Brown Graduate School

Coffee & Chat with the Consulting Club
Mon., August 26 | 1-2:30pm | Center for Career Exploration, 1st floor (167 Angell St)

The Brown Graduate Consulting Club (BGCC) is excited to host Jeremy Lomax, Ph.D. for a Coffee and Chat event next week. Jeremy is a Brown University alum and current scientist at Exponent Consulting. Jeremy will be discussing his current role at Exponent as well as how he maximized his experience in graduate school to prepare him for a career in consulting. Coffee and donuts will be provided.

Register: https://forms.gle/dibCQFS5aorprpdJ7

Center for Digital Scholarship Open House
Fri., Aug. 30 | 11 am - 12 pm

Come learn about all that CDS offers researchers at Brown University and beyond! We’ll talk about the Digital Humanities Doctoral Certificate program, our upcoming workshops and events, and how you can get involved in our projects and scholarship.

This open house is for the digital humanities curious, the Artificial Intelligence skeptics and optimists, and the Technophobes and techno-utopians and everyone in-between! It’s for the Computer Science students who are interested in how they might ask humanistic questions with computational methods, and the humanists who are eager to utilize their research backgrounds to study technology.

Learn more: https://brownlibrary.lwcal.com/ #!view/event/event_id/1456

Fall CIRTL programming for graduate students and postdocs pursuing teaching careers in higher education. Fall programming is topically focused around evidence-based teaching fundamentals, student belonging, and academic professional development.

Sept. 1 | An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching
Get an overview of effective college teaching strategies and the research that supports them in this 8-part asynchronous course designed for graduate students and postdocs in STEM disciplines. Created in 2015 as a cohort-based course, we will be re-launching this course this fall as a self-paced online course. No cap; registration opens Sunday, September 1st.

Tuesdays, Sept. 24 - Dec. 10 | The College Classroom
Get an introduction to key learning principles and the basics of effective, evidence-based teaching practices in this 12-week course about teaching in the college classroom. This course meets online in Zoom on Tuesdays, September 24 through December 10, at 3-4:30pm EST Cap: 100; registration opens Monday, September 9th.

Learn more & register: https://cirtl.net/events/

Pembroke Center Research Development Grant for Graduate Students

The Pembroke Center Research Development Grants support innovative research by graduate students from any department pursuing work related to the Pembroke Center, including, but not limited to, gender and/or sexuality studies, women's education, health, community activism, philanthropy, economic status, and women's rights.

Learn more: https://pembroke.brown.edu/funding-opportunities/pembroke-center-research-development-grant-graduate-students

TODAY, Monday, August 5:
This week, Dean Lewis's office hours for graduate students are today from 3-4 pm.

Email [email protected] to request an in person or Zoom meeting.

Schedule subject to change: https://graduateschool.brown.edu/

RESOURCE HIGHLIGHT
Care.com Webinars: What's upcoming in August

All graduate students have a free membership to Care.com. Check a sampling of their August webinars (all occur at 1 pm EDT):

Succeed at Work: Maximizing Your Time | August 15
Time management and organizational skills are critical to successfully balancing work, life, and family. You will learn strategies and tips for organizing and managing that will make a critical difference in the quality of your work and life.

Your healthy Lifestyle: Brain Health | August 22
Maintaining good brain health and memory fitness can make a big difference as we try to remember names and faces, recall important information or retain facts. You will learn to maintain a healthy brain and boost brain power

Child Care & Parenting: Children and Stress | August 28
Stress impacts children as young as seven years old. This workshop outlines the causes and signs of stress. We will discuss the techniques that will help children on an everyday basis.

Register: https://www.care.com/business/care-talks/

Apply to Join Effective Performance in September

Effective Performance is a project with Trinity Repertory Theater, which allows participants to explore how to engage their bodies, voices, and passions to communicate in compelling ways. Taught by professional actors, the workshop offers a fun and playful environment to experiment with improvisational and theatrical techniques.

Dates:
Friday, September 27, 12-3 pm
Saturday, September 28, 9-12 am and 1-4 pm
Sunday, September 29, 9-12 am and 1-4 pm

Please only sign up if you can attend all sessions. Apply by September 16, 2024

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4c2YmWh

TODAY, Monday, July 29:
This week, Dean Lewis's office hours for graduate students are today from 3-4 pm.

