Many thanks to everyone who turned out and/or supported this years elevator pitch contest and research mixer. It was a smashing success, and an impressive demonstration of the good work happening on our campus.
A special thanks to Danielle Preiss, Erica Tauzer, Kapil Mandrekar, and especially Ben Ballerstein, for their inspired promotional videos. The GSA is in your debt!
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IAI Announcement of opportunity
The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), the Center of Excellence for Water Security (AQUASEC), and the Water Center for Arid and Semiarid Zones of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAZALAC) are pleased to announce the Training Institute on Adaptive Management of Water Resources under Climate Change in Vulnerable River Basins. The Training Institute will be held in La Serena, Chile from 8-17 October, 2012. For further information, please see flyer attached. Applications are due May 30, 2012 at 17h00 São Paulo time, Brazil. Applications must be submitted on line at http://iaibr3.iai.int/twiki/bin/view/TIAdaptativeManagementWaterResources2012 Hello Grads, see below for some more GSO events, all of them available to you:
Friday, March 30th, 2012 from 8:30PM-1AM at the Inn Complete EPIC and GSO Host Belated St. Patrick's Day Shenanigans! All graduate students and friends are welcome! There will be FREE GREEN BEER (while supplies last),free food, and prizes (including a Kindle Touch) The event is free, but we will be accepting donations to support classrooms in need! Here's a link to the event on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/321880597859605/ Mark your calendars for the 2nd Annual Life Sciences Symposium (5/1), hosted by the SU Biology Graduate Student Organization and Biology Department. Dr. Hanna Kokko, an evolutionary ecologist from Australian National University, will be delivering the Jack and Pat Bryan Distinguished Lecture at 10:30 am in the Lundgren Room (LSC106) of the Life Sciences Complex. A poster session and luncheon reception will directly follow in the Life Sciences Complex Atrium. Graduates in all life science related fields are encouraged to participate in the poster session (e.g., Forensic Science, Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Science, Geology, and beyond). We currently have five SU, ESF and SUNY Upstate departments participating and would love to represent the diverse research done by graduates in even more departments. If you would like to present a poster, please complete the following form: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDVpQ09HUDhYRDlyMnR1VGkzTmNvcHc6MQ. Due date for abstracts has been extended to April 20th. Please find attached a flyer announcing the event to forward or print and post. If you have any questions, please contact Liz Droge-Young (BGSO President) emdroge@syr.edu You know the drill: pizza, snacks, beer and friends
When: Friday April 6th, 5:30pm Where: Nifkin Lounge Why: Because we're awesome Bring your lab-mates, professors and friends! As always, please bring a form of age identification, and a mug and plate for this trash-minimal event. Questions, Comments, Concerns? Contact Social Chair, Cat Foley catmfoley@gmail.com * We didn't really have a winter this year so I guess we just skipped over it and now it’s spring? Will there be seasons anymore with climate change? Just a reminder folks - this Thursday at 4pm in Illick 5 we will host our annual Standing on the Shoulders of Giants speaker series. Our featured guest this year is Dr. Ben Walther, Texas Marine Laboratory.
His talk is titled: "From fish to floods: reconstructing animal migrations and climate variation with chemical proxies" (Reception to follow) Second up: Friday at noon in Moon 110, the Graduate Student Speaker Series resumes with Anand Chaudhary: "The South Asian Vulture Crisis and Conservation Effort" The Sociology Graduate Student Assemblage
presents a Graduate Research Symposium: New Urban Realities Investigations from Local to Global Contexts Thursday, March 29. 10:45 am-5:00pm. 220 Eggers Hall, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs The Sociology Graduate Student Assemblage (SGSA) presents a graduate student symposium on research that works to advance knowledge on contemporary urban realities. Featuring student panelists from a range of disciplines, this symposium works to enrich our understanding of the different issues within urban areas. For the full program and presentation abstracts, click here: http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/soc.aspx?id=77309422904 This event is co-sponsored by the Departments of Sociology, Geography and History and the Cultural Foundations of Education program, School of Education. GSAers: Please review the proposed text, which represents an amendment to our constitution. This amendment is to reflect the desire of the Office of Instruction and Graduate Studies to solicit feedback from graduate student representatives on a variety of campus policy issues. If you have any questions/concerns, contact your department representative. Thanks!
Proposed revision to Article 1, Section 10): "(e) serve as members of the OIGS Graduate Advisory Committee; when called upon, representatives will provide feedback to the OIGS on campus issues concerning graduate students." First Annual "Elevator Pitch" Contest and Research Mixer, March 30th, 3:30 p.m., Baker 4083/20/2012 The GSA goes viral! Check out our promotional videos for this great event, read more about it and RSVP on the elevator pitch webpage.
The Graduate Student Association would like to invite you to the. . .
ESF Multicultural Celebration! Sunday April 1st 6-9 pm Nifkin Lounge This event is pot-luck style with international photos and entertainment Good food, photos, music, performances and people! Please consider contributing any type of dish, photos, or entertainment. Contact Emily Hughes (ehughe01@syr.edu) if you are interested. AWARDS
The National Research Council of the National Academies sponsors a number of awards for graduate, postdoctoral and senior researchers at participating federal laboratories and affiliated institutions. These awards include generous stipends ranging from $42,000 - $75,000 per year for recent Ph.D. recipients, and higher for additional experience. Graduate entry level stipends begin at $30,000. These awards provide the opportunity for recipients to do independent research in some of the best-equipped and staffed laboratories in the U.S. Research opportunities are open to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and for some of the laboratories, foreign nationals. More detailed information and an online application can be found atwww.nationalacademies.org/rap. Detailed program information, including online applications, instructions on how to apply and a list of participating laboratories, is available on the NRC Research Associateship Programs website (see link above). Questions should be directed to the NRC at 202-334-2760 (phone) or rap@nas.edu. There are four annual review cycles. Review Cycle: May; Opens March 1; Closes May 1 Review Cycle: August; Opens June 1; Closes August 1 Review Cycle: November; Opens September 1; Closes November 1 Review Cycle: February; Opens December 1; Closes February 1 Applicants should contact prospective Adviser(s) at the lab(s) prior to the application deadline to discuss their research interests and funding opportunities. |
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