While there is not a one-size-fits-all approach to best manage your most precious resource, time management is a skill that can be learned! Given the many demands for your time and attention to support your many identities, roles, and relationships techniques can be learned to help you be able to consciously decide what you should do when. Join us for an interactive discussion that reviews commonly used techniques, how to make strategic decisions that support the whole you, and how…

2021 Winter Pathways to Success (P2S) Symposium Dates: January 27 - 28, 2021 Registration: https://www.bit.ly/2021WinterP2S Zoom: Complete registration to receive session Zoom links Pathways to Success is the Graduate School's framework for helping graduate and professional students and postdoctoral scholars be successful in their research and scholarship, and establish necessary skills for their future careers. The Winter P2S Series is a professional development opportunity for doctoral, professional degree, and research master's students and postdoctoral scholars that will provide participants with information…

2021 Winter Pathways to Success (P2S) Symposium Dates: January 27 - 28, 2021 Registration: https://www.bit.ly/2021WinterP2S Zoom: Complete registration to receive session Zoom links Pathways to Success is the Graduate School's framework for helping graduate and professional students and postdoctoral scholars be successful in their research and scholarship, and establish necessary skills for their future careers. The Winter P2S Series is a professional development opportunity for doctoral, professional degree, and research master's students and postdoctoral scholars that will provide participants with information…

At Cornell, almost all Ph.D. students receive funding that pays tuition and provides a living stipend through a combination of fellowships, assistantships, and external scholarships. This presentation will explain how stipends are paid, what your responsibilities are, and provides insight on how to be an active participant in your own funding plan. Presenter:  Jason Kahabka, Associate Dean for Administration, Graduate School

Option B is a book about facing adversity, building resilience, and finding joy.  Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant combine stories, research, and practical advice to help you build strength for life’s challenges—and help your family and community do the same.  “The COVID-19 pandemic has changed life as we know it—right now, we’re all living some form of Option B. Many of us are experiencing anxiety and loneliness. For those dealing with hardships like abuse, loss of a loved one, and financial…

Resilience is a crucial ingredient–perhaps the crucial ingredient–to a happy, healthy life. More than anything else, it's what determines how high we rise above what threatens to wear us down, from battling an illness, to bolstering a marriage, to carrying on after a national crisis. Everyone needs resilience, and now two expert psychologists share seven proven techniques for enhancing our capacity to weather even the cruelest setbacks. Karen Reivich and Andrew Shatté are seasoned resilience coaches and, through practical methods and vivid…

Graduate school may not be exactly what you expected…so what is a first-year to do? Make a strategic plan! Spend time with our Associate Dean discussing the value of strategic planning and how to take control of your academic future from the first day. This session includes practical strategies, illustrative stories, and cautionary advice on avoiding and overcoming obstacles. Presenter: Jan Allen, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, Graduate School 

Navigating responsibilities for conducting research as a graduate student can be challenging. It is essential that graduate students understand Cornell’s regulations and expectations for science and scholarship. Discuss with our Associate Dean important issues related to ethics and integrity, obstacles and situations to avoid, what to do when faced with a challenging situation, and campus resources available to graduate students about research, collaborations, co-authorship, publishing, and mentoring. Presenter: Jan Allen, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, Graduate School 

We may have experienced how crippling excessive worrying can be, especially at a moment when there are constant thoughts that are distressful.  Stopping the Noise is Your Head by Dr. Reis Wilson provides tools and strategies for how to overcome anxiety and worry by moving away from comfort and security to willingly moving towards uncertainty, distress and discomfort.  The goal of this is for readers to learn how to confront anxiety head-on and step into the face of threat.  Understanding…

Join us to read and discuss The Writing Workshop: Write More, Write Better, Be Happier in Academia by Barbara Sarnecka.  Research is all about writing, but most PhD programs don’t teach students how to produce the writing needed to get a PhD, publish research, or win fellowships and grants. The Writing Workshop tells you everything you need to know about forming and running a successful writing group, and provides invaluable tips on how to become better at and more comfortable with…

Learn about Cornell's response to the national conversation regarding sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender-based harassment. Join us in this conversation as we paint a picture of what the environment is like for graduate and professional students at Cornell. Finally, learn about Title IX and Cornell's commitment to address these matters in our community, and discover resources that are available to help individual students navigate relationships while at Cornell.   Presenters: Nasser Saidat, Investigator, Institutional Equity & Title IX

This session will provide us with an opportunity to understand the experiences of LGBTQ+ community members as they navigate academic spaces that often do not validate their identities and what they bring to the table. We will discuss what it means to be an ally to members of this community and how to build more inclusive cultures in our labs, classrooms, departments, and more.

This session will focus on developing an understanding of intersectionality and how an intersectional lens can be used as a tool for advancing social justice.