Professional Development - April 2020
Working from home? Check out our list of online resources.
Online Resources
Across the sciences, many organizations are moving their content online in response to COVID-19. This includes seminars, conferences, and workshops. Check out some of the resources below.
Upcoming Webinars
Carnegie Science: Each Thursday @ 3pm, Carnegie science hosts virtual conversations with scientists. You can register for upcoming webinars or watch previous webinars on YouTube.
International Student Alumni Panel: Friday, April 17, 2020 11am-12:30pm
PhD Career Navigator: Zoom Meetup Friday, April 17, 2020 1-2pm
New York Academy of Sciences: New Developments in the COVID-19 Response on April 22, 2020, 6:30-8:45pm. Free registration.
American Institute of Biological Sciences: BioScience Talks.
Careers for PhDs at the World Bank: Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 3:30-5pm Panelists with Q&A
Professional Development
Your personal brand: Review the eBriefing for tips on improving your brand as a scientist.
Presenting with Impact: Career resource from Jayne Latz, NYAS Contributor
Program Milestones
If you planned to have a committee meeting or qualifying exam this spring or summer, I encourage you to keep those dates and have the meeting. It’s a great time to check-in with your committee members so everyone knows how your work had been affected. As a group, you can come up with new strategies considering the uncertainty about returning to campus & research facilities.
Writer and professor, Dr. Eve Ewing, gave great advice about this on Twitter. It may be easy to initially dismiss, but give it some thought and explore the Tier II and III possibilities with your committee so you are prepared in case your Tier I plans are not feasible.
I am advising all doctoral students to come up with 3 different dissertation plans right now.
— wikipedia brown, socially distant OG (@eveewing) April 16, 2020
Tier 1: "normal" life
Tier 2: significantly restricted/delayed data gathering. Tier 1, but later, or fewer people
Tier 3: a dissertation you can write using ONLY remote resources.