Careers Beyond Academia

BD Technology Leadership Development Program (TLDP) In-Person Info Session
2022-09-21 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | 226 Weill Hall, 237 Tower Road, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
PhD Students and Postdocs: Learn about BD’s Technology Leadership Development Program, one of the premier career-accelerating opportunities in the med tech industry, along with insider interview & resume tips that will give you a leg up for your transition to industry.
Info Sessions
IN-PERSON: We’re looking forward to being able to connect with you in-person; we will provide food and drink during the presentation/ Q&A!

When: September 21st @ 5-6PM
WHERE: Weill Hall 226
RSVP: https://forms.office.com/r/vbwvMM04vf

VIRTUAL:

WHEN: Sept 8th @ 2 PM ET, Sept 14th @ 5 PM ET, or Sept 20th @ 7 PM ET
WHERE: Teams Video Call (link to follow from RSVP)
RSVP: here (you will register here and receive a link to register for a specific date within 24 hours)

Non-Academic Job Search Resources for Positions In and Outside of the U.S.
2022-09-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Are you considering career options beyond academia? Are you wondering if there are jobs outside of the U.S. that you might be interested in? Do you have questions about where to start the process? Join us in a session that we discuss some resources and tips for your job search for the positions both in and outside of the U.S.
Register now.

BD Technology Leadership Development Program (TLDP) Virtual Info Session
2022-09-20 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-09-14 17:00 - 18:00, 2022-09-08 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
PhD Students and Postdocs: Learn about BD’s Technology Leadership Development Program, one of the premier career-accelerating opportunities in the med tech industry, along with insider interview & resume tips that will give you a leg up for your transition to industry.
Info Sessions
VIRTUAL:

WHEN: Sept 8th @ 2 PM ET, Sept 14th @ 5 PM ET, or Sept 20th @ 7 PM ET
WHERE: Teams Video Call (link to follow from RSVP)
RSVP: here (you will register here and receive a link to register for a specific date within 24 hours)

IN-PERSON: We’re looking forward to being able to connect with you in-person; we will provide food and drink during the presentation/ Q&A!

When: September 21st @ 5-6PM
WHERE: Weill Hall 226
RSVP: https://forms.office.com/r/vbwvMM04vf

ASAP General Body Meeting
2022-09-20 17:00 - 18:00 | 102 Mann Library, 237 Mann Drive, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
Looking for opportunities to do science policy/advocacy during graduate school? Or are you just exploring career options and curious about the intersection of science and policy?
Part of the mission for Advancing Science and Policy (ASAP) is to help early career scientists at Cornell engage with science policy while doing research (and expanding to connect scientists and policy students). ASAP wants to hear how you want to be involved in science policy!
Come network with other students at the first ASAP general body meeting Tuesday, Sept. 20th from 5-6 PM in Mann Library Room 102. If you are interested in attending, register online. There will be discussion on ASAP advocacy work at the local, state, and federal level, opportunities to get involved, and ASAP organization plans for this semester and beyond.
A tentative agenda will be sent prior to the meeting with more details for registered attendees.

Cornell Service Fair
2022-09-20 13:00 - 16:00 | Arts Quad, Ithaca, NY, United States
Participate in the 2022 Cornell Service Fair on Tuesday, September 20 from 1-4 p.m, hosted by the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement, along with the Office of Students and Government Relations and Cornell Career Services. This is a great way to connect with community partners. The fair also provides opportunities to meet with more than 30 local nonprofit and community agencies, all of whom are looking to work with Cornellians on a range of issues to build healthy communities.

P&G Virtual Info Session
2022-09-15 16:00 - 18:00 | Online
P&G is hiring qualified doctoral and postdoctoral scientists for a variety of challenging Research & Development positions in Cincinnati, Ohio. If you are interested in learning more about R&D scientists and career opportunities within P&G, register online for the virtual informal info session with Q&A on Thu 9/15 from 4-6 pm with P&G Doctoral Recruiters Drs. N. Sevieux, K. Osorio, and B.M. Aguilera.

