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| Aug 26|| [http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/holsinger.html Kent Holsinger] + [http://jockusch.eeb.uconn.edu Elizabeth Jockusch] || What do you aim to accomplish in grad school (and beyond)?  ||  || Relate to strategies for different career paths
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| Aug 26|| [http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/holsinger.html Kent Holsinger], [http://jockusch.eeb.uconn.edu Elizabeth Jockusch] || What do you aim to accomplish in grad school (and beyond)?  ||  || Relate to strategies for different career paths
 
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| Sept 2||[http://bryology.uconn.edu Bernard Goffinet] + [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Kurt_Schwenk Kurt Schwenk]  || What is a dissertation/thesis || ||
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| Sept 2||[http://bryology.uconn.edu Bernard Goffinet], [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Kurt_Schwenk Kurt Schwenk]  || What is a dissertation/thesis || ||
 
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| Sept 9||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/yuan/index.html Yaowu Yuan] and [http://www.tapeworms.uconn.edu Janine Caira]  || Formulating good scientific questions || ||
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| Sept 9||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/yuan/index.html Yaowu Yuan], [http://www.tapeworms.uconn.edu Janine Caira]  || Formulating good scientific questions || ||
 
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| Sept 16|| [http://plasticity.uconn.edu Carl Schlichting]  || University/department structure and resources; Degree ontogenies || ||
 
| Sept 16|| [http://plasticity.uconn.edu Carl Schlichting]  || University/department structure and resources; Degree ontogenies || ||
 
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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
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| Sept 23||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebwww/people/pamela-diggle/ Pam Diggle], [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 || [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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| Sept 30 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/eschultz/ Eric Schultz], [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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| Nov 11 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/adams/ 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|| [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 18|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/jones/ Cindi Jones], [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 00:50, 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, Janine Caira Formulating good scientific questions
Sept 16 Carl Schlichting University/department structure and resources; Degree ontogenies
Sept 23 Pam Diggle, Chris Elphick Research ethics and regulations NSF ethics training/IACUC/IRB/EH&S/BAUR/other lab safety/etc
Sept 30 Eric Schultz, 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, 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