Graduate School Announcements
March 14 , 2016
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Memorial Gathering for President Elizabeth Garrett

 

A memorial gathering for President Elizabeth Garrett will be held on Thursday, March 17th, at 3 p.m. in Bailey Hall. No RSVP is required. For those unable to attend in person, a live stream will be available on CornellCast.  

 

A memorial website has been established to honor President Garrett's distinguished career and contributions to Cornell. The site includes articles, photos, videos, and an opportunity for visitors to leave personal remembrances.

 

During this difficult time, please seek out the support that is needed.  Some common resources include:   

  • Students may consult with counselors from Gannett Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) by calling 607-255-5155.
  • Students may speak with a peer counselor by calling EARS at 607-255-3277.
  • Faculty and staff may call the Faculty Staff Assistance Program at 607-255-2673.

Graduate School News :
GPSA 5th Annual Faculty Awards 
 
Do you know a Cornell Faculty member who displays extraordinary commitment to graduate and/or professional students?
 
The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GPSA) is currently seeking nominations for its fifth annual Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Advising, and Mentoring of Graduate and Professional Students. 

Click here for details about the selection criteria and how to submit a nomination.  

Nominations will be accepted between Monday, March 7, 2016 and Monday, April 4, 
2016.  Award recipients will be recognized at a reception on May 20, 2016. All inquiries regarding the awards may be addressed to Cassandra Benson at cmb465@cornell.edu
 
Invitation to 3MT Thesis Final Competition (Time Change)

FoSheng Hsu's 2015 Winning Presentation
To allow members of the Cornell community to attend the campus memorial service for President Garrett, the start time is now 4:30 on Thursday, March 17.

You have a special invitation to attend Cornell 2
nd annual 3-Minute Thesis competition on Thursday, March 17, at 4:30 p.m. in G10 Biotech.  This year's finalists will be competing to win both recognition and cash. 

The judges will select first place ($1500) and second place ($100) awards, and the audience will vote on the People's Choice Award ($500). We hope you can attend and help pick the People's Choice winner. 

Cornell's 2015 winning presentation, by Fosheng Hsu, PhD student in BMCB, is featured, along with other winners world-wide, here: http://threeminutethesis.org/3mt-showcase.
 
Join us on March 17 at 4:30 pm.

Kudos :
NY Times Review: Tonia Ko's 'Strange Sounds and Explosions Worldwide'
 
Congratulations to Tonia Ko, a graduate student in music, for the performance of her piece at Carnegie Hall and the review in the New York Times extracted below. 

A listener might assume that a new symphony called "Strange Sounds and Explosions Worldwide" would depict perilous global situations. But the title of Tonia Ko 's new symphony alludes to fireworks and other joyful events, as well as natural ones like erupting volcanoes.


 

In its premiere on Sunday afternoon at Carnegie Hall, Ms. Ko's piece was performed by the New York Youth Symphony, which offers tuition-free training and performance opportunities to musicians ages 12 to 22. The ensemble, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, has a strong composition program and has awarded commissions to 139 composers age 30 and under since 1984 through its First Music project.


 

Read more...

Alumnus Wins Physics Prize 

Mohammad Hamidian, Ph.D. '11, has been named the 2016 winner of the prestigious Lee-Osheroff-Richardson Prize for his discoveries of new forms of electronic matter at the nanoscale and at extreme lowtemperatures.

In particular he is cited for advances in the technology of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to allow operation at ultra-low temperatures - work done in the lab of J.C. Séamus Davis, the James Gilbert White Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences. 

Hamidian was a doctoral student, and later a postdoctoral researcher, in the Davis lab. He is now a research associate in the J.E. Hoffman lab at at Harvard University.
 

Cornell Wearable Tech Team Shows Collection at Cornell Fashion Collective Show
 
Cornell Wearable Tech team, led by fiber science student Eric Beaudette '16 and Lina Sanchez Botero and Neal Reynolds, doctoral students in the fields of fiber science and physics, respectively, showed off their interactive gaming themed collection - called Duality - at last weekend's Cornell Fashion Collective.

