Building Mentoring Skills for an Academic Career
This is an invitation-only event for registrants who have been selected to participate in this year’s Building Mentoring Skills cohort. In this series of lunchtime workshops for graduate students and…
Intergroup Dialogue Project – Grad/ Postdoc Short Course
This is an invitation-only event open to those who applied by the November deadline and were accepted for Winter 2020. Please contact the IDP team at idp@cornell.edu with any questions. Through…
Interviewing and Negotiation for Academic Positions
An important part of the academic job search is interviewing and then negotiating the offer. Come learn about the art of interviewing! Presenters: Yael Levitte, associate vice provost for faculty…
NCFDD: How to Align Your Time with Your Priorities
Grab your strategic plan and learn the secret to making it work day-to-day and week-to-week! How to Align Your Time with Your Priorities is a step-by-step guide to holding a…
CIRTL Network: Facilitating Work-Life Balance and Resilience
In this interactive online session, participants will have an opportunity to examine their current work-life balance and to develop a plan to be more resilient and to sustain the support…
NCFDD: Resting to Rise
We all hear about the importance of self-care and, in particular, sleep. But many of us continue to struggle finding our internal place of deep rest and renewal. This place…
Intergroup Dialogue Project – Grad/ Postdoc Short Course
This is an invitation-only event open to those who applied by the November deadline and were accepted for Winter 2020. Please contact the IDP team at idp@cornell.edu with any questions. Through…
NextGen Professors: February Cohort Meeting
This is an invitation-only event for applicants who have been selected to participate in this year’s NextGen Professors cohort. NextGen Professors is a career-development program focused on preparing Cornell doctoral…
Academic Job Search Discussion
Are you a postdoc or graduate student applying for academic jobs now or in the near future? Come join a lunch discussion with others in the same stage, facilitated by…
CIRTL Network: Getting Hired at a Community College – Tips and Strategies from Faculty on Hiring Panels
Learn hiring tips from faculty that serve on or work closely with hiring committees at community colleges. How might the interview differ from that of a 4-year teaching or research…
CIRTL Network: Developing Equity-Minded Mentors among Faculty and Researchers
Findings from a recent study indicate that graduate students in the natural sciences benefit significantly from the mentoring activities of more senior students and postdoctoral fellows (Feldon et al, 2019).…
Building Mentoring Skills for an Academic Career
This is an invitation-only event for registrants who have been selected to participate in this year’s Building Mentoring Skills cohort. In this series of lunchtime workshops for graduate students and…
Intergroup Dialogue Project – Grad/ Postdoc Short Course
This is an invitation-only event open to those who applied by the November deadline and were accepted for Winter 2020. Please contact the IDP team at idp@cornell.edu with any questions. Through…
Intergroup Dialogue Project – Grad/ Postdoc Short Course
This is an invitation-only event open to those who applied by the November deadline and were accepted for Winter 2020. Please contact the IDP team at idp@cornell.edu with any questions. Through…
NCFDD: How to Develop a Daily Writing Practice
Are you sick of working all the time without making progress on your writing projects? Are you tired of your deadline-driven, binge-and-bust writing routine? Do you wish you could develop…
Intergroup Dialogue Project – Grad/ Postdoc Short Course
This is an invitation-only event open to those who applied by the November deadline and were accepted for Winter 2020. Please contact the IDP team at idp@cornell.edu with any questions. Through…
CIRTL Network Webinar: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusive Teaching in the Community College Setting
Community colleges are truly diverse settings, attracting individuals from all different walks of life with a common interest in advancing their education. If you are interested in exploring a career…
NextGen Professors: March Cohort Meeting (Online)
This is an invitation-only event for applicants who have been selected to participate in this year’s NextGen Professors cohort, and will be held online. A Zoom link will be shared…
CANCELED: Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate Students and Postdocs
(This is an invitation-only event for participants who have applied and been accepted to the program.) The Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate Students and Postdocs is a two-day retreat for…
