As a talented and experienced Brown master's or doctoral student, you are looking for jobs in a myriad of career fields - often beyond academia. You'll be looking in business, government and non-profit. The Graduate Career Options Conference is for YOU!

Researching career fields and opportunities entails talking to people. On November 15, Brown graduate alums in all career fields will be on campus to speak with you! The day will feature alumni career panels with master's and doctoral alums. In addition, you can network with our alumni speakers at the Networking Lunch and the Closing Networking Reception.

Learn more about the Conference Schedule, Lead-Up Events, Alumni Panelists, and other details at the event's website.

Saturday, November 15
9:15 AM - 5:15 PM
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The Graduate Career Options Conference is sponsored and funded by: Office of the President, the Graduate School, Graduate Student Council, Alumni Relations, Advancement Office, Office of the Dean of the College, Office of Student Life, BioMed, The School of Public Health, and CareerLAB.

Upcoming 'Meet the Experts in NIH Peer Review' Webinars
The NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) will host four 'Meet the Experts in NIH Peer Review' Webinars in early November 2014 to give new NIH grant applicants and others useful insights into the submission and peer review processes. The types of awards to be discussed will be:
Academic Research Enhancement Awards (R15)​
November 4, 2014, ​2:00 - 4:00 PM
Fellowship Awards​
November 5, 2014, ​2:00 - 4:00 PM
​Small Business Grants (SBIR/STTR)
November 7, 2014, ​2:00 - 4:00 PM
Research Project Grants (R01) ​
November 10, 2014, ​2:00 - 4:00 PM
All of the Webinars will include a 30 minute Q&A period. For details on how to participate in any of the webinars, visit www.csr.nih.gov/webinar.

St. Jude's National Graduate Student Symposium
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is currently seeking nominations of students to be considered for its 14th Annual National Graduate Student Symposium (NGSS), an all-expenses-paid symposium in April to which 40 top PhD-level graduate students from around the country are invited to participate. Preference will be given to students whose work is relevant to the ongoing research at St. Jude, information about which can be found here. If you are interested, please read more about the eligibility guidelines and the meeting itself, then contact your graduate program director to be nominated.

The Teaching and Technology Institute at Brown University
Academic Technology is currently accepting applications for the Teaching and Technology Winter Institute 2014, a 4-day program for faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate student instructors. Participants will explore the pedagogical underpinnings that inform the effective use of technology in teaching and learning, and identify and develop technological solutions to meet their specific course goals and objectives. The program will run during reading period: December 8-11, 2014. Application deadline: November 7, 2014. Visit the event's website for more information.

Recruitment for the inaugural cohort of the Brown University Presidential Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Program has begun. Brown University invites applications for one- to two-year Postdoctoral Fellowships to support the development of early career scholars from diverse backgrounds (with particular attention to historically underrepresented groups in the academy) who show promise as innovative scholars in a variety of integrative scholarship areas. For details on the program, including position responsibilities and application instructions, please read the full announcement. The review of applications will begin December 5, 2014, and appointments will be effective July 1, 2015.

Workshop on External Fellowships for Doctoral Students
Mingle and learn about external fellowships from a group of Brown panelists who will provide tips on constructing strong applications and describe the application experience. Tuesday, October 21 from 6:00 - 7:00 PM at List Auditorium, room 110, 64 College Street; come early for snacks at 5:40 PM. Registration is required.

Luncheon for Postdocs in Brain Science (PIBS)
PIBS is a new interdisciplinary community of Brown postdocs who work in brain science. Please join us for our kick-start Luncheon event where we will eat great food and mingle with fellow postdocs! This event is sponsored by BIBS (Brown Institute for Brain Science). Please RSVP to Victoria Heimer-McGinn by Monday, October 21 and include your department. Wednesday, October 22, 12:00 - 1:30 PM at the Faculty Club, Portrait Room, 1 Magee Street.

MCB Graduate Program Seminar: Dr. James Shorter, U. Penn
Wednesday, October 22, 12:00 - 1:00 PM in the Laboratories for Molecular Medicine, 70 Ship Street.

MMI Fall Seminar: Dr. Chengyu Liu, NIH
Thursday, October 23, 4:00 - 5:00 PM in the BioMed Center, Room 291 (Eddy Auditorium), 171 Meeting Street.

Global Health Colloquium: Innovation in Tackling Global Health Care Challenges: The Role of Brown University & its Partners
In recognition of the 250th anniversary of Brown University, a global health colloquium will take place featuring the contributions of the Brown University community and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) in addressing global health challenges over the years. This colloquium will highlight Brown’s impact and service to a global community, honor Brown alumni who have made significant contributions to decreasing health disparities, and showcase the scholarship and innovation of the next generation of Brown scholars and future leaders in global health. Please view the event's website for details. Friday, October 24 from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM in the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Martinos Auditorium and Studio 1, 154 Angell Street.

