Archives: Announcements
Expanding Opportunities while Expanding Horizons
By Katya Hrichak When COVID-19 arrived, Cornell shifted to remote like most of the country. Faced with cancelling or reformatting the Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) conference, the 30+ graduate student…
“Future Faculty and Academic Careers,” a New Name for a Long-Running Program
In the best of times, graduate students worry about their future career prospects. During uncertain times, it becomes especially important to focus early and often on the job market. To…
Graduate School Consolidates Professional and Career Development Listings
In a context complicated by uncertainties associated with the novel coronavirus, Cornell’s graduate students have sought guidance about how to navigate academia, build transferable skills they need for a future…
Pets Helping with Remote Working, Teaching, and Learning
Graduate students and staff alike shared photos of their pets helping them work, teach, and learn remotely in 2020. Have a helpful pet you’d like to share with the Graduate…
SPR Promotes Regular Feedback, Transparency – Even in Times of Uncertainty
By Katya Hrichak Since rolling out the Student Progress Review (SPR) requirement in 2017, the Graduate School’s Doctoral Experience Survey data shows increased satisfaction in students’ abilities to gain regular,…
Virtual Science Conference for Girls is April 18
By Katya Hrichak When the annual Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) conference – a day of hands-on science activities for 7th through 9th grade girls – was forced online due to…
Workshops Offer Judgement-free Zone to Learn How to Be an Ally
By Katya Hrichak Soil and crop sciences doctoral candidate Eugene Law noticed a pattern when facilitating an Intergroup Dialogue Project workshop. Students wanted to become better allies to those from…
Speaker Offers Key to Communicating Research Effectively
By Katya Hrichak “What would happen if everyone could deliver their content better?” Eliza VanCort asked her audience at the Winter 2019 Pathways to Success (P2S) Symposium on December 11,…
Carriage House to Student Center: The Big Red Barn Over the Years
By Katya Hrichak When the Big Red Barn (the Barn) was constructed in 1874, it was unlikely anyone knew how integral it would become to life at Cornell, particularly for…
New Group Supports First-Generation and Low-Income Students
By Katya Hrichak This story also appeared in the Cornell Chronicle. As a former first-generation undergraduate, doctoral student Taylor Brown was happy to see an undergraduate organization, First Generation Student…