Events at the Center

College Teaching Seminar VI: Flipping the Classroom, Wednesday, February 5, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm, RSVP

The Art of Bullet Journaling: An Interactive Workshop, Friday, February 7, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm, RSVP

Grantwriting Workshop Series Part 2: How to Pitch Your Research to Reviewers, Wednesday, February 19, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm, RSVP  

College Teaching Seminar VIII: How Do Selected Learning Theories Support Pedagogy, Wednesday, February 19, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm, RSVP

College Teaching Journal Club, Thursday, February 20, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm, RSVP

Research Café with Brittany Miller, PhD candidate in Social Health Psychology, Friday, February 21, 12:30 pm, RSVP

Conferences, Fellowships, Forums and Networking Opportunities

REU Research on Chesapeake Bay – Are you looking for a summer research internship studying ocean, coastal or environmental science? I invite you to check out the Maryland Sea Grant Summer REU program. We bring upper-level undergraduate students to the Chesapeake Bay to conduct individual research projects with a scientist-mentor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. We select undergrads in many disciplines, including engineering, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, ecology and marine and environmental science.

In particular, we encourage students from colleges and universities where access to marine science and to research opportunities is limited and who are from groups traditionally underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math. We believe bringing together students from many disciplines, backgrounds and parts of the country makes for a more interesting and educational summer experience.

Join us for our 12-week program from May 17 to August 9, 2020. We are accepting applications through February 14. Find more information and apply here

Grantwriting Workshop Series – Calling graduate students in all disciplines! Feeling panicked because your advisor has charged you with finding external funding? You asked for more programming about grant and proposal writing. In answer, Graduate and Postdoctoral Professional Development will offer again this Spring semester our new four-part workshop series for graduate students in any discipline. In this workshop series, you will learn how to conduct a more effective fellowships search and find the right research funding for you. Workshop dates are as follows:

• Part 1: Kickstart Your Funding Search on February 5
• Part 2: How to Pitch Your Research to Reviewers on February 19
• Part 3: The Art of the Personal Statement on March 4
• Part 4: Eat, Write, Win on March 25

Find more information and to RSVP here

2020 Woods Hole Partnership Education Program (PEP) – PEP is a ten-week intern program hosted by six Woods Hole Science Institutions in collaboration with the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES). The program targets undergraduates (especially rising juniors and seniors) and runs May 31 through August 8.

PEP combines course work with directed independent research in earth and ocean science. PEP interns spend 4 weeks in a summer course that surveys global climate change and participate in a five-day research cruise aboard the Sea Education Association Research Vessel Corwith Cramer, studying the oceanography of the New England continental shelf.

PEP covers all costs of travel, room and board, research expenses, the research cruise, and four hours of undergraduate credit (via our academic partner, UMES). PEP students receive a $4,500 stipend at the end of the program. Pending the results of a grant proposal, we anticipate accepting 16 students into the 2020 PEP cohort.

Application deadline for the 2020 program is February 15, 2020. An overview of the program and application instructions are available here

REU in Nanotechnology for Health, Energy and the Environment – The Center for Inclusive Education REU: Nanotechnology Program is pleased to offer a research opportunity for qualified, academically talented and motivated undergraduates interested in eventually pursuing their doctoral degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) discipline at Stony Brook University. The program gives students an intensive research experience with leading researchers in the field. Participants will work with a faculty mentor and become fully integrated into active research groups using state-of-the-art facilities. Participants will have the opportunity to work closely with their faculty mentor, attend seminars on Research Methods and Graduate School Preparation, participate in workshops and present their research results at the REU Symposium and Closing Ceremony at the completion of the program. Application Deadline is March 1, 2020. Find more information and application information here.

4 ^th Dissertation Institute an interactive workshop for underrepresented graduate students in engineering. The 2020 DI will take place June 7th – 12th on the University of Michigan campus. The Institute is funded by the National Science Foundation and hosted by University of Texas, Dallas and Virginia Tech. The primary goal is to address issues that prolong completion times for those at the dissertation proposal preparation and dissertation completion stages of the targeted population.

The week-long event will focus on skills and strategies needed to successfully complete the dissertation process as well as provide networking opportunities to build connections for future collaborative career advancement. Institute participants will build new writing habits, work on their dissertation or dissertation proposal, and learn skills that will help them continue making progress when they return to their institutions. The application deadline is March 8 ^th.  Find more information and apply here.

