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Rethinking collaborative dissertations — a conversation with Faculty Fellows Nancy Cooke and Josephine Marsh
This article is the seventh in a series exploring how reimagining graduate education can contribute to solving global grand challenges. Previously, I described an automatic admission process and explained why universities should adopt it. The focus of this post is: What if graduate students could collaborate with their peers on research, earning degrees through team research?
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Opportunities for doctoral students through Connected Academics
A select group of students were recently invited to attend the ADE-ADFL Summer Seminar South Connected Academics.
The Mentoring Connection: Peer mentoring
Mentoring has been identified as one of the most effective ways of bolstering graduate student success and persistence.
Canvas is here!
ASU has selected Canvas by Instructure as the campuswide learning management system (LMS), replacing Blackboard.
This decision was not taken lightly. The 20-month process included pilot courses in multiple LMSs, conversations with peer…
How to work a conference
Have business cards, from the university, with your title, email, phone and website. Have a nice case to carry them in so they look crisp and new.
Dress Appropriately. No jeans or sneakers.
Know who you want to meet – compile a list…
A Lean, Mean, Process Machine
Imagine a box of beads. Hundreds of beads. The beads appear to be the same size, and most of them are white, but a few are red. Using a special tool, we must try and extract only white beads from the box. In fact, our “job…
The key takeaways from the latest Lunch 'n' Learn workshops
The first of two Lunch ‘n Learn workshops in June kicked off the summer for ASU Postdocs. The purpose of the Lunch 'n Learn program at the ASU Postdoc Affairs Office is to provide opportunities for postdocs to learn professional skills to…
Five Questions with Meagan Docherty, ASU Postdoc in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
1. Tell us about yourself…
I’m from New Jersey, northern New Jersey – lived there all my life. I play guitar and ukulele. I’m an…
Postdoc Research Blitz Launches Collaborations
An ASU researcher developing near-real-time earth satellite photography. Another researcher focusing on therapeutic applications of virus-derived anti-inflammatory proteins and peptides. A third focusing on isotopic landscapes, and two more…
Postdoc Research Blitz launches collaborations
An ASU researcher developing near-real-time earth satellite photography. Another researcher focusing on therapeutic applications of virus-derived anti-inflammatory proteins and peptides. A third focusing on isotopic landscapes, and two more…
Five Questions with Meagan Docherty, ASU Postdoc in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
1. Tell us about yourself…
I’m from New Jersey, northern New Jersey – lived there all my life. I play guitar and ukulele. I’m an avid animal…
A lean, mean, process machine
Imagine a box of beads. Hundreds of beads. The beads appear to be the same size, and most of them are white, but a few are red. Using a special tool, we must try and extract only white beads from the box. In fact, our “job” depends on it.
The key takeaways from the latest Lunch 'n' Learn workshops
The first of two Lunch ‘n Learn workshops in June kicked off the summer for ASU Postdocs. The purpose of the Lunch 'n Learn program at the ASU Postdoc Affairs Office is to provide opportunities for postdocs to learn professional skills to help…
How to work a conference
Have business cards, from the university, with your title, email, phone and website. Have a nice case to carry them in so they look crisp and new.
Dress Appropriately. No jeans or sneakers.
Know who you want to meet – compile a list ahead of time…
Welcome
Dear Colleagues,
Traits of a Good Mentor
Accessibility: An open door and an approachable attitude.
Empathy: Personal insight into what the trainee is experiencing.
Open-mindedness: Respect for each trainee’s individuality and for working styles and career goals different from your own…
Traits of a good mentor
Accessibility: An open door and an approachable attitude.
Empathy: Personal insight into what the trainee is experiencing.
Open-mindedness: Respect for each trainee’s individuality and for working styles and career goals different from your own…
In the News
Kwapich, Christina L.; Valentini, Gabriele; Hölldobler, Bert (2018). The non-additive effects of body size on nest architecture in a polymorphic ant. Issue: interdisciplinary approaches for uncovering the impacts of architecture on…
Lunch 'n Learn sparks entrepreneurial ideas
Lunch ‘n Learn events bring postdocs together with professionals in the field on a variety of professional development topics. In February, Brent Sebold, Executive Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at ASU, led a lively discussion about…
Five Questions with Jesse Senko, School of the Future of Innovation in Society
1. Tell us about yourself…
I’ve been fishing all my life, basically since I was in diapers. I studied fisheries and wildlife as an undergrad and master’s student, and got my PhD degree in Biology here at ASU, and I’ve always wanted to do…
Report from the Annual National Postdoctoral Association Conference
Greetings from snowy Cleveland! Actually, I’m back. And thawing out after a brisk weekend on the shores of Lake Erie. Fortunately, all the activities of the 2018 National Postdoc Association (NPA) meeting were inside the classy confines of the…
From the editor
Hello Postdocs! We hope you find this newsletter to be informative, engaging, and entertaining. You are all doing great work, and it is our pleasure to share your accomplishments with other postdocs and the greater ASU community. This newsletter…
In the news
Kwapich, Christina L.; Valentini, Gabriele; Hölldobler, Bert (2018). The non-additive effects of body size on nest architecture in a polymorphic ant. Issue: interdisciplinary approaches for uncovering the impacts of architecture on collective…
From the editor
Hello Postdocs! We hope you find this newsletter to be informative, engaging, and entertaining. You are all doing great work, and it is our pleasure to share your accomplishments with other postdocs and the greater ASU community. This newsletter…
Report from the Annual National Postdoctoral Association Conference
Greetings from snowy Cleveland! Actually, I’m back. And thawing out after a brisk weekend on the shores of Lake Erie. Fortunately, all the activities of the 2018 National Postdoc Association (NPA) meeting were inside the classy confines of the…