Graduate School Announcements
November 7
, 2016
Contents
News:
This Week's QA

Dear Dean, 

I've heard numerous complaints from my graduate student peers that they are "harassed" by union employees at work and at home. Is there a way to stop these unwanted visits?

Sincerely, 
Concerned Graduate Student

Read response...

Dear Dean, 

How do I go about switching fields? What happens with my funding and plans to take the A-exam very soon?

Sincerely, 
Ready for a Change

Read response...
 
Send us your question, and a dean will answer within three days. Some responses will be made anonymous and published. Send to gradschooldeans@cornell.edu.
Union Representation FAQs
Special Considerations for Cornell Students 

Learn what a union might mean for you by looking at our occasional list of questions and answers about possible graduate student union representation at Cornell.  

If a union is voted in place: 
  1. Could a graduate student union strike or could Cornell lock graduate students out? 
  2. Can a union be removed?
  3. Can students vote to remove a union?
  4. What happens if the NLRB changes its stance?
  5. How does the GPSA represent graduate students now?
  6. How would a union affect Cornell's system of shared governance?
  7. What would be the impact of student representation on university-wide committees? 
Halloween at the Big Red Barn




Graduate School Website Redesign Survey
Tell us what you think, and how we can make the website better.

The Graduate School is in the process of redesigning our website, and we want to hear from you! 

Please take the five minute survey so we can learn what website features matter the most to you.   https://cornell.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5amX0a8pcGHKraJ 

Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Big Red Barn

 

After 25 years as the Graduate & Professional Student Center, the Big Red Barn needs a lift.

We need your support to help fund some small additions to the Barn, namely a wood pellet stove, a piano and a new bike rack.

 

Go to our crowdfunding page at  "Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the BRB" make a donation now. 

 

Every donation (as little as $5.00) can make an impact and is greatly appreciated! 

Graduate School Veterans Dinner

From left: Kyyle Wolfrey, U.S. military veteran and West Point instructor; Sun Chung, South Korea military veteran; Sebastian Diaz Angel, Colombia military and Multinational Force and Observers veteran; and Eliad Peretz, Israeli military.  
 
Four Cornell graduate students, representing four countries, shared conversation over dinner at the Veterans Networking Dinner at the Big Red Barn on October 18. 

Registrar :

In Absentia Spring 2017

 

Submit In Absentia Request Now if You'll be Away for Spring 2017
 
If you plan to be engaged in full-time study at least 100 miles from campus during the spring semester you may apply for in absentia status. Please review the In Absentia form for general Information, requirements and checklist items.  Requests received after November 1st are subject to finance charges and additional fees.
 

 

Planning Your Thesis or Dissertation Defense

 

As we near the end of the semester and the submission deadline for a January 2017 conferral, please be aware you must schedule your defense with the Graduate School at least seven calendar days in advance by filing the proper examination scheduling form. Visit Thesis & Dissertation for detailed information on scheduling and taking your final exam and preparing for graduation.

Graduate School Programs :

GPWomeN-PCCW Speaker Series presents:

"Women's Leadership and the Imposter Syndrome" with Julie Kumble

 

Wednesday, November 9; 12:15-1:30pm  (lunch provided)|  401 Warren Hall  |  Register


 

Participants will learn to:

  • Understand the contributing factors to the leadership gap including systemic barriers, cultural practices and biases, and self-limitations.
  • Identify the impostor syndrome and perfection complex as two self-limiting practices that impede leadership, success and happiness.
  • Develop skills to overcoming the impostor syndrome and perfection complex.

Campus-Wide Breaking Bread Series

 

Breaking Bread: Post-Election America

Wednesday, November 9th | 6:00- 8:00 pm | G10 Biotech

 

In the spirit of diversity, inclusion and dialogue, the "Breaking Bread" initiative invites you to the second community-wide dinner of the 2016-2017 academic year to discuss Post-Election America. Using recent national and global events as a backdrop for this conversation, we invite you to participate in an open dialogue with other members of our community.