PRISM (Postdoctoral Recruitment Initiative in Sciences and Medicine) is an opportunity for select late-stage graduate students from broadly diverse backgrounds to come to Stanford for a recruitment weekend, interview with potential mentors, and get the inside scoop on postdoctoral training at Stanford. The purpose of this program is to encourage those who might not currently consider a postdoctoral position at Stanford to get a first-hand look at whether Stanford might be a good fit for them. Our goal is to match excellent trainees to excellent mentors at Stanford . Find more information or apply here.

Emerging Leaders in Data Science Fellowship- The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of 27 Institutes and Centers making up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has a core mission to conduct and support research to understand, treat, prevent, and diagnose infectious diseases and immune-mediated disorders. NIAID basic and clinical research projects are generating large, diverse and complex data sets including genomics/omics data, clinical data, immune phenotyping assay data, imaging data, and other data sets. Similarly, the infectious and immune-mediated diseases research communities have become a data-intense enterprise. NIAID places a high priority on transforming these data into knowledge to more fully understand pathogen transmission and evolution, pathogen-host interactions, host immune response, and infectious and immune-mediated disease pathogenesis, as well as to develop new and improved diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines.

As a Research Participant in the NIAID Emerging Leaders in Data Science Fellowship Program, the participant will receive training and hands-on-experience in applying and managing big data sets, bioinformatics strategies and tools to support projects in NIAID’s extramural and intramural divisions. Appointments will be for one year, with an option to renew for a second year. The program is rotational in design, with participants conducting 3-4 month rotation-based projects throughout NIAID’s intramural and extramural programs. NIAID actively encourages fellows to participate in a variety of developmental assignments during their fellowship to broaden their perspectives on NIAID’s research mission, strengthen managerial and technical competencies, develop a broad understanding of NIAID’s data needs from a variety of views, and further develop leadership abilities. In addition to a stipend, Research Participants will be provided with a travel and training allowance and health benefits.

Find a full description of this opportunity and submit your application here.

Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science (CPAESS) is currently seeking Mapping trainees to participate in the Okeanos Explorer Explorer-in-Training (EiT) program for the 2020 field season. The EiT program will provide the opportunity to gain experience using an advanced multibeam bathymetric sonar mapping system, while contributing in a significant way to the Okeanos Explorer.

Okeanos Explorer exploration for 2020 will focus on the Atlantic Ocean, including the US Exclusive Economic Zone near Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and New England; the Mid Atlantic Ridge, and Atlantic Maritime Canada. Find more information as well as apply here .  

ACMRS Annual Conference: Unfreedom – Unfreedom marked the lives of various people in the premodern world. Many factors played a role in shaping the forms of unfreedom prevalent in the premodern era: violence and coercion; shame and dishonor; disconnection of kin groups and destruction of social networks; and individual and collective strategies for economic, political, and social success that depended on the subjection of others.

This year’s conference will focus on those whose status was defined primarily in terms of unfreedom, coercion, and constraint rather than the enjoyment of freedoms or privileges, including but not limited to slaves, serfs, captives, prisoners, pledges, hostages, and forced marriage or concubinage.

Plenary talks by Omar H. Ali and Jennfier L. Morgan, a reception at the Desert Botanical Garden, and an organ performance with Kimberly Marshall. Find more information as well as register here.

ETS’s Research & Development (R&D) division is now accepting applications for the 2020 ETS Internship and Fellowship Programs. We are seeking graduate students enrolled in a doctoral program and early-career scientists who are interested in research opportunities in the field of educational research, assessment, learning or related fields. Areas of emphasis include the following:

• Assessment, measurement and psychometrics: assessment design, validity, fairness, psychometric modeling
• Education: higher education, career and technical education, teacher education, English as a second or foreign language
• Natural language processing and computational linguistics
• Psychology: cognitive psychology, educational psychology, industry-organizational psychology
• Speech recognition and processing
• Statistics and data science: machine learning, causal inference, computational statistics, hierarchical modeling

Find more information regarding fellowship/internship opportunities here.

Freedom Summer Collegiate Program – is a program that features a fantastic teaching opportunity in Mississippi.  The program gives graduate students and postdocs alike, from all disciplines, the opportunity to develop a one-month summer course for some amazing high school students who are taking a month of their summer to take college-level courses.

