The YURT (YURT Ultimate Reality Theatre) is Brown's newest virtual reality environment. This immersive environment fully engages our visual senses for exploration and discovery in areas as diverse as planetary geology, mathematics, visual art, digital literature, and biology. With head and body-tracking, users control a virtual world shown on a room-sized, 100 million-pixel stereo display that completely surrounds them. You have to experience this unique instrument to truly understand and appreciate it—so come take a tour and discover potential applications for your research!

For more information on the YURT, check out this Boston Globe article. Please RSVP to Kate_Duggan@brown.edu if you are interested in the tour as space is limited! (If you're not free 9/18 but still interested, e-mail Kate to see about arranging an alternate time.)

Friday, September 18
3:00 - 3:30 PM
Meet in front of 180 George Street (at Brook Street)

NIH NOT-OD-15-134: Request for Information (RFI): Strategies for Simplifying NIH’s Grant Application Instructions
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks input on the restructuring of the NIH grant application instructions. We invite comments from any interested parties. We encourage feedback from PD/PIs, Administrative Offices, Offices of Sponsored Programs, Systems Administrators, and any other parties that rely on our application submission information. For more details and instructions on how to submit your comments, please read the full notice.

Workshop: Interactive Classrooms
Led by Sheridan Center Associate Director Jessica Metzler, this hands-on, interactive workshop will provide new instructors with strategies for engaging students through active learning techniques. Participants will discuss the opportunities provided by interactive classrooms and consider ways to encourage and develop students’ critical thinking skills. Please register here. Tuesday, September 8 from 2:00 - 3:00 PM in the Sheridan Center, 96 Waterman Street.

Writing a Data Management and Sharing Plan for a Grant
Learn how to write a Data Management and Data Sharing Plan for your next research project or grant proposal, the people, tools, and resources available at Brown University to help you write these plans, and the policies affecting how you manage and share your research data resulting from sponsored research. Participants will compare and contrast researcher requirements for drafting National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Data Sharing Plans and National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Data Management Plans (DMP) and will become aware of Brown University, the federal Office of Research Integrity (ORI), and the major private and federal scientific research sponsors’ expectations for the management and sharing of their data. Please register here. Thursday, September 10 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM in the Rockefeller Library's Hecker Room, 10 Prospect Street.

Finding a Faculty Position: Fall 2015 Academic Job Search for Sciences
Join our faculty panel Friday, September 11 from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. to get your questions answered about the search for an academic position. Issues to be addressed include timing, finding openings, deciding what to apply for, references, evaluating options, CVs and resumes, and how to stay sane throughout! Friday, September 11 from 4:00 - 5:00 PM at CareerLAB, 167 Angell Street.

DEANS Award Translational Research Seminar
The DEANS Award Translational Research Seminar is an ongoing seminar and networking series that highlights the cutting edge translational research being conducted by DEANS Award recipients. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served. Wednesday, September 16 from 5:30 - 8:00 PM in the Alpert Medical Building, Case Study Room 280, 222 Richmond Street.

Conducting the Job Search/Using Brown's Resources: Masters Student Job Search Series
Masters students are invited to kick off the job search with this information-packed overview about the process and timeline for the job search. Brown's resources available for your use will also be discussed. Friday, September 18 from 4:00 - 5:00 PM at CareerLAB, 167 Angell Street.

Interactive Classrooms Workshop
The goal of this workshop is to introduce new instructors to the purpose of an interactive classroom, teaching approaches that promote active learning, and potential challenges of engaging students in the classroom. Please register here. Tuesday, September 22 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM in the Sheridan Center, 96 Waterman Street.

Academic Job Search Series - Teaching Philosophy Statements
This workshop will help you develop a persuasive teaching philosophy statement that accurately describes you as an instructor and serves you well during the application/interview process and beyond. This session is part of the Academic Job Search Series, Co-sponsored by the CareerLAB & Sheridan Center. Please register here. Thursday, September 24 from 4:00 - 5:00 PM in the Sheridan Center, 96 Waterman Street.

Prioritizing Sleep in a 24/7 World: How Getting Enough Sleep Can Enhance Your Productivity
This professional development program, hosted by the Office of Women in Medicine and Science, features guest speaker Katherine Sharkey, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry & Human Behavior, and is open to graduate students and postdoctoral trainees. The program will include a period for questions and discussion. Please register here. Thursday, October 1 from 7:45 - 9:15 AM in the Alpert Medical Building, Case Study Room 280, 222 Richmond Street.

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Versatile PhD Interactive Panel Discussion: Careers in Technology Transfer
Technology Transfer is the exporting of technologies from any one setting to a different setting, a process which always involves identifying key aspects of a given technology and arranging for the many legal, financial and intellectual property negotiations surrounding the transfer. Technology Transfer is therefore a great field for PhDs. Many PhDs work in this field sorting through new technologies, identifying opportunities for transfer, and assisting throughout the transfer process. Join the Versatile PhD STEM Forum for a panel discussion of Careers in Technology Transfer. The panelists are PhDs in various STEM disciplines who have gone into this fascinating field and now work in settings ranging from universities to industry to hospitals to government labs; they will introduce themselves Monday, September 14 and will take your questions for the rest of the week. For more information and to follow the discussion, please visit the event's website. To sign up for Versatile PhD, go to vphd.info/brown_go.
September 14-18

"Big Data" Career Paths Panel
This Futures in Life Science program will bring together experts across a wide range of disciplines and functional areas within the life science industry, who detail their roles and provide a rich context for the audience to gain a clear understanding of the skills, aptitudes, competencies, and personalities that thrive in their particular functions. This event will highlight careers in areas and companies focused on "Big Data" including bioinformatics, systems biology, computational biology, statistics, modeling, personalized medicine, and next generation sequencing. Attendance for this program is open to current graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and medical residents. Tickets are $20; for more information and to register, please visit the event's website.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 5:30 - 8:00 PM
MassBio Office
300 Technology Square, 8th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139

Network After Work at Aqua in Providence
Network After Work is America’s premier face-to-face business networking company with monthly mixer events that attract a diverse mix of up to several hundred professionals from all industries and career levels. Name-tags color coded by industries help sort through the many opportunities, while a free drink and light bites before 7:00 PM help get the ball rolling right from the start. Admission: $15 in advance / $20 with RSVP at the door / $25 without RSVP. For more information and to buy tickets, please visit the event's website.
Thursday, September 17, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Aqua
1 Orms Street, Providence RI 02903

The Art of Science Communication
The ASBMB Public Outreach Committee is proud to announce this online course being offered EXCLUSIVELY for ASBMB members. The goal of the course is to provide participants with fundamental training in science communication that can be applied broadly in their professional lives. Using a combination of video lectures, live mentoring sessions and virtual discussions, the course covers the important components of what makes for a successful presentation, such as messaging, generating interest, and engaging with your audience. Armed with this knowledge, each participant will utilize the skills learned during the course to develop their very own live presentation. We expect participants will spend 3-4 hours on the course each week. Mentorship will be provided by members of the ASBMB Public Outreach Committee. The course will take place starting in October 2015; please visit the event's website for more information and to apply.