 

The Campus-Wide Breaking Bread Dinner is an initiative to bring together senior administrators, students, faculty, staff and other invited guests for facilitated conversations about timely and meaningful topics. The critical dialogue taking place at these dinners is skillfully facilitated by students involved with the Intergroup Dialogue Project. These talented students facilitate meaningful conversations that help Cornell community members work across differences and address issues of concern.

 

RSVP: Click here to register

 

Pie with the Deans (Open to all graduate and professional students)

 

Thursday, November 10th |  3:00 - 4:00 pm |  341 Caldwell Hall  |  Pre-register here (and hurry, space is limited)

 

For any graduate or professional student who would like to ask questions in person or would like to continue or initiate a conversation with us at the Graduate School, we invite you to stop by for an informal visit with the Graduate School deans.  Drop by (come and go as needed).

 

Let's Talk: Diversity and Inclusion

 

Please join the GPSA Diversity and International Students Committee for a dinner and conversation about campus efforts to foster diversity and build a more inclusive Cornell. These dinners are designed to bring together faculty, staff, and graduate and professional students to discuss progress in the administration's efforts related to diversity and inclusion, and how these can be improved based on student experiences.

Please RSVP by Friday, November 11th using this link. We will be posting more updates through our Facebook Event page.

This event has been co-sponsored by the Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement (OISE) of the Graduate School, the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GPSA), and others.

  For Students with Families
  • Time Out!  - Tuesday, November 15 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at the Cornell Child Care Center.  This is a meeting designed for student parents to build community and to share information and strategies for success, during which free dinner and childcare are provided.  Please hurry and RSVP soon (space is limited)

Invitation to Register for a Membership to the New York Academy of Science - Nov. 15 Priority Registration Deadline

 

The Graduate School encourages you to sign up for membership to one of the oldest and most prestigious scientific organizations in the United States, the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS).  

 

A student/postdoc membership to NYAS typically costs $36 per year, but as a graduate student or postdoc at Cornell, you can qualify for a special rate of only $20!

 

How to Get Started

We will share with NYAS data on all Cornell member registrants in early October. Once your Membership is created, NYAS will send you a Welcome Email with login information and instructions on how to access the benefits of Membership.  

 

Be sure to always login prior to registering for Academy events and webinars.

 

Interviewing & Negotiating for Academic Positions

Wednesday November 16, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm,  102 Mann Library

 

An important part of the job search is interviewing then negotiating the offer, come learn about the art of interviewing:

  • Learn about the different type of interview
  • Prepare to answer tough questions
  • Understand why and how to negotiate

 We will provide drinks and cookies; feel free to bring your own lunch.  RSVP required: REGISTER

 

CA$H COUR$E -  Understanding Taxes as It Relates to Being a CU Student

Thursday, November 17  |  12:30 - 1:30 pm  (lunch served at 12:15 pm)  |  M01 Stocking Hall  |  Please RSVP

 

Presenters will focus on the complexity of understanding taxes and what are some common realities for our students.  This session will help you to understand the broad area of student taxes and to learn the resources that support you.  Please note that this session is not designed to provide individual tax advice.  Presenters: William Allen Jr. and Lori Kanellis, Cornell University Tax Office

Thanksgiving Feast


 

You are cordially invited to join other members of the Cornell Community for the 29th Annual Traditional American Thanksgiving Feast. 

 

  • Thursday, November 24, 2016
  • 12:30 - 3:00 pm 
  • Seatings start at Noon and 1:30 pm. 
Available seating is based on reservation times as stated on your ticket. Please purchase tickets for the specific time you plan to attend.

Tickets will be sold online only. 

Participate in the December Recognition Event

 

Saturday, December 17, 2016
Bartels Hall, Newman Arena


 
The university's fourteenth annual Recognition Event and Reception for January 2017 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

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

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

INTERGROUP DIALOGUE PROJECT: Winter Offering for Graduate Students & Postdoctoral Scholars

 

Graduate students and post-doctoral scholars are required to communicate and work across cultural, social, and power differences on a daily basis. Throughout their long and complex training, many of them are also occupied with questions and thoughts about the scholars and professionals they want to become, and how different aspects of their identity might influence their "professional persona."

