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Rebecca Lopez

Call for Volunteers! Outreach Event: PGWISE at Clark Park

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Penn Graduate Women in Science and Engineering

PGWISE will be hosting a booth at Science in the Park during the upcoming Philadelphia Science Carnival! Their booth will teach students about the microbiome with interactive activities.  Volunteers can stay for as little as an hour or all afternoon! This event will be held on Saturday, April 27th from noon-4pm.

WHEN: Saturday, April 27th, noon – 4pm

WHERE: Clark Park in West Philly

If you have any questions or concerns, please email Kelsey at kkaeding@pennmedicine.upenn.edu and Megan at meganfr@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

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Nature: “How to use Twitter to further your research career”

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Lab scientist with smart phone illustration

Credit: Getty

This Nature article explores the uses of Twitter in professional development. The platform allows for broad-dissemination of information in a tight-packed format, making it a powerful tool for science outreach. As the author explains:

“Many are keen to make research visible and understandable to the wider community. For many, Twitter is one step towards this goal, because it allows non-scientists to find new research instantaneously without having to seek it out on lab or university websites. Twitter also provides a ‘way in’ for members of the public who want to contact scientists directly.”

The article details how scientists use the platform to increase circulation of their own publications, how they use automated paper-searching bots to populate their Twitter-feed with relevant papers in their field, and ways it can facilitate personal connections.

Read more here.

Grad Center at Penn presents, “From PhD to Admin: Career Diversity for PhDs”

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“Are you interested in supporting the mission and goals of academia, but not sure that a faculty position is the right path for you? Come explore how you can leverage your PhD to continue to support the university in a different capacity.

Hear from our diverse panel of experts, drawn from administrative offices and centers all around Penn, on how & why they decided to pursue a career in university administration after completing their own PhDs. Find out what that path looked like for them, and what steps you can take to move in that direction yourself. Brief introductions by the panelists will be followed by an audience Q&A, with time to chat freely with our experts over catered snacks at the end.” (Via the Grad Center at Penn)

Monday, April 22, 4:00-5:30 PM
ARCH 108 (3601 Locust Walk)
No registration required. 

SACNAS Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting 2019

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On Monday, June 10th 2019, the Penn SACNAS Chapter will host a day-long event of professional development workshops, as well as talks, poster presentations, and community building open to STEM undergraduate student, graduate student, postdoctoral, and faculty members. Their goal is to celebrate the power of diversity in STEM.

SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT:
Prizes will be given to top three Best Poster winners: 1st place: $250 gift card, 2nd place: $150 gift card, 3rd place: $75 gift card, sponsored by Mahoney Institute for Neurosciences (MINS).

Registration Deadline: April 22nd!

Register at: https://forms.gle/6UgN8mokCX3zZMUA7 and more details at: https://www.med.upenn.edu/sacnas/regionalmeeting.html

The Penn Graduate Consulting Club (PGCC) – 6th Annual Case Competition

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The Penn Graduate Consulting Club (PGCC) is hosting its 6th annual case competition on Friday April 26th at Jon M. Huntsman Hall of The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. The case competition is a great opportunity to use your analytical skills to solve a business problem.

Applications are now open. You must apply as a team with 3-5 members. If you do not have a full team, you may list your information in this sheet and search for other team members. Once you have successfully formed a team, use the application link to apply.

The deadline for applications is Sunday April 14th 11:59 PM EST. For more information on the case competition, please see the PGCC website, and to stay up to date on PGCC events, please subscribe to their mailing list.