The Student Partner Career Fair - One Student Family's Journey

When Eugene Law began his Cornell Ph.D. program in soil and crop sciences, he and his wife, Carolynn Steele-Law, lived in Syracuse where she worked in sales at Costco Wholesale. Eugene's lengthy commute to Ithaca began wearing on him and at the same time, Carolynn found herself wanting more from her career.

With no experience working in higher education, researching Cornell jobs left Carolynn with many questions.  

"Not knowing the ins and outs of the university made applying difficult, because I didn't know what the managers were actually looking for in their candidates or how I could stand out," she said.

Update on News from the U.S. Congress:

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the tax reform bill (H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act) by a vote of 227 - 205 on Nov. 16.  Five Republicans from New York joined eight of their Republican colleagues and many Democrats in voting against the bill. The Senate Finance Committee finished marking up its tax reform legislation, also on Nov. 16.

Both the approved House bill and the pending Senate bill would impose a 1.4% excise tax on investment income of certain university endowments, including Cornell's.  The Senate bill does not repeal the education provisions that the House bill repeals that are of concern for graduate education nationwide, but it would repeal the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate - the provision that assesses a penalty on individuals who do not obtain health insurance that provides "minimum essential coverage" - adding another degree of political uncertainty to the debate about passing the Senate bill, and uncertainty about the fate of both bills should they both pass and reach conference committee to resolve differences between the two versions.  The full Senate will begin debating the bill after the Thanksgiving holiday.

In positive Congressional news unrelated to tax reform, two Cornell PhD students, Hailey Scofield (neurobiology and behavior) and Nathan Oakes (computational biology), founders of Combplex, participated on November 14 in the inaugural Innovation and Entrepreneurship Showcase, hosted by AAU and APLU.  As part of the showcase, Hailey and Nathan met with several congressional offices during the day to advocate for federal research funding and to highlight the importance of innovation on university campuses. The showcase ended with a reception on Capitol Hill that drew the interest of Members of Congress and staff, including House Science, Space & Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX).  Congratulations to Hailey and Nathan!

Social Security Numbers (SSN) for Current Students

Cornell University must have a SSN on file in order to prepare tax documents for certain students, including those who hold assistantships, hourly jobs, or receive some types of funding.  Beginning this week, the university will contact students who have not yet provided their SSN.  If you receive a message from the University Registrar's office please remember follow the instructions provided and remember these helpful tips to prevent your SSN from being compromised:

• Cornell University will never ask you to send a Social Security number via email. Email is not secure.
• Respond only to the Registrar's office in person or through fax. 
• International students may find information on requesting a SSN here: http://isso.cornell.edu/financial/social-security-number

Spotlight on Resource - Cornell Outdoor Education

Cornell Outdoor Education enhances academic performance and success by developing leadership, teamwork and personal achievement through experience-based education in the outdoor environment at Cornell University and around the world.  Did you know that you could do the following?

• Rent Outdoor Gear -  As Ithaca's most comprehensive outdoor equipment rental center, you can rent camping and backpacking gear, canoes, sea kayaks, cross-country and telemark skis, snowshoes, and more!
• Take a Cornell Outdoor Education credit or non-credit course -  Courses include hiking, canoeing, kayaking, climbing, skiing, snowshoeing, caving, teambuilding, wilderness first aid, and more.  Spring 2018 course offerings are now posted.  Keep in mind that most classes don't require any previous experience. 
• Climb at the Lindseth Climbing Center - From now until December 11 and after January 6, consider learn how to climb at the climbing wall.  

Complete instructions / check them out at http://coe.cornell.edu/

 DelNero, PhD '17, Joining Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program

Congratulations to Peter DelNero, who successfully defended his dissertation this fall and has accepted an invitation to join the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program in June 2018.

The Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program is a multidisciplinary postdoctoral program designed to provide scientists and clinicians with comprehensive training in the field of cancer prevention and control.

In his time at Cornell, DelNero studied biomedical engineering with an emphasis on cancer metabolism and microvascular function. He also helped initiate a partnership with the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes that facilitates dialogue between cancer patients and Cornell biomedical scientists by hosting seminars, lab tours, book clubs, and other events-an achievement for which he received the 2017 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award earlier this year. He will receive his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at the recognition ceremony in December.

"I'm very pleased to join the Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, and I think it will be a great step to pursuing my varied interests," DelNero said.

DelNero ultimately aspires to a career that combines his research interests and his passion for teaching. "I'm eager to take full advantage of the National Cancer Institute's many resources to prepare for a future faculty position in cancer energetics, and I especially like the idea of bringing public health perspectives into the biomedical engineering curriculum sometime down the road," he said. 