CANCELED: Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate Students and Postdocs
(This is an invitation-only event for participants who have applied and been accepted to the program.) The Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate Students and Postdocs is a two-day retreat for…
Building Mentoring Skills for an Academic Career (Online)
This is an invitation-only event for registrants who have been selected to participate in this year’s Building Mentoring Skills cohort, and will be held online. A Zoom link will be…
NCFDD: How to Challenge Race and Gender Bias in Student Evaluations
Free Individual Memberships for the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) Available to all Cornell students, postdocs, faculty, and staff Cornell is an institutional member of the National…
CANCELED: From Deficits to Possibilities: Mentoring Lessons for Building Bridges to Access and Success
CANCELED: The Multicultural Academic Council invites you to join us for our annual public talk on Mentoring. This year’s talk features Beronda Montgomery, MSU Foundation Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular…
CIRTL Network Webinar: All-Network Teaching-as-Research Presentations
Hear graduate students and postdocs from across the CIRTL Network share the results of their Teaching-as-Research (TAR) projects in this online presentation session. TAR projects investigate questions about teaching and…
CIRTL Network Webinar: All-Network Teaching-as-Research Presentations
Hear graduate students and postdocs from across the CIRTL Network share the results of their Teaching as Research (TAR) projects in this online presentation session. TAR projects investigate questions about…
Building Mentoring Skills for an Academic Career (Online)
This is an invitation-only event for registrants who have been selected to participate in this year’s Building Mentoring Skills cohort, and will be held online. A Zoom link will be…
NCFDD: Mastering Academic Time Management
New faculty members commonly describe: Working long hours but making little progress on their research and writing A sense of loneliness that stems from limited mentoring and community Feeling unsupported…
NextGen Professors: April Cohort Meeting
This is an invitation-only event for applicants who have been selected to participate in this year’s NextGen Professors cohort. NextGen Professors is a career-development program focused on preparing Cornell doctoral…
Job Search Virtual Discussion Group
Let’s face it, finding a job can be a difficult process that is often full of stress. Add that we are in the midst of a pandemic with many uncertainties,…
NCFDD: Wellness and Technology
We’re spending more time on social networks, viewing media, and checking our cations, “likes”, and text messages… and it’s making us feel unhappy, stressed, and lonely. So how do we…
Job Search Virtual Discussion Group
Let’s face it, finding a job can be a difficult process that is often full of stress. Add that we are in the midst of a pandemic with many uncertainties,…
NextGen Professors: May Cohort Meeting
This is invitation-only event for applicants who have been selected to participate in this year’s NextGen Professors cohort and a limited number of additional registrants NextGen Professors is a career-development…
Job Search Virtual Discussion Group
Let’s face it, finding a job can be a difficult process that is often full of stress. Add that we are in the midst of a pandemic with many uncertainties,…
Getting a Faculty Position: Lessons Learned During the Academic Job Search
Join us for a live online panel discussion featuring postdoctoral scholars and graduate students who were offered faculty positions this year! Bring your questions about the process and hear from…
NCFDD: Every Summer Needs a Plan
Do you often start the summer with high hopes for your writing projects, but end disappointed by your actual productivity? Do you desperately want (or need) to write a lot…
International Student / Postdoc Job Search Discussion
Let’s face it, finding a job can be a difficult process that is often full of stress. Add that we are in the midst of a pandemic with many uncertainties,…
Online Mini-Symposium on Connecting Research and Teaching
This annual one-day conference highlights and supports the research of graduate students and postdocs, faculty and staff into effective teaching and learning practices, and the ways this work shapes professional and career development. Events will include an invited keynote presentation by a Cornell alumnus, 8 research talks by graduate students and postdocs about teaching projects they have recently completely, and short-form interactive discussions on how to use research skills to inform and improve teaching and professional development for early career scholars.
