Thanks to the generosity of graduate alumni, the Graduate School has gift income available to assist graduate students with the costs of intensive summer language instruction in a language other than English for Summer 2014.

The Graduate School anticipates making 8 to 10 awards of $500 to $2,000 each to supplement department awards. 

Learn more...

Spring Break Writers Retreat
(March 31 - April 4, 2014)  

Do you need to begin or complete a writing project such as a paper, article, proposal, thesis, or dissertation?  Do you need help with structuring and managing your time and work so that you are able to meet your goals and keep yourself motivated through writing completion?  Have you wondered about the benefits of a writing community and how to engage others into your support networks? 

Consider applying for the Spring Break Writers Retreat.  Our Retreat is for students who would like to increase their productivity, motivation, and confidence as a writer.  The Spring Break Writers Retreat is open to all graduate and professional students who have a writing project.  Be prepared to learn about yourself and what methods work best for you; be willing to support other students who have the same goal as you do - completion of a writing project.  

To apply, the applications are due Tuesday, March 18^th.  Application and more information about the program can be found:  http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/thesis-and-dissertation/spring-writers-retreat

GPSA Faculty Awards - 2014

Do you know a Cornell faculty member who displays an extraordinary commitment to graduate and/or professional students?  

The GPSA is currently seeking nominations for the 2014 Annual Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Advising, and Mentoring of Graduate and Professional Students. Please visit Award.cornellgpsa.com for complete details about how to submit the nominations and selection criteria.

The deadline for submission of nomination letters is Friday, April 4th, 2014. Award recipients will be recognized at a reception in early May. If you have further inquiries regarding the awards, please send them to the gpsa-faculty-awards-chair@assembly.cornell.edu   

Commencement Packet Information (with severe weather tickets)    

PhD, MA, or MS students hoping to participate in the May 2014 Commencement Ceremony can pick up commencement packets in 143 Caldwell Hall starting Feb. 20^th.  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 at http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/commencement.

Registration Open for the Expanding Your Job Search Skills Workshop

• Workshop Date: Tuesday, April 1 (during Spring Break)
• Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

If you are a doctoral student interested in a career outside of academia, attend this intensive workshop to learn about interviewing skills, the art of career networking, resources for your job search, how to develop a resume from your CV, and more. Pre-registration is required and is limited to doctoral students at any stage of their studies that are considering a job search outside the academy.  

To sign up for the program, go into your CCNet account (http://cornell-students.experience.com/experience/login) and click on "Career Center Calendar" at the Calendar tab. Click on 04/01/2014, and look for the Employer Workshop/Special Event called "Expanding Your Job Search Skills Workshop." Click on the event name, and at the next screen simply click on "Sign up."

If you have difficulty with this process, send an e-mail message to Anne Poduska (ap284@cornell.edu) to inform her of your interest.

• March 18
• 8 am - 1 pm
• G10 Biotech

Come March 18 to the BEST Program kickoff event in G10 Biotech 8am-lunch to:

• learn how to broaden your experiences in scientific training through BEST to make you more directly employable and have an immediate impact in your career of choice
• hear directly from practitioners what they wished they had known when they were a grad student or postdoc, and what advice helped the most
• interact directly with speakers from the National Academy of Sciences, US Senate, an intellectual property firm, a biotech startup, radio production company, Centers for Disease Control, US Patent and Trademark Office, science museum and more
• ...speakers have PhDs in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Physics, Virology, Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, History of Science, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Education, and Biophysical Inorganic Chemistry

RSVP to Laura Matthews (lam78@cornell.edu ) with your name, field and email, indicating whether we should order a lunch.

Envisioning Yourself Outside of Academia: The First Steps for Humanities and Social Science Graduate Students

• Wednesday, March 19
• 12 - 1 pm
• 106 Olin Library

Are you a humanities or social science graduate student?  Are you contemplating a career outside of academia and are unsure about what transferable skills you have or what careers are available to you?  If so, you are invited to attend this free workshop to learn what strategies you can take in exploring a career outside of academia.

http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/professional-development-events/envisioning-yourself-outside-academia-first-steps-humanities-and-soc  

Non-Academic Career Advising Hours

• Wednesday, March 12
• Noon-2 pm in the Big Red Barn

Are you a graduate student considering a career outside of academia?

Would you like to speak with a career advisor about your job-search questions or get feedback on your resume or cover letter?

If so, stop by the Big Red Barn and speak with Anne Poduska, the Graduate & International Student Career Advisor, whose table will be located next to the piano.

