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Highlight: Providence Ghost Tour - enter to win free tickets to our private group tour!


The BioMed Office of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies is thrilled to invite you to a Providence Ghost Tour! The OGPS private group tour will start in front of University Hall (changed from Prospect Street Park!) and explore historic and haunted locations throughout the East Side. For more information on the tour itself, please visit providenceghosttour.com.

Interested in coming along for this wicked good time? Visit bit.ly/PVDghosts before noon on Thursday, October 13 and enter to win up to 2 tickets for the tour; winners will be notified on Friday, October 14. Those who do not win tickets will also be notified, and will be given the chance to sign up for the tour at their own expense (tickets are $15). Please feel free to contact ogps@brown.edu with questions.

Looking for even more Halloween fun? We need 7 more volunteers to help run the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at the Roger Williams Park Zoo on Sunday, October 23 from 4:45-11 PM. Duties may include directing visitors, monitoring the trail, and asking people to turn off the flash on their cameras. Included in this experience are training, snacks, a break, and 2 complimentary tickets for Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular for each volunteer, to be used any night. Volunteers do not have to be affiliated with Brown, so feel free to bring a friend! Please e-mail Kate Duggan to sign up or for more information.

Notices

Dealing with Conflict Workshop
The Brown University Ombuds Office is hosting a three block Dealing with Conflict Training over the course of the fall semester 2016. Applications are due by Wednesday, October 12; please direct questions to ombuds@brown.edu.

iBiology Webinar Recording: Planning & Owning Your Career Path
A recording of a recent iBiology webinar on career planning for science trainees in all academic stages is available. The webinar also addresses how undergraduates and graduate students, and postdocs can use the individual development plan. The webinar speaker is Bill Lindstaedt, Executive Director for Career Advancement, International and Postdoctoral Services at the University of California, San Francisco.

Reminder: the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship application is due November 1!

Campus Events

DEANS Award Translational Research Seminar
Tuesday, October 11 from 5:30-8 PM in 70 Ship Street, Room 107.

Cleaning your Data with Open Refine
Please register here
. Wednesday, October 12 from 11 AM - 12:20 PM in the Rockefeller Library, Digital Studio Seminar Room (Rock 160), 10 Prospect Street.

Grantsmanship I: Fundamentals of Grant Writing
This workshop will present the fundamentals of grant writing, including identifying priorities & avoiding pitfalls when applying for the NIH’s project grants. Presented by Justine Allen, PhD Training Grant Manager. Open to all BioMed graduate students, postdocs, and faculty. Please register here. Thursday, October 13 from 12-1 PM in J. Walter Wilson, Room 302, 69 Brown Street.

Finding Funding
Please register here
. Friday, October 14 from 2-3 PM in the Rockefeller Library's Hecker Room, 10 Prospect Street.

NSF Public Access Policy
Please register here
. Tuesday, October 18 from 12-1 PM in the Rockefeller Library's Hecker Room, 10 Prospect Street.

Writing a Teaching Statement in STEM
Please register here
. Tuesday, October 18 from 4-5 PM in the Sheridan Center, Sciences Library, 7th floor, 201 Thayer Street.

Classroom Strategies for Working with English Language Learners
Please register here.
Wednesday, October 19 from12-1 PM in the Sheridan Center, Sciences Library, 7th floor, 201 Thayer Street.

Writing Data Management and Sharing Plans
Please register here. Thursday, October 20 from 12-1 PM in the Rockefeller Library, Digital Studio Seminar Room (Rock 160), 10 Prospect Street.

Career Conversation with Rayna Truelove, PhD
Friday, October 21 from 9-10 AM, location TBD.

For more information about events, visit the University Calendar

Events Outside Brown

Insight Health Data Open House
Our Health Data Science program helps talented researchers adapt to the pace and style of how data science is practiced in business. To date, we’ve helped over 700 top PhDs make career shifts to data science roles through our tuition-free program. This session will be a great opportunity for PhD students and postdocs interested in the Insight Health Data Science Program to chat with members of the Insight team who run the sessions and find out what being a Fellow at Insight is like. Please register here.
October 11, 2016, 7 PM
50 Milk Street (20th floor "Lighthouse"), Boston, MA 02109

Career Exploration Event at Pfizer Labs in Groton, CT
Please join Pfizer for 'From Student to Scientist, An Inside Look at Career Opportunities in the Pharma Industry'. Speak with recent hires about their journey from student to scientist, learn more about Pfizer, and find out about career opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry. RSVP by Friday, October 14 by sending this form to PfizerFreshFaces@pfizer.com.
Thursday, October 20, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Pfizer, Groton Laboratories
445 Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340

NIH Center for Scientific Review Webinar on Peer Review
Titled "8 Ways to Successfully Navigate NIH Peer Review and Get a Fellowship Grant," this session covers things applicants need to know about the submission and review of a fellowship grant. Please register here.
Location online
November 2, 2016, 2-3 PM

Genomic Instability and DNA Repair
This conference will grapple with the intricate array of biochemical reactions orchestrated by the cell to replicate, repair and segregate chromosomes accurately despite constant threats from spontaneous and environmentally-induced damage. Scholarships & Discounted Abstracts due December 5. For more information and to register, visit the event's website.
April 2-6, 2017
Santa Fe Community Convention Center, Santa Fe, NM 87501

Community Events

RISD Craft 2016: A juried sale of alumni + student work
This event features handmade fine art and design work by more than 90 alumni and 30 current students. Viewers have the opportunity to engage with makers while finding unique gifts and one-of-a-kind items at this outdoor sale, which runs for one day only and includes food trucks and art workshops. Click here to view participating vendors. Saturday, October 8, 10 AM-5 PM on the RISD campus, 2 College Street, Providence.

Weekly Farmer's Market near SciLi
The market features local produce, freshly baked bread, cold drinks and artisan products. No cash? Not a problem. The market has tokens that can be purchased with a credit or debit card and used with farmers & vendors. Wednesdays through October 26, 2016 11 AM-2 PM in Sciences Park, 101-109 Waterman Street (behind the ScLi).