Summer Pathways to Success (P2S) Series: Career Panel – Careers In and Beyond Academia
Pathways to Success is the Graduate School’s framework for helping graduate and professional students and postdoctoral scholars be successful in their research and scholarship, and establish necessary skills for their…
NextGen Professors June Workshop – An Academic Being Social on Social Media
This event is offered for members of this year’s NextGen Professors cohort and also open to accept a limited number of additional registrants from Cornell as space allows. An Academic…
The Application Process for an Academic Job
To kick off the 2020-2021 Academic Job Search Series for Cornell graduate students and postdocs, come learn about when to apply for faculty and other academic positions, what documents are…
NCFDD: From Project to Publication—the Art of Manuscript Revision
Despite an ever-escalating emphasis on publication, few of us receive formal training in how to craft and revise our academic writing. From Project to Publication lays out an array of practices and…
Beyond the Professoriate: What To Do If You’re Going on the Academic Job Market
As we head into academic job market application season, we know there will be much anxiety this year about going on the job market for PhDs who are interested in…
International Student / Postdoc Job Search Discussion
It’s been three months since we started working from home, and the job market/outlook also has been changing. The International Student/Postdoc Job Search Virtual Monthly Chat is designed to get…
International Student / Postdoc Job Search Discussion
It’s been three months since we started working from home, and the job market/outlook also has been changing. The International Student/Postdoc Job Search Virtual Monthly Chat is designed to get…
Writing and Publishing Workshop Series – Writing a Great (Publishable) Paper
Join us to learn about what makes a great paper, from writing your introduction through conclusion, getting feedback, and revising and editing. Register Here Accommodations: We strive to make our…
Job Search Virtual Monthly Chat
It’s been a few months after the world was interrupted by a global pandemic and it certainly affected job seekers’ plans for landing a job. However, many things have changed…
Designing Your Research Statement Around Undergraduate Research
Through an interactive online discussion, presenter Jeffrey Werner (Associate Professor of Chemistry at SUNY Cortland) will help job-seekers interested in seeking faculty positions at four-year colleges and universities (e.g., primarily…
Beyond the Professoriate: Building Professional Relationships Online
If you’ve been with Beyond Prof for a while, you know that we often talk about how critical networking is to a post-academic job search. But given social distancing and…
NCFDD: The Art of Saying No
Are you confused about when to say “yes” and “no” to other people’s requests? Do you often say “yes” to requests without realizing the impact that response will have on…
International Student / Postdoc Job Search Discussion
It’s been three months since we started working from home, and the job market/outlook also has been changing. The International Student/Postdoc Job Search Virtual Monthly Chat is designed to get…
Research Statements for Research-Intensive Universities: A Panel Discussion
This session features a panel of three early career researchers who recently successfully obtained tenure-track faculty positions, talking about how they approached writing a successful research statement for a research-intensive…
Writing and Publishing Workshop Series – Identifying Publishers, Signing a Contract, and Publishing Your Book
Planning to revise your dissertation into a book manuscript and submitting it to a university or other press for publication? Want some advice (and encouragement) about finding a publisher, signing…
Beyond the Professoriate: Making the Most of Graduate School
Are you just starting your PhD? Or are you in your first few years and Covid-19 has drastically chanced your graduate school experience? Are you trying to get back into…
Developing a Narrative for Your Teaching Statement
Through presentation and discussion, we will explore essential elements of a teaching statement for an academic job application. You’ll leave prepared to start your first draft Teaching Statement or to…
Job Search Virtual Monthly Chat
We are entering month 5 of working remotely with some labs gradually reopening. Everything has changed a lot, especially on the job front. The Job Search Virtual Monthly Chat is…
Approaches to Diversity Statements
Come discuss how to approach writing the diversity statement sometimes requested as part of faculty or postdoctoral job applications. We will share examples and guidance from Cornell and other colleges…
How to Turn Your Research Into an Elevator Pitch (And What’s an Elevator Pitch?)
Join this workshop to learn tips and discuss how to succinctly sum up your research for multiple audiences, practice your pitch in small groups, and capture phrasing for different audiences.
Transitions Series: Get the Mentoring You Need and Want
As part of a continued orientation experience for incoming graduate and professional students, the Graduate School sponsors a special seminar series for first-year graduate and professional students. The purpose of Transitions is for students to gain valuable information and skills to make a successful transition into the role of a Cornell graduate or professional student.
International Student / Postdoc Job Search Discussion
This is the last Job Search Virtual Monthly Chat specific to international student issues for the summer. Things are moving a lot on the job search side as well as…
NCFDD: Cultivating Your Network of Mentors, Sponsors & Collaborators
Do you have a reliable and strong network of mentors? Are you struggling to cultivate mentoring relationships? Do you know the difference between a mentor and a sponsor? Are you…
Job Search Virtual Monthly Chat
This is the last Job Search Virtual Monthly Chat in the summer. If you have more questions about the job search as graduate students or postdocs, please do not hesitate…
Summer Success Symposium: Activate your Network – Developing Professional Mentor Relationships
Summer Success Symposium
The Summer Success Symposium is a professional and community development event for new and continuing M.S./Ph.D. and Ph.D. students from across all graduate fields who identify as belonging to groups historically underrepresented in graduate education. The symposium has a particular focus on bringing together recipients of graduate fellowships in support of diversity as well as all other doctoral scholars who identify as students of color, first generation college (FGC) students, and/or who identify with other historically underrepresented groups such as LGBTQQ+ identified students, Veterans, students with disabilities, women in STEM, students with DACA status, Panel of students speakingand others. M.S. students interested in pursuing doctoral studies are also welcome to this event.
