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| Sept 23||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebwww/people/pamela-diggle/ Pam Diggle] and [http://elphick.lab.uconn.edu Chris Elphick] || Research ethics and regulations || || NSF ethics training/IACUC/IRB/EH&S/BAUR/other lab safety/etc | | Sept 23||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebwww/people/pamela-diggle/ Pam Diggle] and [http://elphick.lab.uconn.edu Chris Elphick] || Research ethics and regulations || || NSF ethics training/IACUC/IRB/EH&S/BAUR/other lab safety/etc | ||
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| − | | Sept 30 || Eric Schultz and Mike Willig || How does research funding work || || need to address both NSF/NIH and other agency/foundation sources, cover OSP etc. | + | | Sept 30 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/eschultz/ Eric Schultz] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/willig/ Mike Willig] || How does research funding work || || need to address both NSF/NIH and other agency/foundation sources, cover OSP etc. |
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| Oct 7 || Grad panel || How to fund your graduate work || || Panel discussion (Jessie, NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS .....) | | Oct 7 || Grad panel || How to fund your graduate work || || Panel discussion (Jessie, NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS .....) | ||
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| − | | Oct 14|| Mark Urban, Louise Lewis || Communicating your work: how does publishing work || || | + | | Oct 14|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/urban/ Mark Urban], [http://algae.eeb.uconn.edu Louise Lewis] || Communicating your work: how does publishing work || || |
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| − | | Oct 21|| Morgan Tingley + ?? || Communicating your work: talks, conferences, and networking || || Homework: get set up to edit in eebedia or Aurora | + | | Oct 21|| [http://www.morgantingley.com Morgan Tingley] + ?? || Communicating your work: talks, conferences, and networking || || Homework: get set up to edit in eebedia or Aurora |
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| − | | Oct 28|| Paul Lewis || Communicating your work: web sites || || students should leave with an eebedia or Aurora page set up | + | | Oct 28|| [http://phylogeny.uconn.edu Paul Lewis] || Communicating your work: web sites || || students should leave with an eebedia or Aurora page set up |
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| − | | Nov 4|| Margaret Rubega + ?? || Broader impacts, social media, and communication outside academia || || | + | | Nov 4|| [Margaret Rubega + ?? || Broader impacts, social media, and communication outside academia || || |
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| − | | Nov 11 || Eldridge Adams + ?? || Developing as a teacher || || (also discuss how TA assignments work) | + | | Nov 11 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/adams/ Eldridge Adams] + ?? || Developing as a teacher || || (also discuss how TA assignments work) |
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| − | | Nov 18|| Cindi Jones and Andy Bush|| Work-life balance || || | + | | Nov 18|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/jones/ Cindi Jones] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Andrew_Bush Andy Bush]|| Work-life balance || || |
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| Nov 25 || || THANKSGIVING BREAK || || | | Nov 25 || || THANKSGIVING BREAK || || | ||
Revision as of 00:48, 20 August 2014
EEB 5894 Section 003 (Planning for a career in EEB) NEW COURSE - IN DEVELOPMENT FOR FALL 2014
This 1 credit seminar course is intended to provide orientation information to incoming EEB graduate students, although it is open to other students; we strongly advise new students to take it. The course will meet for about an hour a week, with 2-3 faculty present each week to discuss a given topic. This is a new course and we seek input on what topics we should include.
Meeting time: Tuesdays 3:45-5
Location: Bamford Room (Torrey 171B)
Course coordinators: Elizabeth Jockusch, Chris Elphick
Tentative syllabus (subject to change)
| Date | Presenters | Topic | Resources | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26 | Kent Holsinger + Elizabeth Jockusch | What do you aim to accomplish in grad school (and beyond)? | Relate to strategies for different career paths | |
| Sept 2 | Bernard Goffinet + Kurt Schwenk | What is a dissertation/thesis | ||
| Sept 9 | Yaowu Yuan and Janine Caira | Formulating good scientific questions | ||
| Sept 16 | Carl Schlichting | University/department structure and resources; Degree ontogenies | ||
| Sept 23 | Pam Diggle and Chris Elphick | Research ethics and regulations | NSF ethics training/IACUC/IRB/EH&S/BAUR/other lab safety/etc | |
| Sept 30 | Eric Schultz and Mike Willig | How does research funding work | need to address both NSF/NIH and other agency/foundation sources, cover OSP etc. | |
| Oct 7 | Grad panel | How to fund your graduate work | Panel discussion (Jessie, NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS .....) | |
| Oct 14 | Mark Urban, Louise Lewis | Communicating your work: how does publishing work | ||
| Oct 21 | Morgan Tingley + ?? | Communicating your work: talks, conferences, and networking | Homework: get set up to edit in eebedia or Aurora | |
| Oct 28 | Paul Lewis | Communicating your work: web sites | students should leave with an eebedia or Aurora page set up | |
| Nov 4 | [Margaret Rubega + ?? | Broader impacts, social media, and communication outside academia | ||
| Nov 11 | Eldridge Adams + ?? | Developing as a teacher | (also discuss how TA assignments work) | |
| Nov 18 | Cindi Jones and Andy Bush | Work-life balance | ||
| Nov 25 | THANKSGIVING BREAK | |||
| Dec 2 | Senior grads/postdocs | Lessons I learned the hard way | Panel discussion (Geert, Kerri, NEED VOLUNTEERS .....) | |
Useful readings:
Stephen Sterns: http://stearnslab.yale.edu/some-modest-advice-graduate-students
A less cynical rebuttal by Ray Huey: http://faculty.washington.edu/hueyrb/prospective.php
More Stephen Sterns: http://stearnslab.yale.edu/designs-learning