Understanding the Technology Transfer Process
2022-09-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom, NY, United States
Center for Technology Licensing (CTL) IP Series #1
For this first of the season series, the CTL team will present the technology transfer process at Cornell and will outline:

The groups at CTL (Ithaca and Weill Cornell in NYC) and the services offered to the research community,
University Technology Transfer – Bayh-Dole Act,
Patent Law Primer,
and Marketing and Evaluating Your Invention.

Presenters:

Lisa Placanica, Senior Managing Director, CTL@WCM
Bill Pegg, Director for IP, CTL
Phil Owh, Director, Licensing BD – Life sciences, CTL
Martin Teschl, Director, Licensing BD – Physical sciences, CTL
Lynda Inséqué, Assistant Director, Technology Initiatives & Outreach, CTL

Visit the CTL website for more information.

University-Wide Career Fair Days
2022-09-15 | Zoom, NY, United States
Career Fairs: Cornell Career Services is hosting online University-Wide Career Fair Days on September 14 (STEM) and September 15 (All Industries).
Employers will continue to be added up until the date.
To prepare, consider looking over these Canvas modules (especially the Current Graduate Students module) available to all Cornellians: current students and postdocs, alumni, faculty and staff.

Careers Beyond Academia gives you a leg up
2022-09-13 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
Does your career plan need a tune-up? Join us in a small group session to find out how we can help you in your strategy and get the most out of our services. If you are interested in exploring your options and want to meet colleagues who are considering careers outside of a traditional tenure-track role, sign up for a small group session. Bring your questions, share your career aspirations and trepidations, receive guidance on how to get started on your career search, and specific advice on how to approach your advisor or make a career decision. We’ll exchange tips, tricks, and tools to efficiently explore your options, build your skills and take action to prepare for your future.

2022 Resource Fair for Graduate and Professional Students
2022-09-12 13:00 - 17:00 | Barton Hall, 117 Statler Drive, Ithaca, New York, 14853
This collaborative resource fair and welcome reception will provide an opportunity for graduate and professional degree students from across programs to engage with each other while also learning more about the resources, office, and organizations that help to support their development and progression at Cornell.
Please sign up here if you have any accommodations requests for the Resource Fair.

Cornell Entrepreneurship Kickoff
2022-09-08 16:30 - 18:30 | eHub Collegetown, 409 College Ave, Ithaca
An event open to all members of the Cornell community, during which you will:

Receive an overview of the rapidly growing Entrepreneurship at Cornell ecosystem
Watch select eLab applicants’ pitches
Interact with live representatives from over 20+ academic and entrepreneurship programs
Connect with other students interested in developing entrepreneurial skills and doing eship

Visit the Eship Kickoff website for more information.

CV To Resume Workshop
2022-09-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
This webinar will help you target common terms used in industry, non-profit and government jobs; basic resume structure and tips on highlighting your PhD skillsets to position YOU as the preferred job candidate.
This webinar is open to all PhD students and postdocs.
To Register
For more events, please visit gradcareers.cornell.edu.
Accessibility Requests
We strive to make our events accessible to all community members. Individuals who would like to request accessibility accommodations should contact gradcareers@cornell.edu. We ask that requests be made at least one week in advance to help ensure they can be met.

Finding Your Research Voice Workshop
2022-08-27 09:00 - 17:00, 2022-08-26 09:00 - 17:00 | NY
August 26 and August 27 (9am-4pm both days, must attend both)