If you are unable to attend these walk-in hours, please call the career office most closely aligned with your graduate field to schedule an appointment: http://www.career.cornell.edu/students/grad/help.cfm.

Johnson Women In Technology (JWiT) Conference

• March 21
• New York City

JWiT is a student-led collaboration between the Johnson School of Management's High Tech Club and Women's Management Council. Designed to attract students and professionals alike, the event will feature engrossing panel discussions, valuable networking events and more.

Registration closes on March 15th.  

To learn more and register, visit http://www.johnsonwomenintech.com/.

• Tuesday, March 25
• 12 - 1:30 pm
• 701 Clark Hall

Are you a scientist wondering what careers exist outside of academia?  Are you interested in learning more about employers in your field, but don't know where to start?  If so, you will want to join us for this presentation!
 
Tom Ottaviano, Business and Economics Librarian, along with Anne Poduska, Graduate and International Student Career Advisor, and Christine Holmes, Director of Postdoctoral Studies will present on:

• What does the term "industry" mean?
• What resources can you use to learn about industries and employers?
• How can you relate your graduate field, discipline and skills to actual jobs?

Sponsored by Engineering, Math and Physical Sciences Libraries, the Graduate School's Office of Inclusion and Professional Development, and Cornell Career Services

Simple Techniques for Stress Management - End the Semester with Ease!

• Friday March 21, 12:20-1:10PM;
• International Lounge, Willard Straight Hall
• Stress Management with Gannett Public Health Fellow, Stephanie Ellman

Enjoy a free lunch and interactive discussion to help you manage stress and replenish your resilience.  This Feel Good Friday event is brought to you by Cornell Minds Matter!  Graduate students are welcome to attend.

Perspectives Series:  

 What steps can you actively take part in to ensure your personal safety wherever you are?  During this interactive session, you will be challenged to think about methods and skills that you would need to ensure your safety.  In addition, find out about the many resources and services available to help ensure that you are part of a safe and caring community.  Presenter:  Cornell University Police Department (CUPD), Crime Prevention Officer Beverly Jean Van Cleef

• Tuesday, March 25th - 12:30 - 1:30 PM (lunch available at 12:15)

• 102 Mann Library
•  Please RSVP today  
• Series information   

Coffee Talks 

Mondays 2:00 - 3:00 PM at the Big Red Barn 

Come join us at the Big Red Barn for free coffee (or tea) for the GPSA (Graduate and Professional Student Assembly) Coffee Talks.  Stay and chat with some of our special guests, or just talk amongst yourselves.   

Monday, March 24^th, special guest is the Graduate School Office of Diversity and Inclusion  

More information:  cornellgpsa.com or FB:  facebook.com/cornellgpsa   Sponsored by GPSA

SALT is Available Free of Charge to Graduate and Professional Students

Cornell University has teamed up with SALT, a new financial literacy program, to help our students manage their money and loans.  SALT was created by American Student Assistance, a nonprofit organization, to help Cornell students become more financially savvy. SALT is designed to teach you how to borrow more wisely, how to repay student loans successfully, and how to build better overall financial skills.  Activating your SALT membership allows you take advantage of features such as:

• Interactive money management tools that show you how to take control of your finances.
• Loan advice from SALT's expert counselors.
• My Money 101-a self-paced, online resource that teaches you practical money management strategies for budgeting, credit cards, banking and more.
• Access to a job and internship database to jump start your career.

You can sign up now at www.saltmoney.org and indicate that you are a member of the Cornell University community.   

CA$H COUR$E SERIES

Designing Your Financial Roadmap  

With a solid financial plan in place, you can make your dreams a reality! In this session, you will learn ways to help boost your savings, and steps you can make today as you begin to address multiple savings goals. 

• Wednesday, March 19th from 12:30 - 1:30 PM; lunch available at 12:15  
• 700 Clark Hall  
• Presenter:  Robert Carville, Fidelity
• More information and to RSVP  

CA$H COUR$E is a new series about personal finance for graduate, professional and undergraduate students!

CU-CIRTL Events

The Twitter Revolution: Engagement in Classes of 100+ Students (Group Webinar Viewing)

• Wednesday, March 26 from 2:00-3:15 pm (Refreshments available at 1:45 pm)
• 341 Caldwell Hall

How can Twitter be usful as a learning tool, and not just a distraction in the classroom? Learn about ways to use this form of social media to engage students, promote and assess learning, and build community. After the presentation, we will have the opportunity to ask the presenter questions via live chat or microphone, and to discuss the implications of these ideas for teaching science, technology, engineering, and math courses at Cornell. Presenter: Dr. Chase Hagood, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Georgia.

