Stephen R. Durham, a doctoral student in earth and atmospheric sciences, is a co-author on a paper describing the effect of the Deepwater Horizon spill on intertidal oysters. Read more...
Robert Wharton, doctoral student in astronomy, contributed to the recently published research in Nature about the source of mysterious cosmic radio blasts. Read more...
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- Send your question related to graduate study to [email protected] with Ask a Dean in the subject heading.
- One of the Graduate School deans will respond to your question within three working days.
- Selected responses will be published anonymously on the Graduate School website and in the Graduate School Announcements.
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All research Masters and PhD students are automatically enrolled for 12 credits in a research course by the Graduate School each semester prior to the start of Add/Drop. Below are the GRAD courses and the population each is used for.
- GRAD 9010 Graduate-Level Research - pre candidacy PhD students
- GRAD 9011 Doctoral Dissertation Research - post candidacy PhD students
- GRAD 9012 Master's Thesis Research - research masters students
- GRAD 9000 Non-Degree Study - non-degree students
- GRAD 8000 In Absentia - in absentia students
Students can enroll in field specific research course offerings with their faculty during the Add period in addition to the GRAD course. At the end of the Drop period the Graduate School will adjust the number of credits in the GRAD course to balance to a minimum of 12 credits. The credit hours for the GRAD course cannot be adjusted prior to this and the course cannot be dropped.
- Course Add/Drop begins Tuesday January 17th
- Last day to add courses and change credit hours is Wednesday February 8th
- Last day to drop courses or change grading basis is Wednesday March 22nd
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- January 7th - Settle all financial accounts, including current semester tuition
- January 17th - Verify registration status and take care of any registration holds
- January 17th - Course enrollment begins
- January 24th- Leave of Absence requests need to be submitted to the Graduate School
- January 25th - Classes begin
Checking Registration Status To check your registration status, log in to Student Essentials and view your "Registration Status" at the top of the page.If you are registered, your Registration Status will state "Registered" with a green checkmark.
Holds There are several different types of holds that may be placed on a student's record. Holds that prevent University registration require immediate attention. Holds can be viewed by logging in to Student Essentials. Click on "more information" for complete details including steps to resolve a hold. |
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Photo ID Cards - For Masters and PhD students, ID cards will be available for pickup beginning Thursday January 19th at 143 Caldwell Hall.
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Graduate School Programs
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OADI's Community Development & Social Justice Program invites you to our annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Commemoration. All Cornellians and Ithacans (and beyond) are welcome to attend this free event.
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Monday January 23, 2017, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. G10 Biotech
Join us for a special talk on the Non-Academic Job Search given by Cornell alumni, Anne Krook ('89). Anne began her career as an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she taught for seven years before moving to Seattle. After a stint in restaurant bartending, she joined Amazon.com. During her thirteen years at the company, she held various roles in US and international website development, program management, internal audit, and infrastructure. She then worked as VP of Operations at a startup, Mindbloom, and then as VP of Operations at Synapse, a product design engineering company in Seattle. She also serves on the board of director of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV. As a former academic who transitioned successfully to the corporate and nonprofit workplaces, Anne Krook helps graduate students and postdocs transition to non-academic positions. Her workshop will address topics such as: * How to read non-academic job posting * How to describe your skills in a job letter for non-academic job applications (and some specific phrases you should not use) * How to be your best during the interview * References * How to make the transition out of academia RSVP Sponsored by the office of Inclusion and Student Engagement and office of Postdoctoral Studies Program. |
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Do you have writing goals for your thesis or dissertation in the new year? Have you resolved to be a more productive writer in 2017? If so, join our community of writers by subscribing to the Productive Writer listserv to receive emails twice a month with advice and strategies for becoming a more productive writer.
Join our Productive Writer listserv, a writing community of over 12,000 graduate students, post-docs, and faculty from 297 graduate schools in 18 countries.
In January you will begin receiving messages, every other week, about managing your time for greater writing productivity, reducing distractions, staying motivated, revising and editing, binge writing, communicating with your advisor, dealing with writer's block, and managing procrastination and perfectionistic tendencies.
Sponsored by the Cornell Graduate School, the Productive Writer is free and open to all, especially graduate students writing papers, proposals, theses, and dissertations.
We hope you will join us to become a more productive writer in 2017.