From the Registrar :
Summer Registration
 
Registration for the Summer 2016 term is required if you are
  • receiving financial aid during the summer (fellowships, summer loans, assistantships, travel grants, or tuition awards);
  • wish to use campus facilities; or
  • are off campus but need to be registered for summer study. 
To register, simply enroll in the Graduate School's Graduate Summer Research course GRAD 9016 (class numbers 1054, 1444, 1445 or 1446) through Student Center. There is no charge for summer registration.
 
We encourage students to enroll now. Students who are not registered for the summer term by May 20, 2016 will be subject to FICA tax (OASDI and Medicare) withholding from Assistantship Payroll Appointments.
 

Commencement Packet Information (with severe weather tickets)    

PhD, MA, or MS students hoping to participate in the May 2016 Commencement Ceremony can pick up commencement packets in 143 Caldwell Hall. Other professional degree students can obtain their packets from their appropriate College Registrar (AAP, Arts & Sciences, CALS, Engineering, Hotel, Human Ecology, or ILR).
 
Information about commencement, including a link to the form for requesting names in the program, is available on the Graduate School's website under Commencement Information.
 
Conference Travel Grants

Students attending conferences in May 2016 are reminded to submit their Conference Grant Applications to the Graduate School no later than April 1, 2016.

 

About the Conference Grant Program:

The Graduate School is pleased to provide financial support to students who have been selected to present papers or posters at a professional conference.  Awards range between $185 and $675 based on the location of the conference and are intended to help defray costs but typically does not cover total expenses.  Registered Research Students are eligible to receive one grant each academic year (July 1 - June 30) and we strive to fund all qualified applications.

 

Application Process:

The application form is short but it's important that applicants follow the instructions closely. 

Download the form from the gradschool.cornell.edu/forms

Prepare a 1-page abstract and statement of relevance

Obtain all required signatures

Submit the completed application to gradschool@cornell.edu or 143 Caldwell hall by the deadline

 

Important Course Enrollment Deadlines
 
Last day to drop courses or change grading options is March 23rd
Please be aware, that c hanges to course enrollment are not permitted after official course enrollment dates. In accordance with University policy, the Graduate School will only accept enrollment petitions for truly exceptional cases.


Dates and Deadlines:
March
  • March 15: Deadline to apply for Cornell-Heidelberg exchange fellowship
  • March 15: Job search discussion
  • March 16: Dual career search panel
  • March 16: Spring Egg Dyeing and Relay @ BRB
  • March 16: Creating inclusive STEM research labs
  • March 17, 18, 25: Pre-seed workshop
  • March 18:  Provost Diversity Fellowship deadline
  • March 18: Pregnancy health workshop
  • March 19: Developing a diversity statement
  • March 23: Last day to drop courses
  • March 23: Time Out
  • March 23: Luce scholarship information session
  • March 23: Your personal vision statement
  • March 25: Pregnancy workshop
  • March 28: Deadline to apply for Richard Bradfield research award
  • March 28: Strategies for managing a career change
  • March 30: Deadline to apply for ComSciCon Cornell 2016

Graduate School Programs :
Updates for Students with Families (Expectant Families) 
 

Spring Egg Dyeing and Relay   

Wednesday, March 16 | 3:00pm - 5:00pm  

There will be egg dyeing and an egg relay race at the Big Red Barn for graduate and professional students and their families. Please join us for this fun spring tradition!    

 

Time Out Program

Wednesday, March 23  |  6:00 - 8:00 PM  |  Cornell Child Care Center  |  Please RSVP

Are you a student parent?  If so, considering participating in an upcoming Time Out Program...  This is a meeting designed for student parents to build community and to share information and strategies for success, during which dinner and childcare are provided.  Parents enjoy dinner with fellow parents and spouses/partners followed by a facilitated discussion on a topic of importance to your role as a parent.  Dinner, childcare, and age-appropriate activities will be provided by the Cornell Child Care Center for children from infants to age 12. 

