Events, deadlines, and news for Eberly College of Science graduate students.
Physics graduate student, Kallan Berglund, Climate and Diversity Award winner
Kallan Berglund, a third-year physics graduate student, received the Climate and Diversity Award on January 31, 2020. Among the efforts her nominator credited her for are expanding the Physics and Astronomy for Women (PAW) to PAW+ to signify that the organization is open to more than cisgender women. She is also part of leading a movement to enhance the environment in the physics buildings to make them more inclusive and create a sense of belonging for minority groups. Congratulations Kallan!
Interested in improving the climate among graduate students in the college and also advocating for graduate student issues? Consider serving on the Eberly College of Science Climate & Diversity Graduate Student Subcommittee. Interested students should email Melanie McKinney (mum1@psu.edu) or Dean Slavkovic (abs12@psu.edu).
Take the survey!
Be heard —your experiences and perspectives matter. Students, faculty, staff: Check your inbox and take the confidential Penn State Community Survey before Feb. 28. Every 100th participant wins an Amazon or Starbucks gift card.
Grant and fellowship stipends eligible for tax-advantaged retirement accounts
Beginning this year, stipends which come from grants or fellowships will finally be eligible for investment into IRAs. In previous years, only those who received W-2s could contribute to either traditional or Roth IRAs. Now, tax-advantaged IRAs are eligible for fellowship and grant stipend investment.
Three graduate students are winners of Eberly’s annual I AM STEM competition
Past I AM STEM winners have been a mix of undergraduate and graduate students, this year all three of the I AM STEM winners were graduate students! This year's winners are Latisha Franklin, Yasha Duggal, and Albanie Hendrickson-Stives.
Future Leaders of Food and Agriculture Fellowship cohort open
The application portal for students to apply for the Future Leaders of Food and Agriculture (FFAR) Fellows 2020-2023 cohort is open! Students sponsored by UIC member companies receive preference in the ranking of applicants.
The deadline for the Professional Development Option Only is 4/15/2020
The deadline for Stipend + Professional Development Option has passed.
ICDS Annual Symposium March 16-17
Registration is open for Institute for Computational and Data Sciences annual Symposium, which takes place March 16 and 17. Researchers (at all levels) who deal with large amounts of data or want to connect with those who do that type of research, as well as staff who support research should consider attending. Here is more information and some highlights
HITS (Huck Innovation & Transformational Seed) Fund wants your proposal
The Huck Innovation & Transformational Seed (HITS) Fund is looking for projects with "knock your socks off potential". Read the exciting new announcement made by the Huck’s Director Andrew Read. Proposals from graduate students are welcomed as well! So be bold, be creative, and go for it! Deadline is April 15!
2020 industryXchange: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
IndustryXChange is an annual university-wide event that brings together industry, faculty, and government agencies to jointly explore collaboration opportunities. IndustryXchange 2020 (May 28) will focus on Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
Please register here to attend the event and explore new collaborations.
Important Dates
February 8 -- Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lecture "Characterizing potentially habitable planets," presented by Eric Ford
February 8 -- Application deadline for Emerging Leaders in Data Science Fellowship
February 17 – Submit doctoral dissertation for format review
February 17 – Submit master’s thesis for format review
February 28 -- Deadline (5:00pm) to sign up for Graduate Exhibition
March 6 – Pass doctoral defense
March 13 -- The Celebrating Women in Science Symposium at Hershey Country Club. Registration required.
March 27 -- Graduate Exhibition
March 30 – Submit final thesis or dissertation and supporting materials
April 24 – Committee members to approve final thesis/dissertation
April 27 -- Science Achievement Graduate Fellowship Lecture presented by Nina Fedoroff
May 10 – 4:30 p.m. Commencement at the Bryce Jordan Center
Other important dates for graduate students can be found here.
Submit announcements, events and other information to sciencenews@psu.edu
Office of Graduate Education
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University Park, PA 16802