Learning to tell a compelling research story can have a significant impact on your career. It can make you stand out at professional conferences, on the job market, or during an ideal networking opportunity. It is easy to tell a research story badly. We provide specific presentation ideas and field tested exercises that will help you improve your talk. Once you’ve learned how to create a dynamic live performance of your research story, you may come to enjoy presenting in public.
This workshop will intensively work your own research presentation and hone your engaging story through a core message. We incorporate theatrical/improv techniques and video feedback to improve your use of body, voice, gesture and to capture wording that resonates with your audience.
“There are faculty who give terrible talks, and some who make captivating, engaging talks. I want to be in the latter category. That’s why I signed up for this workshop.”–Benjamin Rosche, PhD student, Sociology
This opportunity is open to PhD students and postdocs in all disciplines, with priority given to those who are ready to present their research. Time: 9 am to 4 pm Friday Aug. 26 and Saturday Aug. 27, with an hour lunch break on your own. You must attend both sessions. Due to the intensive, personalized, mentored interactions during the workshop, participation numbers are limited.
This two-day workshop is designed for any grad student or postdoc in the social sciences, STEM, humanities and arts disciplines interested in an immersion to improve their research communication skills.
“We were an image-oriented species way before development of the written word. The way we include pictures in our presentations can determine if a story will bring us together.”–Itai Cohen, Professor, Physics
Learning outcomes for Finding Your Research Voice:
Creating a Core Message
Applying the Dramatic Arc
Connecting with Your Audience
Expressing Passion for Your Research
Finding a Great Beginning
Chaptering Your Story
Signaling the End
Improving Your Voice
Controlling Your Body Language
Incorporating Gesture Effectively
Homework for the Finding Your Research Voice Workshop:
In advance of the workshop:

Record your 10 minute research talk and upload it to YouTube (if you have a previously recorded talk that’s fine, just the first 10minutes will be viewed). Don’t worry about professional quality, it can be done informally on your computer with Zoom. Make sure the audio can be heard. Your 10 minute talk should cover something you would present at a conference, perhaps in a longer format. An hour long talk is often comprised of three separate but linked 10 minute talks. Choose the research idea that you are most passionate about as the subject for your talk. Make sure you do not disclose any proprietary information (hopefully you consider this with every talk).
Send the private link by August 19 (or public if you are using a prior recording) to Itai Cohen (itai.cohen@cornell.edu), Melanie Dreyer-Lude (Melanie@melaniedreyer.com) and Susi Varvayanis (sv27@cornell.edu). We will review your talk, speak about what we see during the workshop, and offer concrete tips for improvement. This is an essential way you will get the most out of this workshop!
Create a 1 minute (approximate) Elevator Pitch of your core research message to bring to the workshop. We will use your Elevator Pitch to hone your core message and to work on your performance skills. You may write it down and email it to us ahead of time if you would like feedback prior to the workshop.It should include who you are, what you do, what you’ve found, and why it is important. This is a short persuasive speech about you and your work. It should last no longer than an elevator ride (30 seconds to 2 minutes) and should be carefully crafted to maximize both information and interest during short encounters with important contacts. An elevator pitch is a 3-4 sentence summary of the main point of your talk. Briefly:

Identify the problem and why it is so important
Explain why this has not yet been solved
Explain how you will solve and why you are the person to do it

Facilitated by:
Itai Cohen, Professor of Physics
Cornell University
http://cohengroup.lassp.cornell.edu
itai.cohen@cornell.edu 617-304-2131
Melanie Dreyer-Lude, Associate Professor
Chair, Department of Drama
University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada
see her video
www.melaniedreyer.com
melanie@melaniedreyer.com 412-512-4446
Susi Varvayanis, Executive Director
Careers Beyond Academia
Cornell University Graduate School
Home

sv27@cornell.edu

Register now:
Complete the online registration form. Questions can be directed via email to: sv27@cornell.edu. Location will be in the Physical Sciences Building. Sessions are only held in person and participants must commit to attending both full days. If you were to pay professionals for this kind of training after leaving Cornell, registration would be at least $500-$1,000. Thanks to sponsorship by Cornell Graduate School’s Careers Beyond Academia, the cost to you is nothing!
Accessibility Requests:
We strive to make our events accessible to all community members. Individuals who would like to request accessibility accommodations should contact gradcareers@cornell.edu. We ask that requests be made at least one week in advance to help ensure they can be met.

AWIS Virtual Career Fair
2022-08-24 13:00 - 16:00 | NY
Seeking STEM career opportunities?
The Association of Women in Science (AWIS) is delighted to host this unique, free opportunity for STEM professionals on August 24! At the AWIS Virtual Career Fair, you’ll expand your network, and connect directly with hiring managers in private, one-on-one conversations.
For more information and to register, visit the AWIS Virtual Career Fair website.

