Graduate School

TGIF (Tell Grads It’s Friday)
2023-02-17 16:30 - 2023-03-25 20:00 (America/New_York) | Big Red Barn, 135 Presidents Way, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
Looking to kick back and make some friends? Come celebrate with us as we welcome old and new graduate & professional students back to Cornell for the Big Red Barn’s signature event. Snacks, music, and drink specials!
No registration required; just attend.

Financial Planning 101: How to Grow the Strongest Foundation
2023-03-23 10:30 - 11:30 | G01 Biotechnology Building, 215 Tower Rd, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
Are you interested in gaining exposure to the financial strategies and techniques that every person should be confident with in order to set themselves up for long-term success? For example, did you know you can grow your money tax-free?
Join our fun and informative sessions to learn more financial hacks that should be on your radar!
Anticipated Material to be Covered

Building a Budget || Fixed vs Variable
Setting Financial Goals || Savings Plan
Why Invest? || Compounding vs Inflation
How to Invest? || Investment Types
Where to Invest? || Investment Vehicles
Long-Term Protection || Insurances & Employee Benefits

Register now to attend this session.
About the Speaker
Chase Wickenheiser, A&S ’19 & Football Alum,is a Financial Advisor with Magnus Financial Group. Chase partners with clients to help them organize their current Financial Picture, advance their future Financial Goals, and motivate them to continually achieve those goals.

Building Mentorship Skills for Academic Careers
2023-03-23 15:00 - 16:30 | Online
In this series of remotely delivered workshops designed for current graduate students and postdocs and open to those in all fields, you will develop essential research mentoring skills, particularly for disciplines where research is conducted collaboratively. Effective mentoring of student research is a key skill influencing everything from research productivity to personal satisfaction. Learn best practices for mentorship of summer undergraduate researchers, rotation students, or research technicians, and develop planning and communication skills needed to lead a research project or group.
All sessions will be practical in nature and feature short pre-readings or videos, case study discussions, and self-assessments to help identify your strengths and desired areas for improvement.Receive a certificate for completing at least 4 of 5 sessions (dates: 3/23, 4/13, 4/20, 4/25 (in person/hybrid event), and 5/11). Interested participants should apply prior to the start of the series with the expectation of attending all workshops and actively participating in small and large group discussions.
Most sessions are on Thursdays from 3:00-4:30 pm ET. Registered participants will receive Zoom connection details for each session. See full schedule and topics
Register for Spring 2023 Series
Questions?

Contact Dr. Colleen McLinn, futurefaculty@cornell.edu or 607-255-2030

Let's Meditate
2023-03-27 16:00 - 16:30 | NY
Weekly mindfulness meditation sessions
Mondays at the Barn
4:00-4:30PM
Led by Cory Myler, PhD, Cornell Health Therapist

Language Circle
2023-03-27 17:00 - 18:00, 2023-04-03 17:00 - 18:00, 2023-04-10 17:00 - 18:00 | NY
Join us every Monday starting September 19th to learn a new language, brush up on an old one, or get more fluent through conversations with fellow graduate students who study these languages or are native speakers. We have facilitators for French, Spanish, German, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Arabic and more!
P.S. This is an expansion of the well-established Sprachcafé, for those looking for its flyer.

Swing Dance
2023-03-27 19:00 - 22:00, 2023-04-03 19:00 - 22:00, 2023-04-10 19:00 - 22:00, 2023-04-17 19:00 - 22:00 | NY
Learn this famous big band social dance including styles like lindy hop, charleston, and more!

Create an Employer-Ready LinkedIn Profile
2023-03-28 11:00 - 12:30 | 341 Caldwell Hall, 121 Reservoir Avenue, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
We’ll start with a short overview presentation with pro tips on how to use LinkedIn, some exercises to identify a good tagline, and a very interactive session where participants work on their own profiles and critique others’ –so you will need to bring your own computer. Handy tips will be shared among participants at the hands-on session.
Due to the interactive nature of this in-person workshop, we will limit the number of participants to 15. So if something comes up after you register, be sure to let us know so we can invite someone else to take your place.
Register via this Google form for the date that works for you with your Cornell netID.
Session dates:

Thursday, February 23, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 28, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 25, 9:30 – 11:00 a.m.

All sessions will be held in Caldwell 341

Knitting at the Barn
2023-03-28 17:30 - 18:30, 2023-04-04 17:30 - 18:30, 2023-04-11 17:30 - 18:30, 2023-04-18 17:30 - 18:30 | NY
Do you enjoy knitting or would you like to learn how? Come and check our knitting workshop every Tuesday at 5:30pm!

