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Weldon Graduate Program Announcements

February 19th, 2025

 


 


 

Career and Internship Opportunities

 

Internship Positions

Postdoctoral Positions

Full Time Positions

 

 

Fall 2025 Course Announcement: NUR 69060

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University of Michigan Postdoc Preview

 

Apply to UM Postdoc Preview!

 The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is now accepting applications for its in-person Postdoc Preview recruiting event on May 8-9, 2025.

This is an application-based event where selected candidates will receive a fully-funded two-day visit to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor campus. Invited guests will have the opportunity to interview with prospective mentors, network with current postdocs, and learn about life in Ann Arbor. We look forward to introducing you to the extensive postdoctoral research and training opportunities at U-M, as well as the unique benefits and resources available to postdocs at Michigan.

Applicants are selected from a national pool of candidates currently enrolled in a U.S. graduate institution within the biomedical or life sciences realm. Applicants must have an anticipated graduation date by the Spring of 2026. 

Applications open January 6, 2025 through February 28, 2025. If you are interested in a postdoc position at U-M, please apply here! Additional details can be found on our website.

We look forward to receiving your application! Please email Laura Napieralski at lanapier@umich.edu with any questions.


 

 

 

 

Grad Competition Deadlines – Submit Today!

Say It In 6 – one week left to submit

There is only one week left to submit your research story to the Say It In 6 competition for a chance to win up to $1,000. All you need to do is submit one picture and a six-word description!

The deadline for submissions is Friday, February 21 at 11:59 pm.

Submit Here!

Cash Awards

·         First Place $1,000

·         Second Place $500

·         People's Choice $500

 

Three Minute Thesis – two weeks left to submit

Draft video submissions for Three Minute Thesis are due on March 3rd by 11:59 pm.

This is a fast-paced competition where the top 10 finalists compete by summarizing their two to three-plus years of research in only three minutes with only one slide. Cash awards are given to the winner, runner-up, and People's Choice Award winner.

Submit Here!

Cash Awards

 

Graduate Professional Development Newsletter (February 14)

Graduate Professional Development Newsletter (February 14)

 

CCO International Student Workshop #3: Work Visa Options

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International students, have you wondered what happens after graduation regarding your visa options? Are you baffled with the timeline and challenges of the H-1B visa process? Join us to learn from an immigration attorney about the H1B process and other work visa options.  

Register via Zoom: Tuesday, 2/25

 

 

Featured Databases: Sage Skills: Student Success

Sage Skills: Student Success

Parrish Library’s Featured Databases series will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of Purdue Libraries’ subscription resources. This edition will feature Sage Skills: Student Success brought to you by Sage Publications.  

 

Focus

Sage Skills: Student Success empowers students to learn practical academic and personal skills needed to thrive in higher education and beyond through comprehensive modules on critical thinking, data literacy, research skills, and more.

 

Access

The List of Business Databases is an alphabetical list of databases filtered to those most applicable to business, entrepreneurship, and hospitality and tourism management programs of study. 

 

Tutorial

Click Getting Started with Sage Skills: Student Success to watch the basics of using this database.

 

Related Resources

·         Sage Business Skills enables students to practice real world business and professional skills in areas such as data analytics, entrepreneurship, leadership, organizational communication, and professionalism.

 

Featured Database comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact parrlib@purdue.edu.

 

Want to see a specific database promoted in an upcoming edition? Send an email to parrlib@purdue.edu and we will gladly promote it.

 

Graduate Professional Development Newsletter (February 21)

Graduate Professional Development Newsletter (February 21)

 

Mobilizing Mathematics for the Fight Against Cancer

February 25, 2025 - 3:30 PM EST

February 25, 2025 - 6:30 PM EST

Location: MATH 175

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 – 3:30-4:20 PM MATH 175

Reception Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 5-6:30PM, Black Cultural Center

 

Trachette Jackson is an Associate Vice President for Research, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan

 