Leveraging Social Media for Professional Opportunities
2022-08-17 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
How do you present yourself to the world? Are you effectively promoting your brand on social media? Jazmine Benjamin will teach you how to navigate social media to promote your personal brand, grow your network, and maintain consistency across your platforms for better opportunities.
This workshop is part of he Association for Women in Science (AWIS) What’s Next Webinar Summer Series. Register now.

Free Individual Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Membership Available for Cornell Graduate Students
Available to all Cornell graduate, professional, and undergraduate students
Cornell University is an institutional partner of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS). Create an account to enjoy number of professional development programs and services such as newsletters, the AWIS career center, and various webinars.
Activate your account by completing the Cornell University AWIS Membership Form.

Create an Employer-Ready LinkedIn Profile
2022-08-11 09:00 - 10:30 | NY
We’ll start with a short overview presentation with pro tips on how to use LinkedIn, some exercises to identify a good tagline, and a very interactive session where participants work on their own profiles and critique others’ –so you will need to bring your own computer. Handy tips will be shared among participants at the hands-on session.
Due to the interactive nature of this in-person workshop, we will limit the number of participants to 15. So if something comes up after you register, be sure to let us know so we can invite someone else to take your place.
Register via this Google form for the date that works for you with your Cornell netID. A location will be sent to you prior to the session. All will be held in person.
August 11 @9:00am-10:30am-this session will be held in 341 Caldwell Hall
September 22 @2pm-3:30pm
October 6 @11am-12:30pm
November 29 @2:30pm-4:00pm

Resume Workshop for Humanists & Social Scientists
2022-08-09 18:00 - 19:15 | Online
This workshop will introduce participants to the genre of the resume and discuss how to translate your graduate-level humanities and social science experience for employers outside academia. The focus will be on job searches within the U.S.
The workshop will be led by Derek Attig (they/them), a History PhD with more than 7 years’ experience in graduate student career development.
For more information and to register, visit the event registration page.

Leaving Academia? Here's what you need to do to prepare
2022-07-22 12:00 - 13:00 | NY
Leaving academia can feel overwhelming. It’s a big decision, and you want to make sure that you’re making the right choice. Plus it takes a lot of time (about 6 months to find a job).
You want to make sure you’re planning and preparing well in advance so that you can make a successful career transition from your current position to a new, meaningful, career where you can be paid for your education and training.
Join L. Maren Wood, PhD (Founder of Beyond the Professoriate) for this interactive webinar so that you can be confident in your decision and knowledgeable about the steps you need to take. In this webinar, Maren will:
• Explain the importance of the 4 stages of PhD career transition to your job search.
• Describe how this 4-step process can land you a rewarding career that is intellectually engaging.
• Identify your next steps.
• Explain how Beyond Prof’s programming can help you in your career transition.
Register now and submit a question for the speaker!

Taking Action: How Do I Become an Ally?
2022-07-19 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
Racial bias and prejudice can be present in all sectors of business and institutions. Since the uprisings of 2020, many professionals have wondered how to get involved in social justice and anti-racism. If you ever asked yourself, “How do I become an ally,” this webinar is for you.
Anti-Hate Training Coordinator Cat Shieh will integrate Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago’s organizing model to discuss the impact of racism and tangible actions to become an ally.
This workshop is part of he Association for Women in Science (AWIS) What’s Next Webinar Summer Series. Register now.

Free Individual Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Membership Available for Cornell Graduate Students
Available to all Cornell graduate, professional, and undergraduate students
Cornell University is an institutional partner of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS). Create an account to enjoy number of professional development programs and services such as newsletters, the AWIS career center, and various webinars.
Activate your account by completing the Cornell University AWIS Membership Form.

