Orientation 2025: September 10, 11, 12,

Orientation Schedule

Wednesday, 9/10/2025

International Graduate Student and Postdoc Guarini Orientation

10-4 p.m., Life Sciences Center, Room 100 (all international students are required to attend and postdoc's are welcome) 

House Community Welcome

4:30-6 p.m., Please see below the locations for each House event. Graduate students will receive an email with further details about the event:

  • Allen: Allen House Professor Residence, 12 Allen St.
  • East Wheelock: East Wheelock House Professor Residence, 13 East Wheelock St.
  • North Park: Hanover Inn
  • School: The Cube (House Center B)
  • South: South House Professor Residence, 5 Sanborn Rd.
  • West: West House Professor Residence, 18 Webster Ave.

Thursday, 9/11/2025

Union Meeting

9-10 a.m., Life Sciences Center, Room 100 

Community-Wide Guarini Orientation

  • 10:15-1 p.m., Community Support Panel, Life Sciences Center, Room 100 (all graduate students are required to attend and postdocs are welcome)

  • 3:45-5 p.m., Guarini Graduate School Community Meeting, Life Sciences Center, Rooms 100 & 200 (all graduate students are required to attend and postdocs are welcome)

  • 5-6 p.m.,  Guarini Community BBQ, Life Sciences Lawn

Friday, 9/12/2025   

Lab Safety        

9-12 p.m., This session is for students in: integrative neuroscience; molecular and cellular biology; quantitative biomedical science; ecology, evolution, environment, and society; Earth science; physics; chemistry; psychology and brain sciences. Life Sciences Center, Room 100

Graduate Student Council (GSC) Activities Fair 

12:30-2:30 p.m., Life Sciences Center Atrium (first floor hallway)

TA Panel

2:30-4 p.m., Location to be determined

Guarini Annual Wine & Cheese Mixer

7-10 p.m., Guarini Commons & Lawn