 

More information - www.studentswithfamilies.cornell.edu or Facebook -www.facebook.com/CUstudentswithfamilies

Perspectives
 

Your Personal Vision Statement | Tuesday, March 22 |  12:30-1:30 PM (lunch at 12:15) | 102 Mann Library


 

Your priorities determine how you spend your time. How can you better define and articulate your academic and personal goals in a way that helps you make time decisions? Through a series of exercises, you will have time to reflect, discuss, and analyze what is most important to you. By the end, you will leave with a written personal vision statement. Presenter: Janna Lamey, Assistant Dean for Student Life.  RSVP

 

Next Session - A Perspective Workshop: Your Greatest Asset: Using Your Mind to Success |  Monday, April 11  | 12:00 - 2:00 (lunch provided)

 

Visit our website for a complete listing.

 

Strategies for Managing a Major Career Change

Monday, March 28  |  12:00-1:30 pm (lunch provided)  |  Warren Hall Room 401  |  RSVP:  http://tinyurl.com/cornellbahar

Do you want to manage a career change, but don't know how?  Would you like to learn some effective tips and strategies for changing careers? Do you want to hear from a Cornell PhD alumni about she made her career transition? 


 

GPWomeN and The Graduate School are hosting a talk by Dr. Bahar Tavakolian, focused on how to leverage a PhD when shifting careers. After receiving her PhD in material science & engineering at Cornell University, Dr. Tavakolian has had a diverse career in many exciting occupations including working in aerospace, teaching at UCLA and Columbia, and working in biotechnology.  


 

She is currently a high end residential real estate broker in Manhattan, New York. She is also a top producer and Member, President's Circle at the premier luxury brokerage firm Stribling & Associates. Her talk will address the skills necessary for managing a major career change and she will also provide examples of successfully changing careers.

Managing Dual Careers: Dual Career Search Panel

March 16, 2016 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm 423 ILR Conference Center in King-Shaw Hall

Although couples who are each passionate about careers in higher education may face obstacles in the job search, there are real success stories.  You and your partner are invited to lunch and a panel discussion with Cornell professors, administrators, and researchers who have spouses with higher education careers and have made it work.  Learn how both partners found successful careers, get advice, and leave motivated to pursue your career search together.
Please sign up to reserve a space in the program:  RSVP.

Teaching and Future Faculty:
 
Upcoming Opportunities for:
G raduate Students, Future Educators, and Teaching Assistants
 
GET SET Workshop : Role of TAs in Cultivating an Inclusive Classroom (Certificate: Understanding Undergraduate Learners)
Wednesday, March 16, 4:45-6:00 p.m. (143 Plant Science)
How do you create a learning environment for all students? This workshop introduces ways to encourage open and active dialogue; address culturally and socially sensitive topics; encourage cross-cultural exchanges; and cultivate an appreciation for diversity and difference in the classroom.
 
                                                                                                                    
GET SET Workshop : Developing a Diversity Statement
(Certificate: Developing a Professional Identity in Teaching)
Saturday, March 19, 10:30-11:45 a.m. (143 Plant Science)
What is a diversity statement? A growing number of institutions now require it as another component of the application package. This session provides participants an opportunity to explore what goes into a diversity statement and how to best showcase their past experiences or seek out experiences to strengthen their application materials.

 
Open to all eligible graduate students at Cornell, this competitive one-year fellowship is an opportunity to:
·      Enhance teaching, leadership and mentoring skills
·      Explore the art of teaching through coursework and mentorship
·      Build your CV and skills for the job market
·      Applications due: April 11, 2016   

CIRTLCast Webinar: Creating Inclusive STEM Research Labs in Engineering

    Wednesday, March 16, 2016, from 1:00-2:00 pm www.cirtl.net/events Presenters: Mark Buckley and Danielle Daniels, University of Rochester
How can instructors design engineering labs so that historically underrepresented students are better supported? In this webinar, we'll hear how faculty and grad students from University of Rochester changed their approach to labs to help students from the city's public school system excel in engineering. Organized by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) Network.
Careers and Internships:
Optimizing the Practice of Mentoring: How to be an Effective Research Mentor
 
The objective of this workshop series is to prepare junior and senior faculty to be effective research mentors through presentations by experts in the field of faculty mentoring. 
 