 

The Intergroup Dialogue Projectthe Graduate School, and the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning, have created a meaningful process for graduate students and post-doctoral scholars to explore their social identities, to practice communication across difference, and to think together about authentic diversity in academia.

 

Registration: To apply, please fill out this application form by Tuesday, November 15 at 5PM: https://cornell.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_b1t8MgFcPbapMLH


Registration Open for 3MT
 
Interested in presenting your research and competing for $3,000? Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a competition for doctoral and research master's students to showcase their research and communication skills. The third annual 3MT competition at Cornell will be held on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, at 4:00 pm in G10 Biotech.
 
First place is $1500, second place is $1,000, and the People's Choice Award is $500. Information about format, rules, and judging criteria, including video presentations of past participants, is here
 
If you want to compete this year, please pre-register here , and we will contact you about competing in a preliminary round in February. Preliminary rounds:  Monday, February 6; Wednesday, February 15; Tuesday, February 21; and Monday, February 27, all at the BRB starting at 4:30

Winners from each preliminary round will compete on March 15 in the championship round. 
 
Questions? Contact Jan Allen (Jan.Allen@cornell.edu).
 
Teaching and Future Faculty:
Center for Teaching Excellence Get Set Programs

GET SET Workshop: Innovations in Designing Online Course Modules
(Certificate: Enhancing Teaching with Technology)
Friday, November 11, 1:00-2:15 p.m. (B02 Warren Hall)

Cornell faculty are developing online experiences that can be integrated into a variety of courses. Learn about what they have accomplished and consider how these modules may be shared throughout the university.
 

GET SET Workshop: Using a Case-Study Approach to Teaching
(Certificate: Innovative Approaches in Pedagogy)
Wednesday, November 16, 4:45-6:00 p.m. (143 Plant Science)

Case studies allow students to grapple with real-world examples in order to engage them in the course content. This workshop will allow participants to understand the process of choosing appropriate case studies, facilitating discussions and assessing students through this approach.

GET SET Discussion: Exploring Innovative Approaches in Pedagogy

Tuesday, November 8, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (421 CCC)

Which pedagogical tools would be most effective for you to try and why? This discussion will focus on the tools highlighted this semester and how to implement them in your teaching.

 
Fellowships, Postdocs, and Awards:

Fellowship Deadline Reminder

 

Gates Cambridge Fellowship

Application Deadline for U.S. citizens has passed.  Other countries:  December 7, 2016.  Complete application information available on the Gates Cambridge Scholarship's website.

 

Herbert Coville Jr. Peace Fellowship

The following application deadline is January 6, 2017, for the Fall 2017 semester.  For more detail, go to the Scoville Web site.

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships

Wednesday, November 9,  G08 Uris Hall at 4:30 p.m.

 

FLAS Fellowships support undergraduate, graduate and professional students in acquiring modern foreign languages and related area or international studies.  Funding is offered  at Cornell University in collaboration with the South Asia and Southeast Asia Programs.

 

More Information:  Elizabeth Edmondson, t. 255-8933, einaudi_center@einaudi.cornell.eduhttp://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/funding

 

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 2017-18 the award will provide a stipend ($25,152 in 2016-17), tuition, and health insurance. 

 

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

 
Careers, Internships, and Jobs:
Anabel's Grocery - Unpaid Leadership Positions

Anabel's Grocery, an on-campus, student-run grocery store, is looking for motivated, enthusiastic individuals to support our mission of improving food access, affordability, and literacy across campus. There are a variety of leadership positions available that require a breadth of knowledge, interests, and talents. Ideal applicants will possess the skills outlined in each application and will reflect our organization's core values: passion, inclusivity, empowerment, community, and equity. Positions are unpaid.

