BGS Career Development
Making It Count!
Application Deadline: September 28
Applications are currently being accepted for the upcoming Fall Penn I-Corps course (starting October 15).
Learn more here: https://pci.upenn.edu/icorps/
Use this link to sign-up for an upcoming I-Corps Information session.
The I-Corps team is also happy to come to talk at your events, lab meetings, and to individual researchers. For more information, please email tomas@upenn.edu or pbertone@seas.upenn.edu.
Together with the National Institutes of Health, IDEAL Research is presenting “Becoming a Resilient Scientist” series that is open to all current Ph.D. students and post-docs in BGS. Navigating school, the career exploration process, research environments, and the stress of life can seem overwhelming and lead us to doubt ourselves just when we need confidence the most. The goal of this series is to help you develop the resilience you need to navigate challenging situations in school, work, and life. The series will consist of five webinars, each followed by a small group discussion the following week. The webinars will highlight emotional intelligence competencies needed for academic success and for thriving in research and healthcare careers. We will discuss the cultivation of skills to help you realize resilience and identify and deal with obstacles that get in your way.
The time commitment for participants is approximately 2.5 hours per session (1.5 hours to watch the webinar live or asynchronously plus 1 hour for small group discussions). The webinar sessions are offered live the Thursday before the group discussions and can also be watched asynchronously.
The group discussions in the series are below. Participants are expected to commit to the entirety of the series.
Sign Up by 9/24: https://upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1zu2YqERfDZDdNc
If you have any questions, please reach out to Lisa Lim (lisa.lim@pennmedicine.upenn.edu).
Penn Biotech Group (PBG) has extended the registration of the 2021 PBG Pro bono Consulting Projects. Below are the updates.
Project Director and Project Manager application deadlines have been extended to 9/17 by 11:59 pm.
Team Member applications have been extended to Saturday 9/18 by 11:59pm.
The COVID-19 Pandemic has left indelible marks in our community. This upcoming Thursday, September 23rd, a group of Penn scientists wants to share their vision on how to build a path forward.
The Penn Interdisciplinary Network for Scientists Promoting Inclusion, Retention, and Equity (Penn INSPIRE), cordially invites you to join us for our Community Forum on the COVID-19 Pandemic: “Building a Path Forward: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic”. This free virtual event will be held on Thursday, September 23rd from 5 PM to 6:30 PM ET.
During this event, a panel of the following public health and microbiology experts will share their latest insights and answer questions in a manner accessible to the general public about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic:
Susan Weiss, PhD
Professor of Microbiology at Penn
Co-Director Penn Center for Research on Coronavirus and Other Emerging Pathogens
César de la Fuente, PhD
Presidential Assistant Professor at Penn
Inventor of Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Test
Alison M. Buttenheim, PhD, MBA
Silverstein Endowed Term Chair in Global Women’s Health, Penn Nursing
Co-Founder of “Dear Pandemic”
Nawar Naseer, PhD
Master of Public Health Student, Penn
Penn COVID-19 Contact Tracing Lead
Katie Strelau
PhD Candidate, CAMB MVP
Penn COVID-19 Contact Tracing Lead
We have attached promotional flyers with more information. We kindly ask that you share this invitation with other groups or organizations who would be interested in attending. If you have any questions, please let us know!
The Penn Science Policy and Diplomacy Group trains scientists to advocate for evidence-based policies, engage with domestic policymakers, foreign governments, and international agencies, and communicate scientific findings to these groups and to the general public.
In past years, PSPDG has:
We’d like to invite you to our kick-off meeting for this year, to be held virtually Tuesday, September 21 at 5:30 PM ET. Come hear about our plans for the coming year, and be a part of making it all happen. The current members all learned by doing, so no prior experience is required!
You can register here.
Penn Science Policy and Diplomacy Group (PSPDG) presents the 2021-2022 Science Communication Workshop Series, designed to educate the scientific community on how to communicate their work to all audiences.
The first workshop on presentation skills is Tuesday, September 28th at noon! This workshop will be delivered by students in the Engineering Ambassadors Program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Sign up for the first workshop here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/science-communication-workshop-1-presentation-skills-tickets-173152161777
People who want to receive updates for our workshops can sign up via the link in the attached flyer and also join the SciComm Workshop Slack !
More info can also be found on our website: https://pennsciencepolicy.squarespace.com/workshop-series.
