Graduate School
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Learn what a union might mean for you by looking at our weekly list of questions and answers about possible graduate student union representation at Cornell.
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A volunteer program is connecting graduate students in the sciences and other fields with K-12 classrooms to teach mini-courses in Tompkins, Cayuga and Seneca county schools.
The Graduate Student School Outreach Program (GRASSHOPR), which began in the mid-1990s, is supported by Cornell's Public Service Center.
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- Fall Drop Date The last day to drop courses and avoid a grade of "W" (withdrawal), or to change grading basis is Tuesday, October 18th.
- Spring Enrollment Pre-Course Enrollment for Spring 2017 begins at 7:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 26th and ends at 4:30 Friday, October 28th. Please take advantage of this opportunity to enroll in your required courses for 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. |
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Graduate School Programs
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| RESCHEDULED! Thurs., Oct. 13 | 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. In addition, participants will also network with one another and be given the opportunity to talk about their own experience so that we can better meet your needs. This session is designed for spouses/partners who have secured work authorization in the United States. Light breakfast will be served. Please RSVP. |
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Last reminder: Cornell Student Child Care Grant Program Applications are due this Friday (October 14). |
| GPWomeN-PCCW Speaker Series presents: Wednesday, October 19th; 12:15-1:30pm | 700 Clark Hall | Register here: http://conta.cc/2bJ5OtF This highly interactive program will contain practical takeaways on:
- Life lessons gained while climbing the corporate ladder
- Obstacles faced by women, including insights from Catalyst's research
- Breaking down barriers by leveraging support systems available to women who take initiative
- Remarks will be followed by Q&A
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For Parents:
Wednesday, October 19 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at Cornell Child Care Center. Free child care and meals. Parents get time away. RSVP |
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October 26, 2016, Big Red Barn, noon to 1:00 pm
Join us to discuss responsible mentoring, authorship, peer review, intellectual conflicts of interest, acknowledging the work of others in research and academic papers and
publications as well as your
questions about responsible research and scholarship. Limited to 12 research master's and doctoral students.
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| The GPSA is now accepting applications to external and internal committee appointments for the 2016/2017 academic year. This is your opportunity to have your voice heard in matters that pertain to graduate and professional students at Cornell. To apply to internal committees, please use your Cornell NetID to login to the Assemblies Dashboard. Use your Cornell NetID to login at My Assembly Login, scroll down, and apply to the committee you are interested in. To apply to external committees, please click here, and fill out a simple google form indicating your interest. |
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Teaching and Future Faculty:
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GET SET Workshop
: Teaching Scholarly Research Skills to Undergraduates
(Certificate: Teaching Research Skills)
Thursday, October 20, 4:45-6:00 p.m. (143 Plant Science) How do you move students beyond Google and Wikipedia? This workshop discusses traditional library research techniques and introduces participants to tools currently available at Cornell.
GET SET Workshop: Developing Critical Thinking Skills
(Certificate: Understanding Undergraduate Learners)
Monday, October 24, 1:00-2:15 p.m. (B02 Warren Hall) How can you ensure that your students are organized and motivated learners who think critically about course material and use learned information to actively solve problems? This workshop discusses teaching strategies that promote effective learning and develop your students' critical thinking skills.
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Fellowships, Postdocs, and Awards:
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The Media Studies Working Group announces grants for interdisciplinary graduate working groups, focused on common topics related to the study of media. Students from all disciplines - including humanities, social sciences, communication, information science, architecture, art and planning - are encouraged to apply.
Grants of $600 are available to groups of 4-5 graduate students working in at least two different disciplines, for use in the spring and summer of 2017. The application deadline is Monday, November 21.
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To learn about future media studies events, please subscribe to the media studies listserv: [email protected]
Follow this link for more information:
http://blogs.cornell.edu/mediastudies/grants/
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The deadline for submission of application materials is 5:00 pm Eastern time, Friday, December 2, 2016.
The program will be offering about fifteen competitively awarded fellowships in 2017. Each provides a stipend of $2,000 per month for 9-12 months. Each fellow will receive an additional $1,000 upon participating in a symposium on research in original sources and submitting an acceptable report to CLIR on the research experience. Thus the maximum award will be $25,000.
For further information on eligibility, requirements, and deadlines, please visit CLIR's website at http://www.clir.org/fellowships/mellon/mellon.html.
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The Gates Cambridge Scholarship supports full-time graduate study in any subject available at the University of Cambridge. Applicants from all countries except the UK are eligible. Application Deadline for U.S. citizens: October 12, 2016. Other countries: December 7, 2016. Complete application information available on the Gates Cambridge Scholarship's Web site.
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Supports up to two years of graduate study in any field at an institution in the US. "New Americans" - immigrants or children of immigrants -- must be 30 or younger as of the application deadline and pursuing a graduate degree full-time in the US in the academic year 2017-18.
Application deadline: November 1, 2016.
Detailed information on the Soros available on the Fellowship's
Web
site.
