Halal meat is now available at South Dining Hall for lunch and dinner. Just go to the stir fry station there, and ask for Halal meat to be prepared. Staff have been trained to use a  special pan and utensil to prepare your food.

For more information about faculty & staff meal plans, click here.

• A secure, easily accessible, online repository for your academic and professional information
• An index of your publications, presentations, grants, work history, and other academic achievements
• A resource for identifying scholars eligible for specific grant and fellowship opportunities
• A tool to quickly create personalized CVs, resume, lists of publication or presentations, and more

For more information about Academic iNDex and how to use it, click here.

  

The Lawrence Fellowship is a highly-competitive postdoctoral position at LLNL that is open to all technical disciplines. The fellowship was established to provide outstanding postdocs an opportunity to pursue world-class research with ample resources to support their efforts.  The fellowships are awarded to candidates with exceptional talent, scientific track records, and potential for significant achievements, who propose independent research in one or more aspects of science relevant to the competencies at LLNL.  Research areas may include: 

 

Atmospheric Science	Computer Science	Geoscience
Biology	Energy	Lasers
Chemistry	Engineering	Materials Science
Applied Mathematics	Environmental Science	Physics

 Lawrence Fellowship highlights:

• Fellowships of 3-month duration.
• Fellows are free to pursue their own research agenda under the guidance of a senior staff scientist who serves as a mentor.
• At the conclusion of the fellowship, approximately 60% of the fellows secure a staff position at LLNL. The majority of those who leave obtain tenure-track positions at top-tier universities.

The National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) repay the student loans of doctoral level, biomedical or behavioral scientists conducting research funded by nonprofit institutions. The application cycle opens on September 1, 2014 and closes on November 17, 2014. You may be eligible to receive up to $70,000 of qualified educational debt repayment with a 2 year contract.

 

For more information on the LRP and how to apply, click here. 

 

 

TEDxUND2015 organizers at the University of Notre Dame announced Monday (Sept. 22) that they are accepting speaker applications now through Oct. 12 (Sunday) for the 2015 event. TEDxUND will take place on Feb. 27 (Friday) at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.

With a theme of "What if...," TEDxUND 2015 is designed to showcase the ideas and talents of the Notre Dame community in engaging 12-minute presentations. This year's speaker application process is open to students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members, and is available attedx2015.nd.edu.

 

For more information on TEDxUND, click here.
  

All postdocs may take professional development programs from the Graduate School.  Here are the upcoming programs:

 

Wednesday, October 8th

• ePortfolio Open House
• 1pm - 2:30pm
• 116 LaFortune 

 

  

Are you interested in learning more about discipline-specific teaching and learning in the university setting? The university offers short credit-bearing summer graduate courses on university teaching and learning in various fields!  Consider enrolling in one of the fall workshops..  

 

For workshop descriptions, click here.

 

The following workshops are offered to all ND Postdocs.

 

Tuesday, October 14th

• RefWorks: Spend Less Time Organizing and More Time Researching
• 5pm - 6pm
• 129 Hesburgh Library

Wednesday, October 15th

• Introduction to GIS (Geographic Information Systems) 
• 4pm - 5pm
• 129 Hesburgh Library 

Thursday, October 16th

  

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