Many hearty congratulations to the winner of our contest, Jenn Yantachka! We are in the process of working with the Office of Communications on the web feature on her research, and will post a link to that as soon as it is available. In the meantime, you can see her brief bio here (at the bottom of the page). Congratulations also to Anna Stewart and Roman Yavich, our runners up. To everyone who made it, the talent within the graduate student body was on full display.

Many thanks as well to our sponsors: the Office of Instruction and Graduate Studies, the Office of Communications, and the Department of Environmental Resources Engineering.

Davíd Carrasco

Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America, Harvard Divinity School 

and Harvard FAS Department of Anthropology  will give a lecture  "An Indigenous American Pictorial Epic: Storytelling from the 16th Century  Mexican Codex-Mapa de Cuauhtinchan (Place of the Eagle's Nest)"  On Friday, April 6, 2012 at 7:00 in Hendricks Chapel. With performance by The Brazilian Ensemble at 6:30.  Co-Sponsored by the Undergraduate Anthropology Club, the Religion Graduate Organization (funded by the GSO),  and the Native American Studies Program.

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! 

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

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.

The GSA goes viral! Check out our promotional videos for this great event, read more about it and RSVP on the elevator pitch webpage.

Hey grads, see below for some upcoming Syracuse University Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Lectures:

Noted film scholar Barbara Klinger will be presenting the lecture,
"Mutations or Mutilations?: The Never-Ending Versions of Classic
Hollywood Films " at Syracuse University on* Thursday, February 23rd
@7pm in Hall of Languages 500 (Killian Room).

And here is an upcoming forum:* *The Graduate School Programming Office
is holding an Open Forum on the topic of Faculty Mentor / Graduate
student mentee relationships on *Friday, February 24th at 9am. *The
location is TBA.

Supporting Responsible Student Research
A panel discussion on the complexities of plagiarism, its effects
on different student populations, and what faculty can do about it.
*March 6 • 2–3:30 p.m.
Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, Bird Library

Friday February 24th 12:00-1:00pm
110 Moon Library
Professional Development Panel Series:
Preparing for your Thesis or Dissertation Defense!
Join our panel of experienced faculty and students who will share insights on preparing for and getting through your defense. We have invited panelists from multiple departments on campus so you can get the answers you need about what your committee will be expecting, as well as tips from students who have completed the process.
Light refreshments will be served!

If you have any questions about this event, please feel free to email Whitney.