Dwight D. Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts Graduate Fellowship Program

For students who are preparing an application for the Dwight D. Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts Graduate Fellowship Program, the Graduate School will forward nominations for selection. Please provide name, degree program, "curriculum vitae, a statement describing the nature and scope of the dissertation (including a timetable for its completion), a writing sample of 10-15 pages related to the dissertation topic, a statement, not exceeding 1,000 words, of the applicants career aspirations, two letters of recommendation (one must be from their advisor)."

Please have your students submit applications to Associate Dean Jan Allen gradacad_assoc_dean@cornell.edu by Monday, March 3rd.

For further information regarding this fellowship program, please review the attached guidelines.

Perspectives Series is Back!

In recognition the importance that health and wellness is a foundation for academic and life success, the Office of Graduate Student Life is sponsoring the Perspective Series this Spring semester.  Topics that impact you and will be the focus include; happiness, relaxation, exercise, personal safety, time management, and procrastination.  A complete listing of all sessions is found:  http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/life-cornell/office-student-life/perspectives-program-series 

Our first session is "Four Keys to Making Your Own Happiness"

• Tuesday, February 11^th
• 12:30 - 1:30 PM (lunch available at 12:15)
• 102 Mann Library
• Please RSVP by 2/10 at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e8vfy7y0c5823f58&oseq=&c=&ch=

Is your partner/spouse looking for employment?

Back by popular demand, the Graduate School is sponsoring two job search workshops for interested spouses/partners of Cornell graduate and professional students.  More information and to RSVP, please go to http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/life-cornell/programs/partner-job-search  

• Employment with Cornell University? - Tuesday, February 18^th from 10:00 - 12:00 at 341 Pine Tree Road, East Hill Plaza. 

If you have a partner/spouse while you are a graduate student at Cornell, please check out the following website to find out about the resources and services available to support you:  http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/life-cornell/partners-and-families  

Drop courses or change grading options and credit hours:  The deadline is March 14th.

Please note: All students must enroll in at least one course every semester.  Graduate students conducting research should enroll in a research course.  If the department doesn't offer a research course, students must enroll in one of the following:

• PhD - GRAD 9001 - Graduate Dissertation (PhD) Research - The class number is 13143 or 13141
• Master's - GRAD 9002 - Graduate Thesis (Master's) Research - The class number is 13142

Careers in Finance for STEM PhDs: A Versatile PhD Panel Discussion

February 10-14

Join us for VPhD's next free panel discussion: Careers in Finance for STEM PhDs, February 10-14. Panelists are all STEM PhDs currently working in industry sectors such as equity research, insurance, financial services, and risk management.

Panelists introduce themselves on Monday, February 10 and answer your questions for the rest of the week. It's OK to invite friends; anyone may register on VPhD for free and enjoy this great web-based discussion.  In this asynchronous panel discussion format, you can participate anytime during the week.

More information here: http://vphd.info/1k2JrfQ

Prepare for a Career Fair Visit

Tuesday, February 11

4:45 pm

233 Plant Science

Prepare for the Non-Profit and Government Career Fair on Thursday, February 27, by attending this workshop.

http://www.career.cornell.edu/career/events/calendar.cfm?event=447&view=future&y=2014&m=2&d=3 

PhD & Master's Virtual Career Fair

• Date: Wednesday, February 19
• Location: Online, various times

Register for this unique opportunity to meet recruiters from over 20 organizations who are interested in hiring graduate-degree holders.  During the virtual career fair, you can chat with employers online about internships, part-time, full-time and fellowship opportunities. View a list of participating employers and register at http://gradtalent.careereco.net/virtual-career-fair/chat-with-employers/.

Multiple Assistant Residence Hall Director (ARHD)  

Positions available for the 2014-2015 academic year 

ARHDs contribute to the creation of an exceptional on-campus living experience for residential students. The position is a 15-hour/week, live-in position in either a first-year or Program House community. In addition to housing, a stipend and partial tuition credit are provided. For more information, please refer to the attached job description and visit the ARHD position website: http://living.sas.cornell.edu/participate/employment/arhd.cfm.  All applications are due by Friday, March 28^th at 12:00 PM.

Interested in Personal Finance?  Consider CA$H COUR$E....

As part of a campus-wide effort, a new series about personal finance for graduate, professional and undergraduate students is available!  Ca$h Cour$e includes 5 sessions during the Spring semester.  Come to any one session or all!  RSVP soon, as space is limited.  More information is found:  http://gradschool.cornell.edu/life-cornell/cornell-resources/financial-management   Our very first session is next week, details below!

