Sentences with phrase «for graduate»

The group emphasized that academic culture must change to recognize the need for effective career development opportunities for graduate students and postdocs and that participating in these activities is a valid, even necessary, way for trainees to spend their time.

However, this takes skill and careful writing so as not to deter the reader from your main point — to convince the review committee that you're ready for their graduate program.

- The Bio Innovations and Opportunities in Medicine and Engineering (BIOME) program at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, for graduate students

California - based Genentech, one of the originators of the biotechnology industry, has always gone to the fall and spring recruiting events for graduate students at the major universities known for their chemistry programs.

Melanie Roberts, one of the founders of ELISS and its director, described the program as a «leadership development program for graduate students who want to make a difference in the world but may not yet know exactly how to do so.

That experience led me to write a previous article, «Sell Yourself — Guidance for Developing Your Personal Statement for Graduate School Applications,» in which I discussed the importance of a well - crafted personal statement.

... This couldn't be more true for graduate students.

But they will pay for graduate or professional school for veterans who already have a bachelor's degree.

Sure, competition for graduate jobs is fierce, but don't fear.

The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science Inc. provides a series of low - cost publications on mentoring that can be ordered online.

A Stellar Opportunity 06 July 2012 Two reports propose significant reforms for graduate students and postdocs.

There is a lot of competition for graduate places so don't be late, don't be over-familiar with senior employees, don't swear or use slang, and don't look disinterested or fall asleep during induction presentations.

The National Academies put their money where their mouths are by offering a formal science - policy internship program — the Christine Mirzayan Internship Program for graduate students and postdoctoral - level scientists.

«The strikingly high rates of anxiety and depression support a call to action to establish and / or expand mental health and career development resources for graduate students through enhanced resources within career development offices, faculty training and a change in the academic culture,» the paper concludes.

Whatever path a student decides upon, neuroscience is replete with opportunities for graduate students and postdocs who have given thought to planning their career path.

Hunkering down 24 November 2014 Yes, it can make sense to stay in the same lab for graduate school — just don't get complacent!

The researchers also gathered the following data for each physician: sex, years in practice, whether the physician worked in a solo or group practice, whether the physician was a member of ACMS, whether the physician practiced at an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education site for MMS, volume of MMS operations, and whether the physician practiced in an urban or rural setting.

The first thing she did was sign up for a graduate - level class on database management systems.

Perverse Professional Lessons for Graduate Students Kevin D. Haggerty and Aaron Doyle University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2015

The IS project prepared him well for graduate school, says Wilson, who earned a Ph.D. in 1981 from the University of California, Berkeley.

Specifically, I remember quite clearly the words of one faculty member when I was interviewing for graduate school.

Our program also includes an extensive undergraduate component, an outreach component that provides short - term opportunities for biologists to enhance their quantitative training, and opportunities for graduate students to do collaborative research with full - time staff and postdoctoral researchers at UT in computational ecology, or with a variety of researchers at Oak Ridge National Lab and private firms.

Because the products are still under development and can not be made public, there would be no room for graduate students to be able to publish their work.

She calculates that postdocs cost on average just $ 16.50 per hour, as compared with approximately $ 30 per hour for staff scientists and between $ 21 and $ 34 for graduate students.

And it is doubly bad for graduate students.

It can't be emphasized too much that for graduate students, mentoring and advice are critical movers of the entire graduate program.

At Santa Cruz, we've been thinking about putting in place something we're calling Graduate College, which would allow us to provide a structure and a community for graduate students and postdocs, but give us a very specific way in which we could offer not just career counseling but really specific, tangible benefits, like certificates in advanced college teaching, certificates in instructional technology, certificates in laboratory management, labor relations, and so on.

Second, he believes that each postdoc should have «a committee similar to the one we have for our graduate students... three or four faculty who track their progress all the way through their career.

Other science outlays included $ 46 million over 4 years to create 1500 industrial internships for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows within Canadian business, $ 49 million toward the transformation of the National Research Council into what officials call a «toolbox» for industry, and a commitment to extend Canadian participation in the International Space Station mission to 2024.

The University of Michigan has two PDF documents for academics available on its site: How to Get the Mentoring You Want: A Guide for Graduate Students at a Diverse University and How to Mentor Graduate Students: A Guide for Faculty in a Diverse University.

Read what an assistant general counsel, a former associate dean for graduate studies, and an associate dean for ethics have to say about this issue.

These events are great fun and they provide a platform for graduate students to meet each other.

The decision deals a potentially mortal blow to the growing movements for graduate assistant unions at private campuses including Yale, Tufts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, George Washington, University of Southern California, and elsewhere.

Over the next 6 months, as I researched career planning services for graduate students, I found the lack of guidance for fellows challenging, as I did my lack of experience in education policy.

To try to figure that out, I dug out the essay I wrote for my graduate school applications.

I would have been more involved with the National Association for Graduate and Professional Students.

These awards are intended for graduate - level students who indicate, by their approved department research, an interest in any of the areas listed.

So in 1974, he headed south to Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, for graduate training in physiological psychology: the study of how the brain influences behavior at the neurochemical and cellular levels.

Opportunities for graduate students and postdocs to work in the field of quantum control are thus available not only directly in the ways mentioned in this article, but also under the auspices of these other exciting research areas.

There are many opportunities for graduate and postdoctoral work in mathematical biology, which are occasionally listed with faculty jobs on SMB's job page.

Because his wife, Lisa Teodecki, was still working on her neuroscience Ph.D. at WSU, he worked as a research technician in Kramer's lab for another year while considering his options for graduate studies.

In addition to being an interesting training opportunity for graduate students and postdocs, the fellowship came with the added bonus of travel funds.

When he searched for graduate schools, he was surprised to find that it was easier to get into a school in the U.S. than in India, because biology departments in his native land wanted him to have a biology background.»

For graduate students who are interested in applying their research to the commercial sector or moving into the business side of technology, Edwards recommends turning to people in the business school or connecting with a local entrepreneurship networking group.

«We too strongly oppose the repeal of the income exclusion for graduate tuition waivers,» wrote Holt in letters to the lawmakers.

As Horsley tells her mentees looking for graduate and postdoc labs, no lab is perfect.

In Croatia, the average salary for a graduate student like Van Dam is a mere $ 650 per month, whereas an assistant professor can hope to push this up to about $ 900 — hardly sufficient for maintaining a decent standard of living in the eyes of most Croatian researchers.

You moved to America and went to California for graduate school.

We felt we were «breaking the rules» for graduate student conduct.

NIH should limit support for graduate students to 5 years (and another 5 years for postdocs), the report says, and NIH and institutions should use fewer trainees and rely more on permanent staff scientists.