Upcoming Events

ASCEND Professional Development Workshops for STEM Grad Students: Professionalism

In this workshop, we will cover aspects of professionalism, including etiquette and communication skills that can help you stand out for all the best reasons, during interviews, on your first days at a new job, and beyond.This session will be available online to those attending at a distance. Please contact organizers for more details. Registration is required. Pizza provided

Shut Up & Write Tuesday

Shut Up & Write Tuesdays is a global network for writers that offers committed, condensed time to write, and built-in feedback from peers. Free coffee provided!

It began as a movement for writers in San Francisco to structure their time and connect with other writers. The idea was simple: write for an hour, then grab coffee afterward to converse and build community. Academics embraced the practice, and the idea spread. Dr. Sioban O’Dwyer founded a virtual Shut Up & Write Tuesdays to provide the benefits of the traditional meetups for those who could not attend in-person. The event has a basic structure: Two 45-minute writing blocks, separated by 5-minute breaks. Afterward, attendees are encouraged to connect via Twitter, using #suwtna. Learn more about the SUWT team; read about tips for improving writing time; and find non-academic reads to inform practice,

Zotero: Citing Your Sources

Come learn about the Zotero citation software that is freely available from Firefox. This application allows you to store, organize, format your citations, and cite your references in your papers. This workshop will cover building your library to citing sources. Please register for this workshop.

EndNote Basics

For both Mac and PC users, this hands-on workshop provides step-by-step instructions on how to use this citation software to organize articles, produce research, and publish scholarship. With EndNote you can: quickly save citation information as you comb through databases; annotate and save journal articles in one place; sort your citations into different groups for different projects; insert citations into your Word document with the click of a button; and skip the worry about producing and formatting a bibliography (EndNote does it for you!). Please register for this workshop.

Bayesian Analysis with Stan Presentation

This presentation will review some applications of the No U-Turn Sampler and other subtleties of Bayesian modeling. It will be provided via Zoom, however participants are welcome to watch the remote presentation in Watson Library room 455. Registration is not required to attend.Please register for this workshop.

Doctoral Hooding Ceremony

The Doctoral Hooding Ceremony celebrates the hundreds of graduate students every year who complete a doctoral degree. The graduating doctoral candidates come from all of the professional schools, including the University of Kansas Medical Center, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas. Please go to the Doctoral Hooding Ceremony website to learn more about this special event.