Visiting lecturer at the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) program at Dartmouth and Assistant Dean of Graduate Student Affairs, Kerry Landers, has published her first book, titled Post-Secondary Education for First Generation and Low-Income Students in the Ivy League, (Palgrave Macmillan).
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Shinchiro Fuse, PhD, was one of the three alumni speakers at the Life Science Symposium. He received his PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from the School of Graduate and Advanced Studies at Dartmouth in 2008. He spoke to gathering about how his PhD contributed to his success in the business world and offered seven key tips for students considering a transition from academia into industry.
[more]The annual Big Data in the Life Sciences Symposium, funded by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, was held on May 23 at Alumni Hall, Hopkins Centre for the Arts, Dartmouth College. Thanks to advances in technology in recent years, scientists have been able to study biological systems and accumulate vast amounts of data.
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On a day-to-day basis, most graduate students working in a scientific laboratory have their minds primarily attuned to one thing: the experiments. What experiment will I do next? How does this experiment address the question I am trying to answer? Or, most frequently, why isn’t this experiment working?
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STEPS Congressional Visit Day included meetings with offices of their state representatives where they gained insight into the mood on the Hill regarding the proposed cuts to federal agencies. You can attend their lunch on April 11 to learn more.
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