Mathematical oncologists apply mathematical and computational modeling approaches to every aspect of cancer biology, from tumor initiation to malignant spread and treatment response. A substantial amount of medical research is now focusing on the molecular biology of individual tumors to selectively target pathways involved in tumor progression. Increased understanding of molecular mechanisms that mediate the pathogenesis of cancers is leading to careful manipulation of these pathways and new cell-specific approaches to cancer therapy are now being developed. At the same time, advances in cancer immunotherapies have led to a reemergence of their use and effectiveness. Using data-driven computational models is a powerful and practical way to investigate the therapeutic potential of novel combinations of these two very different strategies for clinical cancer treatment. This talk will showcase a suite of mathematical models designed to optimize the use of targeted drug treatment strategies in combination with immunotherapy. The goal is to gain a more robust understanding of how specific tumor mutations affect the immune system and ultimately impact the efficacy of combination therapy. Combined with existing and newly generated experimental data, these mathematical models are poised to improve the ability to connect promising drugs for clinical trials and reduce the time and costs associated with transitioning novel therapeutic approaches from “equations to bench to bedside.”

 

https://www.purdue.edu/science/events/science/2025/purdue-mathematics-2025-johnny-l-houston-lecture-featuring-speaker-trachette-jackson.html

 

 

Workshops and Deadlines

Here are some upcoming workshops and deadlines more detailed information about the workshops will be sent out separately closer to the event.

 

Feb. 19th                     Careers in Public Health (CCO)

Feb. 19th                     NIH Fellowship Opportunities for Graduate Students (GSPD)

Feb. 19th                     NIH Fellowship Opportunities for PhD Candidates and Postdoctoral Scholars (GSPD)

Feb. 19th                     Supervision in Machine Learning (GSPD)

Feb. 20th                     Healthy Eating on the Run (GSPD)

Feb. 20th                     Elevator Pitch Workshop (GSPD)

Feb. 20th                     Fulbright Past, Present, & Future: Alumni Grantee Panel (CCO)

Feb. 21st                     RCR: Discipline-Specific Training (GSPD)

Feb. 21st                     “Say It In 6” Competition Submission Deadline (Learn More & Submit)

Feb. 24th                     Patent Agent Careers in Life Sciences (GSPD)

Feb. 24th                     Grad Student Only Online Career Fair

Feb. 24th                     Purdue OWL Writers’ Room (Graduate Students) (CCO)

Feb. 24th                     Graduate Resume Review at the Purdue Graduate Student Center (CCO)

Feb. 24th                     Engineering, Science, & Tech Connect: Purdue University in Indianapolis Career Fair (CCO)

Feb. 24th                     2025 Health Programs EXPO (CCO)

Feb. 25th                     4th Annual Grad WiE Network Symposium (WiE)

Feb. 25th                     International Student Workshop #3: Work Visa Options (CCO)

Feb. 25th                     Mobilizing Mathematics for the Fight Against Cancer – Speaker: Trachette Jackson (COS)

Feb. 26th                     Computational Research PhD Fellowships Info Session (GSPD)

Feb. 26th                     MoISSI Fellowship Information Session (GSPD)

Feb. 26th                     Quad Fellowship Info Session (GSPD)

Feb. 26th                     Visualizing Textual Patterns and Analysis with VOSviewer (GSPD)

Feb. 27th                     Time Management (GSPD)

Feb. 27th                     US Senate Confirmation Process for Presidential Nominations (GSPD)

Feb. 28th                     Comparing Job Offers (GSPD)

Feb. 28th                     Postdoc Coffee Chat (GSPD)

Feb. 28th                     Deadline to apply for University of Michigan Postdoc Preview Event (Apply)

Mar. 3rd                      Preparing to Buy a Car (GSPD)

Mar. 3rd                      Publishing a Scientific Paper (GSPD)

Mar. 3rd                      Purdue OWL Writers’ Room (Graduate Students) (CCO)

Mar. 3rd                      Graduate Resume Review at the Purdue Graduate Student Center (CCO)

Mar. 4th                      Debt Management (GSPD)

Mar. 4th                      Presenting Your Research: How to Sell Others on Your Ideas (GSPD)

Mar. 4th                      GIS Data Acquisition (GSPD)

Mar. 4th                      2025 International Student Workshop #4: Internationally Friendly Employer Panel (CCO)

Mar. 5th                      Credit – Understanding Cards & Scores (GSPD)