• SMART MONEY MOVES
  • Learn what to do with your money today and in the future.  This workshop offers 10 practical strategies to set yourself up for financial success.
  • Presenter:  Ken Walcyk, MetLife
  • Thursday, February 20^th from 12:30 - 1:30 PM; lunch available at 12:15
  • 226 Weill Hall

• How to Have an Easier Pregnancy: Complementary Care for Comfort - 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. February 21 in Day Hall's room 163 - details and registration
• Vegetarian Cooking For All - 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. 5 Fridays February 7 - March 7 in MVR Hall room 360 - details and registration
• Diabetes Nutrition: Tips And Tricks - 11:30 - 12:30 p.m. February 25 in Biotech room G01 - details and registration
• Walk to Run Class - 12:00-1:00 p.m. April 7 - June 11 in Kane Track - details and registration 

Preparing for Baby Workshop Series

As you prepare to welcome your baby, you may feel overwhelmed at times (even if it is your second or third child!). The new Preparing for Baby workshop series will help you sort through all of the information available for new parents and guide you in making the best decisions for your family.  All Cornell community members are invited and the workshops are offered free of charge.  Partner participation (spouse, Lamaze coach, friend, etc.) is welcome. The workshops, sponsored by the Career/Life Services in the Division of Human Resources and Safety Services, are designed to build upon themselves, however attendance at all workshops is not mandatory.   

More information:  Full program descriptions and presenter biographies 

Need Help? - Consider "Let's Talk"

Do you have a concern, problem, or issue that you would like some insight from a trained professional that is free,  confidential, and you do not need to make an appointment?  Consider the Let's Talk program as counselors can help provide insight, solutions, and information about other resources.  Counselors hold walk-in hours at sites around campus Monday through Friday; times and locations occasionally change throughout the semester.  Learn more...

Weekly Guided Mindfulness Meditations at our Big Red Barn

Now available to all members of the Cornell community: students, faculty, and staff.  Come as you are, as often as you like, to practice this relaxing and restorative technique. These FREE sessions are 30 minutes long and are available at several campus locations. The Graduate School and Big Red Barn are sponsoring the Monday sessions from 3:15 - 3:45 PM at the Big Red Barn.  The meditations are co-sponsored by a number of academic departments and campus support services.  

Learn more & review the schedule.

Learn more...

Identifying Your Mentoring Philosophy and Putting it Into Practice with Students

CU-CIRTL Workshop

• Tuesday, February 11, 2014 from 12:00-2:00 pm
• 225 ILR Conference Center (King-Shaw Hall)
• For more information or to RSVP, contact cu-cirtl@cornell.edu

Identify your mentoring style, how to communicate it in job applications, and the best ways to share it with your research students, through lunch discussion and case studies. Most applicable to graduate students and postdocs in natural and social sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. Sponsored by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CU-CIRTL) in the Graduate School.

Learn more...

CIRTL Webinars

Join in professional development training on teaching and the academic career from your own desk. Faculty presenters are drawn from the 22 institutions in the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) Network. Participate at: www.cirtl.net/events 

• Tuesday, February 18, 3:00-4:00 pm
• Group viewing in 341 Caldwell Hall (RSVP to cu-cirtl@cornell.edu)
• Panelist: Dr. Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

 CTE's GET SET Programs: 

Upcoming Opportunities for:

Graduate Students, Future Educators, and Teaching Assistants

GET SET Workshop: Effectively Using "Just-in-Time Teaching" (Certificate: Innovative Approaches to Pedagogy)

Thursday, February 13, 1:00-2:15 p.m. (103 Kennedy)

Register here 

Just-in-Time' Teaching (JiTT) is an 'active-learning' strategy, which encourages students to reflect on their learning and to prepare for each class by answering questions ahead of class. This workshop will explore the pedagogy of JiTT and its impact across disciplines to increase student engagement.

Spring 2014 GET SET University-wide Teaching Conference

Saturday, March 1, 2014(9:00 - 3:30 p.m. in Malott Hall)

Plenary Sessions:

"Teaching Online Classes Successfully" - Beth Livingston, Human Resource Studies

"Strategies for Teaching with Confidence" - Melanie Dreyer-Lude, Acting/Directing

This conference provides a unique opportunity to join renowned Cornell faculty and CTE Fellows to:

• Engage in an interdisciplinary discussion on teaching
• Interact with faculty during lunch-time discussions
• Connect with grads and postdocs
• Get practical tips on teaching
• Earn a certificate of participation

Download conference schedule and register online.

Bring a $5 refundable deposit by 12pm Friday, Feb 28 to 420 CCC to hold your spot.