We are open to course proposals in all areas and subjects. Our students who will be returning from last summer are especially interested in courses in the biomedical sciences, in Africana/African American Studies, and in history or sociology of science. We’d also love to see courses on electoral politics or political journalism that would allow students to think critically about next year’s elections. Every year, some of our most exciting courses have been in new fields, so encourage all interested graduate students to apply. Find more information and apply here.

BME Emerging Scholars Symposium – The Boston University Department of Biomedical Engineering (BU BME) invites applications from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, who are Ph.D. students within one year of graduation or postdoctoral fellows and interested in academic careers, to attend a symposium and workshop for emerging scholars on May 8, 2020 in Boston, MA.This symposium is designed to offer emerging scholars an opportunity to present their work to a diverse audience, network with other researchers in the field, learn about the academic job-search process and about starting their first faculty job, and become better acquainted with the broader Boston academic community and the opportunities it offers.

Eligible Participants

The symposium encourages applications from individuals with no current affiliation with Boston University, who intend to pursue academic faculty careers and have interests across biomedically related engineering. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, biomechanics and mechanobiology; molecular, cellular, and tissue engineering; neural engineering; systems and synthetic bioengineering; biomaterials; bioimaging; biorobotics; computational bioengineering and modeling; and nanotechnology for biomedical applications. Diversity and inclusion are core values at BU BME, and strong candidates will demonstrate an ability to promote inclusive environments, in which diverse groups of people thrive, and a commitment to promoting diversity across biomedical engineering. Find more information and apply here.

The PennPORT Institutional Research and Academic Career Development (IRACDA) program is an NIH sponsored fellowship program that combines a traditional mentored postdoctoral research experience at the University of Pennsylvania with a mentored teaching experience at one of three partnering minority serving institutions. PennPORT is designed to provide postdoctoral appointees with the opportunity to develop their teaching skills while continuing their research training at Penn. Find more information and apply here.

Data Science Fellowship The Data Incubator is a Cornell-funded data science training organization. We run a free advanced 8-week fellowship (think data science bootcamp) for PhDs looking to enter industry. A variety of innovative companies’ partner with The Data Incubator for their hiring and training needs, including LinkedIn, Genentech, Capital One, Pfizer, and many others. Find more information and apply here.

Career (Including Postdocs)

Provosts Honors Fellow Program (PHFP) Post-Doctoral Fellow Position – The Post-Doctoral Fellow position is a part of the Provosts Honors Fellow Program (PHFP) designed to develop a diverse cadre of postdoctoral fellows prepared to enter the tenure track and contribute to UTSA’s Classroom to Career and experiential Honors College initiatives. This program is designed to provide specific professional development, training and research mentoring to advance the career success of postdoctoral fellows, no more than 2-year removed from defending the dissertation, who diversify the demographic of our faculty. Find more information and apply here.

Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics a project of the Art of Problem Solving Initiative, Inc., is seeking instructors and counselors for a program that gives everyone a chance to excel in mathematics. Faculty teach their own courses to bright middle school students from low-income and historically marginalized communities. Ideal faculty candidates include college or university professors with strong teaching backgrounds, and middle or high school teachers with strong mathematics backgrounds. Junior faculty positions are also available for graduate students and early career teachers, and we encourage applications from other professionals with an interest in math education. During summer 2020, we will run residential programs at college campus in upstate New York and Southern California, and day programs in New York City and Los Angeles. The open positons are as follows:

• Residential Program (BEAM Summer Away)
• Non-residential Program (BEAM Discovery)
• Summer Counselor/Teaching Assistant

Deadline is rolling, however full consideration is granted to those who apply by February 27 ^th, 2020. Find more information here.

This summer, Mathcamp, invites you to join them in creating an immersive, and inspiring experience for 120 marvelous kids. Canada/USA Mathcamp ( www.mathcamp.org) is a summer program for talented students, ages 13‑18, from all over the world. At Mathcamp, students bond with a true intellectual peer group and explore college- and graduate-level topics in math. At the heart of the summer staff are the “Mentors”: a corps of about ten graduate students who serve in a hybrid role as camp leaders, instructors, and counselors.

Teaching at Mathcamp is an opportunity to share what interests you most with a deeply engaged audience. There is no set curriculum, so—with the guidance of experienced teachers, but with full autonomy—you design your own classes, freely choosing both subject and style. You can teach an introduction to Topology, an intense study of Cluster Algebras, a seminar on Ancient Greek mathematics – or all of the above, a new topic each week. And, most gratifying: your students will be excited to dive as deep into a topic as you’ll take them, and voluntarily and enthusiastically will work on problem sets you assign.