• Thursday, April 3, 2:00-3:15 pm (Refreshments available at 1:45 pm)
• 341 Caldwell Hall

Instructors at the University of Georgia transformed their 350-student sections of introductory biology to include a projects-based applied learning approach. Students now investigate controversial problems such as whether or not to be vaccinated, or how to know if fish have been harvested sustainably. Learn about a Test of Scientific Literacy Skills to measure the impact of course reforms on student learning. Presenter: Dr. Peggy Brickman, Associate Professor of Plant Biology, University of Georgia.

Sponsored by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CU-CIRTL) in the Graduate School. RSVPs appreciated to cu-cirtl@cornell.edu. 

Learn more 

CIRTL Network Webinars

Participate in these one-hour online professional development presentations for graduate students and postdocs at: www.cirtl.net/events 

Friday, March 21 from 2:00-3:00 pm (+ associated video podcast posted on March 18)

An Introduction to Inclusive Design for Learning 

Gina Ceylan, Dr. Angela Speck, and Dr. Alan Whittington, University of Missouri-Columbia

Monday, March 24 from 1:00-2:00 pm (+ chance to win a $20 Amazon gift card)

Work-Life Balance: The CIRTL Wellness Challenge 

Dr. Matt Helm and Dr. Rique Campa, Michigan State University

Wednesday, March 26 from 1:00-2:00 pm

Utilizing Your International Background in the Classroom 

Panelists from the University of Maryland, College Park

Thursday, March 27 from 1:00-2:00 pm

Capitalizing on First-Generation College Students' Experiences: Recommendations for Teaching 

Dr. Carla Amaro-Jim�nez, University of Texas at Arlington, Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction

CTE's GET SET Programs: 

Upcoming Opportunities for:

Graduate Students, Future Educators, and Teaching Assistants

GET SET Discussion: Strategies to Support Your Struggling Students

Monday, March 24, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (421 CCC)

How can you help all your students succeed? When you notice a student struggling, what can you do? What teaching approaches can help, and what resources are available to turn to?

Pizza provided, limited to 20 grads/postdocs.

Please register by Wednesday morning at: cornellcte@cornell.edu.

GET SET Workshop: Effective Use of Technology in Teaching (Certificate: Enhancing Teaching with Technology)

Thursday, March 20, 4:45-6:00 p.m. (143 Plant Science)

Register here 

Want to make the most of available technology? This workshop explores a variety of tools to enhance your teaching, including Google Docs, Blogger, Picasa, Piazza, etc.

Need a Laugh?

Consider attending, HILBY, Skinny German Juggling Boy on Sunday, March 23rd at 3:00 PM in the Becker House Dining Room.  This is a fundraiser to help raise travel funds for the Cornell University Becker in Service (CUBS) service learning trip to Jamaica.  Suggested donations:  general public $10, students $5 (children under 12 are free).  More information on HILBY is available. 

Housing Option

Von Cramm Cooperative House is looking for ONE more graduate student to join a stimulating and caring environment.  Von Cramm offers low housing rates, a large diverse meal plan, and most importantly, an amazing community that is made up of undergraduates from Cornell, international students from around the world, and graduate students.

We truly appreciate having graduate students in our home and we have therefore reserved spaces to ensure graduate presence at Von Cramm.  At this point we do have only ONE space left so please contact the current President, Rebecca Gendelman (rbg84@cornell.edu), for more information as soon as possible!

Weekly Guided Mindfulness Meditations (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.  

Spring 2014 Chats in the Stacks Book Talks

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 Caf�, 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

Library Events

Saving Sex, A panel with Urvashi Vaid, Susie Bright, and David France, in conversation with Dagmawi Woubshet
Tuesday, March 18, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Goldwin Smith Hall, Lewis Auditorium

Join us for opening events celebrating the Human Sexuality Collection exhibition Speaking of Sex: a conversation with guest speakers Urvashi Vaid, activist, author of Irresistible Revolution: Confronting Race, Class and the Assumptions of LGBT Politics, and former director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Susie Bright, the pioneering feminist sex writer and founding editor of lesbian sex magazine On Our Backs; David France, journalist, author, and producer of the Academy Award nominated documentary How to Survive a Plague (2012); and moderator Dagmawi Woubshet, associate professor of English at Cornell.  The Library's exhibition in Kroch Library features rare books, photographs, original artwork, erotica, and all sorts of ephemera related to sexuality.

