NCFDD Webinar: 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…
NCFDD Webinar: Supporting Trans* Scholars
In this webinar, Dr. D-L Stewart will address the key questions and strategies needed to support trans* scholars, but also to reform and transform how we consider gender in the…
FiGLI: A Conversation with TC3 Faculty
Join the Cornell First Generation and/or Low Income Graduate Student Organization (FiGLI) for a virtual community conversation with three faculty members of the Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) on Friday…
NCFDD Webinar: 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…
Building a Better Graduate Education
The CNY Humanities Corridor “Humanities Beyond the Academy” working group hosts a series of mini-residencies for publicly engaged humanistic scholars, bringing together those interested in public humanities and careers outside…
Empowering Graduate Students to Advocate for Change
The CNY Humanities Corridor “Humanities Beyond the Academy” working group hosts a series of mini-residencies for publicly engaged humanistic scholars, bringing together those interested in public humanities and careers outside…
NRMN Webinar: Re-Examining Your Mentoring Relationship in the Current Moment
The National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) Career Development Webinar Series presents "Re-Examining Your Mentoring Relationship in the Current Moment." The webinar presenters are Dr. Christine Pfund, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and…
NIH Webinar: Difficult Conversations, Conflict, and Feedback
This workshop, led by Dr. Sharon Milgram, director of the Office of Intramural Training and Education at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will discuss techniques for having difficult conversations,…
NCFDD Webinar: Teaching with Empathy and for Equity at the Graduate Level
The incentive structures of academia discourage faculty from investing time and energy in being good teachers and good mentors for their graduate students. Meanwhile, the power dynamics in academia discourage…
NPA Webinar: Connecting for Career Success
Looking for tips to find and secure a job you will enjoy and thrive in after your postdoc? Want to learn about careers where you can apply the skills and…
NPA Webinar: Centering Your Identity and Interests While Preparing for Your Next Career Step
Attend a professional development online workshop from the team behind The Postdoc Academy courses offered via EdX from Boston University. The focus of the workshop is Centering Your Identity and…
NIH Webinar: Becoming a Resilient Scientist Series – An Introduction to Resilience and Wellness
Speaker(s): Sharon Milgram, PhD, Director, OITE This event is recommended for: Postbacs; Graduate Students; Postdocs/Fellows; NIH Staff Scientists/Staff Clinicians Register for Session 1 Accessibility Information: Sign language interpreting services and…
Job Search Virtual Monthly Discussion
The Job Search Virtual Monthly Discussion is designed to get graduate students and postdoctoral scholars together to talk about concerns that job seekers share, and strategize about how to move forward. Each…
NIH Webinar: Becoming a Resilient Scientist Series – Exploring Our Self-talk: Cognitive Distortion and Imposter Fears
Speaker(s): Sharon Milgram, PhD, Director, OITE This event is recommended for: Postbacs; Graduate Students; Postdocs/Fellows; NIH Staff Scientists/Staff Clinicians Register for Session 2 Accessibility Information: Sign language interpreting services and…
NYAS Webinar: Career Paths: Academic Workforce Development
The growth and prosperity of society depends on nurturing intellectual STEM talent that drives innovation and solves real world problems, This requires creating a culture that nurtures, fosters and accepts…
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…
NIH Webinar: Becoming a Resilient Scientist Series – Self-advocacy and Assertiveness
Speaker(s): Sharon Milgram, PhD, Director, OITE This event is recommended for: Postbacs; Graduate Students; Postdocs/Fellows; NIH Staff Scientists/Staff Clinicians Register for Session 3 Accessibility Information: Sign language interpreting services and…
NextGen Professors: October Cohort Meeting
This is an invitation-only event for applicants who have been accepted to participate in this year’s NextGen Professors cohort. NextGen Professors is a career-development program focused on preparing Cornell doctoral…
NIH Webinar: Becoming a Resilient Scientist Series – Developing Feedback Resilience
Speaker(s): Sharon Milgram, PhD, Director, OITE This event is recommended for: Postbacs; Graduate Students; Postdocs/Fellows; NIH Staff Scientists/Staff Clinicians Register for Session 4 Accessibility Information: Sign language interpreting services 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 laptop or mobile…
NCFDD Webinar: 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…
NextGen Professors: November Cohort Meeting
NextGen Professors is a career-development program focused on preparing Cornell doctoral students and postdocs for faculty careers across institutional types. The primary audience for this program is doctoral students (in…
Ivy+ Three Minute Thesis Competition
In this virtual event, Ph.D. students from Yale, Cornell University, Princeton University, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College, University of Chicago, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will present their thesis…
NIH Webinar: Becoming a Resilient Scientist Series – Managing Up to Maximize Mentoring Relationships
Speaker(s): Sharon Milgram, PhD, Director, OITE This event is recommended for: Postbacs; Graduate Students; Postdocs/Fellows; NIH Staff Scientists/Staff Clinicians Register for Session 5 Accessibility Information: Sign language interpreting services and…
NCFDD Webinar: Overcoming by Understanding Academic Writer’s Block