Email [email protected] to request an in person or Zoom meeting.

Schedule subject to change: https://graduateschool.brown.edu/

Engaged Research Mini-Grants

The Swearer Center invites current Brown undergraduate and graduate students, in any concentration or field, to apply for Engaged Research Mini-Grants of up to $500. These grants support expenses related to conducting and/or presenting engaged research that involves some collaboration with community members or organizations, as well as the creation of a product, analysis, or other outcome that will be shared with the community partner and/or broader public audiences.

Applications Close: September 2, 2024 @ 5pm EDT

Learn more: https://www.brown.edu/academics/college/swearer/engaged-research-mini-grants

Royce Graduate Student Research Award

The Swearer Center invites graduate students currently enrolled in a masters' or doctoral degree program at Brown to apply for a Royce Graduate Student Research Award of up to $5,000. These awards support expenses related to community-engaged research, as well as the creation of a product, analysis, or other outcome that will be shared with a community partner and/or disseminated to broader public audiences.

Applicants must submit a research proposal, budget, and letters of support from their faculty advisor and (where applicable) their community partner by September 2, 2024. Questions? Email [email protected].

Learn more: https://ufunds.brown.edu/apply/viewdetail/4057

Register to attend: https://bit.ly/4bHrxON

TODAY, Monday, July 22:
This week, Dean Lewis's office hours for graduate students are today from 3-4 pm.

Email [email protected] to request an in person or Zoom meeting.

Schedule subject to change: https://graduateschool.brown.edu/

Graduate Students Needed: Apply to be a Peer Mentor!

This is your chance to share your wisdom with the graduate community, get some Brown swag, free food & make new friends! International Orientation takes place August 21-23, 2024 and we have a largest ever number of incoming international graduate students coming to Brown this fall.

What does it require from you?
-Attend one online training over the summer
-Attend one in-person outdoor gathering on August 22
-Help incoming graduate students understand what it is like to be at Brown, as well as acclimating to moving to Providence in general

What do you get?
-Free Brown swag (t-shirt and other fun stuff)
-Free meals
-The opportunity to attend all International Orientation events
-New friends!!!

Who is eligible?
-All students who have completed at least one semester (not including this summer) at Brown
-Recent alums If you have a friend or know someone who you would like to peer mentor with, get them to sign up too (you'll work in pairs).

Sign up: https://bit.ly/4cf1z5O

Brown University School of Professional Studies

Sheridan Teaching Seminar Fall 2024 Registration

In the Sheridan Teaching Seminar, participants engage in an interdisciplinary community of teachers at Brown with the goal of improving their skills as instructors and their students’ learning. Centered around inclusive and evidence-based teaching, the Sheridan Teaching Seminar covers foundational concepts in pedagogy, including establishing inclusive environments, principles of learning design, methods of evaluating learning, methods of student engagement, and classroom communication skills.

Newer teachers benefit from the program’s introductions to these materials; participants with previous pedagogical training and classroom experience benefit from spending time in an interdisciplinary community and continuing focused development of their teaching practice.

Learn more & register: https://sheridan.brown.edu/programs/certificates/sheridan-teaching-seminar

Alexia Rojas, Ph.D. Student in Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences presents at Research Matters: Lead Absorption in Zeolites and Community Science

Alexia Rojas is a graduate student in residence at the Gem and Mineral Hall in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. She studies the mechanisms, rates and timing of long-term tectonic events like faulting and mountain building.

She is passionate about outreach and uses her background in three-dimensional imaging to study lead absorption and get involved with community science in East Los Angeles. Rojas also leads activities centered around Earth science knowledge with L.A. schools and the community.

Watch the talk: https://youtu.be/-3gwHbGh4h8?si=W2y2hOazDuXL1gdr

Karyn Mota, Ph.D. Candidate in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, presents at Research Matters: Unpacking the Pages: Symbolic Reparations in Latin America and the Caribbean

A journalist, Karyn Mota holds a master’s in Africana studies and Portuguese and Brazilian studies from Brown through the Open Graduate Education program and also completed her master’s in communications from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.

Mota has served as a visiting research fellow at Brown, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Université Paris 8. She has presented her work at academic conferences in Brazil, the U.S., Portugal, Israel, France, England and Greece. Her research interests include contemporary Brazilian literature and culture, Africana studies, Latin American and Caribbean studies, communications and digital humanities.

