?
- Absolutely ANYONE; ALL genders, ages, and backgrounds are welcome
- A student (undergraduate, graduate, professional, or post-doc) who has worked on women's issues and/or gender equity locally or globally
- An international individual whose achievements and accomplishments with women's issues deserve distinction
- A Cornell professor, staff person, or Ithaca/Tompkins County community member who advocates/works with women locally, nationally, or internationally
All nominations are due by February 26th at 11:59 PM. Please click HERE to NOMINATE someone. Nominees will be honored at the International Women's Day Luncheon on Sunday, March 12th at 12pm in the Memorial Room in Willard Straight Hall . Please RSVP HERE |
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The Cornell Student Leadership Educators Network (SLEN) is open to faculty and staff dedicated to the promotion of leadership development of students at Cornell University. The network convenes monthly to share emerging developments and best practices, dialogue across curricular and co-curricular dimensions of leadership development such as foundational leadership competencies, and collaborate on projects and events. Spring 2017 convening dates (all times 2-3:30pm), RSVP links embedded:
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For more information about the book talk series, visit booktalks.library.cornell.edu. Disability and Employer Practices: Research Across the Disciplines Book talk by Susanne M. Bruyère Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 4:30 p.m. ILR Catherwood Library, Kheel Center Nearly one in five people report some form of disability, and they are only half as likely to be employed as those without disabilities. With the aging workforce and returning military veterans, there is an urgent need for better ways to address continuing employment disparities. Susanne M. Bruyère, director of the K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Institute on Employment and Disability at Cornell's ILR School, will discuss what motivates employers to engage this workforce, and the policies and practices that result in successful recruitment. For more information about this event, visit http://events.cornell.edu/event/disability_and_employer_practices. The Chatter of the Visible: Montage and Narrative in Weimar Germany Book talk by Patrizia C. McBride Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 4:30 p.m. Olin Library, Room 107 The photo montages of artists associated with Dada, Constructivism, and the New Objectivity, have commonly been associated with the purposeful interruption of a narrative. Patrizia McBride offers a new and refreshing perspective on the Weimar montage, revealing how its peculiar mimicry was less about the rejection of narrative and more an extension or permutation of it. McBride is a professor of 20th-century German literature and culture, and aesthetic theory since the eighteenth century, and chair of the Department of German Studies at Cornell. For more information about this event, visit http://events.cornell.edu/event/the_chatter_of_the_visible. |
February 25 8pm Bailey Hall The Cornell Women's Resource Center's 2017 production of The Vagina Monologues features a large, diverse cast of women and gender-nonconforming Cornellians coming together to honor the place we all came from. Written by Eve Ensler from over 200 interviews, The Vagina Monologues is a celebration of the taboo, a clarion call to action on behalf of the world's exploited women, and hard evidence that feminists can be funny. 90 percent of proceeds from this year's production will be donated to The Advocacy Center of Tompkins County. The other 10 percent will go to Ensler's V-Day Foundation to support its continued global advocacy for women and girls.
Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Get yours online, or ask a cast member if you can buy one in person. |
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