Reaching the Finish Line! Preparing for the December 31st Conferral

Congratulations to students who have reached the finish line and plan to complete their degree requirements this semester. Please be aware that you will need to defend in November and submit your approved thesis or dissertation by December 1st. Refer to the Thesis & Dissertation Planning Timeline for detailed information on deadlines and submission requirements to stay on track!  

Contact the Graduate School with questions or concerns.

Call for Applications: Colman Leadership Program for Doctoral Students

The Colman Leadership Program provides doctoral students with a transformative leadership immersion experience to help them develop as leaders in graduate school and beyond. The online application for the January 16-19, 2018 offering of the program is open now through December 1. Graduate School Deans Scholars and students applying from graduate fields affiliated with the Cornell Sloan & Colman Scholars Program will receive priority consideration. However, the program has the capacity to serve PhD from across all graduate fields and backgrounds (domestic and international) so please apply if this opportunity is of interest to you!

IMPORTANT DATES

Application Deadline: Friday, 1 December, 2017

Decision Notifications: Rolling notifications through 15 December, 2017

Program Dates: Tuesday, 16 January, 2018 - Friday, 19 January, 2018

• How to identify curious people
• How to create a team, or even better an organization, of highly curious individuals
• What organizations can due to improve curiosity levels 

Students with Families

Student-Parent Study Night:

For Parents: Drop off the kids for free child care at the Cornell Child Care Center while you go elsewhere to study.  For Child(ren): Dinner, childcare, and age-appropriate activities will be provided by the Cornell Child Care Center staff.

• Monday, December 4 from 6:15 - 9:00 pm (register by Thursday, November 30)
• Tuesday, December 5 from 6:15 - 9:00 pm (register by Friday, December 1)

Grad Student's Better Half Happy Hour

Thursday, December 7 from 6:30 - 7:30 pm at the Big Red Barn.  

Come to meet other student spouses/partners/significant others.  Feel free to come as a couple or fly solo - all students and better halves are welcome.  Light snacks, soda, and $1/beers are provided.  This is an inclusive environment where all students and anyone willing to move cross-country to be with them when they started grad school are welcome.  This is hosted the first Thursday of every month at the Big Red Barn, from 6:30-7:30pm - December 7, February 1, March 1, April 12, May 3

Participate in the December Recognition Event

Saturday, December 16, 2017
10am-12pm
Barton Hall

The university's fifteenth annual Recognition Event and Reception for December Graduates is a special event enjoyed by students and families. There is no limit to the number of guests who may attend and there are no tickets. However, for event planning purposes, students who plan to attend must RSVP.

See Recognition Event web page for CAP & GOWN | RSVP | PROCESSION ORDER, and more.

Deadlines for students planning to attend

• Order CAP & GOWN by 11/15
• Submit RSVP by 12/14

Graduate students may also attend additional college events and need to RSVP accordingly.

Fall 2017 Diversity in Scholarship and Engagement Symposium

Monday, December 4th, 2017| 1:00 to 2:30 pm | Klarman Hall, Groos Family Atrium | Lunch will be provided

The Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives (OADI) and the Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement (OISE) invite your participation in the Fall Diversity in Scholarship and Engagement Symposium (DSE). Student presentations will be followed by the keynote speech given by Professor Chris Schaffer, Biomedical Engineering, and the event will conclude with a reception. For questions or accommodation requests please email [email protected]

Students (undergrads and graduates), RSVP to present your research (poster or PowerPoint) by Monday, November 20, here.

Faculty and Staff, RSVP to attend by Monday, November 27, here.

Two International Research Travel Grant Opportunities 

Application deadline December 20, 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

Buttrick-Crippen Fellowship

The Buttrick-Crippen Fellowship is open to candidates with an interest in undergraduate writing from any field of the Graduate School at Cornell. Preference will be given to those who are enrolled in a Ph.D. program. The award is intended for graduate students who have had substantial teaching experience. The Buttrick-Crippen Fellow will spend the fall semester preparing a new First-Year Writing Seminar for the John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines and will teach that seminar in the spring. In 2018-19 the award will provide a stipend ($25,780 in 2017-18), tuition, and health insurance. The Fellow may receive the opportunity to attend appropriate conferences. He/she may also be invited to participate in various Knight Institute activities and will be expected to submit a final report on the development of his or her course at the end of the teaching semester

The application and more information about the Buttrick-Crippen Fellowship can be found here. 

Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences

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.

Find more information, including requirements for applying, here.