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Careers, Internships, and Jobs:
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Cornell CIPA graduate student is looking for a student to assist in implementing a development project in Guinea over winter break. This 4 week trip will involve collaborating with a local NGO to create a women's food processing cooperative. The Cornell team will give trainings on entrepreneurship, research local value chains, establish tree nurseries, and assist 25 women in starting a new business. Student must speak French and should have experience living/working in a developing country. The student should be interested in women's entrepreneurship and livelihoods, natural resource management, and West African regional development. Email Hillary Mara at [email protected] as soon as possible if interested. Please send your resumé/CV. |
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Are you having trouble communicating your complex research message to audiences in a way that makes them want to learn more? Want to improve understanding of what you do for everyone who attends your talks? You can submit 1-2 introductory slides from your talks or presentations for constructive feedback from Jean-luc Doumont. The BEST Program has invited Mr. Doumont for an interactive workshop on October 14th, 8:30 am-12:30 pm, 226 Weill Hall. The topic of the workshop is how to improve your research communication and is open to a room capacity crowd. Registration is required. See "Communicating Complex Research" to register |
| Graduate Women in Science and the Multicultural Academic Council are sponsoring a fellowship peer review session that is open to all graduate students and postdocs! The event is both for people who have received fellowships and would like to help review proposals and for people who would like to attend the workshop to receive feedback on their applications. The workshop will be held on Wednesday October 12th from 12-1 PM in PSB 401, and lunch will be provided! RSVP |
| On October 22nd, Rev: Ithaca Startup Works' Passenger to Pilot program for women in business presents their second annual Women Redefining Entrepreneurship Conference. Conference topics include addressing global issues through entrepreneurship, business connections to diversity and sustainability, women in technology, and the impact of women's leadership styles. The Women Redefining Entrepreneurship Conference is a part of the global celebration Women Entrepreneurship Week, created by Montclair University's Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship. This conference presents a unique opportunity for Ithaca's startup community to gather and network with visiting speakers from a variety of innovative companies. The event will run from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, with lunch, networking breaks, and breakout sessions included in the registration. Student rates are available. To learn more and register, visit revithaca.com/revwre2016 |
| The President, the Provost, the University Diversity Officers, and the Cook Awards Committee, are seeking nominations for the 19th Annual Cook Awards. The Cook Awards honor Cornell students, faculty, and staff members for their commitment to women's issues and for improving the climate for women at Cornell. The awards are named in honor of the late Constance E. Cook, Cornell's first woman vice president, and the late Professor Emerita Alice H. Cook, founding member of Cornell's Committee on the status of Women. We welcome nominations for any deserving member of the Cornell community. The award is intended to recognize efforts that go beyond the satisfactory performance of expected job responsibilities. Women and men students, faculty, and staff may receive awards. The Cook Awards committee will review all nominations and choose the final individuals to be recognized at a reception in spring 2017. See attached a complete list of past winners. Nomination letters should describe the individual's commitment to women's issues and efforts to enhance the climate for women at Cornell. Please include the nominee's Cornell affiliation, email and local address. Nominations may be submitted electronically to: [email protected] or mailed to 122 Day Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, 14853. The deadline for the nominations is Monday, November 21, 2016 |
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The Bear's Den Pub at the Ivy Room is hosting a Coffeehouse on Thursday, October 27th at 6pm and we are searching for performers! Each performance will have an allotted time slot of approximately 15 minutes and no previous stage experience or auditions are necessary. If you are a musical artist, an aspiring poet, or a standup comedian and want to showcase your talent then contact us at [email protected]. |
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The Vagina Monologues is a collection of stories based on interviews with women throughout the world about their passionate, amusing, devastating, emotional, and empowering relationships with their vaginas. We are seeking a dedicated, supportive, open-minded and friendly cast to help us share these stories and spark conversations about vaginas on campus. The actual production will take place February 25, 201 at Bailey Hall, with rehearsals starting in November 2016. Come audition on:
- Sunday, October 16 - any time 12:30 PM-3:30 PM at Goldwin Smith 142
- Monday, October 17 - any time 8 PM-10 PM at Goldwin Smith 142
Anyone who identifies as a woman, genderqueer, or non-binary is welcome to try out. No theatre experience necessary! Students, staff and faculty are all invited to audition. No preparation needed; audition materials will be provided at the auditions. Any questions? Email us at [email protected]. |
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Cornell University Library will offer an intensive program for humanities and social science PhD students January 10-13, 2017. Participants will learn research techniques and scholarship management tools through a four-day series of workshops. Sessions will likely cover: discipline-specific research tactics, information and PDF management, digital scholarship, images, managing copyright, publishing in the digital era, and more. A $150 stipend and lunches are provided.
Applications for 15 spots are being accepted online until November 28, 2016.
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Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM) is working to create an Out & Ally List for Cornell, with support from the LGBT Resource Center. Signing up for the list is a great way to express affirmation of your own identity and show support for the LGBTQ+ community. You can sign up for the list here. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact [email protected]. |
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Friday, October 14 | 3:30- 5:00 pm |120 Physical Sciences
Get ready to dig deeper, explore money mindsets, adjust a few financial attitudes, learn more about money and credit while having the BEST TIME EVER!
Join the party and play the money game. This interactive economic empowerment workshop with Tarra Jackson, aka. "Madam Money" will be filled with games, cool money tricks and group interaction. Ms. Jackson believes in empowering people with tangible steps and tips they can take and apply IMMEDIATELY to make improvements with their personal finances. So be prepared to have an EXPERIENCE working with Tarra Jackson.
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Graduate Student Roundtable: Digital Pedagogies Show and Tell Thursday, October 13 at 4:30 pm Olin Library, Room 703 The theme for the 2016-17 Conversations in Digital Humanities series is "Transmediating Knowledge," situating the human in the transfer between books, code, environments, games and other media. The series aims to connect faculty and graduate students engaged in the digital humanities to people and programs on campus doing exciting work with digital technologies in research, teaching and outreach. Join us for a digital show and tell with panelists Liza Flum, MFA lecturer in English; doctoral candidates Liz Alexander, English; John Wyatt Greenlee, Medieval studies; Kaylin O'Dell, English; Molly Reed, history; and Anna Waymack, Medieval studies. Susette Newberry, head of research and learning services at Olin and Uris libraries, will moderate. Sponsored by Cornell University Library, the Society for the Humanities, and the College of Arts and Sciences. |
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