Informational Webinar Series about Lilly Visiting Scientist Fellowship Program
Sep. 4, 2020—Lilly’s Visiting Scientist Fellowship program exposes Pharm.D., M.D. and relevant Ph.D. or master’s degree graduates to a myriad of pharmaceutical functions and experiences, providing hands-on involvement with the drug development process. The fellowship is a unique one-year, post-graduate program. Fellows are assigned to one department, yet work closely with other areas, enabling them to learn...
Virtual Professional Development Opportunities for Postdocs during National Postdoc Appreciation Week
Sep. 3, 2020—With challenges, comes innovation. Join the National Postdoctoral Association for the first virtual National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW) celebration, a multi-institutional collaboration, on September 21-25, 2020! NPAW is about celebrating YOU and the contributions you make to U.S. research and discovery. In light of COVID-19, organizations across the country are opening up events to allow for more virtual...
Graduate Leadership Institute Fall 2020 Workshops
Sep. 2, 2020—The Russell G. Hamilton Graduate Leadership Institute has announced their Fall 2020 Workshops. All programming will be via Zoom. Check out the website for more information and registration: https://gradschool.vanderbilt.edu/gli/
Postdoc Academy: Fall Workshop Series
Sep. 2, 2020—Welcome to the Postdoc Academy The Postdoc Academy is a comprehensive digital and in-person professional development program from Boston University, Northwestern University, Michigan State University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This newsletter will keep you up-to-date on the program and share opportunities to be join our community. Join us for monthly workshops to build your...
Postdoc Academy: Succeeding as a Postdoc -Starts Oct 19, 2020- Registration open
Sep. 2, 2020—Welcome to the Postdoc Academy The Postdoc Academy is a comprehensive digital and in-person professional development program from Boston University, Northwestern University, Michigan State University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This newsletter will keep you up-to-date on the program and share opportunities to be join our community. Register on edX Succeeding as a...
Work-Life Workshop: Reducing Zoom Fatigue in COVID-19, Sept 22
Sep. 2, 2020—Tuesday, September 22 2020 at 12:00 PM Sponsored by Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center Elizabeth Meadows, Associate Director, Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSdjsNQof-DHTmb_vS9I6ATzQE9qezwE7K5E793M8TKkAbLg/viewform
Women in the Academy: Trust and Boundaries in the Classroom, Sept 29
Sep. 2, 2020—Trust and Boundaries in the Classroom Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center Tuesday, September 29 12pm Description This program offers Ph.D. students and postdocs a chance to reflect on the ways that gender affects their experience as they begin their professional journey in the academy. Audrey Bowden, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Brenda McKenzie, Associate Professor of...
Time well spent: tending to your career and professional development
Sep. 1, 2020—“I’m a postdoc being paid by an NIH training grant. Can I take time out of the lab to participate in this ASPIRE module?” “I’m paid by my PI’s research grant. I’ve heard people say that means I have to spend 100% of my time doing research and I can’t go to the Career Symposium....
Writing Studio: Fall 2020 Opportunities and Programming for Graduate Students
Aug. 31, 2020—Writing Studio: Fall 2020 Opportunities and Programming for Graduate Students Welcome to the 2020-2021 academic year! In addition to individual writing consultations, the Writing Studio has several opportunities and programs for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty available this fall. Come write with us! Graduate Writing Groups This fall, the Writing Studio will offer weekly...
VU Advanced Degree Consulting Club sponsor Case Interview webinars
Aug. 31, 2020—The Vanderbilt University Advanced Degree Consulting Club (VUADCC) has organized two upcoming webinars with Peter K., a professional case interview coach, to help prepare graduate students with interviews for management consulting firms. The first webinar will cover “Intro to Consulting Case Interview” and will be held on Tuesday, September 15 at 10-11:30 am CT. The second...