The 2-day format of morning lectures and afternoon small-group facilitated discussions will engage learners through presentations and interactive activities.  Mentors and mentees  at all different professional levels are welcome to attend the morning sessions on both days. The afternoon small group sessions are for designed for  mentors only  and require a 2-day commitment.
 
The presenters will also introduce attendees to a free online curriculum for mentor training that is designed to improve users' mentoring knowledge and skills, while encouraging reflection about one's mentoring behaviors and providing tools to support the mentoring process.
 
 
Please RSVP by March 25, 2016
 
 

19th Annual Social Justice Career Fair

Friday, March 18th
1pm-4pm
King-Shaw Hall Rm 423

Revitalize your Job Search

Thursday, March 17
4:45pm
253 Malott Hall

Careers in Technical Writing for Humanities and Social Science PhDs,
March 14-18.
Versatile PhD
Description for this event is attached in the email.
More resources can be found at:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kmnj639fqfniww9/AAD3meJKGWXWpWP9tV-g4EZ3a?dl=0

Job Search Discussion Group 

  

Tuesday, March 15, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

102 Mann Library

 

Are you a graduate student or postdoc currently or soon-to-be on the job market? Come join a lunch discussion with others in the same boat and interact with a community of peers to help find advice, support, and feedback. Open to those interested in academic jobs, careers beyond the academy, or both/undecided. Facilitated by the Office of Postdoctoral Studies and CU-CIRTL. Lunch served!

 

Registration required: RSVP

Developing and Funding your Research Career

Weill Cornell Clinical &Translational Science Center (CTSC) is proud to partner with the Minority Graduate Student Network (MGSN) and Hunter College to host 2 career development workshops for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows Participants will learn how to define personal goals and develop an action plan through presentations and interactive activities.


 

 "Planning your Career and Finding your Mentors"

Workshop 1 topics will cover defining your personal goals and career mission; developing an action plan; and finding mentors and sustaining the relationship.

 

Friday, March 18th, 2016

City University of New York - Hunter College
695 Park Avenue, New York, NY

Biology Seminar Room (926C), North Building

 

  

"Funding your Research Career"

Workshop 2 topics will cover describing the steps to a competitive grant application, putting your proposal together and writing effective specific aims.

Friday, April 29th, 2016

City University of New York - Hunter College
695 Park Avenue, New York, NY

Channing Screening Room (B126), West Building

 

 

Advanced registration is required

Please RSVP (here)

 

Fellowships, Postdocs and Awards:
The Guilford Essay Prize 2016

The Guilford Essay Prize is open to graduate students only.

The Guilford Essay Prize is given to the doctoral student in any field whose thesis is
judged to display the highest excellence in English Prose. Students are encouraged to  submit their own dissertations, and faculty members are invited to draw this opportunity  to their attention. Dissertations submitted for degrees during the calendar year in which  the prize is awarded will be accepted as entries, as well as dissertations submitted for  degrees conferred during the previous calendar year. The copy submitted for this prize  need not conform to Graduate School filing standards, but may instead follow the normal  standards for term papers (e.g. it could have normal margins and be on both sides of the  paper).

Information on the Guilford Prize and submission instructions can be found at the
following link:
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/english/competitions/

DEADLINE:
Entries for the Guilford Prize should be submitted electronically no later than April 15,  2016.


Please note the Provost Diversity Fellowship Deadline Extended to Friday, March 18

