New! Action Required! Student Cost of Living Survey for OFA/ISSS

All LGS students are asked to complete a brief survey about their cost of living. All responses are anonymous and participation is voluntary. Only aggregated results will be used to estimate the Cost of Attendance for financial aid purposes. The survey should take less than five minutes and will close on February 22.

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New! Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Webinar

Join a Zoom webinar conversation with past recipients of the Fulbright-Hays DDRA to discuss suggestions for applications as well as address questions that prospective applicants may have for the FY21 cycle.

Date: February 17
Time: 3-3:45 PM

New! Faculty Showcase: Featuring Jericho Brown and Emory University's new faculty

Join the Office of the Provost in celebrating Black History Month through the extraordinary research, creativity, and diversity of Emory’s faculty. Sponsored by the Office of Faculty Affairs, the event features the poetry of Professor Jericho Brown and offers interactive engagement with new faculty from across the campus and disciplines, ranging from the humanities to the social and natural sciences.

Date: February 22
Time: 4-4:30 PM
Register here

New! EGHI Decolonizing Global Health | Session 3: "Decolonizing Global Health Research Partnerships"

Decolonizing Global Health is a five-part series focusing on global health, colonialism, and how to foster change in global health research, education, and practice. You may register for the panel discussion and/or the breakout sessions. Separate registration is required for each.

Date: February 23
Time: 12-1:15 PM
View flyer here
Registration and details here

New! Publishing, Postdocs, and VAPS Oh My!: Thriving in Academia as an Early Career POC

The Office for Racial and Cultural Engagement is hosting a speaker series that highlights the experiences of early-career scholars of color in academia. The first session will feature Dr. Justin Hosbey, Emory Assistant Professor of Anthropology and co-editor of the #BlackEcologies series on the award-winning blog Black Perspectives.

Date: February 23
Time: 12 PM
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New! Pathways Beyond the Professoriate: Entrepreneurship

Pathways Beyond the Professoriate connects students with distinguished alumni who have chosen career paths outside of the academy. This edition is about careers for PhDs in Entrepreneurship, featuring Dr. Chris Hermann (Clean Hands – Safe Hands) and Dr. Chris Lee (nUvasive via Vertera Spine Acquisition; Woodbridge Foundation).

Date: February 23
Time: 12 PM – 2 PM
Register here
Details here

New! Four Things to Consider if you want to Start a Business or be a Freelancer

Join Beyond the Professoriate Founder L. Maren Wood, PhD, for this webinar on what every PhD should know about starting their own business or launching a career as a freelancer.

Date: February 26
Time: 12 PM
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New! Bain & Company “Meet the Office” webinar series for Advanced Degrees

interested in learning more about a specific Bain office? Join a virtual event that will dive deeper into the company's Atlanta and Texas offices. You can expect some information on the types of casework common in these offices, the office culture, and more.

Date: February 26
Time: 3 - 4 PM
Register here

Upcoming Events:

Giving Presentations in an Online Environment Workshop

LGS invites all students to attend the second of a four-part series covering how to present work in a virtual environment. Participants are encouraged, but not required, to attend all four parts of the series.

Date: February 16
Time: 5 PM – 7 PM
Register here

Emory's Black and Pandemic Poetry Initiatives

Emory's English department invites students to share poems by their favorite writers on the subjects of diasporic Blackness or the pandemic. Submit poems and a brief blurb for publication in a twice-weekly newsletter. Submissions will be curated under the guidance of Professors Jericho Brown and Geraldine Higgins.

Submit work here
For more information, contact Kate Appel or Ra'Niqua Lee

Emory Center for Civic and Community Engagement Graduate Assistant Position

The Center for Civic and Community Engagement seeks two Graduate Assistants.

Details here
Application Deadline: February 21
Contact: Johannes Kleiner, jkleine@emory.edu

Grant Writing Coaching

LGS is offering grant writing coaching to students in the humanities and social sciences who are preparing grant and fellowship applications.

Application Deadline: February 22
Details here

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Fellowships

LGS connects students to funding and fellowship opportunities to help further their research and gain professional experience. See below for upcoming fellowship deadlines.

Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program
- Deadline: February 26
Nat C. Robertson Graduate Fellowship in Science and Society
- Deadline: March 12
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Program
- Deadline: March 22

View more at our Fellowships and Grants website.

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Ongoing Events

Emory CAPS (Counseling and Psychological Services)

Emory CAPS has a variety of resources to help graduate students manage and take control of their mental wellness. For more details, click the links below to view flyers.

Writing Support for Laney Graduate Students

The Emory Writing Center is here to support LGS Students. Make an appointment at writingcenter.emory.edu.

For further support, join the weekly graduate student writing group co-hosted by the writing center and ELSP. For more details, visit the LGS Writing Group Facebook page.

LGS Virtual Office Hours:

The LGS staff will host virtual office hours for graduate students. Contact an LGS team member to confirm an appointment and receive a Zoom link.

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Remote Teaching Resources