In this webinar, Dra. Aurora Chang addresses the state of immobility and powerlessness when writing feels impossible – also known as writer’s block. She focuses on the stories we tell ourselves…
NextGen Professors: December Workshop
NextGen Professors is a career-development program focused on preparing Cornell doctoral students and postdocs for faculty careers across institutional types. The primary audience for this program is doctoral students (in…
CIRTL Network: Registration for Spring Courses and Workshops
Pre-registration opens for Spring 2022 CIRTL Network courses and workshops on Monday, December 13 at noon ET, including Research Mentor Training, a postdoc teaching practicum, and workshops on disrupting bullying…
CIRTL Network: Information Session for Postdoc Practicum
Considering taking the CIRTL Network's Postdoc Practicum in the spring? Come to this information session to learn more about what the practicum entails, what's expected of participants, and how to…
NCFDD Webinar: Every Semester Needs a Plan
Do you often start the semester or term with high hopes for your writing projects, but end disappointed by your actual productivity? Do you desperately want (or need) to write…
NCFDD Webinar: Presumed Incompetent II: Lessons from the Struggles and Victories of Women of Color in Academia
Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia (Utah State University Press, 2012) provided a window into the working lives of female faculty of color in a…
Job Search Virtual Monthly Discussion
The Job Search Virtual Monthly Discussion is designed to get graduate students and postdoctoral scholars together to talk about concerns that job seekers share, and strategize about how to move forward. Each…
NextGen Professors: January Cohort Meeting
NextGen Professors is a career-development program focused on preparing Cornell doctoral students and postdocs for faculty careers across institutional types. The primary audience for this program is doctoral students (in…
Information Session 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 your questions about competing in an all-virtual competition in…
Graduate School Primer Series: Get the Mentoring You Need and Want
A mentor is the most critical relationship for a graduate student. Mentoring begins with understanding what mentoring is and what you hope to get out of the relationship. Through interactive…
Information Session 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 your questions about competing in an all-virtual competition in…
Building Mentorship Skills for Academic Careers
This is an invitation-only event for registrants who have been accepted to participate in this year’s Building Mentorship Skills cohort. February sessions will be remote for all participants. In this…
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 laptop or mobile…
Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate Students and Postdocs
The Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate Students and Postdocs is a two-day workshop offered every spring for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to explore strategies for engaging diversity and fostering…
Information Session 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 your questions about competing in an all-virtual competition in…
Information Session 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 your questions about competing in an all-virtual competition in…
Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate Students and Postdocs
The Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate Students and Postdocs is a two-day workshop offered every spring for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to explore strategies for engaging diversity and fostering…
Information Session 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 your questions about competing in an all-virtual competition in…
Building Mentorship Skills for Academic Careers
In this series of hybrid workshops designed for current graduate students and postdocs and open to those in all fields, you will develop essential research mentoring skills, particularly in disciplines…
Tips for a 5 Minute Research Presentation
This event will provide tips for creating a memorable research presentation. The learning objectives for the webinar: Given a short presentation, participants will be able to analyze it for specific…
2021-22 Virtual Building Allyship Series: Dismantling the Exclusivity of Academia Through Critical Allyship to our Neurodiverse Community
This event will educate attendees about what neurodiversity is, the way that negative beliefs about neurodiversity impact the neurodiverse community, how to destigmatize the community, what issues are facing the…
Cultivating Equitable Mentoring Ecosystems
Two In-Person Keynote Talks with Dr. Beronda Montgomery, author of Lessons from Plants Mentoring is often positioned as the transfer of information from an experienced, senior individual (or mentor) to…
2022 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition
Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a competition for doctoral students to develop and showcase their research communication skills. The 2022 final round competition will be held on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Register…
Cultivating Equitable Mentoring Ecosystems
Two In-Person Keynote Talks with Dr. Beronda Montgomery, author of Lessons from Plants Mentoring is often positioned as the transfer of information from an experienced, senior individual (or mentor) to…
2021-22 Virtual Building Allyship Series: land Acknowledgements as Metaphor: Allyship and Land Back Movements
land acknowledgements are frequently given at official Cornell events, but what do they represent? We will dive into the performative aspects of land acknowledgements and how land-grant universities such as…
NAGS 2022 3MT Competition
The Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools (NAGS) s pleased to announce the 2022 Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition. This year, the virtual event will be hosted by the Institut national de…