NCFDD: Developing Anti-Oppressive Communities: Supporting Black Students and Mentees
In this Guest Expert Webinar by Wanda Swan, Founder of Swan Center for Advocacy and Research, participants will learn strategies for identifying and combatting anti-black racism in classrooms, how to…
Summer Success Symposium: Long Term Negotiations For (Professional) Relationships
The Summer Success Symposium is a professional and community development event for new and continuing M.S./Ph.D. and Ph.D. students from across all graduate fields who identify as belonging to groups historically underrepresented in graduate education. The symposium has a particular focus on bringing together recipients of graduate fellowships in support of diversity as well as all other doctoral scholars who identify as students of color, first generation college (FGC) students, and/or who identify with other historically underrepresented groups such as LGBTQQ+ identified students, Veterans, students with disabilities, women in STEM, students with DACA status, Panel of students speaking and others. M.S. students interested in pursuing doctoral studies are also welcome to this event.
Summer Success Symposium: Mastering Your Transition Into and Progression Through Graduate School
The Summer Success Symposium is a professional and community development event for new and continuing M.S./Ph.D. and Ph.D. students from across all graduate fields who identify as belonging to groups historically underrepresented in graduate education. The symposium has a particular focus on bringing together recipients of graduate fellowships in support of diversity as well as all other doctoral scholars who identify as students of color, first generation college (FGC) students, and/or who identify with other historically underrepresented groups such as LGBTQQ+ identified students, Veterans, students with disabilities, women in STEM, students with DACA status, Panel of students speaking and others. M.S. students interested in pursuing doctoral studies are also welcome to this event.
NCFDD: Creating an Inclusive Classroom: Students with Disabilities
In this Guest Expert Webinar by Dr. Sara Schley, Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, participants will learn high impact plus-one strategies to make courses more inclusive without redesigning them…
Transitions Series: Get the Mentoring You Need and Want
As part of a continued orientation experience for incoming graduate and professional students, the Graduate School sponsors a special seminar series for first-year graduate and professional students. The purpose of Transitions is for students to gain valuable information and skills to make a successful transition into the role of a Cornell graduate or professional student.
NCFDD: Overcoming Academic Perfectionism
Do you struggle to share your writing at early stages because it’s not perfect? Do you find yourself devastated by criticism of your work? Do you beat yourself up every…
Job Search Virtual Discussion Group
The Job Search Virtual Monthly Chat is designed to get job seekers together to talk about concerns that graduate students and postdocs share, and strategize about how to move forward.…
NCFDD: Building and Leading Successful Research Teams
Are you wondering how to build your research group or lab to be a productive, happy working environment? Do you have an existing research team and are feeling overwhelmed trying…
Information Sessions on the Three Minute Thesis (3MT)
Learn about the Three-Minute Thesis competition: history, format, judging, prizes, and how Cornell offers the chance to participate. Organizers will field questions and also describe upcoming workshops on Promoting Your…
Tell Your Story! Developing Your Presentation’s Design and Message
Join us to learn how to design format and develop content for an effective presentation, especially for virtual presentations this year. We’ll provide tips for virtual job talks, conference presentations,…
NCFDD: How to Engage in Healthy Conflict
Do you often feel drained by departmental drama? Do feel unclear how to handle conflicts that arise in your department? Are you unsure when, where, and how to manage conflict…
Making Online Presentations Accessible
You need to make your online presentations accessible to all participants. Join us to learn how to do just that with guest speaker and communications assistant Katya Hrichak.