The position will be located in Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont and includes a stipend as well as room and board for six weeks and travel expenses. Application deadline is January 31, 2020. Find more information here.

The Biology department within the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences at pace University invites applications for two anticipated faculty positon at the Assistant Professor level (tenure track) to begin September 2020. Both positions are located at the University’s New York City campus in lower Manhattan.

1. Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Physiology – Applicants must possess a PhD in anatomy/physiology or a related discipline. Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate major courses in biology, specifically anatomy and physiology; developing courses and curricula that incorporate evidence-based educational practices; and mentoring and advising students. All candidates are expected to establish an active independent research program involving undergraduate students and potentially graduate students. Candidates who have created or contributed to programs that aim to increase access and success of underrepresented students or faculty in the sciences, or have detailed plans to accomplish such goals are preferred. In addition to excellence and creativity in research and scholarship, successful candidates must also demonstrate a commitment to equity and inclusion in higher education.
2. Assistant Professor, Ecology – Applicants must possess a PhD in ecology or a related discipline. Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate major courses in biology, specifically ecology; developing courses and curricula that incorporate evidence-based educational practices; and mentoring and advising students. All candidates are expected to establish an active independent research program involving undergraduate students and potentially graduate students. In addition to excellence and creativity in research and scholarship, successful candidates must also demonstrate a commitment to equity and inclusion in higher education. Candidates who have created or contributed to programs that aim to increase access and success of underrepresented students or faculty in the sciences, or have detailed plans to accomplish such goals are preferred.

Submit cover letter, CV, teaching philosophy and research interests and contact information for a minimum of three (3) references in a single PDF file to biologysearchnyc@pace.edu

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled; applications received by January 21, 2020 are guaranteed consideration.

The Accelerator Operations and Technology (AOT) Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory is looking for a candidate that are interested in a postdoctoral appointment to the Ion source team of the Accelerator and Electrodynamics (AOT-AE) group.

The successful applicant for this position will be expected to work as a member of the Ion Source Team with the primary responsibility of supporting the upgrade projects of positive and negative ion beam injectors at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center. Additionally, this position will work on future novel instrument developments related to the H+/H- ion source test stands, ion source processing stands and radio frequency quadrupole accelerator RFQ injector development stand. Find more information on the position and to apply here.

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is currently recruiting for a Vice Chair for research to help lead the department in expanding its research infrastructure to amplify its commitment to health services, translational, implementation and community-based participatory research. The duties and responsibilities of this committed leader include: research leadership, conduct research, teaching and mentoring.

Minimum Qualifications:

• MD and/or PhD or comparable doctoral degree with at least 5 years of experience in successful leadership of research programs.
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative research relationships with a diverse group of academic, health system, and community partners.
• A track record of obtaining NIH (or comparable) peer-reviewed funding.
• Current extramural grant funding.
• High productivity with regard to grants and peer-reviewed publications.
• History of successful mentorship of junior faculty.
• Must meet Ohio State University’s criteria for appointment as an Associate or Full Professor

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with developing and/or leading research training programs.
• Established expertise in working with health systems and diverse communities.
• Experience with philanthropic development for research.

For consideration, please send CV, Cover Letter along with research Statement to: Trevor Bethel, FASPR | Manager, Physician and Faculty Recruitment | Trevor.Bethel@osumc.edu

The Department of Biological Sciences at San José State University invites applications for a tenure-track position in fire ecology. This is one of five new positions within a cluster hire for the SJSU Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center (WIRC), and the successful applicant will be expected to develop a research and mentorship program compatible with both the Department of Biological Sciences and colleagues within WIRC.

Applicants must have completed a Ph.D. in Biology, Fire Ecology, or a closely related field by the start of the appointment; however, postdoctoral experience is desired. Preference will be given to applicants with expertise in the fire ecology and fire regimes of Mediterranean ecosystems especially California chaparral and shrublands. Research focused on field observations and/or remote sensing of ecosystem scale fire regimes, fire behavior, and fuel moisture properties are of particular interest. Other areas of focus are also welcomed. Find more information and apply here.

