– August 30, 2019 –

Welcome Back!  Fall 2019 Classes Begin Sept. 4:  Remember to Register!

• Permission numbers for classes expire by September 17.  Use them before then.  
• If you will not attend URI in Fall 2019 semester, submit Leave of Absence Form  
• Sept. 25 – Last day to drop courses with no transcript designations. 

 

Showcase Your STEM Research Poster at #Inclusive SciComm Symposium

To facilitate graduate student participation in Inclusive SciComm Symposium, URI’s Metcalf Institute invites abstracts for poster presentations about your STEM research.  Your poster need not focus on inclusive science communication, but must be designed to be accessible to symposium participants representing a range of STEM and science communication expertise.  

Abstracts will be accepted until Sept. 6, 2019. Notification about proposal status will be on a rolling basis until Sept. 13.  With support from the Graduate School, up to 3 poster presenters will receive waived registration fees.  inclusivescicomm.org

 

September Professional Development Events

• Writing Retreat Fridays – Time for Your Writing, Aug. 30, Sept. 13 & 17, Large Conference Room, Coastal Institute, Bay Campus  
• Graduate Writing Center Open House, Sept.3, 1-3 p.m., 003 Roosevelt
• GSO LinkedIn Workshop, Sept. 11, 12-1 p.m., Challenger Room, cmitnick@uri.edu
• Mental Health First Aid – Training for Graduate Students, Sept. 13, MU, Atrium 1 
• Diversity & Inclusion Badge Program Info Sessions, Sept. 12, 3 p.m., Sept. 13, 1 p.m., University Library Conference Room A, 203    
• Resume and CV Workshop, Sept. 19, 1-2 p.m., Grad Writing Center, 003 Roosevelt
• FREE Science Communication Webinars – Alan Alda Center, Sept.12, 19, 26
• Plagiarism in Grad School:  What You Need to Know, Sept. 25, 2-3 p.m., Graduate Writing Center, 003 Roosevelt

 

Graduate Assistants United Contract Education Workshops

Grad Assistant Contract Education Workshops, Sept. 9, 12 p.m., Sept. 12, 12 p.m., Memorial Union, Atrium 2  

 

Supplemental Funding, Fellowship, Symposium Opportunities:

• AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
• DOE Office of Science Graduate Research Program – Supplemental Awards
• Womxn in STEM Symposium: Communicating Your Science
• Reedsy National Creative Writing Scholarship

 

Faculty Member Has Asked the Grad School to Share Info about a Fall Course:  

URI Dept. of Computer Science and the Big Data Collaborative is offering CSC 593: Programming for Scientists, an intro to Python and some R; the instructor will use Jupyter Notebooks and Anaconda as the data oriented environment within which to learn Python programming.  Students may bring their own data sets, or the data librarian can help you secure data sets.  Class is preparation for Bioinformatics I or for students in any discipline interested in learning to program. Contact Dr. Joan Peckham for permission numbers.  CSC 593 Programming for Scientists:  Scientific programming.  Algorithmic thinking.  Scripting, language comparisons, code design, programming resources and communities.  Not for graduate credit in CS.  Permission of instructor required. 

 

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