Working Across Languages and Genres: Strategies for Magnifying the Impact of Scholarship – A Workshop
Even in culturally and linguistically diverse societies, myths and ideologies narrow down the number of languages and genres of knowledge sharing often to just one. But, as society and technology…
Transcending Monolingual Worldviews: Magnifying the Impact of Knowledge in Academe and Society
All societies, and especially diverse ones like the US, are multilingual; translingual communication mediates life and professions and makes knowledge grow and work. Yet, myths about language set up barriers,…
2022 Graduate Diversity & Inclusion Recognition and Awards Celebration
Join us for the 2022 Graduate Diversity & Inclusion Awards and Recognition Celebration where we will present the annual Graduate Diversity & Inclusion Awards, and recognize members of our graduate…
NextGen Professors: May Cohort Meeting
NextGen Professors is a career-development program focused on preparing Cornell doctoral students and postdocs for faculty careers across institutional types. The primary audience for this program is doctoral students (in…
Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom Begins
Running from June 1-30, Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom is a 4-week, asynchronous online course designed for Cornell instructors, that gives you an opportunity to explore strategies for…
Learning Community on Inclusive Teaching Begins
This is a five-week online program that runs concurrently with the asynchronous Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom course. Participants meet weekly via Zoom to discuss how to create…
Pathways to Success Symposium
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…
Academic Job Search Series: Getting a Faculty Position
A live online panel discussion and Q&A featuring postdoctoral scholars and graduate students who were offered faculty positions this year. Panelists: Cindy Córdoba Arroyo, PhD (’22), Apparel Design Stacy Endriss,…
2022 NextGen Professors Public Keynote
Everyday Survival and Collective Action: What We Can Learn From Disabled Faculty About Access and Care Speaker: Margaret Price, Associate Professor for English and Director of the Disabilities Studies Program…
Academic Job Search Series: The Application Process for an Academic Job
Presenters: Christine Holmes, Director of Postdoctoral Studies, Colleen McLinn, Executive Director of Future Faculty and Academic Careers Register to attend. Co-sponsored by the Office of Postdoctoral Studies and Future Faculty and Academic Careers, as part of…
Academic Job Search Series: 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…
Academic Job Search Series: Writing a Statement of Contributions to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Come discuss how to approach writing the diversity statement sometimes requested as part of academic faculty or postdoctoral job applications. We will share examples and guidance from Cornell and other…
Postponed POSTPONED: Academic Job Search Series: Writing a Research Statement for a Primarily Undergraduate Institution
Through an interactive online discussion, presenter Dr. Jeffrey Werner (Professor of Chemistry at SUNY Cortland) will help job-seekers interested in faculty positions at four-year colleges and universities (e.g., primarily undergraduate…
2022 Summer Success Symposium
The Summer Success Symposium is a professional and community development event for new and continuing doctoral students from across all graduate fields. The symposium has a particular focus on bringing…
NCFDD Webinar: Equitable, Accessible, and Inclusive Teaching Practices
This session will provide strategies and supports to ensure teaching is equitable, accessible, and inclusive for ALL students, including (but not limited to) multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and first-generation students. The…
Becoming a Resilient Scientist Discussion Series
Have you ever wanted to practice developing the confidence and resilience needed to navigate challenging situations as a graduate student and in life? This fall, the Cornell Graduate School (Office…
2022 Resource Fair for Graduate and Professional Students
This collaborative resource fair and welcome reception will provide an opportunity for graduate and professional degree students from across programs to engage with each other while also learning more about…
Becoming a Resilient Scientist Discussion Series
Have you ever wanted to practice developing the confidence and resilience needed to navigate challenging situations as a graduate student and in life? This fall, the Cornell Graduate School (Office…
NYAS Webinar: Career Paths: Funding & Grantsmanship
The ability to write successful research grants is a skill that needs to be worked on. As university budgets are shrinking and external funding sources are becoming more and more…
Unstuck: Become the Writer You Already Are
The CNY Humanities Corridor will host a free 90-minute virtual session with Michelle Boyd (Inkwell Academic Writing Retreats), open to all interested faculty and graduate students: Friday, October 7, 2022…
Becoming a Resilient Scientist Discussion Series
Have you ever wanted to practice developing the confidence and resilience needed to navigate challenging situations as a graduate student and in life? This fall, the Cornell Graduate School (Office…
Becoming a Resilient Scientist Discussion Series
Have you ever wanted to practice developing the confidence and resilience needed to navigate challenging situations as a graduate student and in life? This fall, the Cornell Graduate School (Office…
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 laptop or mobile…
Becoming a Resilient Scientist Discussion Series
Have you ever wanted to practice developing the confidence and resilience needed to navigate challenging situations as a graduate student and in life? This fall, the Cornell Graduate School (Office…