September 22 webinar about global health fellowship opportunities
Aug. 29, 2020—The Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health is hosting a webinar on September 22, 2020, at 8:00am about the Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke Fogarty Global Health Fellowship and the Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship Program. Register for the webinar at https://redcap.vanderbilt.edu/surveys/?s=HPNN4K7JT8.
Fall 2020 digital literacy workshop series from the Vanderbilt library
Aug. 28, 2020—Digital Literacies Series Both media and scholarly outputs are shared in increasingly open, diverse ways. The increasing production and consumption of digital media, necessitates an understanding of the cultural logics of information sharing ecologies, of the processes and rationales for digital output creation, and of our own ethical responsibilities in sharing those outputs. These types of digital literacies...
Non-ASPIRE Programs to Enhance Your Career and Professional Development
Aug. 28, 2020—The ASPIRE program provides many opportunities for career and professional development, but there are numerous other terrific opportunities at Vanderbilt and in Nashville to test your interests and build your skills and network. This list of potential activities to enhance your career and professional development was originally compiled by VU alumnus Teddy van Opstal, PhD...
Call for Submissions: 8th Annual Black Doctoral Network Virtual Conference
Aug. 27, 2020—The Black Doctoral Network welcomes current undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students, and post-doctoral scholars of all racial backgrounds to participate in our online poster session at the 8th Annual Black Doctoral Network Virtual Conference, to be held on October 29-31, 2020. If you have a research project, thesis, or dissertation you would like to present...
How to Use the New ASPIRE Stamp Icons
Aug. 25, 2020—In order to better assist biomedical graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in making decisions about which of the ASPIRE programs and offerings are most beneficial to them at their current stage of training, we are now “stamping” session titles by training stage: early, mid-late, or all. These stamps apply to both grad students and postdocs....
Vanderbilt Libraries DiSC Education and Training-Research Productivity Workshop Series
Aug. 24, 2020—The Research Productivity workshop series will introduce students to major principles of digital information literacy and to practical strategies for conducting digital research. Through this series of hour-long workshops, students will learn how to search for and identify relevant research and how to organize and present that research clearly. The workshop sessions will run the disciplinary gamut, and students in the humanities, social sciences, and hard sciences alike will benefit from the digital research skills reviewed. See...
Digital Scholarship and Communications (DiSC) Office Fall Offerings and Newsletter
Aug. 24, 2020—The libraries’ Digital Scholarship and Communications (DiSC) Office is offering a variety of learning opportunities this fall. They include both remote synchronous workshops and lessons, and self-paced learning. The offerings include beginner- and intermediate-level programming on GitHub, GIS, Python, R, Research Productivity, and Digital Literacies. For more information, schedules, and registration details, visit https://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/disc/workshops ....
Fall workshops in programming from VU libraries’ Digital Scholarship and Communications (DiSC) Office
Aug. 24, 2020—The libraries’ Digital Scholarship and Communications (DiSC) Office is offering a variety of learning opportunities this fall. They include both remote synchronous workshops and lessons, and self-paced learning. The offerings include beginner- and intermediate-level programming on GitHub, GIS, Python, R, Research Productivity, and Digital Literacies. For more information, schedules, and registration details, visit https://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/disc/workshops ....
Job Opportunity: Lab Operations Support Manager, The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, Cape Cod, MA
Aug. 21, 2020—LAB OPERATIONS SUPPORT MANAGER The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is dedicated to scientific discovery and improving the human condition through research and education in biology, biomedicine, and environmental science. Founded in Woods Hole, Massachusetts in 1888, the MBL is a private, nonprofit institution and an affiliate of the University of Chicago. Located in the picturesque...
Code for Nashville virtual monthly meet-ups
Aug. 20, 2020—If you are interested in technology, data science, non-profits, or policy, check out Code for Nashville. Code for Nashville is a local group of the national Code for America organization. The purpose of Code for America is to leverage technology in order to make government more transparent and accessible for the people, by the people,...