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Wharton Business Foundations Skills Courses on Coursera

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Many BGS students have expressed interest in learning about aspects of business as part of their preparation for various careers.  Wharton conducts a series of Coursera courses in business foundations. 
https://www.coursera.org/specializations/wharton-business-foundations

The courses are free for people who don’t want or need any course credit and simply want exposure to business principles and practices.  However, some people may wish to receive credit for individual courses or for a certificate (6 courses including a capstone project). Coursera estimates it takes 4-5 weeks to complete each course.  

The cost per month of Coursera is $79.  BGS can reimburse students for up to 7 months of Coursera who show proof of completion (*details below).

If you take any of the courses (whether for credit or not), we’d be interested to hear what you think of them.

*Tiffany Brooks (brookst@upenn.edu) can help with reimbursement. Reimbursement will be processed via Concur and require the following documentation:

  1. Proof of course completion plus credit received
  2. Proof of payment, which needs to be credit card receipt showing payment for this course
  3. Completed statement of Business Connection

Request for reimbursement must be submitted within 60 days of course completion/credit received.  Approval of submissions past the deadline is at the discretion of the program.

Certificate in Law Information Session

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You are invited to attend a Certificate in Law information session for BGS students on January 10, 2019, 12-1 PM, in Blockley Hall Seminar Room 1311. The certificate provides an introduction to law and legal principles and is structured to provide a flexibility adaptable to different pursuits. It may be especially attractive to those interested in entrepreneurship, patent law, regulatory affairs, and certain pharmaceutical settings. The session will discuss the various options in taking one or more classes.

Lunch will be provided! 

As a reminder, students who wish to pursue a certificate program must obtain permission from their graduate groups and BGS as described here.

Kindly RSVP here.

For more information, contact master@law.upenn.edu.

Biopharma Innovation Cup 2019

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Merck KGaA is accepting applications to participate in the Biopharma Innovation Cup 2019:

“As part of the Innovation Cup, 30 students will be selected and invited to join a week-long summer camp, to work together in a highly stimulating environment.

  • Work as part of a team to generate new ideas in the fields: oncology, immuno-oncology, autoimmunity, small molecules drug discovery, protein engineering and screening, digitalization.
  • Evaluate your ideas from a technical and business perspective and build a convincing business plan.
  • Learn the essentials about R&D within the pharmaceutical and chemical industry.
  • Network with the brightest students from all over the world.
  • Understand how products can be successfully discovered, developed, and brought to market.
  • Get to know us and learn about career options.
  • A jury, consisting of top scientists and entrepreneurs, our senior managers and external experts will pick the winning business plans for first and second place.

On the last day of the summer camp, a conference with alumni of previous Innovation Cup editions will be organized. Learn what alumni are doing today and expand your network of top innovators.

Following the innovation cup, options to implement the best business plans will be evaluated. We will keep you posted.

Travel, accommodation and food expenses paid by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.” (Via Merck KGaA)

Applicants accepted to participate will attend the Innovation Cup 2019 summer camp near Frankfurt, Germany the week of June 23-29, 2019. The winning team will share a prize of 20,000 Euros.

For more information and to apply, read here.

Workshop: Preparing for Academic Screening, Conference, and On-Campus Interviews

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Penn Career Services continues their Academic Job Search Series with a workshop on, “Preparing for Academic Screening, Conference, and On-Campus Interviews.” The workshop is designed for doctoral students and postdocs. It will cover preparation strategies as well as typical questions you might encounter during the academic screening process.

When: Thursday, November 29, 2018, 12-1:30 PM

Where: Graduate Education Building 007

RSVP here.

BGS Professional Skills Series: “Mentoring 101”

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BGS presents the next installment in the Professional Skills Series, “Mentoring 101: Think Globally, Act Locally.”

Each of us at every point in our professional development is both mentor and mentee; it’s the balance between the two that can change with time. Case in point: many PhD students, while identified as mentees within the context of training, already serve as incredibly important mentors to undergraduate or new graduate students and are in fact critical to the career decisions those students make.

Please join us as our own Dr. Michael Nusbaum discusses the dynamics of mentorship from all its perspectives, both within and beyond academia. Please register by November 30, 2018. To register, click here or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:

https://goo.gl/forms/hM32Z3OX0LHoJUNX2

If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Lopez.