News and Events Central
May 14, 2013
Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation is proud to announce the second biennial Postdoctoral Recruitment Symposium on September 5-7, 2013. This symposium will provide a unique opportunity for outstanding senior graduate students from top graduate programs to meet and interview with faculty at Cincinnati Children’s.
May 10, 2013
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is actively recruiting candidates to participate in the 8th NIH National Graduate Student Research Conference, to be held October 6-8, 2013 in Bethesda, Maryland. The purpose of this event is to recruit outstanding young scientists to postdoctoral positions in the NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP).
May 10, 2013
Congratulations to lithium anode maker SiNode Systems for winning the Rice Business Plan Competition and walking away with $900k in cash and in-kind prizes.
May 10, 2013
This two-week interdisciplinary workshop is exploring energy topics through the 2013 thematic medium of Transportation, from Aug 5 - 16.
May 10, 2013
The Beiling Wu Prize in Writing, named for a former Northwestern graduate student in the humanities, will be given a doctoral student who wrote the best essay on literature or literary culture in the first year of his/her program. The amount of the award is $1000, which will be added to the student's stipend.
May 3, 2013
The Program of African Studies is assisting the Poize Entrepreneurship Academy for Girls to identify and hire mentors who will work with a group of high school aged Nigerian girls who are coming to Northwestern for two weeks over the summer. If hired, they pay $1,500 for two weeks of work plus meals. Everyone is eligible to apply. Application deadline is May 17th.
May 2, 2013
Want to learn to eloquently describe your research and give great presentations? Last summer, Ready, Set, Go launched with the goal of helping graduate researchers communicate their research to all audiences. Students learned to build their confidence in front of an audience and how to deliver their message for all audiences. Ready, Set, Go will again offer a summer quarter program, held on Wednesdays from July 10-September 18.
May 1, 2013
On April 30, Dean McBride, Provost Linzer, and President Schapiro inducted seven new Presidential Fellows into the Society of Fellows at a reception at the Kellogg School’s Allen Center. The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious award available to graduate students at Northwestern. It is funded by the President and awarded by The Graduate School.
May 1, 2013
The Studying Complex Systems program supports scholarship and research directed toward the development of theoretical and mathematical tools contributing to the science of complex, adaptive, nonlinear systems. This fellowship is intended for Ph.D. students with theoretical and/or experimental training in Complex Systems Science that anticipate completing their graduate training in 2014.
May 1, 2013
The Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation (MMRF) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, invites applications for a postdoctoral position in Heath Services Research to join their robust research program focused on improving the processes, quality, and outcomes of healthcare. Read the position description.
May 1, 2013
Residential Services seeks graduate students interested in a GA position serving the Allison Residential Community. View the position description, which includes application details.
April 25, 2013
Graduate Student parents, postdoc parents, their spouse/partners, and children are invited to enjoy an afternoon at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago. Families will have access to all museum exhibits, including the Judy Istock Butterfly Haven, and will have a special visit by a few Notebaert residents.
April 22, 2013
Current PhD or MFA students not being hooded this year are invited to volunteer at the Hooding Ceremony on June 20.
April 22, 2013
If you are planning to participate in University Commencement and would like the added distinction of serving as a marshal or banner carrier, please contact Jen LaLoggia to indicate your interest.
April 22, 2013
Vote on which movie we will show at the GSA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/northwestern.gsa
April 22, 2013
Are you interested in learning about financial planning strategies? Have specific questions about the difference between Roth and Traditional IRA’s? Attend the financial planning seminar presented by Tom Canale, a CFP with Northwestern Mutual. A pizza lunch will be provided!