Careers Beyond Academia Information Session
2022-07-14 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-06-27 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-05-20 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Does your career plan need a tune-up? Join us in a small group session to find out how we can help you! Get the most out of Careers Beyond Academia. If you are interested in exploring your options and want to meet colleagues who are considering careers outside of a traditional tenure-track role, sign up for a small group session. Bring your questions, share your career aspirations and trepidations, receive guidance on how to get started on your career search, and specific advice on how to approach your advisor or make a career decision. We’ll exchange tips, tricks, and tools to efficiently explore your options, build your skills and take action to prepare for your future. Feel free to pop in anytime during this hour that suits your schedule.

Creating an Employer Ready LinkedIn Profile
2022-06-29 14:00 - 15:30 | NY
We’ll start with a short overview presentation with pro tips on how to use LinkedIn, some exercises to identify a good tagline, and a very interactive session where participants work on their own profiles and critique others’ –so you will need to bring your own computer. We plan to send out some handy tips to registrants prior to the event if people want to get even more out of the hands-on session.
Due to the interactive nature of this in-person workshop, we will limit the number of participants to 12. So if something comes up after you register, be sure to let us know so we can invite someone else to take your place.
Register now

Reaching the Peak: A Science & Technology Career Summit
2022-06-15 11:00 - 18:00 | NY
Registration is now open for Reaching the Peak: A Science & Technology Career Summit, Research!America’s second annual summit for early career researchers, on June 15, 2022, from 11-6 p.m. ET.
During this one-day virtual event, early career researchers will have the opportunity to explore an array of career paths, network with fellow researchers, participate in professional development workshops, and engage in meaningful discussions around issues critical to the success of the R&D ecosystem.
Sample workshops and discussion topics the Summit will explore include:

Communicating the Value of Science Through Opinion Piece Writing
Science Communications: Mastering the Elevator Pitch
Mentorship on the Ground: The What, Why, and How

Early career researchers in biomedical, public health, or other health-related disciplines are invited to attend, including graduate students in Master’s, PhD, MD, PharmD, or similar degree programs; recent graduates; Postdocs/Fellows; and early-career employees. There is no charge for attendance.
Register here: https://bit.ly/SummitReg22

Options are Power - bookclub
2022-06-10 12:00 - 13:30 | NY
Join us in person Friday June 10 from noon-1:30pm over lunch with author Donna Peters MBA’99 for a discussion of Options are Power: Career Strategies for High Performers Who Want a Life.
Quoting Amazon: “No matter where you are right now, you need options. When you have options, you’re in control. You make decisions from a position of strength. You run to something, not from something. Options Are Power provides strategies for surrounding yourself with options.” Join to this session to come away with a personal plan to increase your career options. Hosted by the Executive Director of the Graduate School’s Careers Beyond Academia, and featuring in-person the author, Donna Peters MBA’99
Register now (only if you can confirm your attendance)
Limited to 15 participants, as we will be conducting hands-on exercises from the book with feedback from peers and the author. Please let us know if you have any accommodations to ensure your full participation.
You will be presented with a copy of the book on attendance.
location TBD
About the author
Donna Peters MBA’99, Leadership & Career Coach LinkedIn
Host, The Me-Suite Podcast, Best Business Podcast Finalist 2021
Author, Options Are Power, #1 International Bestseller
Website: http://the-me-suite.com
Additional book club sessions
Register here and read more about each session
June 1, noon to 1pm (in-person over lunch), Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, facilitated by Associate Dean Dr. Jan Allen
June 2, noon to 1pm (in-person over lunch) The Productive Graduate Student Writer, facilitated by Associate Dean Dr. Jan Allen
June 6, noon to 1p, (via Zoom), The Productive Graduate Student Writer, facilitated by Associate Dean Dr. Jan Allen
June 7, 4-5:30pm (in-person over supper), Sister Pie: The recipes and stories of a big-hearted bakery in Detroit, facilitated by Associate Dean Dr. Jan Allen
June 10, 12-1:30pm, (in person over lunch), Options are Power: Career Strategies for High Performers Who Want a Life, with the author, Donna Peters MBA’99, and facilitated by Executive Director Susi Varvayanis
June 22, noon-1pm (in-person over lunch), Stopping the Noise in Your Head: The New Way to Overcome Anxiety and Worry, facilitated by Senior Assistant Dean Janna Lamey
June23, 10-11am (via Zoom), Atlas of the Heart, facilitated by Senior Assistant Dean Janna Lamey
June 28, noon-1pm (in-person over lunch, Atlas of the Heart, facilitated by Senior Assistant Dean Janna Lamey
June 29, 3-4pm (via Zoom), Stopping the Noise in Your Head: The New Way to Overcome Anxiety and Worry, facilitated by Senior Assistant Dean Janna Lamey
July 12 noon-1pm (in-person over lunch), Endurance, facilitated by Executive Director Susi Varvayanis
Endurance (by first time book author Alfred Lansing) is a book about the true story of Ernest Shackleton’s South Pole adventure/fiasco; an incredible treatise of persistence and positivity despite despair, with great lessons on leadership, teamwork, looking out for each other across differences (economic backgrounds, social status, experience, age, personalities, countries of origin) and learning from failure. We’ll also look at the amazing historical images taken by the photographer, Frank Hurley, that were part of an American Museum of Natural History’s exhibition. Come be inspired!
July TBA, Teaching Gradually: Practical Pedagogy for Graduate students, by Graduate Students, with the authors