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Fellowships, Postdocs, and Awards:
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| For the 30th year, the First Presbyterian Church in Ithaca is providing funding to help alleviate hunger in developing countries. IP/CALS has been asked to make this information and opportunity available to faculty and graduate students. The funds will provide supplemental financial support to several international graduate students whose thesis research deals with a hunger-related topic in his/her country. In the broadest sense, topics can range from environment and natural resources issues to nutrition or water quality. The main goal is, in some way, to address the problems related to world hunger. Selected proposals will receive a modest grant that can be used for expenses related to the research project. Information about this program and application forms can be found on this website and are attached; http://ip.cals.cornell.edu/professional-development/scholarships-awards-and-assistantships/first-presbyterian-international-hunger-student-aid-program For more information please contact Denise Percey ([email protected]). Application deadline is February 1, 2017 |
Complete applications must be submitted by January 27, 2017.
The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a grant offered by the Embassy of France in the United States. It supports outstanding Ph.D. students from American universities who wish to conduct research in France for a period ranging from 4 to 9 months. Chateaubriand fellows are selected through a merit-based competition, through a collaborative process involving expert evaluators in both countries.
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| A national leadership development program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Applicants must be:
- Entering the first or second year of their doctoral program in September of 2017
- From any research-focused discipline
- From underrepresented populations and/or disadvantaged backgrounds
- Interested in interdisciplinary approaches and translating their research into health policy
- Eager to use their unique perspective to build a Culture of Health to enable everyone in America to live longer, healthier lives
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The Weill Cornell CTSC will be hosting an Education Funding Application Clinic on Tuesday, January 10th for those interested in applying to our Education programs: · KL2 Scholars Program (Post-Doctoral, Junior Faculty) · TL1 Training Program (Pre & Early Post-Doctoral) · Master's Degree and Advanced Certificate in Clinical and Translational Investigation Due to the overwhelming response, we are extending the Application Clinic hours from 12:30 to 3pm. Please sign up for a one-on-one consultation while time slots are available. We are especially eager to recruit individuals from underrepresented minority groups, individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, and individuals with disabilities and encourage you to share with eligible students or colleagues who meet this criteria.
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Sandell Grant Program
For scholars in the field of retirement income and policy research, the program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration to provide opportunities for junior scholars or senior scholars in a new area from all academic disciplines to pursue cutting-edge projects on retirement income issues.
- Up to five grants of $45,000 will be awarded for one-year projects.
- Proposal guidelines are at http://crr.bc.edu/about-us/grant-programs/steven-h-sandell-grant-program-2/.
- The submission deadline is January 31, 2017.
Dissertation Fellowship Program
The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College sponsors the annual Dissertation Fellowship Program in the field of retirement income and policy research. The program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration to provide funding opportunities for doctoral candidates from all academic disciplines to pursue cutting-edge research on retirement income issues.
Research Projects on Determinants of Life Expectancy by Income and Geography, and Implications for Social Security Policy
The National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER), seeks applications for research projects that deepen our understanding of the mechanisms explaining geographic variation in the relationship between income and life expectancy in the United States, by using recently released statistics from the Health Inequality Project. In this call, with funding support from the Social Security Administration through the NBER Retirement Research Center, we encourage proposals that leverage the newly released data to better understand the reasons for the strong relationship between income and life expectancy, its geographic variability, and its implications for interventions and policy.
- Faculty or faculty-student teams may request a total of up to $25,000. Graduate students may request a total of up to $12,500.
- Proposal guidelines and details are at http://www.nber.org/programs/ag/funding.html.
- The submission deadline is February 1, 2017.
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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is committed to fostering a diverse community of scientists and expanding the representation among its trainees. The Graduate Student Recruiting Program is a competitive program that aims to facilitate senior graduate students obtaining postdoc positions at NCI. The top 25 applicants are invited to NCI, and over the course of three days the attendees will learn about research programs and training opportunities, present their work at poster sessions, and interview with principal investigators (scheduled prior to arriving at the NIH). In order to be eligible, you must be enrolled in a Ph.D. program in the United States and on schedule to complete your PhD requirements by December 1, 2017. The GSRP is open to U.S. citizens and foreign nationals.
Please visit here for more information about the program. If you have additional questions, please feel free to contact the GSRP Coordinator at [email protected].