• Open to Entering College Freshmen, Undergraduates, Recent Associate/Bachelor's Graduates, Current Graduate Students, and Faculty - Open to all majors; appointments are primarily for Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics (STEM) majors but other opportunities may be available for technical projects
• Applications are accepted year-round
• Appointments can start and end at any time during the year based on your availability and the needs of the ORNL mentor/project
• Full-time and part-time appointments
• Minimum GPA  - 2.5/4.0
• U.S. Citizen or Legal Permanent Resident (LPR)
• Stipend based on academic status
• Limited travel and housing allowances (if eligible)
• Professional development activities

Visit http://www.orau.org/ornl/hereatornl/ or contact [email protected] for more information!

Career Development Open Access Portal

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), publishers of Science Magazine, and one of the largest and oldest scientific societies in the world, has created the AAAS Career Development Open Access Portal.

The portal includes short, on-demand courses emphasize essential skills in pursuing a STEM career, authored by our network of premier scientific leaders. Examples include: 

•  The Proposal Writing Program: Writing Successful Grant Proposals
• The Career Pathways Program: Learning Beyond Grad School
• The Science Policy Program
• The Science Communication Program

Careers in Bioscience Entrepreneurship We invite you to explore these and other Career Preparation Tools  with a 7-day free trial access pass.

Monday, November 27 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM at LH2 Vet College

RSVP by November 20

Career Events & Workshop Outside of Cornell

Why Scientists need to communicate their work (webinar)

Thursday, November  20 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Registration required

Other Events & Opportunities

Resident Scholar at Piper Trust

Application Deadline: January 22

Includes a wide range of substantive assignments including researching topics related to the Trust's grantmaking interests, working with grantees and grantmaking strategies, communications, assessment and strategic learning efforts, and social profit capacity building programs.

Must have an undergraduate degree; a graduate degree and/or social profit work experience will add to a candidate's competitiveness

Career Opportunities in Industry

Senior Statistical Analyst, Data Analytics at Walmart Labs

Application Deadline: Open until filled

Develops analytical models to drive analytics insights

Requires master's degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 3 years' experience in an analytics related field.

Career Opportunities in Government

Senior Social Worker at Department of Veterans Affairs

Application Deadline: November 27

Independently provide psychosocial treatment, and psychotherapeutic intervention/treatment within the assigned clinic

U.S. citizenship required. Master's degree in social work required.

Career Opportunities in Higher Education

Coordinator for Assessment and Evaluation, Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Application Deadline: Open until filled

Assist with managing evaluation projects, institutional and program-level learning outcomes assessment, as well as other related duties that emerge in the Provost's  office

Requires master's degree in higher education, educational psychology, program evaluation, or a related discipline and five years of work experience in higher education, including 3 years of experience conducting outcomes assessment and evaluation in higher education setting

Director of Diversity Training and Education, Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), University of Maryland College Park

Application Deadline: November 20

Responsible for the success of ODI's Diversity Training and Education programming for University of Maryland students, staff, faculty, alumni, and, where appropriate, the broader College Park community

Master's degree in Education, Psychology, Counseling, Women's Studies, or other field related to equity, diversity, and inclusion required, PhD preferred

Career Opportunities in Non Profits

Research Analyst, Early Childhood at Child Trends

Application Deadline: Open until filled

Work on state-level projects as well as studies for the federal government and foundations

Requires master's degree in psychology, public policy, quantitative methods, public health, program evaluation, education or a related field OR a Bachelor's degree plus 3-5 years of relevant research experience

Strategic Learning Officer at Piper Trust

Application Deadline: December 4

The Strategic Learning Officer provides evaluation and learning support to Trust staff and grantees to understand and enhance the outcomes of grants, projects, programs and initiatives.

An advanced degree in social sciences, education, health, public policy, or a related field is required as well as direct experience in evaluation design and implementation.

Career Opportunities in Research Institutions

Research Scientist - Pharmaceutical R&D at Zyleris PharmaTech

Application Deadline: Open until filled

Perform topical formulation research and development. Work on clients' and internal R&D projects

B.S. or M.S. degree in pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry, chemical engineering, or other related field required

Graduate and professional students can register and protect your laptop, smart phone, and/or tablet in seconds for free at frontdoorsoftware.com/cornell. It only takes seconds to protect your devices. Visit the link above and you will be able to register, protect and track your computer with a free 4-year license. If your device is lost, your program will turn your monitor into an ownership tag. You can update and change your recovery information as you move or travel back and forth from home to school. Available through our Cornell University Police Department. 