Pathways to Success Symposium
2022-06-08 09:30 - 15:30 | Zoom
Pathways to Success is the Graduate School’s framework for helping graduate and professional students and postdoctoral scholars be successful in their research and scholarship, and establish necessary skills for their future careers.
The Summer P2S Series is a professional development opportunity for doctoral, professional degree, and research master’s students and postdoctoral scholars that will provide participants with information and tools useful for their time at Cornell and beyond. Participants may register for an individual session or all sessions offered within this three-part series.
Symposium Agenda
June 8, 2022, 9:30 – 11:00 am ET
Plenary Session: Self-Advocacy and Assertiveness
Plenary Speaker: Sharon Milgram, Director, Office of Intramural Training & Education, National Institutes of Health
June 8, 2022, 11:30am – 1:00 pm ET
Keynote Session: Claim Your Space – Transformative Communication Skills for Academia and Beyond
Speaker: Eliza VanCort, Best-Selling Author, Speaker, Thought Leader, and Teacher
June 8, 2022, 2:00 – 3:30 pm ET
Workshop: Resilience in Writing: The Key to Graduate Writers’ Wellbeing and Success

Facilitator: Lisa Russell Pinson, Assistant Teaching Professor of Writing, Center for Graduate Life, UNC Charlotte
Register now to attend.
For more information, visit the Pathways to Success website.

ComSciCon-NY
2022-06-03 08:30 - 2022-06-04 17:00 | NY
Calling all science communicators! Apply now to join June 3 and 4, 2022. The 2022 ComSciCon-NY conference will be held online with in-person networking in Ithaca and Buffalo.
Learn more about the ComSciCon-NY 2022 speakers
ComSciCon-NY is a communicating science conference for STEM graduate students and post-doctoral researchers from universities based in New York (Ithaca, Binghamton, Syracuse, Rochester, etc.). This statewide chapter workshop and conference is organized and led by graduate students and postdocs. Cornell has hosted this conference annually since 2015 with the support of the office now called Careers Beyond Academia in Cornell’s Graduate School.
Hank Green
Keynote Speaker: Hank Green
Hank Green started making YouTube videos 15 years ago with his brother, John. His love of the online community prompted Hank and John to co-found other endeavors, including VidCon, DFTBA.com, the Project for Awesome, and Complexly, which has produced nearly a dozen educational YouTube channels, including SciShow and Crash Course. Most recently, Hank and John are raising money to dramatically and systematically improve maternal health care in Sierra Leone. You can join them at PIH.org/hankandjohn.
Panel Sessions and workshops on:

Community Outreach
Science & Art
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Science Communication
Career Panels-Science Journalism, Science Policy, Medical Communications, Field Application Scientist