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| Application deadline: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Contact: Office of Engagement Initiatives
- Provide opportunities for Ph.D. students to conduct research or scholarship that is community engaged or to develop strategies for incorporating community engagement into existing thesis work
- Grants of up to $15,000
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| Application deadline January 31st, 2017
The Frosty Hill Fellowship grant is awarded to faculty members and students collaborating with international agriculture research centers. For more information visit http://ip.cals.cornell.edu/professional-development/frosty-hill-fellowship
The CALS AWARE grant supports graduate students conducting international research that fits within the scope of the AWARE mission. For more information visit http://ip.cals.cornell.edu/aware/aware-grant Please see the attached memo for further application information, or visit the links provided above. |
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Taught by Itai Cohen, the course has been promoted to course status from a BEST-supported workshop. Communicate your research more clearly to scientific audiences. Enroll now for PHYS 7685 "Special Topics in Physics." Meets Tuesdays 1:30-4:30 pm in Rockefeller 110 from 1/25/17 to 5/10/17. Limited to the first 20 enrollees. 100% of past participants recommend it to others. 4.7/5 rating on whether their time was worth the investment. Use above link to see student testimonials and download the course description . |
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Every semester, CIRTL offers a variety of online graduate courses that leverage the expertise and diversity of faculty from across the Network. Graduate students and postdocs will receive registration priority, followed by faculty and staff. Early registration for Spring 2017 courses open now through December 19. Register here. Spring 2017 Courses include: Basics of Online Learning and Teaching Teaching as Research Developing a Teaching Portfolio The College Classroom Diversity in the College Classroom Research Mentor Training Service Learning in STEM Classrooms Optional credit is available to Cornell students through a graduate individual study course number. Contact [email protected] to inquire about credit. Learn more |
| Spring 2017 Certificate Program - Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00 pm In this series of lunchtime workshops for graduate students and postdocs, you will develop essential research mentoring skills to provide guidance for undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs in academic fields where research is conducted collaboratively. Register here. Spring 2017 Schedule: February 7, 2017 - What Makes a Good Mentor and Mentee? February 21, 2017 - Aligning Expectations and Guiding Doable Projects March 7, 2017 - Creating Inclusive Labs and Research Groups March 28, 2017 - Handling Tricky Mentoring Situations April 18, 2017 - Supporting Mentees' Professional Development |
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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 |
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It is important to remember the many different mental health services that are here to support our graduate and professional student community. Remember that it is a sign of intelligence and strength to recognize when you may need help. A brief summary is provided below. Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) CAPS is a safe place to talk with someone privately about any concern. This may include stress, loneliness, anxiety, depression, adjustment challenges, relationship difficulties, questions about identity, managing an existing mental health condition, or other issues. CAPS staff members provide a safe, confidential atmosphere where, together, we can consider your current situation in the context of your personal history and life experiences. You can come to see yourself, your relationships, and the world in a different way. Please call CAPS at 607-255-5155 to speak with a staff member directly. More information Let's Talk Program Offered through Gannett Health Services, Let's Talk provides free and confidential consultation and support on a variety of issues. This is available to all students and no appointment necessary. You just show up to talk with counselors from Gannett Health Services Counselors hold walk-in hours at sites around campus Monday through Friday. More information EARS (Empathy, Assistance & Referral Service) Not sure you need the assistance of a professional therapist but would appreciate having the support of a confidential peer? EARS is committed to serving the graduate student community with the assistance of trained counselors who are graduate students or professional staff at Cornell. EARS reserves special hours for graduate students: Sunday 8-10:30 pm, Monday 3-5:30, 8-10:30 pm, and Tuesday 3-5:30 pm. Special graduate & staff hours over break include Wednesday, 12/7 8:30-10 pm, Saturday, 12/10 8:30-10 pm, and Tuesday, 12/13 8:30-10 pm. Just call 607-255-EARS or stop by at 213 Willard Straight Hall. Additional resources can be found - http://caringcommunity.cornell.edu/get-help/ |
| For Cornell graduate students in all fields.
Saturday, May 13, 2017. Save the date!
All graduate students are expected to become professional writers, and yet few of them get the opportunity to study writing as an art and a craft. This unusual conference is designed for people who would like to add some creative spark to their academic writing, or who would like to pursue broader-audience writing projects (or both).
Registration opens on January 25. Conference Organizer: Aaron Sachs, Department of History, Cornell University (as475). Events include plenary roundtables on Artfulness for Academics and Writing and Publishing for a "Broader" Audience, plus intensive Writing Workshops, and a History Slam/Happy Hour, which will provide a chance to eat, drink, and listen to people read their creative work out loud. It's like a poetry slam, but with "history," defined very broadly to include any type of creative academic writing. |
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