The Graduate School will award Provost's diversity fellowships to Ph.D. students in the 2016-17 academic year. These fellowships are intended to support the degree completion of continuing students, and should be focused on advanced students likely to complete their degrees with the added financial assistance of this fellowship.  
Ph.D. students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and who address how one or more of the following criteria apply to them are eligible:
  1. first-generation college student
  2. member of a group historically underrepresented in higher education (African American, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, Mexican American, Puerto Rican, or other Hispanic; permanent residents whose ethnicity corresponds to these groups also meet this criterion)
  3. recipients of recruitment fellowships in support of diversity;
  4. graduate students who are single parents; and/or
  5. graduate students who have experiences overcoming significant challenges in their path toward completing a PhD. To be eligible for an award, nominees must have received at least one year of support (assistantship, training grant, etc.) from their field.
To be eligible for an award, nominees must have received at least one year of support (assistantship, training grant, etc.) from their field.
Priority for the Provost's Diversity Fellowships will be given to students who meet all of the following criteria:
  1. have been enrolled in a Cornell graduate degree program for a minimum of two years
  2. will have passed the A exam prior to the fellowship
  3. expect to complete all requirements for the doctorate by the August of the academic year following their nomination. (For example, a student nominated by March 2016, must complete all requirements for the doctorate by August 2017.)
There may be cases in which a pre-A fellowship would be especially valuable to a student. The Graduate School will consider pre-A fellowship nominations in such cases..
How to apply:
The application form is available on the Graduate School website at Provost Diversity Fellowship Form. Applications are to be submitted to the Graduate School through the Director of Graduate Studies rather than directly by the student. The student is responsible for making arrangements with the DGS. DGSs should submit all applications for their field to the Associate Dean in the Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement (grad_assoc_dean@cornell.edu) no later than 4:30 p.m. on March 18. (If the application deadline falls on a holiday or weekend, applications are due the next working day.) Decisions will be announced in early May.

$1000 Research Grant Available

Initiative on Sustainability through the Humanities and Arts
Society for the Humanities and The Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Cornell University
 
CALL FOR GRADUATE STUDENT PROPOSALS
 
PLEASE NOTE THE DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS:  April 18, 2016
 
The Society for the Humanities and the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future seek to support work within the humanities and arts that touches on the environment, cultures of energy, and economic development-from histories of social-ecological thought to studies of the aesthetic dimensions of wind power controversies, from avant-garde landscape photography to critiques of the concept of sustainability.  Grants may be used for travel, books, materials, the hiring of an assistant, or any other clearly identified purpose. 
 
Given the mandate of the Society for the Humanities, we will give preference to applicants whose home departments fall within the humanities or arts.  But anyone doing humanistic or artistic work is welcome to apply. 
 
Decisions will be made by the end of May, 2016.  Grantees should be prepared to complete their work within the next 12 months, with the expectation of presenting it publicly, at Cornell, within the next 18 months (by December 2017), at the invitation of the Society for the Humanities and the Atkinson Center.
 
All applications should include:
--a ONE-PAGE proposal, explaining the project and how you intend to use the grant
--a ONE-PAGE CV
--a brief note of recommendation from your faculty advisor
 
Please email your application (either .doc files or .pdf files, please) to Mary Ahl <mea4@cornell.edu>
 
Thank you for your time, and we look forward to reading your proposals!
 
Project Leaders: Aaron Sachs (History), Nick Salvato ( Performing and Media Arts ), Karen Pinkus (Comparative Literature and Romance Studies)
 

Luce Scholarship Information Session

 

(Both programs are in 103 Barnes Hall.)

 

Wednesday, March 23, 12:15 p.m. (Pre-register at BTF1@cornell.edu)

Tuesday, April 5, 4:35 p.m.

The Luce Scholars Program funds one-year paid internships in Asia for non-Asia specialists.  The intent of the program is to provide an immersion experience in Asia for a highly qualified group of young Americans who would not otherwise have the opportunity to come to know Asia intimately.  Applicants must not yet be 30 years of age by July 1st of the year they enter the program.  

 

http://www.hluce.org/lsprogram.aspx

BTF1@cornell.edu         255-6931

 

Richard Bradfield Research Award

Application Deadline:  28 March 2016
Award Announcement:  late April 2016
 
The Richard Bradfield Research Award is made annually to support research intended to improve the food security of smallholder farmers (i.e., resource poor farmers) and their families in the developing world. All geographic areas of the developing world and all disciplines in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are eligible, as long as the proposed research is expected to provide economic or food security benefits for small farmers. Research designed to improve genetic capacity of plants or animals, soil inputs, pest controls, mechanization, social organization, and the like is appropriate, however options developed should be realistically achievable given small farmers' key constraints (e.g., current supplies of land, labor, credit). Research outcomes or impacts should be "scale-specific" to favor small farmers. "Small" is a relative term, and applicants should explain how their target group of farmers can be considered "small farmers" in the geography where their work will take place.
 