Watch the talk: https://youtu.be/jFGHvBtEtJo?si=3aMSYJcrUl6X4GFw

Munachimso Ugoh, MPH Student, presents at Research Matters: The Interplay Between E-Ci******es and Traditional Ci******es

Munachimso Ugoh is a first-year Public Health student with a concentration in epidemiology. He earned his bachelor of science degree from Xavier University of Louisiana in 2023, majoring in public health, chemistry and international relations. His research interests lie in infectious diseases, substance use disorders, the challenges vulnerable populations face due to these disorders, and global health systems, specifically in sub-Saharan Africa.

Ugoh currently works as a research assistant with the To***co Harm Reduction and Use Lab at Brown University. Additionally, he is interested in health economics and outcomes research. When not engaged in research, he enjoys traveling to different countries, reading books and attending live plays and musicals.

Watch the talk: https://youtu.be/VjfW-qnY078?si=poJ4ILAoZa1SAD0S

CIRTL: Navigating the Academic Hand-off: Graduate Students and Postdocs as Scientific Trainers
Wednesday, July 31, 1:00 - 2:30 PM; Virtual

Build your mentorship and technical communication skills by documenting your training goals and drafting reference resources in this one-part online workshop designed for advanced graduate students and postdocs who are responsible for training junior colleagues. This is hosted virtually by Stanford University in participation with the CIRTL Network. Space is limited.

Learn more: https://cirtl.net/event/navigating-the-academic-hand-off/

Teatro en el Verano: ¡ALGUIEN MÁS!

¡Alguien Más! is the ninth production in Trinity Rep and Rhode Island Latino Arts’ bilingual summer theater program, Teatro en El Verano.

Based on George Bernard Shaw’s 1897 play, You Never Can Tell, the play gets a 2024 telenovela twist. For as long as they can remember, the Calderon siblings’ father has been a mystery … until they unknowingly invite him to lunch. Mistaken identities and miscommunications fly throughout this comedy of errors featuring a colorful cast of characters. A farce about forgiveness and moving forward,

Please Note: Teatro en el Verano stages free, English-Spanish bilingual productions at various outside venues in Rhode Island. Both English and Spanish speakers can enjoy and understand the production. All performances are held outdoors and FREE to attend. We encourage you to bring your own chair or blanket to sit on the grass, set up a picnic, and enjoy the show!

Learn more & see the schedule: https://www.trinityrep.com/show/alguien-mas/

Join the 14-Day Graduate Writing Challenge!
July 29-August 11

Are you a graduate student hoping to make progress on a writing project? Join the 14-Day Writing Challenge! Hosted by Sheridan’s Writing Center, the Summer challenge runs from July 29-August 11. Participation is asynchronous with optional in-person gatherings. The challenge helps writers meet their writing goals by providing community support and accountability.

Participants will be asked to share their writing goals with each other, do their best to write for at least 30 minutes/day during the challenge, post their progress at the end of each daily writing session (participants pick their own writing session times), and cheer on other participants as they try to meet their writing goals. Please direct questions to [email protected]. Space is limited; register by July 15. For more information email [email protected].

Register: https://bit.ly/45GgZw8

Kevin Hu, Ph.D. Candidate in Applied Mathematics, presents at Research Matters: Structure and Complexity in High-Dimensional Systems

Kevin Hu is studying probability theory and mathematical physics. His research focuses on the analysis of interacting particle systems. His recent results include propagation of chaos for systems driven by fractional Brownian motion and the characterization of the longtime behavior of sparsely interacting diffusions. Hu obtained his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 2019 from New York University. Outside of research, he enjoys playing ultimate frisbee, spending time with friends and napping on his couch.

Watch the talk: https://youtu.be/i2yfnAhQmWA?si=n4HCNyHSFpjWKV0Z

RESOURCE HIGHLIGHT
Care.com Webinars: What's upcoming in July

All graduate students have a free membership to Care.com. Check a sampling of their July webinars (all occur at 1 pm EDT):

Emotional Wellness: The Path to Inner Peace | July 11, 2024
This workshop can show you the way to inner peace. We will examine how to let go of things that work counter, examine how one’s past may help, how to come to acceptance and explore best practices for maintaining inner peace.

