Deadline Extended! LGS Three-Minute Thesis Competition

The Laney Graduate School is hosting our annual Three-Minute Thesis Competition. This competition is an opportunity for PhD Candidates to tell the story of their research to a diverse audience in under three minutes. Cash prizes are available to the winners.

Application Deadline: March 3
Time: 12 PM
Details here
Apply here

New! Learning Design & Technology Spring Programming

The Center for Faculty Development & Excellence offers several Learning Design & Technology workshops during the spring semester. Click the links below to view details, dates, and times.

Trivia Games in Zoom (3/5)
Discussion Boards Can and Should Be More Than Busy Work (3/9)
Drop-in Working Hours (3/10)
It’s About Flipping Time! (3/12)

New! Challenging Negative Career Thoughts Workshop

The Career Thoughts Inventory can help you get "unstuck" in the career planning process by identifying assumptions and beliefs that might be blocking progress.

Date: March 8
Time: 2 PM - 4 PM
Register here

New! Debt Management Workshop for Master's Students

Ensuring that students know their rights and responsibilities and repayment options associated with their student loans is vital to their post-graduation success. This seminar will also address questions regarding student loan types and managing debt while enrolled in school.

Date: March 9
Time: 12 PM - 1:30 PM
Register here

New! Historical Criticism and Modern Questions: Writing about the Binding of Isaac

The first meeting of the Spring 2021 Jewish Studies Seminar Series on the Research-Teaching Nexus will discuss the new book Unbinding Isaac: The Significance of the Akedah for Modern Jewish Thought (2020) by Professor Aaron Koller of Yeshiva University. This seminar will discuss why biblicists should be willing to dive deep into a text’s interpretive history, and how philology can be helpful for ethics.

Date: March 9
Time: 4 PM
View flyer here

New! 2021 Dan David Prize Scholarships

The Dan David Prize awards scholarships to doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, carrying out research in one of the selected fields for the coming academic year, beginning in Fall 2021. Registered doctoral and post-doctoral researchers who study at recognized universities throughout the world and whose research has been approved, are eligible to apply.

Date: March 10
Details here

New! The Hatchery: Inspiration Micro-Grant Program

The Hatchery has just launched the application for their Inspiration Micro-Grant Program. This program offers $400 and multiple coaching sessions from The Hatchery’s staff to students who are working on innovative projects.

Deadline: March 12
Details here
Contact Ben Garret at ben.garrett@emory.edu for inquiries.

Upcoming This Week:

PhD and Master’s Virtual Career Expo

The Virtual Career Expo is a single-day, online career expo for advanced degree students, postdocs, and alumni in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, sponsored by the Graduate Career Consortium Emory is a proud participant.

Date: March 3
Time: 9 AM - 7 PM
Details here
Sign up on the CareerExpo website here

Developing Professional Body Language and Voice for Online Interactions Workshop

This virtual workshop covers ways to project a professional, engaging, and confident persona when participating in online communication tasks.

Date: March 3
Time: 5 PM – 7 PM
Click here

Global Research Fellows Program

The Halle Institute for Global Research announces the 2021 Global Research Fellows Program for Laney Graduate School PhD students in the pre-candidacy stage. The program will fund up to six grants with maximum awards of $4,000/grant.

Information Session Date: March 4
Time: 12 PM
Questions? Kelly Richmond Yates- kyates2@emory.edu

Dobes Award Session: "Tell the Story of Your Research through Creative and Persuasive Communication" presented by Misael Romero-Reyes

This workshop explores how to generate relevant analogies— an essential component to simplifying research, and how to leverage elements of persuasive communication in research descriptions, such as defining vocabulary, buzzwords, and keywords tailored to their audience.

Date: March 4
Time: 3 PM-5 PM
Register here

Berlin Graduate Student Exchange Program

The Laney Graduate School maintains a graduate student exchange program with the Freie Universität Berlin (FUB). One student may be selected to represent Emory at the FUB for the 2021-22 academic year (October 1, 2021 - July 31, 2022). Selection is based on a competitive process.

Deadline: March 5, 2021
View application information 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.

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.

New! Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) Workshop Series

ECDS is offering a workshop series on Wednesdays at 1 PM (EST) via Zoom View an overview of the workshop series here, or click each item below to register.

Mar. 3: Working with Dates in R
Mar. 10: Working with Git and GitHub
Mar. 17: Intro to Python
Mar. 24: Data Manipulation in R
Mar. 31: Finding Health Data

Questions? Contact ECDS at ecds@emory.edu.

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 details, visit: 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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Additional Resources