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Career Services’ PhD Career Exploration Fellowship 2020

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The PhD Career Exploration Fellowship (formerly the PhD Externship) program encourages non-faculty career exploration among doctoral students by facilitating shadowing experiences and fostering mentorship relationships with advanced-degree holding professionals. This unpaid opportunity allows doctoral students to gain hands-on, real-world career experience in administrative offices, libraries, pharmaceuticals, museums, science outreach, and other centers on Penn’s campus and in the Philadelphia area. Students can use this experience to cultivate a stronger professional profile and to develop career-readiness competencies and administrative skills in preparation for a range of careers.

The program was created in 2017 to help meet the need for career development among doctoral students interested in pursuing non-faculty tracks. In 2019, 26 PhD students participated in opportunities across 20 organizations both within and beyond the university to support an array of career interests.

The application deadline is Thursday, January 30, 2020. All applications will be through Handshake at this link: https://upenn.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3417819

If you have any questions about this program, please contact Career Services’ PhD Professionalism Fellow, Kate Webb (katwebb@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Spring Career + Internship Fair 2020

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Friday, January 31, 2020 ~ 11:00am – 3:00pm
Bodek Lounge & Hall of Flags, Houston Hall
3417 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

General Information

  • Dress is business casual. Please bring copies of your resume.
  • Participating industries include Consumer Products | Consulting | Education | Engineering / Manufacturing | Financial Services | Insurance | Government | Healthcare / Biotechnology / Pharmaceuticals | Real Estate | Retail | Technology | AND MORE!

To see a list of registered employers online, please visit: https://upenn.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/13047

PSPDG: Scientific Writing Workshop

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“If an experiment is done in the lab but no journal ever publishes it, did it really happen? Writing scientific articles and grants is critical for communicating our work to other scientists and advancing our fields, but scientific writing is often indecipherable, even to other scientists. Join Dr. Judith Swan, Assoc. Dir. for Writing in Science and Engineering at Princeton and renowned scientific writing expert, as she teaches students to clarify their writing, anticipate the expectations of readers, and make persuasive arguments.

This workshop will be held in two back-to-back parts. Part 1 (10am-12pm) will focus on “Clarifying Cause and Effect in Writing,” and Part 2 (12:30-2:30pm) will focus on “The Art of Persuasion”.

Students can attend Part 1, Part 2, or both, as parts 1 and 2 will be related but distinct. There will be interactive group exercises to encourage retention, as well as an optional take-home assignment . Food will be served! Registration will open on Jan 6, 2020.”

Event description via the PSPDG website.

Date:
January 21, 2020
Time:
10AM-12PM – “CLARIFYING CAUSE AND EFFECT IN WRITING”
12:30-2:30PM – “THE ART OF PERSUASION”
Location:
JMEC 516EW (5th fl Smilow Center for Translational Research, West Pavilion)
3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation in Biomedicine

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University Nomination Required
Campus Nomination Deadline: 10AM on February 3, 2020

Penn is invited to nominate two graduate students for the Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation, which recognizes excellence in biomedicine, broadly defined. Each year, one graduate student and one postdoctoral fellow are selected to receive the prize, which includes a check for $50,000 and a $5,000 donation to their home institution to help support their seminar series. Semi-finalists and finalists receive $5,000. To be considered for Penn nomination, applicants must submit the Regeneron Application Form and a Recommendation Request Form that will, upon completion and submission by the applicant, send a recommendation request to your Penn faculty advisor. Applicants should not submit the application directly to Regeneron.

If you have questions, please contact Dr. Aaron Olson at CURF, aolson@upenn.edu.