Calendar of Events
Project with Clear Confidence In Front of Groups
Ingrid Saxon
Date: January 7, 2010
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: A-950
Communication is the key to getting your ideas heard! If you are using your voice to further your career, you know how vital it is to work from your best vocal capability. You've got to be able to breathe properly, reach your full range of voice, have more stamina, relaxation and more power for projection.
By working with the same proprietary
Controlled Relaxation technique that has been used by many prominent business professionals and speakers, you can expand your vocal capability AND your career!
As a vocal instructor for more than 15 years, Ingrid Saxon knows how to work with students to help them reach their voice potential quickly. Join Ingrid for a special 45-minute interactive workshop where you will learn how to make the most of your voice with practical exercises and specialized knowledge. You will be surprised at how quickly you can develop vocal confidence ^ and that is the one thing that can make sure your ideas are heard to advance your career!
Postdoctoral News and Networking Hour
Rosemary Cius, WCMC Benefits Office
Date: November 19
Time: 4:30 -6:30 PM
Location: Griffis Faculty Club
Each Postdoctoral News & Networking Hour will feature a brief presentation relevant to the professional or personal development of postdoctoral trainees, followed by a question and answer session and a networking session.
Come and learn about topics of interest to the WCMC postdoctoral community over light refreshment.
What Can You Be With a PhD? A Science and Technology Career Symposium
Date: November 13 - 14
Location: NYU Langone Medical Center
The Concise Career Compendium
Bob Tillman, Ph.D.
Date: Friday, November 6
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 PM
Location: Weill Cornell Medical College
1300 York Avenue
Room A-950
Focusing on the essential components of what anyone seriously considering a career should know about and just in time for What Can You Be With a PhD? this seminar will cover asking the right questions, networking strategically and job search essentials
Ice Cream Social/Food Drive
Date: September 24
Time: 3:30 - 5:30 PM
Location: Harkness Atrium
Rain location: Archbold Commons
All Postdoctoral trainees, graduate students and faculty are invited to an ice cream social for the First Annual National Postdoc Appreciation Day.
Information Session: Careers at NIH
Victor Fung, PhD
Former Program Officer and Study Review Officer at the NIH
Date: Friday, May 1, 2009
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Biochemistry Conference Room E-115
This information session, co-hosted by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and the Department of Pharmacology, will consist of a presentation about careers at the NIH, focusing on Program Officer and Study Review Officer positions. After the presentation, there will be an informal question and answer session. All graduate students and postdoctoral trainees are welcome to attend. Postdocs who have received reviews on a grant application (e.g. NRSA, K award, R21, etc.) will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with Dr. Fung to get his advice on how to respond to the reviews. Dr. Fung's biography can be found below (under the "Grantsmanship in Highly Competitive Times" announcement).
Grantsmanship in Highly Competetive Times
Victor Fung, PhD
Former Program Officer and Study Review Officer at the NIH
Date: Thursday, April 30, 2009
Time: 1:30 am - 2:30 pm
Location: Pharmacology Library, C-405
This seminar, co-hosted by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and the Department of Pharmacology, will review the grant application process and provide advice on how to write a fundable grant application. Dr. Fung's biography follows:
Dr. Victor Fung received his A.B. from Cornell University and his Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry from Stanford University. He did postdoctoral work in Photochemistry at Columbia University.
In July 2008, Dr. Fung retired from NIH where he worked for over 25 years and held several positions: he was the Chemical Selection Coordinator for the National Toxicology Program/NIEHS; the Program Director for Environmental Cancer and the Biological and Chemical Prevention of Cancer in the Division of Cancer Biology at NCI; and finally the Scientific Review Officer for the Cancer Etiology Study Section in the Center for Scientific Review. The Cancer Etiology study section reviews grant applications related to the causal agents, processes, and cells involved in tumor pathogenesis. He is now a consultant on grantsmanship, namely, the preparation of research grant applications.
His areas of expertise include organic chemistry; toxicology; chemical carcinogenesis and mutagenesis; pharmacokinetics; structure-activity relationships analysis; chemical health effects evaluation and hazard assessment; knowledge of Federal laws, agencies, regulations and guidelines pertaining to toxic chemicals; and the NIH Peer Review Process.
Learn LinkedIn!
Date: Moday, April 20, 2009
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: WGC Conference Room A, 1305 York Avenue
"Learn LinkedIn!" is a web-based e-learning seminar, which covers the following topics:
- Optimizing your profile
- Becoming more visible through engagement
- Recomending, referring, and introducing to build relationship capital
- Intro to groups
- Profile and job search basics
- Best practice networking etiquette
2009 Tri-Institutional Career Symposium
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Time: 9:00 am -7:00 pm
Location: Uris Auditorium, 1300 York Avenue
Weill Cornell, Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center organize a one-day symposium each year to expose postdoctoral trainees to the range of opportunities for biomedical science Ph.D.s. The day is comprised of panelists from academic and non-academic careers. The panelists speak briefly about their personal experiences and pathways and answer questions. There is a coffee break, lunch and concluding reception, which offer additional opportunities to network with the speakers. For additional details, download the full agenda (pdf).
