Sentences with phrase «graduate work focused»

Lyscha received her doctorate in developmental psychology from the Department of Human Development at Cornell University, where her graduate work focused on child development in the context of adversity.
Cailin has developed school - based intervention programs and curriculum reforms in PreK — 12 settings, and her graduate work focused on student engagement, student academic coping, and teacher - student relationships.
His graduate work focused on the molecular mechanisms of DNA replication and protein trafficking in mitochondria, and the translational control of novel mitochondrial protein isoforms.
She received her Ph.D. from the NYU School of Medicine and her graduate work focused on protein synthesis signaling and subsequent proteomic changes underlying ameliorative neural stimuli.

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«Flow, according to Csikszentmihalyi, a psychology and management professor at Claremont Graduate University, is a state of heightened focus and immersion in activities like art, play, and work.
But even with more young Canadians hitting the books, a big part of our national discourse on unemployment is focused on the lack of good or appropriate work once they graduate.
She did not mention monetary policy in her speech, which was solely focused on the world of work, but did note those graduating were entering the strongest jobs market in nearly a decade.
FOCUS sends recent college graduates back to campuses as missionaries and has had such success in the U.S. that FOCUS missionaries are now working in Europe.
By Kraig Kraft The Search for the Origins of Chile Peppers Starts in Arizona As a graduate student studying crop evolution at U.C. Davis, I am focusing my work on describing the genetic changes that took place during the domestication of Capsicum annuum, a species that includes some of the most common varieties of chile peppers cultivated worldwide.
At least five years of professional work experience before and / or after graduate studies, preferably focused on implementing, monitoring or researching conservation or sustainable development projects or strategies;
The 2015 - 16 V Award Winner and Female Athlete of the Year has the focus to take this new trip to greater heights and the work ethic to continue to succeed with her father also graduated from the role of babysitter / referee and coach.
She started being actively involved during graduate school by working on several DPG webinar presentations focused on informing dietetic students about the field of school nutrition.
Bobbie focused her graduate school work on school nutrition and has held multiple different positions in the field of school nutrition.
After graduating from Cal Poly, I worked as a CEIP Intern for the East Bay Municipal Utility District, focusing on compliance with AB 2588, the Air Toxics «Hot Spots» Information and Assessment Act.
Some graduates of the program reported in a survey that they emerged more focused on their graduate work, in part because they had improved their time - management skills, and also because they were more enthusiastic about what lay ahead — whether in academia or the business world.
After completing her graduate studies in 2006, she joined the laboratory of Dr. Craig B. Thompson at the University of Pennsylvania for postdoctoral work focusing on cancer cell metabolism.
«We just wanted to focus on characterizing the kinetics and temperature sensitivity using a payload we could detect,» says Geoff von Maltzahn, an HST graduate student who has been working on the project since its inception in 2004.
«So far, much of our surface exploration by rovers has focused on ancient terrains and whether or not the environments they record were habitable,» said Sun, lead author on the study and a graduate student working with Milliken.
When Swift graduates in May, she plans to take a year or two off to focus on expanding Young Inventors, before going to law school or graduate school for economics with an eye toward working in intellectual property.
Niyogi joined Fink's lab and found himself in an unusual situation: As a graduate student in a group of about 20, he was surrounded by postdocs, because he was focused on Arabidopsis and all the other graduate students worked with yeast.
During my time as a graduate student, several research experiences have led me to inquire about obtaining a clinical medical degree to better focus and understand the clinical implications of my current work and interests.
In graduate school at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, working with the famed psychologist Sarnoff Mednick, she focused on the roots of criminal behavior.
«Experiencing conflict or making an error is something that normally gets us worked up, perhaps by activating our fight - or - flight response, which can interfere with our ability to focus on a task,» said first author R. Becket Ebitz, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University who conducted this study as a graduate student at Duke.
But the intense focus on a specific topic, the monotony of bench work, the lack of control over which projects would be pursued, and the limited opportunities for advancement (without devoting several years to further graduate and postgraduate study) were sometimes frustrating.
