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In this Newsletter:

* Science Writing Workshop 2 parts
* Teaching the Interview
* Academic Chalk Talk
* Talk about writing books and getting grant $$
* Write Winning NSF Grant Proposals
 
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* Science Writing Workshop 2 parts *

Science Communication Workshop
Date:
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Time:
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Location:
Campus:
Graduate Studies
http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event/3480454
Lunch provided for by STEPS
Location: 102 Baker/Berry in DCAL



Science Communication Workshop

2 part workshop - must sign-up and attend both sessions.

 

Location 102 Baker (DCAL)


Science communication transforms research into a story. The discovery of
gravitational waves is an epic journey that covers over a billion years
of cosmic history. Research into Antarctica’s melting ice sheet is a
tale where climate scientists live in the frigid world for weeks on end,
listening to the pops and bangs that radiate from the ice every time a
new crack forms. And a study on Ethiopia’s plate tectonics is a daring
story where researchers brave political dangers in order to better
understand our shifting planet.  

But science communication isn’t just an art form — it’s a skill that’s
necessary in today’s world. In this workshop, you will learn how to
communicate your research to colleagues outside your immediate field,
patients and the public at large. Not only will you learn to accurately
summarize your research — often distilling years’ worth of work into a
few paragraphs — you will also learn how to convey the underlying
passion, excitement and resourcefulness that produced those discoveries.
Regardless of past experience, you will walk away with a better
understanding of how to communicate your findings.

Bio

Shannon Hall is a freelance science journalist and recovering astronomer
based in Hanover, New Hampshire. She received her first master’s degree
in astronomy before she jumped ship and received a second master's
degree in science journalism. When she’s not sitting in a coffee shop
writing, she can be found chasing a story — like the one that took her
deep into Maine’s forests to stalk moose calves or the one that took her
to Ethiopia, where the African continent is literally ripping in half.
Her work appears in Scientific American, National Geographic, Discover,
Nature, Sky & Telescope, New Scientist and others. You can read her
stories at www.hallshannonw.com or follow her on twitter @ShannonWHall.



* Teaching the Interview *

Teaching the interview class
Date:
Monday, October 23, 2017
Time:
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location:
DCAL, 102 Baker Library
Campus:
DCAL
Categories:
DCAL
http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event/3544464




In addition to a research talk, you may be asked to teach during your
interview.  Join us to chat about teaching the interview class. 



* Academic Chalk Talk *

Academic Job Search - Crafting your "Chalk Talk" &
Research Statement
Date:
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Time:
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location:
DCAL, 102 Baker Library
Campus:
Graduate Studies
Categories:
postdoctoral scholars

http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event/3651389


The Academic Job Search often requires that candidates (particularly
scientists) give a talk or a "chalk talk" during a campus interview.

What’s a chalk talk?

(excerpt from "Demystifying the chalk talk" by Charles Brenner, as
printed in the ASBMB "today" pub. 2013) 


A chalk talk is your opportunity to present your forward-looking
research program to potential colleagues. They will have seen your
seminar on the first day, so your research accomplishments will be fresh
on their minds.

They will be wondering how you plan to organize your laboratory, what
types of experiments you plan to do first, what your funding plans are,
what your relationship is with your current principal investigator, who
you think your major competition is and how well you have thought out
your research plans in case things don’t work out the way you think they
will...... Project your inner principal investigator, who is capable of
defending a progressive research plan to successful colleagues and who
appears capable of directing a small research group.




* Talk about writing books and getting grant $$ *

Lunch with Charlotte Bacon
Date:
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Time:
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Campus:
Graduate Studies

http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event/3633148


Come enjoy lunch and conversation with Charlotte Bacon, associate
director for Humanities Grant Support at Dartmouth. She will talk about
writing books, finding, and applying for grant money!

 

Bio:

As associate director for Humanities Grant Support, Charlotte will work 
with faculty in the humanistic disciplines to identify funding
opportunities and facilitate connections to resources for scholarly work.
 Based at the Leslie Center, she hopes to develop strong relationships
within and across departments in an effort to fund research that
supports faculty aspirations and enhances Dartmouth's reputation for
scholarship. 

She has managed and written grants for projects in the arts and directed
and obtained funding for nonprofits. Charlotte was an associate
professor of English at the University of New Hampshire and has
published five works of fiction, including three novels with Farrar,
Straus & Giroux. She has received the PEN/Hemingway prize, a fellowship
from the NEA, a Guggenheim Foundation award, and a Cullman Fellowship at
the New York Public Library. Her degrees are from Harvard and Columbia.




* Write Winning NSF Grant Proposals
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Dartmouth GrantGPS invites you to attend the following all-day seminar:
 
Write Winning NSF Grant Proposals
 
Date:  Wednesday, November 29, 2017
 
Time:  8:30 AM – 4:30 PM (Lunch provided)
 
Where:  Dartmouth campus (Hanover), Haldeman Center, Kreindler
Conference Hall (room 041)
 
Presenter:  John Robertson, PhD (from Grant Writers’ Seminars &
Workshops)
 
A brief description of the program is available at http://www.grantcentral.com/seminars/write-winning-grant-proposals/.
This seminar is appropriate for all Dartmouth faculty, postdocs,
graduate students, grant administrators, and others involved in writing
NSF proposals.
 
A draft agenda is attached. Participants will receive an extensive
handout and a workbook.
 
To register please send an email to Cindy Stewart ([log in to unmask]),
indicating your primary department and title.
 
Registration deadline:  Wednesday, November 15, 2017.
 
 



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