MPPB Seminar Series: Dr. Dejian Ren, U. Penn
Friday, October 24, 12:00 - 1:30 PM in Sidney Frank Hall, Room 220 (Nathan Marcuvitz Auditorium), 185 Meeting Street.

Talk By Former Nobel Chair Erling Norrby
MCB is hosting Erling Norrby at a talk today and invites all those interested to attend. Dr. Norrby helped select the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 20 years and will be speaking about the politics surrounding the 1962 Nobel award to Watson and Crick for the discovery of the double helix. Dr. Norrby will also be available to meet with the audience after he speaks. Friday, October 24, 4:00 - 6:00 PM in Sidney Frank Hall, Room 220 (Nathan Marcuvitz Auditorium), 185 Meeting Street.

EEB Tuesday Seminar Series: Dr. Serita Frey, U. New Hampshire
Tuesday, October 28, 12:00 - 1:00 PM in the BioMed Center, Room 291 (Eddy Auditorium), 171 Meeting Street.

MCB Graduate Program Seminar: Dr. Robert Duronio, U. North Carolina
Wednesday, October 29, 12:00 - 1:00 PM in the Laboratories for Molecular Medicine, 70 Ship Street.

MMI Fall Seminar: Dr. David Artis, U. Penn
Thursday, October 30, 4:00 - 5:00 PM in the BioMed Center, Room 291 (Eddy Auditorium), 171 Meeting Street.

Citing and Publishing Your Research Data
This class looks at emerging conventions and tools for citing data and databases in scholarly publications. Thursday, October 30 from 4:00 - 5:00 PM in the Digital Scholarship Lab, Rockefeller Library, 10 Prospect Street.

MMI Seminar: Dr. Man Wah Tan, Genentech
Friday, October 31, 9:00 - 10:00 AM in Sidney Frank Hall, Room 220 (Nathan Marcuvitz Auditorium), 185 Meeting Street.

MPPB Seminar Series: Dr. Danielle Benoit, U. Rochester
Friday, October 31, 12:00 - 1:30 PM in Sidney Frank Hall, Room 220 (Nathan Marcuvitz Auditorium), 185 Meeting Street.

For more information about events, visit the University Calendar

Diagnostics & Biomarkers 2015
Using a pioneering new platform especially developed for scientific events, this conference will be broadcast to your PC or mobile device and will address the hottest topics in diagnostics and biomarkers in a webinar-style auditorium with the opportunity for live Q&A at the end of each talk. Featuring an array of leading international speakers, this event aims to provide you with an insight into the latest developments in discovery & validation technologies. For more information and to register, visit the event's website.
January 27-28, 2015

Environmental Science, Technology, and Business International Conference
The 2015 Environmental Science, Technology, and Business International (ESTBU2015) Conference will provide the ideal opportunity to present your projects and experiences to experts in environmental science, engineering and technology, research, consultancy and advocacy. The title and theme of the ESTBU2015 Conference is "Oil and Gas Technology, Sustainable Agriculture, and Efficiency." For more information and to register, visit the event's website.
February 11, 2015
Double Tree by Hilton Dallas Campbell Centre
8250 North Central Expressway, Dallas, TX 75206

Hybrid Methods in Structural Biology
The objective of this meeting is two-fold: 1) To discuss novel and potentially disruptive technologies and/or combinations thereof to be added to the hybrid methods toolbox; and 2) To illustrate and discuss application of hybrid methods to important biological systems. These objectives will be achieved not only by a line-up of exceptional oral presentations, but also by a prominently placed poster session, discussions in panel format, and tutorial sessions introducing new software algorithms. Discounted Abstract & the Scholarship deadline is November 6; for more information visit the event's website.
March 4-8, 2015
Granlibakken Conference Center & Lodge
725 Granlibakken Road, Tahoe City, CA 96145

Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) 2015
The annual Cosyne meeting provides an inclusive forum for the exchange of experimental and theoretical/computational approaches to problems in systems neuroscience. Cosyne topics include (but are not limited to): neural coding, natural scene statistics, dendritic computation, neural basis of persistent activity, nonlinear receptive field mapping, representations of time and sequence, reward systems, decision-making, synaptic plasticity, map formation and plasticity, population coding, attention, and computation with spiking networks. Participants include pure experimentalists, pure theorists, and everything in between. For more information and to register, visit the event's website.
March 5-8, 2015
Hilton Salt Lake City Center
255 SW Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Viruses and Human Cancer
In the last decade the understanding of virus-induced cancers has been accelerated by extraordinary developments in genomics, epigenetics and RNA biology. To review this rapidly burgeoning field, this multidisciplinary symposium brings together experts in virology, oncology, immunology, genomics and genetics. The objective of the symposium is to explore how advances in cancer biology can inform the understanding of virus-induced cancers, and how viruses continue to reveal fundamental principles in cancer. Discounted Abstract & the Scholarship deadline is December 2; for more information visit the event's website.
March 29 - April 3, 2015
Big Sky Resort
50 Big Sky Resort Road, Big Sky, MT 59716