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AAAS Social Policy Fellowship Info Session

January 17, 2019 by Rebecca Lopez Leave a Comment

If you are passionate about social policy, want to learn more about the field, or are looking to explore career options after graduation this seminar workshop is for you!

Three alumni and a recruiter from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will be coming to Penn to talk to us about the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow (STPF).  This is a yearlong fellowship that provides the opportunity for scientists to learn first-hand about policymaking and contribute their knowledge and analytical skills in the policy realm. Fellows serve yearlong assignments in the federal government (any of the three branches). This workshop will touch on: application process, transition into the fellowship, how to become a competitive applicant, and testimonials from alumni regarding what their day-to-day looked like during the fellowship as well as how the fellowship influenced their career paths.   

  • Date: January 31, 2019
  • Time: 12 – 1:30 PM
  • Location: Barchi (John Morgan 140)
  • RSVP link: https://goo.gl/forms/rxOQ5t5eiNG9NG503 (PLEASE RSVP)
  • Panelists:
Name Branch Placement Current Work
Sutyajeet I. Soneja “Sut” Executive Branch 2016-18 US Agency for International Development (USAID) Consultant, Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization
Judith Weis Legislative Branch 1983-84 Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Professor of Biological Sciences at Rutgers University, Newark
Peter DeCarlo “Pete” Executive Branch 2010-11 US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, as well as the Department of Chemistry, Drexel

Filed Under: Announcements, Seminars, Workshops Tagged With: Career: Policy

BGS Professional Skills Series

January 10, 2019 by Rebecca Lopez Leave a Comment

BGS students are invited to attend, “Effective Use of Social Media in Career Growth,” the next installment in the BGS Professional Skills Series. The workshop will take place January 29, 2019 from 3:30 – 5 PM in Smilow 08-146AB. Light refreshments will be served.

Please join us as our own Dr. Casey Greene discusses key insights to the use of social media for professional development. The workshop will be led by Dr. Greene, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, and feature key insights from Dr. Caroline Bartman, Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University. Key topics of discussion will include:

  • Finding a community that you enjoy being part of.
  • Following and amplifying diverse voices.
  • Using social media to complement in person interactions.

Please register by January 25, 2019. To register, click here or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:

https://goo.gl/forms/VMYA69pZZkNnoLgj1

If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Lopez.

Filed Under: Seminars, Workshops Tagged With: Competency: Communication, Science: Working Life

CPHI Seminar Series 2018-2019

January 8, 2019 by Rebecca Lopez Leave a Comment

As part of the 2018-2019 CPHI Seminar Series, Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at CHOP will present, “How to Communicate Science to the Public or Die Trying.”

Description

“We live in a society where scientific illiteracy has devolved to scientific denialism. People simply declare their own truths: vaccines cause autism, climate change is a hoax, or creationism and evolution are equally valid hypotheses. As a consequence, science is losing its place as a source of truth. Now, more than ever before, it is important for scientists, clinicians, academics, and public health officials to stand up for science. We will discuss the challenges to communicating science to the media and to the public.” – Dr. Offit

When: Thu, Jan. 17, 2019, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Where: Houston Hall Bodek Lounge

Lunch provided

RSVP here.


Filed Under: Announcements, Seminars Tagged With: Career: Public health, Competency: Communication, News Media, Science: Working Life

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

November 26, 2018 by Rebecca Lopez Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Announcements, Seminars Tagged With: Career Services (Penn), Career: Teaching (community college), Career: Teaching (primarily undergraduate institution), Career: Teaching (university)

BGS Professional Skills Series: “Mentoring 101”

November 19, 2018 by Rebecca Lopez Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Announcements, Seminars Tagged With: Competency: Communication, Competency: Management, Science: Working Life

“Science Reporting and Fake News”

November 1, 2018 by Rebecca Lopez Leave a Comment

At the Fifth Annual Microbiome Symposium, scientist and The New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer discusses changing standards in journalism as it pertains to science reporting. The talk is sponsored by the Penn Vet Center for Host-Microbial Interactions and the PennCHOP Microbiome Program.

For more information, visit vet.upenn.edu. (Via Penn Today)

When: Wednesday, November 7, 2018. 6:00 – 7:30 PM.

Where: Hill Pavilion, 380 S. University Ave.

Filed Under: Announcements, Seminars Tagged With: Career: Science writing, Competency: Communication, News Media

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