Friday, February 21, 2014
12:30-1:30pm
525 E. 68^th Street, 2^nd floor, Payson Solarium (P-224)

"Prediction of acute hepatitis C treatment response

in patients with HIV"
CTSC Master's Degree Candidate - Leah Burke, MD

"The Retinoblastoma Survivor Study (RBSS): Chronic Medical Conditions and General Health Status of Adult Survivors of Retinoblastoma"
CTSC Master's Degree Candidate - Danielle Novetsky Friedman, MD

"Intestinal Microbiota and Acute Rejection of Renal Allografts"
CTSC KL2 Scholar - John Lee, MD

"Parathyroid Hormone Enhances Osseointegration of an Intra-articular Titanium Implant in a Novel Mouse Model"
CTSC Master's Degree Candidate - Xu Yang, MD

Please RSVP by February 19, 2014 to ctsc_k30@med.cornell.edu 

-Light refreshments will be served-

Spring 2014 Chats in the Stacks Book Talks

Book talk by Stephen Wicker
Cellular Convergence and the Death of Privacy 
Wednesday, February 12, 4:30 pm, 106G Olin Library

Book talk by Harry Greene

Tracks and Shadows: Field Biology as Art

Book talk by Sidney Tarrow, Jason Frank and Glenn Altschuler
The Language of Contention: Revolutions in Words, 1688-2012

Wednesday, March 26, 4:30 pm, Amit Bhatia '01 Libe Café, Olin Library

Book talk by Gavriel Shapiro
The Tender Friendship and the Charm of Perfect Accord: Nabokov and His Father
Thursday, April 10, 4:30 pm, 106G Olin Library

Book talk by Ravi Kanbur

International Development: Ideas, Experience, and Prospects
Wednesday, April 23, 4:00 pm, Stern Seminar Room, 160 Mann Library

Book talk by Sam Beck

Toward Engaged Anthropology

From 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 $5 (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 showtimes.

Weekly Schedule

Zumba

• Date and time: Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 p.m. from 1/29 through 3/26
• Location: 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!

Kundalini Yoga

• Date and times: Mondays and Thursdays, 5:00-6:15 p.m. from 2/3 - 4/28 (Mondays) and 1/30 - 5/1 (Thursdays)
• Location: 215 Willard Straight Hall (Garden Room)

No experience necessary. Come and try it - you'll be glad you did! Relax to increase your brain power!!!

Funding for 2014-2015 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowships

It is expected that the application for the Fulbright-Hays DDRA fellowships will be available on Friday, April 18.     

Applicants are strongly advised to contact the Einaudi Center  (fulbright@einaudi.cornell.edu; phone 607-255-8933) as soon as possible to indicate intention to apply and to  arrange individual counseling sessions with Cornell's Fulbright-Hays advisor, Gil Levine.  

Cornell deadline:   Wednesday, May 14th, 2014

Last year, seven  Cornell students received Fulbright-Hays DDRA awards, making the university third in the country in the dollar  value of the Fulbright-Hays Research awards.  For more information, see   http://einaudi.cornell.edu/node/14075

The awards provide generous support to individual doctoral students who conduct research in other countries, in modern foreign languages, and area studies for periods of six to 12 months.  Prospective candidates for the DDRA program should look carefully at both, the absolute priority listing and the competitive preference priorities. Among the latter is the regular 5 point addition to the score if the research utilizes one of the lesser-taught languages and a 5 point preference if the research is in a subject field that has relatively direct relevance to world (and United States) concerns. The subject fields of economics, engineering, international development, global education, mathematics, political science, public health, science, or technology have all been added in the last two years.   Since the awards often reflect the additional points accorded for the competitive priorities, this change now favors the new fields. Students in those fields who have not considered the Fulbright-Hays fellowship as a possibility are encouraged to look carefully at this opportunity.

Information Session on Fulbright Fellowships for 2015-2016

A presentation by Fulbright Advisor Gil Levine,  will be held on Tuesday, March 25 at 4:30pm in G08, Uris Hall to discuss Fulbright funding opportunities, including the new Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship

The Fulbright program at Cornell is administered by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, 158 Uris Hall and offers preparation, support and counseling on essays to applicants for all Fulbright awards. Email fulbright@einaudi.cornell.edu or visit the Einaudi Center website for details.

Heidelberg Exchange

Regeneron Prize ($50,000)

The Regeneron competition seeks to recognize research excellence by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the biomedical sciences. A $50,000 prize will be awarded in each category; additional prizes of $5,000 will be awarded to up to 10 graduate students and up to 10 postdoctoral fellows. 

Cornell's internal application deadline is Monday, February 17 for submission of a complete application. An email message indicting the intention to apply should be sent no later than Monday, February 10. Graduate students should send their intent-to-apply message as well as the complete application to Jan.Allen@cornell.edu. Postdoctoral fellows should send their intent-to-apply message and application to ch18@cornell.edu.

 Learn more about the Regeneron Prize...  

Faculty Women of Color in the Academy (FWCA) National Conference   

FWCA is a unique educational and professional opportunity for women of color scholars. With a theme of "Taking it to the Next Level," the goal of the conference is to connect, empower, and support women as they pursue the next level of their career in the Academy.

It will be at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at March 28-29, 2014.  Keynote speakers include Dr.  Nell Painter, Professor Kimberle Crenshaw, and President Waded Cruzado.

There is also a special graduate student track this year on Preparing for and Succeeding in the Academy.  In addition, Professor Carmen Gonzalez, co-editor of Presumed Incompetent will provide a special faculty workshop.   It should be wonderful conference.

Learn more and register at:http://www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu/WCA/index.html