At past symposia, FoR worked to highlight some of the problems facing postdocs and graduate students, and started to define solutions but this year, together with Academics for the Future of Science and the MIT Graduate Student Council, we shift our focus toward advocacy and action with sessions specifically chosen to better define productive routes for advocacy efforts and help participants develop the efficacy of their advocacygraduate students, and started to define solutions but this year, together with Academics for the Future of Science and the MIT Graduate Student Council, we shift our focus toward advocacy and action with sessions specifically chosen to better define productive routes for advocacy efforts and help participants develop the efficacy of their advocacyGraduate Student Council, we shift our focus toward advocacy and action with sessions specifically chosen to better define productive routes for advocacy efforts and help participants develop the efficacy of their advocacy skills.
More recently, Dr. Chuck has been working as an advocate in scientific education and workforce development and is a frequent presenter at regional and national conferences focusing on graduate and professional training.
After graduating, she hopes to continue working in computer science, focusing on programming and practical applications rather than theory.
While many graduates choose to focus their energy developing one pathway, a growing number combine one or more of these areas for professional flexibility and for the ability to create the work / lifestyle balance that is best for them.
She worked briefly at the National Academies of Science as a Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellow where she worked on supporting scholars in engineers, particularly focused on issues of minorities not traditional represented in engineering fields.
Because Doctor of Oriental Medicine graduates will complete focused coursework in collaborative care and will have clinical experiences in an integrative health setting, graduates will be well prepared to work in a number of healthcare environments including hospitals, physician practices, integrative healthcare clinics, public health clinics, college health centers, natural apothecaries, and in settings that care for military veterans.
Bringing over a decade of extensive business and legal experience and drawing upon her creative writing background as a graduate of the highly selective Honors Program in English at the University of Pennsylvania, Doran works alongside her sister, Dr. Bowe, to envision and cultivate all aspects of the focus, concept, and direction of the Dr. Whitney Bowe brand, including brand partnerships and alignments.
Tübingen, Deutschland About Blog The Neuromag is a science - focused magazine organized by graduate students in Tübingen, Germany who spend their limited free time outside of the lab working on this challenging project.
Minister for Education Simon Birmingham said the 2017 Employer Satisfaction Survey results were encouraging but also reinforced the need to ensure higher education institutions focused on the work readiness of graduates.
Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).
The Center will be housed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and will draw on intellectual resources from across the university, working with faculty who focus on gender from a broad range of academic perspectives.
City Year is a national, education - focused nonprofit organization that works in urban schools to help students stay on track to graduate.
Teach First usually focusses on recruiting high - flying graduates to train and teach in disadvantaged schools but has announced it will be working on developing «flexible» training for those swapping to teaching from other careers.
The numbers of young people graduating has shot up thanks to a host of «equity» focused reforms, such as re-engagement programs, the turnaround of chronically struggling districts, and strong regulation of traditional public and charter schools, wrought under a landmark Massachusetts Education Act.
In addition to her work in the arts, Ewing is a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where her research focuses on race, social inequality, urban policy, and public schools.
The SRC is an annual student - run and - focused event at which graduate students present completed research or works - in - progress on topics related to education.
In addition to his K - 12 work, Kinney has taught undergraduate and graduate classes for Kent State University and Penn State University and has served on numerous education - focused advisory boards.
«If you want to reduce dropouts and increase the number of on - time graduates, focusing your work on ninth grade students is consistently an effective strategy.»
SHARON M. FORD most recently served as an assistant professor in the graduate department of Administrative Leadership and Policy Studies in the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Colorado at Denver, where the primary focus of her work was the field of supervision.
The Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages offers a four - course, 16 - credit graduate certificate that focuses on preparing in - service teachers and administrators to work effectively with English learners and their families at the Pre-K — 6 level.
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With a commitment to hard work and focus, every student who chooses Collegiate will graduate ready to succeed at the college of their choice.
Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) is a school - to - work transition program focused on helping at - risk youth graduate from high school; and either find successful placements in the workforce.
Shortly after graduating from the University of Tennessee, she relocated to the Dominican Republic to work at Global Glimpse, an international nonprofit that focuses on cross-cultural educational and leadership development opportunities for American youth.
Faced with the challenge of meeting the needs of a diverse student population, district administrators are focused on increasing student achievement and ensuring all students are graduating ready for college, work, and life.
The conversations focus on two key questions: (1) What do we want children to become, to know, and to be able to do by the time they graduate from high schools; and (2) how can schools, families, and communities work together to ensure that all children graduate to be college, career, and life ready?
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