UChicagoGRAD

The fifteenth annual GRADUCon was full of meaningful advice and career connections for students and postdocs from across the University of Chicago. More than 330 attendees enjoyed a day full of career-themed panels and one-on-one chats with our 65 alumni panelists.   Thank you to our campus partners, who coordinated insightful panels, and thank you to our alumni volunteers, who shared their career stories, strategies, and advice.   #careerexploration #GRADUCon2024 #phd #masters #postdocs #alumni #uchicago

Thanks to University of Chicago Career Advancement for including us in this event! Over 850 of our graduate students attended.

The 2024 UChicago Fall Career Fair will take place in-person on Wednesday, October 2 from 12:30–3:30 p.m. in Ida Noyes Hall in collaboration with the Office of Career Advancement. This campus-wide career fair is open to graduate students, postdocs, undergraduate students, and alumni. Are you a student or alum interested in attending the fair? Our office is hosting a prep session this Thursday, September 26.  

UChicagoGRAD is hiring an Assistant Director of Programming and Outreach to develop and execute professional development programing, including skill-building workshops, alumni engagement events, and career conferences. We especially look for candidates with pedagogical training and strong organizational skills. Please feel free to connect with me if you have any questions about the role. https://lnkd.in/e-xFjjXp

This week, UChicagoGRAD, the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and the Physical Sciences Division hosted the 2024 Science and Engineering Industry Expo, connecting employers with PhD students and postdocs. Over 140 students and postdocs participated in the two-day event, and more than 120 speed chats took place. Thank you to all the PhD students and postdocs who attended, as well as our campus partners at Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago and PSD. A special thanks to this year’s sponsor, Quantinuum, and our 20 employer partners: AION Biosystems, Cardio Diagnostics Inc., Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited, Ecolab, Entegris, Epic, FUCHS LUBRICANTS CO., Genentech, Infleqtion, Intel Foundry, Kernel Trading Technologies, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pharmaron, Q-CTRL, Quantinuum, Quantum Machines , Rigetti Computing, Toho Technology, UL Research Institutes, and Uber.

#Congratulations, Stefan Liew and Doren Snoek, on earning the Credential in Higher Ed Administration!

Congratulations to Debarun Mukherjee, a PhD student in Geophysical Sciences and one of 50 students selected as a 2024 Quad Fellow! Debarun analyzes meteorites and asteroids to investigate planet formation and studies Rare earth Elements with the aim of developing sustainable energy technologies. The Quad Fellowship, now in its second year, supports exceptional graduate students pursuing STEM fields in the United States. Debarun intends to study samples from Phobos, a Martian moon, to determine if Phobos was formed by an impact on Mars or captured by the planet instead. See this moon below (via NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona).

Congratulations to Ava Polzin, one of 50 students selected as a 2024 Quad Fellow. A PhD candidate in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Ava researches star formation to figure out how stars form (or don’t) in some of the smallest dwarf galaxies. The Quad Fellowship, now in its second year, supports exceptional graduate students pursuing STEM fields in the United States. Below, view COSMOS-dw1, a dwarf galaxy from Ava’s research (via Astronomy Image Explorer, DOI 10.3847/2041-8213/ac024f)

Is your organization looking to recruit STEM PhD and postdoctoral talent? Register now for our Science and Engineering Industry Expo, a recruitment and career exploration event featuring UChicago PhD students and postdocs spanning fields such as biochemistry, biophysics, chemistry, computer science, geophysical sciences, immunology, materials science, molecular engineering, physics, and quantum engineering. #recruiting #engineering #STEMrecruitment #careerfair

Last week, GRAD hosted its annual Academic Job Market Summer Camp, a week of workshops and panels designed to share best practices and create solidarity among students and postdocs seeking academic positions. 140 graduate students and alumni across all divisions and professional schools attended in-person and virtual sessions featuring advice from UChicagoGRAD and the Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning (CCTL). Attendees learned and asked questions about application documents such as the Cover Letter and Research Statement before gaining insights about interviews, teaching demos, and campus visits. Students and postdocs also had the opportunity to learn from 20 faculty alumni on hiring committees and hear stories from recent hires, receiving hard-won wisdom about what works. Thanks to our faculty alumni speakers: Yasmine Baktash, Joya John, Kathryn E. McHarry, Ph.D., Amy Skjerseth, Abigail Crites, Andrew Poppick, Josiane Broussard, Juan Fernando Ibarra Del Cueto, Julia Burdick-Will, Jacqueline Vayntrub, Ari Bryen, Wouter Van Limbeek, Shana Marie Augustin, Mike Bosscher, Youngjo Im, Daniel Strand, Brett Aiello, Erin Atwell, Elizabeth Lee, and Agnes Mondragón-Celis. Thanks to Michael Le Chevallier, who moderated the Mission Driven Institutions panel. And many thanks to Steffen Blings (featured below, leading a workshop) for his leadership in organizing the sessions and to everyone who shared their knowledge--especially Samuel Harris of the CCTL. #Academia #PhD #Postdoc #highered #alumni #professors