Reception following:
6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, level 2B, Carl A. Kroch Library

Presentation by Susie Bright: "How to Read a Dirty Movie"
Wednesday, March 19, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Uris Hall Auditorium

Join Susie Bright for the presentation, How to Read a Dirty Movie, a video clips history and analysis of independent erotic filmmaking.

Opening presentations co-sponsored by the Cornell LGBT Resource Center, LGBT Studies,

the Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program and University Lectures.

For more information: rmc.library.cornell.edu/speakingofsex 

To Encircle the World: Flemmie Kittrell and the International Politics of Home Economics
with Allison Horrocks, 2013 Dean's Fellowship recipient
Thursday, March 20, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Mann Library, room 160

For her distinction of being the first woman of color to earn a Ph.D. in Home Economics, Cornell University alumna Flemmie Kittrell is often regarded as an exceptional figure in histories of the discipline and in higher education for minorities. Allison Horrocks provides a context for her story, connecting her to a diverse range of activists and academics working within the field. This event is hosted by the College of Human Ecology and Mann Library. Light refreshments will be available. For more information visit mannlib.cornell.edu/events-exhibits  or call 255-5406.

RIT Graduate Research and Creativity Symposium   

As part of its Graduate Education Week, the Office of Graduate Studies at the Rochester Institute of Technology will be presenting the 6th annual RIT Graduate Research and Creativity Symposium on Friday, April 18, 2014.

Graduate students from Cornell are invited to present! Please go to the website to submit your abstract if you are interested in presenting either an oral or poster presentation. 

http://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/gradstudies/symposium/about 

Goethe Essay Contest 

Graduate Students!  Win up to $500 with an essay on any topic connected with German literature or culture (10-20 pages in German or English). Essays should be submitted under an assumed name, but the author must indicate class (graduate student) on the essay and submit a sealed envelope containing his/her identity, student ID number, and local address and telephone.  Each student may enter only one essay; former prize winners are not eligible, except that winners in the freshman/sophomore and junior/senior competition may enter the graduate competition when they have advanced to that status.

• Deadline:  Noon, April 15
• Submit to:  College of Arts & Sciences Dean's Office
• 147 Goldwin Smith Hall

For further information, contact:

National Research Council Awards

The National Research Council of the National Academies sponsors a number of awards for graduate, postdoctoral and senior researchers at participating federal laboratories and affiliated institutions. These awards include generous stipends ranging from $45,000 - $80,000 per year for recent Ph.D. recipients, and higher for additional experience.  Graduate entry level stipends begin at $30,000.  These awards provide the opportunity for recipients to do independent research in some of the best-equipped and staffed laboratories in the U.S.  Research opportunities are open to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and for some of the laboratories, foreign nationals.

Detailed program information, including online applications, instructions on how to apply, and a list of participating laboratories, are available on the NRC Research Associateship Programs Web site (see link above).

Questions should be directed to the NRC at 202-334-2760 (phone) or rap@nas.edu.

There are four annual review cycles.

Review Cycle:  May; Opens March 1; Closes May 1

Review Cycle:  August; Opens June 1; Closes August 1

Review Cycle:  November; Opens September 1; Closes November 1

Review Cycle:  February; Opens December 1; Closes February 1

Applicants should contact prospective Adviser(s) at the lab(s) prior to the application deadline to discuss their research interests and funding opportunities.More detailed information and an online application can be found at www.nationalacademies.org/rap.

Gabr Fellowship

The Gabr Fellowship, co-sponsored by the Arab American Institute and the Shafik Gabr Foundation, brings together twenty young professionals from Egypt and the United States to travel to each country and meet with world-renowned public figures to explore transnational challenges faced by their societies. The Fellows will travel to Egypt for two weeks in mid-May and in the US in early June. Candidates age 24-35 in with interests in the areas of art, science, media, business, and law, are encouraged to apply at http://www.aaiusa.org/pages/gabr-fellowship.

Hsien and Daisy Yen Wu Scholarship

The Graduate School is pleased to announce the Hsien and Daisy Yen Wu Scholarship.  The Hsien Wu and Daisy Yen Wu Scholarship was established by Daisy Yen Wu in memory of  Hsien Wu.  A total of 2-3 awards of $500 to $2,000 will be made from the fund this May.  The amount of each award will be determined by the selection committee.

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.