Announcing the 2nd Annual CNS Women in Science Lecture!

The College of Natural Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites you to the 2nd Annual CNS Women in Science Lecture: SUSAN METZ, Senior Research Associate and Director of Diversity & Inclusion at Stevens Institute of Technology “Moving Beyond Fixing the Women to Changing the Culture in Academic STEM Fields,” UMass Student Union Ballroom […]

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Upcoming events from OPD

Check out these great upcoming events from the Graduate School’s Office of Professional Development!  Wednesday, March 26th (12:00 PM – 1:00 PM, 153 Goessmann Lab) Intellectual Property Management and Technology Transfer Jointly sponsored by the Office of Professional Development and the Office of Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property (CVIP) Join us to learn about how intellectual […]

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Mathworks event!

Make a Smooth Transition from School to Work  Continue to Learn and Grow Seeking MS and PhD students from Engineering and Computer Science If you have a strong technical background in software design, web development, control theory, signal processing, or embedded systems— we’d love to talk to you!  For more information about our Application Support Engineer position, please […]

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OPD events coming up!

More great programming from the Graduate School’s Office of Professional Development this week!  Don’t forget to register! Tuesday, December 3rd (12 – 1 PM in the Goodell Fifth Floor Lounge) Time Management Chris McKenzie-Willenbrock, Office of Workplace Learning and Development Having trouble balancing the demands of your research, your job, and your personal life? We’ll […]

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Academic Career Panel Dec 10th

Along with the Graduate School’s Office of Professional Development and CIRTL, we are excited to host our first career panel: Exploring Careers in Academia: Broadening your Options When: Tuesday, December 10; 9:30 am-11:30 am. Where: Campus Center 163C (down the escalators). Check out the event agenda in the Academic Panel Flyer.  Also, if you are interested […]

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STEM talk: “Why aren’t more women in science?”

Physics Professor Kathy Aidala is the Department Chair Mount Holyoke College, and will be giving a talk to the STEM audience titled “Why Aren’t More Women in Science?”. Tuesday November 19th at 4pm in Hasabrouck 138 The talk abstract is here: We will examine the differences among the sciences and the assumptions people often make to […]

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Update on Upcoming Professional Development Events Sponsored by the Grad School OPD

  Coming up THIS WEEK… Wednesday,  October 9, 12pm in LGRT1634 From Ph.D. to Patent Attorney – The Inside Scoop Meaghan L. Richmond – Patent Attorney, Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals The details…. Meaghan L. Richmond, Ph.D. is a Patent Attorney at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals located in Waltham, MA.  After trying several majors at different universities, she graduated from Rhode […]

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Graduate School office of Professional Development announces fall writing workshop dates

Here’s an announcement from the Grad School of interest to GWIS members. You can also keep track of these dates in our event calendar!  The Graduate School is launching a new Office of Professional Development this fall and Kathleen Baldwin, Coordinator of the Graduate Writing Initiative, has opened up registration for a series of fall writing workshops: […]

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