Virgina Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virgina – a unique NIH-funded postdoctoral training program in research and teaching. VCU IRACDA provides trainees with a traditional mentored research experience, plus mentored teaching experience. VCU is a major research university with more than $310M funding per year, and a vast number and variety of potential research mentors. Another mission of the program is to increase diversity in the biomedical workforce, working with teaching mentors at Virginia Union University and Virginia State University. Trainees completing VCU IRACDA have succeeded in entering faculty positions at various institution types.

We are currently accepting applications for postdoctoral fellows who will begin work at VCU in 2020.  For more information and the online application, visit the VCU Center on Health Disparities website here.

The Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder is seeking applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the broad areas of water sustainability and environmental engineering. We are recruiting applicants who can contribute to themes including water reuse, resource recovery, energy and climate interactions with water supply and treatment, water monitoring and management in low income and resource limited settings, optimal water management, and resilience. Of particular interest is the application of a sustainable systems framework to these and related themes. This position is part of the long-term growth plans of the College of Engineering and Applied Science and is open to applicants at the assistant, associate, and full professor ranks.

A successful candidate will be expected to engage in undergraduate and graduate teaching, contribute professional service, and develop a vigorous, externally-funded research program in their technical areas while fostering collaboration with other faculty. Candidates whose expertise cuts across engineering disciplines are especially encouraged to apply. In their application candidates should describe their interests in teaching, graduate student researcher training, and their plans to develop a recognized research program based on scholarly work in their field.

The successful candidate would complement our existing strengths in water and air quality, water, wastewater and reuse treatment process technology, environmental sustainability, remediation, aquatic ecology, hydroclimatology, water resources management, groundwater flow and contaminant transport, and modeling physical and ecosystem interactions. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the interdisciplinary program in environmental engineering (EVEN), which is one of the largest the US with 19 faculty rostered in CEAE and Mechanical Engineering departments doing research in water and air quality, water, wastewater and reuse treatment process technology, environmental sustainability, remediation, and aquatic ecology. Full position details available here.

The Environmental Studies Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position at the level of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2020. The Program is looking for individuals with particular emphasis in the area of Environmental Ethics.

The Program seeks candidates with backgrounds in philosophy or a related field in the social sciences or humanities. For this position, we define “ethics” broadly to include any of the three traditional areas of inquiry in this field —meta-, normative, or applied ethics. The Program is particularly interested in scholars who have both theoretical and applied interests, and whose work crosses disciplinary, methodological, cultural, or geographic boundaries. Possible focus areas include climate change, conservation, food and agriculture, risk and vulnerability, the role of science in society, decision-making, social inequality, law, and politics. Find more information and apply here.

Pepperdine University invites applications for two tenure-track teaching positions within the Department of Biology.

• Natural Sciences Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Biology, Plant Biology
• Natural Sciences Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Biology, Cellular/Molecular Biology

Find more information and apply here.

NASA Climate Change Research Initiative: STEM Teacher Recruitment Notice. The NASA Climate Change Research Initiative – CCRI is a yearlong STEM engagement opportunity for STEM educators to work directly with NASA scientists, lead research teams and develop STEM curriculum for their current classes. Educators participating in this opportunity will become associate researchers at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and STEM education experts who will integrate NASA education resources and content into their classroom while improving STEM education within their community. During the fall and spring term of CCRI the research team will consist of NASA Principal Investigators who will lead graduate student research assistants and high school STEM educators to become immersed in a NASA science research area of study related to climate change. During the spring semester, the graduate student research assistant and high school STEM educator will continue to perform NASA research. Additionally, the high school STEM educator will develop an Applied Research STEM Curriculum Portfolio, which will integrate components of their research into a comprehensive unit plan that utilizes NASA education resources while aligning instruction of NASA Science and STEM curriculum to the Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards. The teacher will then implement the STEM curriculum into their classrooms and provide community outreach STEM engagement events related to their NASA research study. The fall and spring term will not conflict with the educators’ primary schedule, roles or responsibilities at their school site.

During the summer session, the primary research team will add an undergraduate intern and high school intern to the CCRI research team. The STEM educator will lead and work collaboratively on a full time basis to complete the research project, create a power point presentation and a scientific poster that will be presented at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and other regional symposiums. The final symposium may have participants from other government agencies, such as the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the United States Department of Education (USDE) and the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and many others. Find more information and apply here.