Awards are made to Ph.D.. M.S., or M.P.S. candidates for overseas field work expenses associated with their research. Proposals should be for the actual research rather than for planning or proposal preparation. Ph.D. degree candidates are given priority. Awards of $1,000 to $5,000 will be considered.
 
Application Guidelines:
Applications for the Richard Bradfield Research Award should be submitted electronically to Margaret Smith (mes25@cornell.edu) no later than Monday 28 March 2016. Applications should consist of the following sections (numbered and in the following order) and should not exceed three pages in length (single spaced, 12-point font, and reasonable margins). 
1. Title of proposed research project.
2. Applicant's name, department, campus address, telephone number, and degree sought (Ph.D., M.S., M.P.S.); major advisor's name.
3. Brief project description, including research objectives, methods, expected outcomes, collaborators, and research and publication time frames. (Keep literature references to a minimum, if included.)
4. Statement explaining how and in what ways the proposed research favors small farmers, including the basis for classifying the target group as small farmers.
5. Budget request, including an explanation of the specific use proposed for the Bradfield award funds. Indicate also the source and amount of other funds that are available to complete the proposed project. 
 
In addition, a brief letter of recommendation from the applicant's major advisor must be submitted electronically to Margaret Smith ( mes25@cornell.edu) by Monday 28 March 2016.
 
Applicants will be notified of award decisions via e-mail by late April 2016.

Schwarzman Scholars Program
 
Thursday, April 28, 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

 
Robert Garris, Schwarzman Scholars Global Director of Admissions, will be hosting this information session to discuss the Schwarzman Scholarship-an award that provides one fully-funded year of master's degree study at Tsinghua University in Beijing in one of three fields:  public policy, international studies, or economics and business.  Applicants must have an excellent academic record and demonstrate leadership and openness to other cultures.  Cornellians of all countries, up to 28 years of age, are eligible and encouraged to attend. 
 
(Co-sponsored by the Fellowships Program, Cornell Career Services, 103 Barnes Hall, 255-6931.)


From the BEST Program:
Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST) Events


March 17, 18, 25 Pre-Seed Workshop

...and many more events on our website

 
See also news about BESTies here, and to learn about how one can benefit from BEST opportunities
How do you get involved?

Wellness:
From Cornell Minds Matter
 
Free YOGA!!!!
Mondays and Thursdays  |  5-6:15 PM  |  Willard Straight Garden Room  (go down the stairs across from the International Lounge)
 
What is Your Dream?  Create a Vision Board to Guide You!
Tuesday, March 15 @ 4:30 PM  |  5 th Floor Lounge Willard Straight Hall
Explore your strengths, values, goals and resources.  Relax and have fun with Arts and Crafts to create your own unique Vision Board and take it with you to remind you of your dream.  All materials provided.
 
More than Meets the Eye: Intersectionality, Minorities and Eating Disorders
Tuesday, March 15th  7:30 - 8:30 PM  |  Willard Straight Hall International Lounge 
Join us for an open forum on how identities influence the way we experience and perceive disordered eating.
 
Creative Arts for Health and Well-Being!
All 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 create, reflect and grow. Discover your strengths, self-confidence and what you have to appreciate. Try it, you'll like it! Free and all materials provided.

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

The Flu is Here (and Spreading!)


 

Gannett Health Services is seeing a surge in patients sick with the flu. Protect yourself to avoid losing days (or even a week!) to this sometimes-severe illness - get vaccinated, and ramp up prevention efforts like hand washing and avoiding sharing drinks. If you do get sick, stay home to recover fully and reduce risk to others. Ask a friend to pick up self-care supplies for you at the Gannett Pharmacy. Review tips here for when to call Gannett.

