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Category Archives: Professional Training
CIDD Graduate Students: What do we do?
Many of us including graduate students, post docs, and faculty, gathered together on Monday to discuss who we are as CIDD, what we expect of ourselves, and what the faculty expect of us. Additionally, we discussed and proposed multiple venues … Continue reading
Embracing the blogosphere
Grad school has very few rules and very little structure –two of the reasons I welcomed the decision to become a Ph.D. candidate. In a program without course requirements and very flexible assistant teaching stipulations, the one hard rule I … Continue reading
Why do academics blog? What about? and who listens…
I’ve mentioned The Thesis Whisperer as a goldmine of resources for academics on a few occasions. A recent post sent me spiraling down an academic blogging rabbit hole. Of particular note was a peer-reviewed study about who blogs, what about, and who is … Continue reading
One research project, or twelve?
There have been a few occasions where I have made the mistake adopting more than one research project – that are in the same phase of production – simultaneously. Each time, I try a new approach to divide my attention…and … Continue reading
Publicizing your blog articles
Many of you are interested in writing for a larger audience than the CGSA. A few of my posts [1, 2] have generated a few hundred visits from across the globe, so I’ve drawn up a summary of the strategies … Continue reading
Working outside academia panel discussion
This Saturday, Biology is hosting a panel discussion on non-academic careers tailored to grad students and postdocs. Panelists will include a USDA scientist, a biophysicist working in an intellectual property business group, a BMB grad working in industrial biotech and … Continue reading
Statistics in R
This Friday, Kezia Manlove, stats guru and sheep-stalker extraordinaire, will be leading a new workshop on how to do statistics in R. Details: Statistics in R Friday, December 6, 2:30-4:30pm MSC W203 RSVP here to receive course materials; class size … Continue reading
Career advice seminar with Becky Timms
We are looking to host a “Careers outside Academia” advice talk with Becky Timms, a former PhD student in the Read Lab who has made a successful transition to the world of banking. Please indicate day/time preference for her talk … Continue reading
Career Planning WebApp
During a journal club in the not-so-distant past, Nina Wale introduced CIDD’ers to myIDP, an individual development planning tool for early-career scientists. It’s effectively an “academic personality” survey and long-term goal tracker. Worth a look, especially for those just starting out.
Potential goldmine of resources for grad students
I’ll be digging through these resources in the future. There’s substantial repetition but plenty of valuable information and advice. A few teasers after the jump…
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