Job Search Virtual Discussion Group
The Job Search Virtual Monthly Chat is designed to get job seekers together to talk about concerns that graduate students and postdocs share, and strategize about how to move forward.…
Presenting Research Effectively at a Distance: Technology and You
Think you need help using technology more effectively for presentations, job talks and other virtual academic and professional opportunities. Join the club! And join us for this session to talk…
Slide Design and Graphics
Join us to focus on the important role that well-designed slides and graphics play in effective job talks, teaching and conference presentations. We’ll demonstrate good ones as well as pitfalls…
Introducing Teaching as Research: A Systematic Approach to Improving Your Teaching
Hear Teaching as Research (TAR) program leaders from around the North American CIRTL Network describe Teaching as Research, a mentored experience that applies the process of inquiry to teaching and…
NCFDD: How to Manage Stress, Rejection and the Haters in Your Midst
Are you stressed? Do you feel devastated when your articles and/or grant proposals get rejected? Is the pressure of publishing/funding your work making you sick? If any of this sounds…
Overcoming Stage Fright and Improving Your Presence
Who doesn’t get at least a little nervous when preparing and presenting for audiences of any size when the stakes are high? (No one!) Thinking about a class presentation? A…
How Completing a Teaching as Research Project Impacted My Career: Reflections from CIRTL Alumni
Are you thinking about taking on a Teaching as Research (TAR) project? Join us to hear from a panel of CIRTL Network alumni who will share their experience doing a…
Back to Basics: Self-Care 101 Refresher
While it is not the most glamorous nor the easiest, self-care is foundational to be able to function, and, most importantly, manage stress. And there is an abundance of stress…
Job Search Virtual Discussion Group
The Job Search Virtual Monthly Chat is designed to get job seekers together to talk about concerns that graduate students and postdocs share, and strategize about how to move forward.…
Interviewing and Negotiation for Academic Positions
An important part of the academic job search is interviewing and then negotiating the offer. Grab a snack and come learn about the art of interviewing for faculty positions from…
Writing and Publishing Workshop Series – Peer Review and Journal Decisions
Join us to learn about peer review roles, responsibilities, and process and how editorial decisions to publish are made. Register Here Accommodations: We strive to make our events accessible to…
Strategies for Managing 2020 Anxiety – Individually and Collectively
We recognize that the lead up to this election cycle and the current post-election period coupled with everything else that has come along with 2020 are contributing to heightened feelings…
NIH: Academic Job Interviews
Speaker(s): Sharon Milgram, PhD, Director, OITE This event is recommended for: Graduate Students; Postdocs/Fellows. After you submit your academic job package, the job interview is the next major hurdle to…
NCFDD: Engagement Matters – Developing a Career as a Community Engaged Scholar
Drawing on studies of exemplar, highly impactful engaged scholars, Dr. KerryAnne O’Meara shares examples of high impact community engaged scholarship and strategies adopted by engaged scholars to succeed in reward…
NIH: Becoming a Resilient Scientist Series – Self-Advocacy and Assertiveness
Speaker(s): Sharon Milgram, PhD, Director, OITE This event is recommended for: Summer Interns; Postbacs; Graduate Students; Postdocs/Fellows; NIH Staff Scientist/Staff Clinician. Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1716077475889396750 We all need to develop the skills…
International Student / Postdoc Job Search Discussion
The International Students/Postdocs Job Search Virtual Chat is designed to get international students/postdocs who are seeking for jobs together to talk about questions and concerns that all share, and strategize…
NIH: Workplace Dynamics – Diversity in a Multicultural Society
Speaker(s): Sharon Milgram, PhD, Director, OITE This event is recommended for: Postbacs; Graduate Students; Postdocs/Fellows. Diversity…. difference…. post-racial….. multicultural – all buzzwords we regularly hear. But how often do we…
NIH: Interviewing Skills
Speaker(s): Lori Conlan, PhD, Director, Office of Postdoctoral Services This event is recommended for: Graduate Students; Postdocs/Fellows. Join us to see how to navigate an interview for industry, non-profits, government,…
NIH: Becoming a Resilient Scientist – Developing Feedback Resilience
Speaker(s): Sharon Milgram, PhD, Director, OITE This event is recommended for: Summer Interns; Postbacs; Graduate Students; Postdocs/Fellows; NIH Staff Scientist/Staff Clinician. Register We all need feedback to grow and learn…
2021 Winter Pathways to Success Symposium
Dates: January 27 – 28, 2021 Registration: https://www.bit.ly/2021WinterP2S Zoom: Complete registration to receive session Zoom links Pathways to Success is the Graduate School’s framework for helping graduate and professional students and…
2021 Winter Pathways to Success Symposium
2021 Winter Pathways to Success (P2S) Symposium Dates: January 27 - 28, 2021 Registration: https://www.bit.ly/2021WinterP2S Zoom: Complete registration to receive session Zoom links Pathways to Success is the Graduate School's framework…
2021 Winter Pathways to Success Symposium
Dates: January 27 – 28, 2021 Registration: https://www.bit.ly/2021WinterP2S Zoom: Complete registration to receive session Zoom links Pathways to Success is the Graduate School’s framework for helping graduate and professional students and…
2021 Winter Pathways to Success Symposium
Dates: January 27 – 28, 2021 Registration: https://www.bit.ly/2021WinterP2S Zoom: Complete registration to receive session Zoom links Pathways to Success is the Graduate School’s framework for helping graduate and professional students and…
Interviewing and Negotiation for Academic Positions
An important part of the academic job search is interviewing and then negotiating the offer. Come learn about the art of interviewing for faculty positions from your own laptop or…