Events

An Afternoon with Dr. Jen Heemstra (Emory University) – Wednesday, February 27th (2-3:30pm in Kenan B229): Dr. Heemstra will be joining us for an intimate conversation about how to embrace failure in academia and beyond

Career Talk with Dr. Marayam Zaringhalam – Friday, March 22nd (time and location TBA): Maryam is a molecular biologist and AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow. She received her Ph.D. from The Rockefeller University in 2017 where she tinkered with parasites and computers to understand how small changes to our genetic building blocks can affect how we look and function. She serves on the leadership board of 500 Women Scientist — a grassroots, women-founded, and women-run science advocacy organization — and is a producer for the Story Collider. She also co-hosts the science policy podcast ‘Science Soapbox’, and her writing has appeared in Slate, Scientific American, and Quartz.

She will be joining us this spring to talk about her path from molecular biology to science policy, advocacy and communication. We will learn what aspects of her PhD she uses to approach new scientific challenges, more broadly speaking.

Mentee Training on Cognitive Fears and Distortions – Thursday, April 4th (9:30 – 11am in Kenan B229): Staff from the Office of Graduate Education (OGE) will lead a training workshop for all UNC graduate or post-doctoral students interested in learning how to healthily address their own cognitive fears and distortions that surround their research and beyond.

Slayton Evans Lecture with Prof. Laura Kiessling (MIT) – Thursday, April 11th (time and location TBA)

Wiki Edit-a-Thon – Wednesday, April 17th (5-9pm in Kenan Science Library)

Spring Science Expo