The Weekly Buzz
- Turkish Cultural Breakfast--Thursday, January 31
Packer House basement, 10 am - 11 am
Come join us for the delicious cuisine of Turkey! Open to all grad students.
- Foodie Friday--Making Sushi - Friday, January 31
Packer House, 6 pm - 8 pm
This series is brought to you by the Graduate Student Senate. An experienced instructor will teach you the art and techniques of sushi making.You will learn how to buy proper ingredients, how to prepare sushi rice, how to cut fish and vegetables and how to roll and eat your own sushi. Cost of $5 includes Bamboo Sushi Mat and Santoku Knife as well as all sushi ingredients needed for class. Sold Out--look for the next Foodie Friday on March 1!
- Sign up for your Free NYAS membership --by Friday, January 31
Lecture at NYAS will be February 28;
bus leaves Packer House @ 2 pm & returns 10:30 pm
Lehigh's Office of Research, through the Graduate Life Office, is inviting all graduate students to become members of the New York Academy of Sciences: Science Alliance at NO COST. Membership has many benefits, including free lectures like the one we'll be taking grad students to on February 28th, with free transportation (see below). IMPORTANT: To go to the 2/28 lecture, you must sign up for membership in order to not pay $10 for your ticket. Sign up for NYAS membership through the Graduate Life Office now, and while you're at it, sign up for the 2/28 trip to a great NYAS lecture!
- King of Prussia Mall Shopping Trip--Saturday, February 2
9:30am-5:30pm, bus to Philadelphia-- $10/person (cash or check)
Go shopping at one of the largest shopping malls in North America! Sign up at ISS in Coxe Hall (no reservation will be taken over the phone or email; please bring $10 to reserve your seat). Space is limited so sign up now!
- Productive Writer listserv
Subscribers will receive emails twice a month with advice on becoming a more productive writer. Sponsored by the Cornell Graduate School, the Productive Writer is free and open to all, especially graduate students writing papers, proposals, theses, and dissertations. Topics inlcude managing your time for greater writing productivity, reducing distractions, staying motivated, revising and editing, binge writing, communicating with your advisor, dealing with writer’s block , and managing procrastination and perfectionistic tendencies. It’s easy to join; just click on this link.
- Research Mondays: Research & Sponsored Programs for Beginners--Feb 4
Packer House Lounge, 4:10-5:00pm
Nicole Corali, a Contract and Grant Specialist with the Office of Research & Sponsored Prorgams, will lead this "Reasearch Monday" aimed at introducing the world of research & sponsored programs to those who need the basics or a refresher. No sign-up necessary.
- Tuesdays @ 10--Feb 5
Packer House, 10-11
Come to Packer House basement for good conversations with friends new and old as we provide coffee, bagels, fruit & juice to all grad students.
- Teacher Development--Thursday, 2/7
Rauch 91, 2:30 pm - 4 pm
Professor Kristen Jellison from Civil and Environmental Engineering will present on "How Teachers Teach: Explanations and Investigations". She will address questions such as, "How do effective faculty explain difficult concepts? How do they help students learn which questions to ask and how to find good answers?" Please sign up here.
- Women's Exchange--New Ideas: Women in Entrepreneurship-- Thursday, 2/7
Packer House Lounge, Noon-1pm
This week's speaker is a female entrepreneur and will address issues for women in this role. Women's Exchange provides a space for women from all walks of life to develop meaningful relationships and promote personal growth through a lunch-hour get-together every other Thursday. Lunch is provided; please sign up here.
Week of Jan 28 - Feb 2
Week of Feb 3 - 9
- Dissertation Boot Camp--Saturday & Sunday, February 9 - 10
Wood Dining Room, Mountaintop Campus, all day
Dissertation Boot Camp is here once again! Open to all graduate students, this boot-camp inspired event creates an entirely distraction-free weekend for those wishing to work on dissertations, research papers, and other academic work. We provide everything you need--breakfast and lunch both days, snacks, and every kind of supply you can think of to prevent distractions from your work. Check out the Dissertation Boot Camp page and sign up here! There are only a few spots left! Cost: $25 for entire weekend...payment is due THIS WEEK to the Grad Life Office in Packer House.
