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Mental Health Resources for Grad Students According to the 2016 UW–Madison Healthy Minds Study, 94% of UW–Madison students do not think any less of a peer who seeks mental health care, and 90% of students who used mental health care found it helpful. As a student, there are a variety of mental health resources available …

Sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence impact our campus community and – with your input – we can work together to make UW–Madison a safer space. Participate in the Association of American Universities (AAU) Sexual Misconduct and Sexual Assault Climate Survey. Consider completing the survey before it closes on Tuesday, March 19. The more graduate …

Tuesday, March 26 | noon – 2 pm 159 Wisconsin Idea Room, Education Building | Career Development | Personal Effectiveness Creating an individual development plan (IDP) encourages you to think about what you need to do next – and over the next few years – so that you achieve your goals. We will discuss how to define achievable goals, identify …

Madison has a reputation as one of the best college towns in the country (and one of the best places for recent college grads), but Wisconsin’s capital city has so much more to offer. The university means there’s a vibrant, funky and youthful vibe to most everything that happens here, but you’ll find young families …

After filming a movie, scenes are cut and rearranged to tell the director’s story. A similar editorial process occurs in our cells in a process called RNA splicing. Before the DNA code is translated into a protein, it must first be converted into RNA, its single-stranded mirror image. The resulting strand of RNA is spliced …

Faculty Position in Virology The Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Minnesota Medical School invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. We seek a scientist working in the area of virology who will establish a competitive research program with the potential to complement the University’s research strengths …

March 5, 2019 By Meghan Chua The University of Wisconsin–Madison granted more doctorates than any other U.S. institution in 2017, rising from 2nd place the year before. The 844 awarded doctorates place the UW at the top of PhD-granting institutions, according to the Survey of Earned Doctorates. Overall, U.S. institutions granted 54,664 doctorates, a decrease …

Identifying, Developing, and Presenting Your Transferable Skills Thursday, March 7, 4:00–5:30pm As a PhD candidate you develop competencies that can be applied to interesting and challenging work beyond the tenure track, inside or outside the academy. In this session, you will have the opportunity to identify these skills, learn ways to develop them as a …

Building and Managing Work Relationships Thursday 2/28 1:00pm-4:00pm. Room 5045, 21 N. Park Street. Register here. Exploring Creativity and Innovation Tuesday 3/12 1:00pm-4:00pm. Room 1106, 21 N. Park Street. This session allows participants to explore situations and problems from multiple perspectives. Register here. Women and Leadership: Identifying and Acting from the Values that Drive You Thursday 3/14 8:00am-10:00am. Tripp …

Distinguished Entrepreneur Lunch Program Wednesdays 12:15pm-1:15pm. 5110 Grainger Hall. Local experts on entrepreneurship tell their unique story and answer questions. Upcoming events: 2/27 Hyunjun Park, CATALOG; 3/6 Andrew Foster, FreshFin. Series listing here. RSVP to Lisa Collins (lisa.collins@wisc.edu). Entrepreneurons: Launching a Food Enterprise Monday 3/4 4:00pm-5:00pm. Discovery Building. Food-based enterprises span the table from new products and …