Navigating the Job Market with Former FGSS Grads
An event hosted by the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (FGSS) Program, open to all grads and with a humanities, arts, and social science focus. Navigating the Job Market with Former FGSS Grads! Wednesday,…
Job Search Discussion
The Job Search Discussion is designed to get graduate students and postdoctoral scholars together to talk about concerns that job seekers share, and strategize about how to move forward. Each…
Job Search Discussion
The Job Search Discussion is designed to get graduate students and postdoctoral scholars together to talk about concerns that job seekers share, and strategize about how to move forward. Each…
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 laptop or mobile…
NextGen Professors
NextGen Professors Power Mentoring Session with Dr. Corey Welch Registration form: https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4PnUkcs9Kx1JoOO
MAC Public Keynote with Dr. Corey Welch
About Our Speaker Dr. Corey Welch is the Director of the STEM Scholars Program at Iowa State University. His love of nature took a first generation, low income, Northern Cheyenne/White…
Information Session on the Cornell 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 your questions about competing in an all-virtual competition in…
Bullying in the Academy: Public Talk on Workplace Bullying in Higher Education with Dr. Leah Hollis
The Inclusive Wellness Series Nearly 60 percent of higher education professionals have been impacted by bullying during their careers. The erosion in academic culture caused by workplace bullying and intimidation…
Building Mentorship Skills for Academic Careers
In this series of remotely delivered workshops designed for current graduate students and postdocs and open to those in all fields, you will develop essential research mentoring skills, particularly for disciplines where…
2023 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition
Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a competition for doctoral students to develop and showcase their research communication skills. The 2023 final round competition will be held on Thursday, March 30,…
Career Launchpad: Navigating the Job Market in Academia
We are pleased to highlight this free, online workshop presented by recent Ph.D. graduates of partner universities and Chinese Historians in the United States (CHUS), an affiliated society of the…
NPA SmartSkills: Unconscious Bias and Beyond
SmartSkills is a free, virtual course for postdocs who are members* of the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA). Monthly classes are taught by experts and focus on building skills critical to…
Alumni Panel: Sustainability Careers in Academia
We are pleased to highlight this virtual career panel hosted by the Cornell China Center featuring three Cornell alumni pursuing academic paths in sustainability research. Panelists will share how they…
NAGS 2023 3MT Competition
The Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools (NAGS) s pleased to announce the 2023 Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition. This year, the virtual event will be hosted by the University of New…
Careers for PhDs: Consulting
For a growing number of humanities (and other) PhDs, the field of consulting represents an opportunity to translate their love of and expertise in research into a rewarding career path.…
The Application Process for an Academic Job
To kick off the 2022-2023 Academic Job Search Series for Cornell graduate students and postdocs, come learn about the process of searching for a U.S. faculty job from start to…
Weill Institute Career Workshop: Alumni in Academia Panel
This event hosted by the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology's Career Development committee is open to all interested graduate students and postdocs, with a focus on the experiences…
Future Professors Institute Keynote Talk
Institute Dates: Tuesday, June 6 (In-Person & Live Stream) and Wednesday, June 7 (Virtual Only) Times: June 6, 12:00 – 2:00 pm ET ǀ June 7, 11:00 am – 4:15…
Future Professors Institute
Institute Dates: Tuesday, June 6 (In-Person & Live Stream) and Wednesday, June 7 (Virtual Only) Times: June 6, 12:00 – 2:00 pm ET ǀ June 7, 11:00 am – 4:15…
Writing a Statement of Contributions to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Come discuss how to approach writing the diversity statement sometimes requested as part of academic faculty or postdoctoral job applications. We will share examples and guidance from Cornell and other…
Writing a Research Statement for a Primarily Undergraduate Institution
Through an interactive online discussion, guest presenter Dr. Jeffrey Werner (Professor of Chemistry at SUNY Cortland) will help job-seekers interested in faculty positions at four-year colleges and universities (e.g., primarily…
2023 Summer Success Symposium
The Summer Success Symposium is a professional and community development event for new and continuing doctoral students from across all graduate fields. The symposium has a particular focus on bringing…
Dean’s Welcome for New Graduate and Professional Students
Welcome new Cornell graduate and professional students! You’re invited to the Dean’s Welcome at 9 a.m. on August 17, 2023 in Bailey Hall. Cornell’s president, the Graduate School dean, and…
Grad Connect: A Resource Fair for Graduate and Professional Degree Students
This collaborative, in-person resource fair will provide an opportunity for graduate and professional degree students from across programs to engage with each other while also learning more about the resources,…
NSF GRFP Overview Session
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) application deadlines are coming up! As a resource for students applying this year, the Graduate School is offering a virtual NSF GRFP Overview…