June 29, 2009
Hiya Hughesies!
Hope you had a great weekend. Albeit, a bit soggy again! I went to a PGA golf tournament and can’t wait to hit the links now!
Here’s the “411” for our short week:
Notes:
Expectation / Goals Forms WERE due Friday, June 19th. PLEASE turn them in to me this week!
Journal Clubs are ready to go. Stay tuned for an email from Laurel about their launch this Thursday, July 2nd.
The office will be closed on Friday, July 3rd for the July 4th Holiday.
Community Fireworks- Thursday, July 2nd, at Ithaca College. http://www.3dcinemation.com/community.html There are fun activities on IC’s campus leading up to the fireworks, and the view from underneath the fireworks is spectacular. Interested folks can catch free TCAT shuttles downtown at the library.
Cool Talk on Wednesday, July 1st! 7:30pm, Alice Statler Auditorium, Statler Hall- Katie Hodge, will give a lecture on: A Visit to the Mushroom Planet. This event is free and open to the Cornell Community. For more information: http://www.sce.cornell.edu/ss/about/events/index.php?action=event&id=106
T-shirts are READY! Scholars can stop by my office beginning on Thursday, July 2nd to pick one up.
Upcoming events:
*Tuesday, June 30th, Lunch w/ Laurel (VRT) 12:00pm – 1:30pm, S1017 Schurman Hall. Students in these buildings will meet Laurel for lunch to talk science. We’ll order lunch, you only need to show up!
*Wednesday, July 1st- How to Give a Truly Wonderful Hughes Talk, 5:00pm, Morrison Room, Corson Mudd Hall (MANDATORY for ALL scholars.)
At this session Laurel will go over the parts of a successful presentation on your research for various audiences. This session is step #1 in preparation for the Hughes Research Symposium on August 1st.
*Tuesday, July 7th- Walk-in Hours, 1 – 4pm with Dr. Joel Oppenheim, Sr. Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Sackler Institute, NYU. Dr. Oppenheim will have individual appointments with students to discuss NYU, graduate programs, etc. Students interested in meeting with Dr. Oppenheim, please send me an email. Appointments will be filled, first come, first serve.
* Travel/Leave Request forms
If folks are going to be away for a short period of time during the
program, they must complete a travel/leave request form. It must be signed by your research mentor and provide dates for when you will make up the absence. The forms are in my office.
On Deck Items (Information on stuff in the weeks to come):
-Applying to PhD and MD/PhD Programs w/ Dr. Oppenheim, July 7th
-How to Give a Truly Wonderful Hughes Talk- Last Chance- July 17th
Have a good week!
Pam