The College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany is seeking applicants for multiple open rank tenure track and/or full time lecturer/professor of practice faculty positions in the fields of Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, and Informatics. These positions are outlined as follows:

• Cybersecurity: Open rank faculty position or full-time lecturer/professor of practice faculty position, in the field of cybersecurity, including, but not limited to: risk analysis, cyber warfare, cyber intelligence, cyber-crime, information assurance, vulnerability assessment, information sharing, critical infrastructure, cyber physical systems, governance, privacy and civil liberties, human factors, and health, policy, law, insurance, and economic factors in cybersecurity. The position is open with respect to subfield specialization, but we are particularly interested in candidates with basic technical proficiency in cybersecurity and a specialty in e.g. one or more of the above-listed areas. Find more information and apply here.
• Homeland Security: Open rank faculty position or full-time lecturer/professor of practice in the field of homeland security. The position is open with respect to subfield specialization, but we are particularly interested in applicants focusing on: intelligence, threat assessment, immigration and borders, transnational criminal organizations, critical infrastructure protection, extremism, trade and transport operations, unconventional weapons or counterterrorism. Find more information and apply here.
• Informatics: Open rank tenure track and/or full time lecturer/professor of practice faculty positions in the field of Informatics. Candidates’ focus within Informatics is open, but may include: IUX, HCI, cybersecurity, data analytics, software engineering, social informatics, information governance, statistics, and web science. Candidates should be able to take an integrative approach in working with faculty, staff, and students from a variety of backgrounds within and outside the college. Candidates should be committed to pursuing challenging, real-world applications of technology in various contexts, such as business, health, energy, cybersecurity, and government. Find more information and apply here.

The Urban Studies Institute is seeking an assistant professor, specializing in urban environmental sustainability, to begin in August of 2020. The successful candidate will demonstrate expertise in sustainability sciences and resilience of urban systems, have an affinity for comparative urban studies, and have a research agenda with strong external funding potential. This position aligns with the Institute’s mission to connect interdisciplinary perspectives, continue to develop an innovative and specialized interdisciplinary curriculum, and engage stakeholders in metropolitan Atlanta, nationally, and internationally. We will begin review of applicants November 11, 2019. Find more information and apply here.

Assistant/Associate Director of Engineering Admissions Cornell The Assistant/Associate of Admissions & Diversity Recruitment works closely with the Director, providing counsel and assistance in the recruitment, selection, and enrollment of freshman and transfer students with a leadership role in the recruitment and yield of multicultural students to the College. The Assistant/Associate will manage the review and evaluation processes for freshman applications from a specific region as well as present general information sessions.

In coordination with the Engineering Admissions staff, the Assistant/Associate develops and implements new and measurable recruitment strategies based on research conducted on targeted populations to enhance the College of Engineering’s capacity to recruit, select, and enroll students from backgrounds underrepresented in Engineering (African American, Latino/a, Native American, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Native Alaskan, and First Generation College Students). The Assistant/Associate Director will coordinate a diversity focused communications plan in collaboration with the Director of Admissions and the Diversity Programs in Engineering Office. He or she will also provide leadership and support for on- and off-campus recruitment and outreach programs including overnight visitation programs, admissions workshops, and information sessions, building relationships with specific high school partners. Candidates interested in this position should email Scott Campbell, Director of Engineering Admissions at smc7@cornell.edu.

UCSF Radiology Postdoctoral Scholar Position The University of California San Francisco is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate with a background in organic chemistry, radiochemistry, or molecular imaging to undertake research in novel probe development in prostate cancer. The work will be undertaken in the laboratory of Robert Flavell at the state-of-the-art China Basin and Mission Bay campuses of UCSF. The focus of the research is on the development of novel radiopharmaceuticals and molecular imaging probes for studying alterations in the tumor microenvironment and in tumor metabolism. For example, prostate cancer undergoes metabolic and phenotypic changes as it transitions from low to high grade disease, and imaging probes targeted against these metabolic changes can be used to selectively detect aggressive, life threatening disease. For further information, please visit  here.

Applicants should hold a Ph.D. or M.D., or be near completion of their degree, in a relevant subject area. The applicant should have relevant research experience in synthetic chemistry and have a proven research track record. The applicant should also be highly motivated with exceptional communications skills and the ability to work with a dynamic team. Preferred skills would be prior experience with animal models, imaging technology, and experience with the tools of chemical biology. This full-time post is funded by the NIH and DOD.

Interested applicants should submit 1) a curriculum vitae, 2) a brief statement of research interests and 3) a list of three references. Please send inquiries to Robert Flavell ( Robert.flavell@ucsf.edu).