Application
The LGBT Center is Looking for a Graduate and Professional Student Intern

 

 

The Graduate and Professional Student Intern provides support to the graduate and professional LGBT student groups and helps assess and address the needs of LGBT graduate and professional students at Cornell. They also provide administrative support to the LGBT Resource Center and its programs, assist in undergraduate student advising, and provide training and educational opportunities for the larger University community.  This position also has direct oversight of our Peer Education Program (PEGS).

 

Please return your completed application materials (a letter of interest and current resume) no later than Wednesday, November 9th by 4:30PM to the LGBT Center located within 6-2-6: The Center for Intercultural Dialogue (626 Thurston Avenue) or via e-mail: LGBTRC@Cornell.edu

 

To read more about the individual positions or learn more about our intern staff, please click here and review our web resources.

Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST) Events

  1. COMM 5660 Science Communication Workshop (with Bruce Lewenstein) Nov. 11-13 http://best.cornell.edu/index.cfm/events.details?eventID=1111 
  2. COMM 5665 SciComm Practicum (with Lauren Chambliss and Nathan Seppa) Dec. 2-4 http://best.cornell.edu/index.cfm/events.details?eventID=1112
  3. Career Blitz & Company Site visit at Research Triangle Park, NC Nov. 14-15. http://best.cornell.edu/index.cfm/events.details?eventID=1110
  4.  5) Navigate Your Future: BEST Careers in Industry, Entrepreneurship & Management Nov. 17 http://best.cornell.edu/index.cfm/events.details?eventID=1007

...and many more events on our websit calendar: http://best.cornell.edu/index.cfm/events.cal


 

See also news about BESTies herehttp://best.cornell.edu/index_new.cfm/news.listing, and to learn about how one can benefit from BEST opportunities

 

How do you get involvedhttp://best.cornell.edu/index.cfm/page/about/FAQ.htm

Career Events Listing

 

Interviewing for a Position in the Design and Visual Arts

Monday, November 7 at 4:45 pm in Stepped Auditorium, Milstein Hall

Are you confident about how to interview successfully?

No one is! Come and learn how to prepare yourself to nail your dream job.

  

Revitalize Your Job Search

Thursday, November 10 at 4:45 pm in 251 Malott Hall

Come out to learn job search strategies that may make the difference between having an interview and being offered a job!

  

NBMBA Twin Cities Virtual Career Fair

Monday, November 14th

Live online Recruiting Open to ALL Candidates including ALL Majors & Degrees

REGISTER NOW<https://t.e2ma.net/click/2x3uo/m1zdmr/iiel9d>

LEARN MORE<https://t.e2ma.net/click/2x3uo/m1zdmr/yafl9d

 

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

Wellness:
Weekly Safety Tip - Data backup


 

It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.  When what?  When your computer's hard drive crashes.  Every hard drive has a finite number of cycles before it will fail.  And when it fails, it will never be at the time that is the most convenient.  What can you do to make the situation less stressful?  Make sure all of your documents and photos are backed up!  


 

Whether you're backing up to a local, external hard drive or use a cloud service, backing up regularly is the best way to protect your data from loss.  Every Cornell student has unlimited storage in Box as well as unlimited storage with the CMail account in Google.  Google Photos (http://photos.google.com) has a synchronization tool that automatically syncs your photos to your Google account as well.  


 

If you want to get serious about backup, there are many options that you can use for a fee.  Crashplan, IDrive, and SOS Backup are all good options.  All of which also let you choose local storage for backup should you want to utilize an external drive as well as cloud backup.

