THU, SEP 13 | 3:15 - 4:15pm | Sill 120
presented by Daureen Nesdill

Effective data management is not intuitive.  In this seminar, you will learn about basic issues with data management (e.g. naming files, file storage, etc.) and you will be directed to useful data management resources.  As everyone who is doing research deals with some kind of data, this seminar is relevant to all researchers.

MON, SEP 24 | 12:30 - 1:30pm | Sill 120
presented by Tisha Mentnech

In this session, you will learn about the issues surrounding research reproducibility: what it is, why it is important, and how it might impact your research moving forward. This is a newer concern in the research community and so you will be on the forefront of a growing discussion. This session will be useful for anyone doing research, especially if you have not been introduced to this topic yet.

Student Feedback

• "I would recommend this session to other students because research reproducibility isn't something I have heard about a lot about so I learned a lot. I really liked how she showed us various websites that we can use to ensure reproducibility."
• "Not only did she teach us about reproducibility and what it is, but she pulled up multiple resources that we have access to to help maintain reproducibility."
• "I think it is absolutely vital to properly understand reproducibility in research."

FRI, OCT 19 | 1:30 - 2:30 | Sill 120
presented by Ann Engar

In this session, you will learn about what content goes into an effective personal statement and how to structure your personal statement.  Personal statements are necessary for graduate, medical, and professional school applications, as well as for many job applications.  This seminar will be useful to students at any point in their education

Student Feedback

• "Excellent presentation. Loved the transparent no nonsense delivery. Loved the interactive activity - rethinking stories - unique perspective. This personal statement is very difficult! Thank you for getting me in the right headspace to conquer grad school apps! I want to be friends with this speaker. Also I love seeing all the women in research in an educational series lecture conducting by a woman who is obviously accomplished and a good example. So encouraging."
• "Very important for each individual planning to write a personal statement at any point. Good exploration into the process behind the writing as well as the execution and review." "I like how she went over other peoples' statements and talked about what was good or what was bad. Also, she talked about the entire process as a whole. She discussed the process from before writing your first word in the personal statement to the very end all with a lens I have never thought of."
• "It helped me fine tune my resume/application writing skills by understanding better how to stand out and what the people reading these ask for."

FRI, NOV 16 | 12:15 - 1:15pm | Sill 120
presented by Behrad Noudoost

In this seminar you will learn about how to read a research article effectively.  You will be given tips and strategies for how to read scholarly journal articles.  This seminar in appropriate for any student who needs to read contemporary research in their field.

Student Feedback

• "You may have to read numerous articles while doing research and it is important to understand what the article is trying to explain."
• "Not only did the session go over how to read a research paper, it also went through the process of how to write a research paper. Everything from the drafting to the editor to the final publishing."
• "Helpful for understanding research papers & how they're written. There were some helpful tips as well as an overarching understanding of how papers are written. Presenter was really good - animated and fun to listen to."

FRI, NOV 2 | 2:30 - 3:30 | Sill 120
presented by Shane Macfarlan

In this session, you will work to identify several perspectives outside of the immediate perspective of the lab or project from which you can view your work, how your work fits in with those viewpoints, and how to explain those larger perspectives of your work to an audience (in a paper, presentation, or to a community member).

WED, SEP 19 | 3:30 - 4:30pm | Sill 120
presented by Pearl Sandick

Have you ever felt like you don’t belong at the University, in your lab, at your job? Do you feel like one day everyone will figure it out and you’ll be exposed as a fraud?  You might be experiencing imposter syndrome.  In this session, you will earn more about imposter syndrome and a few ways to help combat it.

MON, OCT 1 | 12:00 - 1:00pm | Sill 120
presented by Matt Haber

In this seminar, you will learn about how to approach your faculty mentor about writing you a letter of recommendation.  This is an art all its own and many students are not aware that there are professional parameters for this request.  This seminar is appropriate at any point in a student’s education.

Student Feedback

• "This session was extremely helpful because it went in-depth on all the details for asking for letters of recommendation. He had great insight about when to as for letter and who to ask. I didn't realize that you could ask professors years in advance! I plan on doing that now & having them save for later."
• "Incredibly helpful to all fields of study. I really thought this was helpful in anticipation for graduate school applications. Great lecturer."
• "It helped & guided me on who to ask for letters of recommendation. It was such a good workshop!"

TUES, OCT 23 | 11:00 - 12:00 | Sill 120
presented by Christie Toth

In this session, you will learn how to write an effective research abstract. You will work on framing your research project concisely and accurately. You will leave ready to write your research abstract. This seminar is most useful for students currently needing to write an abstract. It is also useful for students developing how to think about their project.

THU, NOV 8 | 1:00 - 2:00pm | Sill 120
presented by Jenny Andrus

In this session, you will learn how to conduct and construct a literature review. This will focus on finding, analyzing, and citing relevant sources, but will also address organizing and writing the review. As all students and researchers will have to sift through relevant literature at some point, this will be useful to all researchers.

To prepare, please bring three sources relevant to your current project with you to the session.

MON, NOV 19 | 12 - 1 | Sill 120
presented by TBA