- Research Mondays-- full schedule:
Packer House Lounge, 4:10-5:00pm
Feb 11 - What you need to know about Intellectual Property (Yatin Karpe)
Feb 25 - Where to Look for Funding: A Primer on Grants, Agencies, and Foundations (Sujata Jagota)
Mar 4 - How to Build Your Electronic Portolio (Sarah Stanlick)
Mar 25 - Resiliency and Research Process: Dealing with Rejection, Receptivity to Change, Keeping Hope Alive (Lynne Cassimeris)
- Madeline K. Albright, Kenner Lecture--Tuesday, February 12
Baker Hall in Zoellner Arts Center, 8:00 pm
The 2013 Kenner Lecture on Cultural Understanding and Tolerance presents an evening with Dr. Madeleine K. Albright, Chair of Albright Stonebridge Group and Former Secretary of State of the United States. This event is free and open to the public, no tickets required. See website for more information.
- What's Brewing--Thursday, February 21
Packer House, 7pm - 9 pm
Join us Thursday evening for our most popular discussion-based event. We provide the brewed beverages (beer and coffee), you bring the intellectual fervor to this meeting-of-minds. This month's topic is "Poetry for Biologists: Do humanities matter in the age of technology?" The discussion is led by a panel of peers--not experts, but other students with some experience and insight into the topic. Hope to see you there!
- Free bus trip to NYAS Lecture:
From Where will the Water of the Future Come? --Thursday, February 28
bus leaves Packer House @ 2 pm & returns 10:30 pm
This lecture gathers some of the world's greatest minds on water and climate, cities, food security, the role of corporations, and ecosystems to discuss the world's water-shortage crisis and the most promising paths forward. Sign up through the Graduate Life Office to become a NYAS member before January 31 and then sign up for the GLO bus trip for free transportation to the NYAS lecture.
Schedule:
2 p.m. -- Bus leaves from Brodhead & Packer Parking Lot
4:30 p.m. --Arrive in Lower Manhattan. Time to walk around & eat dinner
6:30 p.m. --Lecture starts at NYAS
8:30 p.m. --Lecture ends; get back on bus by 8:45 p.m.
10 or 10:30 p.m. --Bus returns to Brodhead & Packer Parking Lot
IMPORTANT: In order to reserve your spot on the bus, you must drop off a $10 refundable deposit to the Graduate Life Office which you will get back when you get on the bus.
- California Policy Fellowship Opportunity for STEMS fields
Closes February 28
The California Council on Science and Technology seeks PhD scientists and engineers to serve as Fellows to provide the California State Legislature with critical, unbiased scientific and technical advice. If you are looking for a professional development opportunity that enables you to incorporate science and technology into public policy, we encourage you to apply for a one-year fellowship.
Applications for the 2013-2014 program will be accepted starting on December 1, 2012
and ending February 28, 2013. For information see our flyer or visit the CCST website for more information and to complete an online application.
- Dan David Prize for Doctoral & Post-Doctoral Students
Deadline March 15, 2013
The Dan David Prize laureates annually donate twenty scholarships of US$15,000 each to outstanding doctoral and postdoctoral students of exceptional promise in the chosen fields for the current year. Ten scholarships are awarded to doctoral and post-doctoral students at universities throughout the world and ten scholarships at Tel Aviv University. The Dan David Prize is granted according to merit, without discrimination based on gender, race, religion, nationality, or political affiliation. To find out more and to apply please visit here. The deadline for scholarship applications receipt is March 15, 2013
- Piano in Packer House has been Tuned
Packer House Lounge
- Pool, Ping Pong & Foosball Tables have been stocked!
Packer House Basement
- Zoellner Tickets at Reduced Prices
You can sign up for the following discounted shows:
- Mountain Heart--Feb 1 - HALF PRICE while supplies last! Only $7.00 (must come into the GLO office and pay by Weds., Jan 30)
- Motionhouse Scattered--Feb 10
- Les 7 Doigts de la Main: Psy--Mar 16
Sign up for tickets here!
February & March
Packer House Updates and Ongoing Notices
