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 …

Recovering Academic Podcast What happens when you leave academia? How do you handle the transition? What do you do next? Our goal of this podcast is to answer those questions. Contributors are all at different stages, so each of them offers a unique perspective on integrating with the world outside of the ivory tower. Catalysts for …

Job Search Strategies: A Systematic Process that Works Wednesday 2/27 4:00pm-5:30pm, reception to follow. Auditorium, 1111 Genetics-Biotechnology Center. Register here. Working in Non-Profits Brown Bag Thursday 2/28 12:00pm-1:30pm. 313 University Club. Tom Linfield and Andy Davey from the Madison Community Foundation will discuss the realities, opportunities, and challenges of the non-profit landscape in Madison. Identifying, Developing, …

For Future Faculty Series Preparing for success on the job market and beyond. Full list of events here. Upcoming Events Getting Hired at a Community College: Tips and Strategies from Faculty on Hiring Panels Thursday 2/28 12:00pm-1:30pm. Online Event. Register here. Writing Statements of Teaching Philosophy Monday 3/4 3:30pm-5:00pm. 6176 Helen C. White Hall. Register here. Teaching College Students …