Around Campus:

Cornell Center for Materials Research Spring Events

 

The Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) is holding spring events for faculty, students and large and small businesses to network, discuss potential collaborations and learn how the CCMR can facilitate access to Cornell materials experts and equipment:


 

2016 CCMR Symposium "Novel characterization methods: Advances in Electron Microscopy" - May 25, 2016.  Symposium sponsors:  FEI, CorningElectron Microscopy Sciences (EMS), Gatan, TESCAN and Nion. The Symposium is led by Profs. Lena Kourkoutis and David Muller, Applied and Engineering Physics.   Registration is Open! 


 

Facilities 101 Workshop:  Learn about the CCMR labs and instruments available to industry users:Registration is Open for the Facilities 101 Workshop! Thursday, April 7, 2016, Cornell University, Ithaca NY.


 

Facilities 101 is an industry-focused introduction to the laboratories, equipment, and staff associated with the CCMR.  The workshop will provide an opportunity to learn more about the CCMR equipment; meet one-on-one with the technical staff who manage the facilities; take walking tours of the labs; see equipment demonstrations; and discuss your own facility questions and concerns with a staff expert.

 

New Equipment: 

  • A cryo-Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope for high resolution imaging and chemical mapping of soft or snap-frozen materials, typically inaccessible to electron microscopists, to study the 3D structure of macromolecules and biological processes inside cells. 
  • An Air-operational scanning electron microscope. This instrument has analytical capabilities much like the other SEMs in the facilities but the samples do not need to be in a vacuum chamber which gives you much more flexibility in the types of specimens that can be analyzed. 

 

Meet CCMR at the following events: 

 

The Form, Fabricate and Finish (F3) Solutions Forum for Manufacturers - March 29, 2016 - RIT Rochester, NY

 

iMatSci, Industry, Innovation and Sustainability Reception, MRS Spring meeting - March 30, 2016  - Phoenix, AZ  

 

Medtech meetup - April 6, 2016 - Cornell Campus, Ithaca, NY

 

ADVANCED ENERGY 2016 - April 20, 21 & 22, 2016 - Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York City of their careers.

 

Call for Proposals:
The Institute for Comparative Modernities' 2016-17 Graduate Reading Groups

 

 

The Institute for Comparative Modernities seeks to provide greater opportunities for graduate students from across the campus to engage each other through interdisciplinary and collaborative research working groups. To that end, the Institute provides meeting space as well as seed money for the establishment and the maintenance of a small number of graduate student research working groups each year.

 

This program, which is announced annually, provides both a subvention of $1,000 that can be used for books, copying, and/or bringing outside speakers to campus, as well as a comfortable, even congenial, meeting space at the ICM, housed in the Toboggan Lodge. We expect the sustained collaboration to culminate in a public presentation (oral or written) at the end of the award year. The subvention covers one year, but renewal may be possible under certain circumstances. It is likely that academic year 2016-17 will see four to five awards.

 

Submit proposals to Alexis Boyce, ICM program coordinator: ab449@cornell.edu.

 

Deadline: Friday, April 15, 2016

Notifications will be sent out the week of May 9, 2016.

 

Learn more...

Cornell Pitch Bootcamp Competition

Now that you are trained and ready to pitch, show us 'what you got' at the Cornell Pitch Bootcamp Competition on Thursday March 24th from 6-8PM in PSB 120. First place winner receives $500 and second place $250. 

Details:
  • To apply, submit your 6 minute pitch deck with presenter notes to tas278@cornell.edu by Sunday March 20th.
  • 6 teams will be selected to pitch to the judges followed by 3 min of Q&A.
  • Teams will be notified if selected to pitch. 
  • Competition open to Cornell. Priority given to teams who attended the workshop.

Communicating Science Workshop

  

Graduate students and post-doctoral researchers are invited to apply for the 2016 Communicating Science Workshop on Friday, July 15th, 2016 and Saturday, July 23rd, 2016, at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

  

This unique professional development experience will provide attendees with a fantastic opportunity to meet young leaders in science communication from across the Upstate New York community, learn from and interact with a remarkable group of invited experts, and produce an original work communicating scholarly research to a new audience.