Hump Day: A Sexual Communication Discussion Series

Wednesdays  |  1:00 - 2:00 PM  |  Willard Straight Hall International Lounge

  

Join us for a weekly lunch discussion about sexual communication at Cornell and beyond, hosted by the Cornell Women's Resource Center and Jessie Bonney-Burrill, Public Health Fellow from the Skorton Center for Health Initiatives. Come enjoy a guided discussion about a different aspect of sexual communication each week. Open to all students. A light lunch will be provided.  More information  

 

Guided Mindfulness Meditation - Fall 2016 Schedule

  • Everyone is welcome: Open to all members of the Cornell community, including students, faculty, and staff of all ages, genders, sizes, shapes, and abilities
  • Come as you are (dress comfortably)
  • Participation is FREE (come to as many as you wish)

Check here regularly for updates to the schedule: https://www.gannett.cornell.edu/topics/stress/cando/learn/meditate/lets.cfm

 

From Cornell Minds Matter - Open to All Students

 

Free Yoga

Mondays and Thursdays- 5-6:15 PM

Willard Straight Garden Room  (go down the stairs across from the International Lounge)

 

Creativity for Well-being

Wednesdays  7 - 8:00 PM  |  Slope Studio, 2nd Floor Willard Straight Hall (go 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. Free and all materials provided.

 

Free ZUMBA

All Wednesdays 5 - 6 PM   |  5th Floor Lounge, Willard Straight Hall  

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. 

 
Around Campus:
Town Hall - Embracing a Shared Community

Co-sponsored by the SA City and Local Affairs Committee and the Collegetown Neighborhood Council

Tuesday, Nov. 15  |  5 - 6:30 pm  |  at eHub (in Collegetown)  |  featuring Mayor Svante Myrick

 

Want to help shape the future of Collegetown and on-campus housing? Want to learn how to get involved with local government or the Ithaca community? Come join the mayor, Common Council, city and campus planners, campus police, and the Collegetown Neighborhood Council to discuss the Schwartz plaza redevelopment, campus safety, and other topics that directly affect YOU!

Panel About Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention

Tuesday Nov 8    6:30-7:30pm  Tatkon Center

Featuring members of Cayuga's Watchers (educates students on bystander intervention), Consent Ed (teaches methods that help provide a healthy consent culture), and Cornell Social Consultants (works towards implementing positive shifts in social culture).

Cornell University Veterans Day Moving Tribute

Cornell Veterans Colleague Network Group and Cornell ROTC are coordinating a "moving" tribute with Cornell ROTC - run or walk the flag around campus from 10am to 4pm on November 11.

This opportunity is open to all Cornell students, staff, faculty, retirees, spouses/partners, who are veteran friendly and/or supporters of veterans. There will most likely be 4 flags in circulation. The idea is to keep the flags moving throughout campus between the hours of 10am to 4pm. You can sign up individually, with a friend, or with a group of people.

Sign up here.
 
  For a complete listing of local veterans day events,  visit:
 

From the GPSA Student Advocacy Committee

Science Immersion Program

 

The Science Immersion Program is an intensive, three-day series of workshops on research skills for master or doctoral students in the life or physical sciences. The program will be held in Mann Library from January 18-20 and is tailored for students who have matriculated in the past two years.

 

The program aims to provide participants with practical technologies, tools and research skills to become more efficient scholars. 

A complete itinerary of the program will be available at the end of the Fall 2016 semester.  

 

Space is limited as only 15 participants will be accepted.  The deadline for applications is December 1, 2016.  Application can be found here - https://cornell.qualtrics.com/jfe/preview/SV_0pQSG1OCghKk5pP

 

Participants will be awarded a $150 stipend upon completion of the entire three-day program.  Food is provided. If you have any questions, please send a message to sci-immersion-L@cornell.edu  

Cornell University Library Events

  

Library Chats in the Stacks

 

Saving Our Cities: A Progressive Plan to Transform Urban America

Book talk by Bill Goldsmith 

Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 5:00 p.m. 

Sibley Hall, 157 E. Sibley

 

How can we revive our cities and suburbs to make them places that serve all residents, with thriving metropolitan areas, good schools, and reflective, sensitive, and humane communities?  In a Chats in the Stacks book talk, Bill Goldsmith, professor emeritus in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell, will present his new book "Saving Our Cities" (Cornell University Press, September 2016).
 

Do you have kudos to share with the Graduate School community?  Submit Kudos here

 


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