Greetings,

I am pleased to announce the 2017 Dartmouth Symposium for the Life Sciences, “Structural and Molecular Mechanisms of Host-Pathogen Interactions,” to be held on Tuesday, October 10.

We have planned a full-day program featuring the following six speakers:

Pamela Bjorkman, Ph.D.
Centennial Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering
California Institute of Technology

Katya Heldwein, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
HHMI Faculty Scholar, Tufts University School of Medicine

F. Jon Kull, Ph.D.
Rodgers Professor of Chemistry
Dean, School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, Dartmouth College

Jason McLellan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

John Mekalanos, Ph.D.
Adele Lehman Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Harvard Medical School

Gabriel Waksman, Ph.D., FMedSci, FRS
Courtauld Professor of Biochemistry
Birkbeck College and University College London

All faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduate students interested in the life sciences are welcome to attend!

Admission is free. Refreshments and lunch will be provided.

Additional information, including registration details, is coming soon!

For questions, contact:
Cindy Stewart, Symposium Coordinator
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603-650-1605

Short Position Description:
Graduate Peer Tutors provide face-to-face support for graduate students working on projects involving communicating with audiences, including writing, speaking, and media compositions.
Location: On Campus
Terms: All terms; summer and interim periods are negotiable; start date negotiable
Pay: $13-15
Position Details:
Graduate Peer Tutors will work 5-8 hours per week during the term, starting in fall term of 2017. Limited working hours may be available during summers and during interim periods. Availability in those terms is desirable, but not required. Working hours will be distributed between the following categories:
1. Regularly scheduled tutoring shifts in the RWIT Center (Berry 183)
2. Independently scheduled tutoring meetings held on campus outside of RWIT's regular schedule,
perhaps including sessions during interim periods
3. Time spent preparing for scheduled tutoring sessions with active clients
4. Training and staff meetings
Successful applicants will demonstrate proficiency in writing conventions within at least one scholarly tradition, familiarity with academic research practices in their field of focus, exceptional oral communication abilities, and a track record of organization and responsibility. Applicants from all academic departments are encouraged to apply. In order to serve the Dartmouth student population, RWIT needs tutors familiar with STEM, humanities, and social-sciences writing.
We also welcome multi-lingual applicants.
For more information about RWIT, The Student Center for Research, Writing, and Information
Technology, visit www.dartmouth.edu/~rwit How to Apply:
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. To apply, please send the following to RWIT's Director, Nick Van Kley (Nick.Van.Kley)
1. a cover letter, explaining your reason for applying and summarizing relevant experience or expertise
2. a C.V.
3. an academic writing sample (The sample will ideally be 10 or more pages in length and cite or
engage with scholarly sources).

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Only those candidates in whom we have an interest will be contacted.
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The GRAD school now has a LinkedIn page! Follow it for career advice and updates. If you are a PhD student or post-doc, you could also list the school under "employment". Once the page has enough follows, we'll be able to list the page under "education" on our LinkedIn profiles.

https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/11215276/

or dartgo.org/gradlinkedin

Please circulate this among your departments!

Thank you!

Best,

Preetha