  

Application, registration, and attendance to the workshop is free of charge for accepted applicants, though transportation will not be provided or reimbursed. We ask that you only apply if you can attend both days of the workshop - Friday, July 15th, 2016 and Saturday, July 23rd, 2016. The application will close on March 30th, 2016

  

The application can be found here.

Please visit this page for more information about the program.

Lavender Graduation 2016

A ceremony recognizing and celebrating Cornell's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual and ally (LGBTQQIA+) graduating students as well as their families, friends, and supporters.  Everyone is welcome to attend!
 
Graduating students - Please sign up today!  Only graduating students (graduate and undergraduate) who intend to be recognized need to sign-up to participate. Applications Due: April 27 th by 5:00 PM
 

 
If you have any questions, please contact the LGBT Resource Center at LGBTRC@cornell.edu  
 

Veritas Forum:The Elusive Pursuit of Truth

Two science professors from different faith backgrounds discuss their worldviews in the context of a pluralistic society

Duke University's Professor of Radiology Dr. Ehsan Samei and Cornell University's Professor of Engineering Dr. Sandip Tiwari are the professors in a conversation moderated by Dr. Rosemary Avery, Department Chair of Cornell's Policy Analysis and Management

When: Weds., March 16th, 6:30pm
Where: Statler Auditorium


International Women's Day 2016
 
Please join us in celebrating International Women's Day 2016 with a FREE luncheon, panel, and recognition ceremony honoring leaders in the Cornell community working on behalf of women. This year we are focusing on women in immigration and exploring issues of gender justice in the refugee crisis. The panel is comprised of professors and graduate students who have done amazing work and research in this area. Open to Ithaca community members of all genders, this event is brought to you by the International Women's Day Committee, Cornell Women's Resource Center, MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán), Cornell DREAM Team, First in Class, Asian & Asian American Center, and the Graduate School. 
 
The luncheon will be held on Sunday, March 20th, from 12:00-2:00pm in Clark Atrium in the Physical Sciences Building. 
 
We have a limited number of seats available so please RSVP at http://goo.gl/forms/dCtka8sPIZ

Library Chats in the Stacks

 

Bird Families of the World: A Guide to the Spectacular Diversity of Birds
Book talk by David W. Winkler
Wednesday, March 23 at 4 pm

Mann Library, Stern Seminar Room 160

 

Many people are captivated by the amazing variety of birds they see and hear, and observing birds can be a life-enriching pursuit. Join David Winkler, professor and faculty curator of birds in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, to hear about his new book, an excellent reference guide and learning tool for understanding the evolutionary diversity of the world's birds. Light refreshments served and books available for purchase. For more information, visit https://www.library.cornell.edu/booktalks/.

 

Sparks Talks

Tuesday, March 22, 4 to 6 pm
102 Mann Library

 

SPARK Talks (Scholars Present about Research and Knowledge), gives graduate students and postdocs a chance to present and get feedback from an interdisciplinary audience. Come hear five-minute lightning talks, given by fellow grad students and postdocs from a range of disciplines, on the theme of "Play." Get inspired and network with your peers. Reception (with wine!) to follow.

 

Library Exhibition " Signal to Code " Opens March 17

 

  

Thursday, March 17, 4:30 pm

Opening Lecture: "Matter as Media"by Paul Vanouse, director of the MFA Program in Art, University of Buffalo

Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
Reception following the lecture in Kroch Library, 5:30 to 6:30 pm

 

Friday, March 18, 9:30 am to 4 pm

"Signal to Code" Workshop: Art / Archiving / Preservation

Room 2B48, Carl A. Kroch Library

 

"Signal to Code: 50 Years of Media Art in the Rose Goldsen Archive" explores 50 years of electronic and digital artwork and ephemera held in the Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art. The exhibition, on display in Kroch Library's Hirshland Gallery from March 17 to October 14, offers a unique opportunity to experience over 60 original electronic and digital artworks in video, sound, portable media and the internet, on fifteen separate media display stations.

 

All events are free and open to the public. For more information, please visit https://rare.library.cornell.edu/events.

 


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