Fourth Annual Postdoctoral Research Day
Keynote Speaker:
Steven A. Rosenberg MD, PhD
Branch Chief and Head
Tumor Immunology Section
National Cancer Institute
Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Time: 8:45 am -7:00 pm
Location: Weill Greenberg Center Hall, 1305 York Avenue, Rooms 214-A, B, C
This one-day event consists of talks and poster presentations by Weill Cornell Medical College and Cornell Ithaca postdocs. The event will culminate with a keynote address, followed by a reception. Faculty members of WCMC will evaluate the talks and posters, with the awards ceremony to be held at the reception. For abstract submission information, download the Call for Abstracts, and for additional details about the day, download the Research Day flyer.
The Craft of Scientific Presentations: A Workshop on Presenting Research
Professor Melissa Marshall
Communication Arts & Sciences
Penn State
Date: Saturday, September 13, 2008
Time: Workshop: 9:00 – 12:30; Presentation Practice: 1:30 – 5:30
Place: A-250
This interactive workshop will help postdocs improve their research talk by critically rethinking the design of their presentation slides. The first part of the workshop will combine a speaker presentation with audience participation through interactive exercises. After lunch, eight participants will have the opportunity to practice giving their research presentation and receive a detailed critique from the speaker and audience members. Please contact Karen Sherman at krsherma@med.cornell.edu to register for the workshop.
Understanding Corporate Culture: The Rules of the Game
Saied Tousi, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
Pall Corporation
Date: July 29, 2008
Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Place: Archbold Commons/Weill Auditorium
A pizza lunch for all participants will be served in Archbold Commons beginning at noon. Please RSVP to Karen Sherman at krsherma@med.cornell.edu if you plan to attend.
Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences Career Pathways Seminar
Information Session about Management Consulting and Boston Consulting Group
Several representatives from the Boston Consulting Group
Date: Monday, June 23, 2008
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Weill Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, Weill Auditorium, 2nd floor
POSTDOC HAPPY HOUR
May 30, 2008
6.00-8.00 pm
*O'FLANAGAN'S*
1215 1st Ave (BTW 65th & 66th)
The Back Room
FREE OPEN BAR!!!
Organized by the Social & Sports Committee of the WMC PDA
Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences Career Pathways Seminar
"Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research"
Leslie Pond, PhD
Scientific Education Manager
Education Office
Dale Porter, PhD
Research Investigator II
Oncology
Susan Wee, PhD
Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow
Oncology
Date: Monday, May 12, 2008
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Weill Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, Room A-250
Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences Career Pathways Seminar
"Technology Transfer - Bridging Two Worlds"
Kathleen A. Denis, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President
Technology Transfer
The Rockefeller University
Date: Monday, April 14, 2008
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Weill Auditorium, Weill Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, 2nd floor
2008 Tri-Institutional Symposium
March 25, 2008Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Rockefeller Research Laboratories
430 East 67th Street
9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Postdocs at Weill Cornell, Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center organize a one-day symposium each year to expose trainees to the range of opportunities for biomedical science Ph.D.s. The day is comprised of panelists from the worlds of academia, industry and alternative careers who speak briefly about their personal experiences and pathways and answer questions. There is a coffee break in the morning, lunch and concluding reception, which offer additional opportunities to network with the speakers.
As a bonus this year, David Jensen, long-time industry scientific talent recruiter and regular contributor to ScienceCareers, will be speaking at a special seminar held at 5:00 pm March 24th, the day prior to the Symposium. The focus of the talk will be "The Inside-Out Job approach to Career Management." Mr. Jensen will also kick-off the Tri-Institutional Symposium on March 25 with a short primer on Job Search Strategies.
For more information, please contact Karen Sherman at krsherma@med.cornell.edu.
GRANTS IN THE NEW ERA
February 6, 2008; 6:00-7:30 PMWeill Cornell Medical College - Uris Auditorium
Recent government funding or lack thereof has researchers scratching their heads to find the money necessary to run their labs. More and more, scientists are turning to foundations and industry for financial support. Join us as speakers from these institutions explain why their organizations and companies are granting support to labs and give you tips on how to secure those grants.
SpeakersMark Cardillo, Director, Dreyfus Foundation
Scott P. Kennedy, Executive Director, Worldwide Exploratory, Science and Technology, Pfizer
For complete event details or to register, visit http://www.nyas.org/grants
Sponsored by: Science Alliance, a program of the New York Academy of Sciences
Co-Sponsored by: Weill Cornell Offices of Postdoctoral Affairs
POSTDOC HAPPY HOUR
January,18 2008, 6.00-8.00 pmO'FLANAGAN'S
1215 1st Ave (BTW 65th & 66th)
The Back Room
*FREE OPEN BAR!!!