Mar. 5th                      How to Find and Prepare for Fellowship Applications (GSPD)

Mar. 5th                      Protecting Your Mental Health During Graduate School (GSPD)

Mar. 5th                      Transformer Compression (GSPD)

Mar. 5th                      LinkedIn Workshop with PrincetonOne (CCO Indianapolis)

Mar. 6th                      How to Find and Prepare for Fellowship Applications (GSPD)

Mar. 7th                      Copyrights: An Overview for Scholars (GSPD)

Mar. 7th                      Let’s Talk Taxes (GSPD)

Mar. 7th                      Biotech Fizzle Friday w/CBC Entrepreneurial Fellows (Register)

Mar. 10th                    Citation Management with Zotero (GSPD)

Mar. 10th                    Conducting a Literature Review (GSPD)

Mar. 10th                    NIH Fellowship Opportunities for PhD Candidates and Postdoctoral Scholars (GSPD)

Mar. 10th                    Purdue OWL Writers’ Room (Graduate Students) (CCO)

Mar. 10th                    Graduate Resume Review at the Purdue Graduate Student Center (CCO)

Mar. 11th                    Grant Seeking 101 for Postdocs Webinar (Register)

Mar. 12th                    Experiences in Healthcare and Public Health (CCO)

Mar. 12th                    Exploring GeoAI Platforms – ArcGIS, Tableau, & Power BI for Spatial Data Visualization (GSPD)

Mar. 12th                    Healthy Eating on the Run (GSPD)

Mar. 12th                    Preparing to Buy a House (GSPD)

Mar. 12th                    Time Management (GSPD)

Mar. 12th                    Northern Trust 2025 Spring Learning Series Begins (CCO)

Mar. 13th                    Comparing Job Offers (GSPD)

Mar. 13th                    Healthy Financial Habits (GSPD)

Mar. 14th                    Postdoc Power Session (GSPD)

Mar. 20th                    Application portal open for CBC Entrepreneurial Fellowship Award (Apply)

Mar. 24th                    NIH Fellowship Opportunities for Graduate Students (GSPD)

Mar. 24th                    Preparing for Academic Interviews (GSPD)

Mar. 25th                    The Cover Letter (GSPD)

Mar. 26th                    Anomaly Detection (GSPD)

Mar. 26th                    Enhancing Conflict Competence for Graduate Assistants (GSPD)

Mar. 26th                    Navigating the IRB Process and Submitting Your Study (GSPD)

Mar. 27th                    Eating Right When Your Budget is Tight (GSPD)

Mar. 27th                    How to Deliver a Winning Presentation (GSPD)

Mar. 27th                    Research with Scite.ai (GSPD)

Mar. 28th                    Diet, Stress, & Emotional Eating (GSPD)

Mar. 28th                    Postdoc Coffee Chat (GSPD)

Mar. 28th                    RCR: Discipline-Specific Training (GSPD)

Mar. 31st                    AI Tools for Lit Reviews (GSPD)

Mar. 31st                    Preparing to Buy a Car (GSPD)

Apr. 1st                        How to Find and Prepare for Fellowship Applications (GSPD)

Apr. 1st                        Mentoring Dialogs (GSPD)

Apr. 2nd                       Harnessing Online Tools & Data Repositories for Dataset Searches and Lit Reviews (GSPD)

Apr. 2nd                       How to Find and Prepare for Fellowship Applications (GSPD)

Apr. 2nd                       Interviewing Skills (GSPD)

Apr. 2nd                       Success Over Stress (GSPD)

Apr. 2nd                       International Student Workshop #5: International Alumni Panel (CCO)

Apr. 4th                        Biotech Fizzle Friday w/CBC Entrepreneurial Fellows (Register)

Apr. 18th                     Biotech Fizzle Friday w/CBC Entrepreneurial Fellows (Register)

 

 

 

News from You

 

Please inform Tammy of honors, awards, or other accolades (to include having a paper published) you receive so that the Weldon School may recognize your accomplishments. Send the complete information – specific title and nature of the award, name of conference or event at which award was given, date of said event, photograph if available, etc. – to tsiemers@purdue.edu.

 

 

Tammy Siemers

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