Learn more

The Cornell Graduate Consulting Club is being revived!

The mission is as follows: 

• Raise awareness of opportunities for PhD, JD, and all other graduate students interested in consulting
• Understand basics of consulting
• Access and share interview prep materials
• Network with current students and alumni

The club is asking for input on the future direction. It will take less than 5 minutes. If you have any additional questions please feel to contact us!

Co-President: Fiona [email protected] 

VP of Resources: Ashley [email protected]

VP of External Affairs and Campus Relations: Sophie [email protected]

Learn more

Intergroup Dialogue Project

Winter 2018 Session for Graduate and Professional Students & Postdoctoral Scholars

Do you ever find it challenging to connect with your students, faculty, colleagues? Have you ever encountered power dynamics in your field or at Cornell that you didn't know how to address? Do you ever want to talk about social identities like race, gender or sexual orientation, but you don't know how?

The Intergroup Dialogue Project will be offering one 5-session course in January for Graduate and Professional Students and Postdoctoral Scholars that will be focusing on such questions.

If you are interested, please submit an application by December 6th, 2017. Applicants must be able to fully attend all five sessions. Decisions will be announced by December 11th, 2017. If you have any questions, please contact IDP Program Assistant, Natasha Steinhall at [email protected].

Click here for the Application

Cornell Outdoor Education Annual Gear Sale

Sat, 12/02/2017 -9:00am to 12:00pm

Join us on the first weekend in December for the annual COE Gear Sale!  The Gear Sale is your opportunity to buy or sell new and used outdoor gear.   The event is open to everyone! Quick details are below.  For more details, see our Gear Sale FAQ.

• When: Saturday, December 2, 9am - 12 noon (Get there early for best selection!)
• Where: Ramin Room, Bartels Hall, Cornell University 

How do I sell my gear?: If you'd like to sell your own gear on consignment, you can drop off items at COE, B01 Bartels Hall, Cornell University, Monday - Friday, 11/27 - 12/1, between the hours of 5:00pm and 9:00pm. You can save time at the counter by downloading our Gear Sale Tag, filling it out at your leisure, printing it, and bringing it to Outfitting.  For details, see our Gear Sale FAQ.

Contact information: 607-255-1807, [email protected] , www.coe.cornell.edu

Broadening Participation in Computing: Breaking Down Barriers and Increasing Access

Wednesday, November 29 | 4:00 pm | Gates Hall 114

The University of Florida has the nation's largest group of Black/African-American tenured/tenure-track faculty and  the most female tenured/tenure-track faculty in computer science and the nation's largest group of Black/African-American computing sciences PhD students.  How did the University of Florida accomplish such diversity in one of the least diverse STEM disciplines? Who are these faculty and students? In this talk, Dr. Juan Gilbert will describe how UF achieved this unprecedented diversity in a field known for its lack of diversity. He will discuss the recruiting, retention and mentoring models used to reach these levels of diversity. For more information: http://infosci.cornell.edu/colloquia/juan-gilbert-november-29-2017

Cornell Cinema  

Need a break?  Go see a film right on campus in a classic movie theatre, with state-of-the-art projection, in Willard Straight Hall. Regular ticket price for grad students is just $6 (less with a Six Pass). If you'd like to receive Cornell Cinema's weekly e-blast directly, which includes links to trailers and special event information, sign-up at their website: cinema.cornell.edu, where you'll also find show times.

The program aims to provide participants with practical technologies, tools, and research skills to become more efficient scholars. Hands-on workshops will cover such topics as:

• advanced citation management 
• complex search strategies 
• author rights 
• data management 
• research impact
• and much more...  

A complete agenda of the program will be available at the end of the Fall 2017 semester.  

Space is limited. The deadline for applications is December 1, 2017. Application can be found here.

If you have any questions, please send a message to [email protected].   

• EYH 2018 will take place on April 28, 2018. Check out the previous year's workshops here.
• The deadline to submit a workshop proposal for EYH 2018 is 5pm on November 17, 2017! Visit this page for application materials.

30th Annual Traditional American Thanksgiving Feast

Tickets will be sold online.

See Feast details and ticket information here. Click on "ISSO Programs." Prior to purchasing tickets you will need to login and create an account, if you have not already done so, previously.

TICKETS GO ON SALE for Cornell students, faculty, staff and alumni on Tuesday, November 14th at 9am. We will open up the ticket sales for the General Public on Monday, November 20th  at 9am.

This event is sponsored by the International Students and Scholars Office (ISSO) and CU Dining, and is made possible through the generosity of our many co-sponsors across campus, including the Big Red Barn.