Monday, April 5, 2021

Happening Now: Graduate Student Appreciation Week

There is still time to register for this week's events! Click the links below to register.

April 5: Ask an LGS Dean
April 6: Laney EDGE Presents: Virtual Trivia
April 7: Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition
April 8-9: Professional Headshot Photos (slots filled, register for wait list)
April 5-9: Recreation and Wellness Activities

Click here for the full GSAW event calendar.

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Opportunities
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New Opportunities

New! Apply for the 2021 BIOME Institute! From Pieces to Patterns: Building a Scientific Worldview

During the 2021 BIOME Institute, participants will explore how pedagogy can guide students to see the forest and the trees. Facilitators will present resources that help learners incorporate detailed understandings into a meaningful framework and see science in a broader, interdisciplinary context.

Application Deadline: April 12
Final Application Deadline: May 3
Register here

Contact: Hayley Orndorf - hco1@pitt.edu

New! Imagine Your Career: How ImaginePhD Can Support Your Job Search

Imagine PhD is a free and confidential online tool that helps you explore careers and articulate your professional skills and interests in written materials and when speaking to potential employers after graduating from Emory’s Laney Graduate School.

Date: April 16
Time: 12-1 PM
Register here

New! Jewish Studies Seminar on the Research-Teaching Nexus

Professor Claire Sufrin (Northwestern University) and Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer (President, Shalom Hartman Institute of North America) will discuss their book The New Jewish Canon: Ideas & Debates 1980-2015. In this session, Kurtzer and Sufrin will discuss how and why they created The New Jewish Canon and ways in which they have each found it useful for their research and teaching.

Date: April 16
Time: 1-2:15 PM

New! Publishing, Postdocs, and VAPS, Oh My! - On Visiting Assistant Professorships

The Office for RACE and Laney EDGE are excited to pilot a new series titled, "Publishing, Postdocs, and VAPS, Oh My! Thriving in Academia as an Early Career POC." The third of the three-part speaker series offered by the Office of RACE and Laney EDGE features Dr. Axelle Karera, Emory Department of Philosophy.

Date: April 22
Time: 12-1 PM
View flyer here

New! English Language Support Program: Summer Courses

Laney’s English Language Support Program presents its summer courses for multilingual (domestic and international) graduate students from May 18 - June 26. Courses will be held remotely and are credit-bearing. Enroll and improve your communication skills in:

- Presentations
- Discussions
- Research article writing
- Social media writing

Registration Deadline: April 20
Register here

Contact: Mackenzie Bristow - mbrist2@emory.edu

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Be on the Lookout

Request for Applications – Certificate Program in Translational Research (CPTR)

The Certificate Program in Translational Research (CPTR) is a formal 16-credit Emory Laney Graduate School program for trainees who seek to conduct research at the interface between basic and translational science and clinical medicine. CPTR trainees may elect to take the course work over a single year or spread the work over two years.