Aging & Adult Care: Caregiver 911 – How to Prepare for Emergencies, Natural Disasters with an Older Loved One | July 17, 2024
With every part of the country challenged with natural disasters that can happen unexpectedly, how prepared are you to help an older loved one -whether they live near or far, at home or in a senior living community – face the aftermath of fires, hurricanes, tornadoes and other devastating events? Planning ahead is key and we take you through what to know, how to communicate with your loved one and how to ensure your family is ready for the unknown.

Succeed at Work: Positive Effect of Self Esteem on Performance | July 18, 2024
This webinar will outline a way to rewire our brains to be more optimistic and increase self-confidence. We will also discuss ways to build self-esteem and how to control our negative thoughts.

Your healthy Lifestyle: Dealing With Sleep Issues | July 25, 2024
Do you have difficulty sleeping? Check out this program where you’ll explore sleep disorders and their causes (circadian rhythms, insomnia and snoring/sleep apnea), discuss the benefits of sleep studies and examine sleep’s relationship to stress and the release of cortisol. Additionally, you’ll identify ways to address insomnia and leave with helpful resources.

Register: https://www.care.com/business/care-talks/

Congratulations to the B-Lab Summer 24 graduate students!

EcoForge: MADE graduates Rongyu Na '24 AM & Myung Bender '24 AM are developing local, sustainable building materials from agricultural residues and plants while supporting local communities.

Gath: MADE graduates Pengye Yang '24 AM, Liming Chen '24 AM & Xinyue Wang '24 AM are working on a gamified self-care application that combines mixed reality (MR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies, designed for Generation Z individuals facing academic and workplace stress.

Women to Women: Fatima Rezaie '24 MPA is part of this venture that that centers cultural fusion and empowerment, intertwining traditional Afghan craftsmanship with contemporary fashion sensibilities.

B-Lab is an intensive 8-week accelerator program that supports student entrepreneurs developing high-impact ventures.

Learn more: https://entrepreneurship.brown.edu/b-lab/b-lab-2024/

Brown Center for Students of Color Open Positions for the 2024-2025 academic year:

Graduate Students of Color Coordinator
&
MPC and TWTP Leadership Programs Graduate Student Coordinator

See link in bio to learn more about the positions and apply.

Harley Elias, MFA Student in Playwriting presents at Research Matters: Performing Plague

Originally from New York City, Harley Elias earned a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in history from Stanford University. He often writes about history, seeking new ways to dramatize the past. Before coming to Brown, Elias completed a Fulbright fellowship in India for playwriting, focusing on 19th century Indian history. His upcoming plays include “Scourge” at Leeds Theater, Brown University, May 2-5, and “The Handless King” at Amphibian Stage in Fort Worth, Texas, opening July 26, 2024.

Watch now: https://youtu.be/N3iyhgy7n7s?si=dNlbIW2CL5HcY0Ag

Peter Van Katwyk, PhD Candidate in Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, presents at Research Matters: Improving Sea Level Projections with AI

Van Katwyk discusses how AI-based ice sheet emulators are improving our understanding of sea level rise and democratizing sea level research.

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/s-9Buran8tY?si=mTv7zIiQMnNTD1ry

Jawaher Al-Shamari, master's student in Public Affairs presents at Research Matters: Women’s Lived Experiences and Policy in Qatar

Al-Shamari discusses the significance of representation as she shares the lived experiences of Qatari women, focusing on state empowerment projects and laws. She emphasizes the value of diverse perspectives in driving meaningful change and amplifying their voices to shape bottom-up policy change.

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/aCzhR69qgRY?si=BDYmHyM6W3nlQVJu

Alex Brown, PhD Candidate in Chemistry presents at Research Matters: Combating Prostate Cancer With a Theragnostic Approach

Brown addresses standing challenges in cancer treatment using 64-Cu and 67-Cu theragnostic pairs.

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/WGy8zSmydjQ?si=8OswJP-OzWduOJNR

TODAY, Monday, June 17:
This week, Dean Lewis's office hours for graduate students are today from 3-4 pm.

Email [email protected] to request an in person or Zoom meeting.

Schedule subject to change: https://graduateschool.brown.edu/

Jason Xinyu Liu, Ph.D. candidate in computer science presents at Research Matters: AI, Robots, and Human Language

Liu shares how he develops intelligent robots that assist people by executing natural language instructions from humans autonomously and safely.

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/WIEfERKQoFA?si=qDyjsyCyBHZaysdB