Trivia at the Barn
2023-03-28 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-04-04 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-04-11 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-04-18 20:00 - 22:00 | NY
Join us for our normal Tuesday night trivia session and compete for prizes with knowledge in unlimited categories. No team? No worries, we will match you with an existing team or form a new one.

2023 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition
2023-03-30 15:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a competition for doctoral students to develop and showcase their research communication skills.
The 2023 final round competition will be held on Thursday, March 30, 2023. Register to attend and vote for the people’s choice award.
3MT challenges research degree students to present a compelling story on their dissertation or thesis and its significance in just three minutes, in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. In addition to the first place and second place winners from among the finalists, audience members on March 30 will be asked to select a People’s Choice Award Winner.
View the 2023 finalists.

Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Celebration
2023-03-30 16:30 - 18:00 | Big Red Barn, 135 Presidents Way, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
Join us at the Big Red Barn for an in-person reception following the virtual Cornell Three Minute Thesis (3MT) final round competition. This event is open to the Cornell community and families and friends of the finalists and judges. Light refreshments will be provided.

Art Exhibition (painting & drawing) at the Big Red Barn
2023-04-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Big Red Barn, 135 Presidents Way, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
Wanderers: Traditional art portraits and landscapes
Art, like life, is a path full of twists and turns. Come see the drawings and paintings of two grad students and follow their journeys through art.

Complementary wine and light snacks provided!

Date: Thursday, April 13
Time: 5:30pm-7:30pm
Location: Big Red Barn
No RSVP required

To request accessibility accommodations for this event, please reach out to brb.art.fellow@gmail.com.

Graduate Karaoke Party at the Big Red Barn
2023-04-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Big Red Barn, 135 Presidents Way, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
Karaoke Party
Join fellow grad students and BRB staff members to:

· Sing your favorite songs with new friends;
· Participate in the contest and win a wireless microphone;
· Grab a beer (or cider, or wine);
· And, of course, have lots of fun!!!

The event will take place on Thursday, April 13 at 6:30 pm at Big Red Barn!
Register here: https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0iTmhBTzs4mAmjk

TGIF (Tell Grads It's Friday)
2023-04-14 16:30 - 19:00, 2023-04-21 16:30 - 19:00 | Big Red Barn, 135 Presidents Way, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States

NextGen Professors
2023-04-19 16:00 - 17:30 | NY
Topic: Pathways to Becoming an Inclusive Mentor
NextGen Professors is a career-development program focused on preparing Cornell graduate students and postdocs for faculty careers across institutional types. The primary audience for this program is doctoral students (in year three or beyond) and postdocs with a demonstrated commitment to advancing diversity, inclusion, access, and equity in academia, including but not limited to those from backgrounds historically underrepresented in the professoriate. Participants are members of a cohort who, together, engage in a series of professional and career development activities including monthly NextGen Professors meetings, Power Mentoring Sessions with faculty, and the Future Professors Institute. Participants also engage in program offerings of Future Faculty and Academic Careers, which focus on effectively integrating research and teaching skills for career development.

Sustainable Games & Crafts at the Big Red Barn
2023-04-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Big Red Barn, 135 Presidents Way, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
Games and Crafts
Unwind alongside other grad students with an evening of board games and sustainable crafts! Pizza and drinks will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis!

Date: Wednesday, April 19
Time: 6PM-8PM
Location: Big Red Barn

Building Allyship Series
2023-04-20 11:00 - 14:00 | NY
The Building Allyship Series is a collaboration of the Graduate and Professional Student Diversity Council and the Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement (OISE).
This series provides an opportunity for members of the Cornell community to gain insights into the depth and breadth of identities and experiences represented within our graduate community and engage in productive dialogue focused on fostering a greater understanding of the many aspects of critical allyship and its practice.
Each event seeks to create a safe space for critical dialogue where we can bridge gaps in knowledge, learn from each other, and create understanding without fear of judgment.

Eid al-Fitr Celebration at the Big Red Barn
2023-04-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Big Red Barn, 135 Presidents Way, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
Eid al-Fitr Celebration
Come learn and celebrate Eid al-Fitr at the Big Red Barn! Join us for food and entertainment! Open to all Graduate and Professional Students.
First come, first serve for food.

Date: Saturday, April 22nd
Time: 6pm-8pm
Location: Big Red Barn