Interactive sessions with expert panelists and professional communicators
Networking opportunities with peers passionate about science communication
Hands-on training to practice and perfect communication skills
About the organizers:
Katerina Roth
Katerina Roth (@katerina_roth) Ph.D. Student, Food Microbiology, Cornell University
Katerina Roth’s research investigates the genomics and spoilage capability of extremophilic bacteria in an effort to better understand their ecological roles, reduce food waste, and characterize an industrially-relevant genus. Katerina is an officer for both the Food Science Department’s Community Outreach Committee and Cornell’s Vaccination Conversations with Scientists, where she works to bring understandable, hands-on science education to communities in Upstate NY. Katerina is passionate about equitable access to science and higher education. As such, she serves as a Multicultural Mentor to first-year grad students at Cornell. In her free time, Katerina loves to horseback ride, forage for mushrooms, bake, and explore trails with her two dogs, George and Lady.
Hannah Fay
Hannah Fay (@hannahrsfay) Ph.D. Student, Tumor Immunology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Hannah received her B.S. in Microbiology from the University of Montana. Now a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate, she studies how leukemia stem cells rely on autophagy for survival in the hypoxic bone marrow microenvironment and how this can be exploited therapeutically to prevent relapse in leukemia patients. Hannah’s science communication passion lies in effective & engaging science education at all ages. This includes interactive learning that maintains children’s natural curiosity about the world around them into adulthood, as well as scientific literacy for adults and communication training for scientists. To this end, she has worked as an outreach educator at a hands-on children’s science center and has an active role in the teaching & development of graduate courses at Roswell Park. Hannah enjoys rock climbing & jigsaw puzzles.
Meghan McGillin
Meghan McGillin (@WTFoodsci), USDA Predoctoral Fellow, Ph.D. Candidate, Food Microbiology, Cornell University
Meghan McGillin is the kind of food scientist that is equally comfortable in a research lab, artist studio, or food processing plant. Following her B.S. from UMass-Amherst, Meghan worked in a dairy plant where she tested raw cream for residue antibiotics. Meghan develops creative microbial solutions for increasingly pertinent issues, like antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and phage-based antibiotic alternatives. Beyond the lab, she bridges the gap between the scientific community and the public’s understanding to promote more inclusive discourse and inspire the next generation of researchers. An outspoken advocate for the use of art as a tool to convey science and humanize research, her award-winning video abstract utilized 3D and 2D animation to effectively illustrate the nuances of the phage lytic cycle and the role of synthetic engineering in developing better antimicrobials. See her rock’n’roll food science blog: foodsci.wtf and website: www.foodsci.wtf
Hsin-Yun (Rachel) Chang
Hsin-Yun (Rachel) Chang (@HsinYun_Rachel), Ph.D. candidate, Biomedical and Biological Science Program, Cornell University
Hsin-Yun (Rachel) studies the genomic regulation of hormetic memory to better understand how mild-stress experience can benefit health and delay aging. She aims to use her research expertise to convey the genetic and epigenetic code influencing human health to the public. She is also passionate about inspiring the next generation of young scientists, improving equity in higher education and the scientific research environment, as well as advocating for women in science. During her Master’s degree in Taiwan, she held a Science Outreach Workshop with undergraduates focused on conveying the knowledge of neuroscience underlying Oscar award-winning films. She was a co-chair of the 2021 Cornell BBS Symposium committee, in which she hosted the keynote round table discussion focusing on gender inequity and obstacles for women in science. She is excited to recruit more scientists to the mission of promoting the accessibility of science to everyone.
Megan Keller
Megan Keller (@MRKmicrobes), Ph.D. Student, Microbiology, Cornell University, https://mrk269.wixsite.com/megankeller
Growing up in Kansas, Megan found herself gravitating towards the unsolved mysteries of the natural world around her. She first dabbled in research on breast cancer therapeutics during her B.S. in Biology at Florida Gulf Coast University, minoring in Chemistry and Climate Change. Presenting her work at numerous local conferences and the ASCB national meeting, she fell in love with science communication. Shifting focus from cancer to microbiology, she now focuses on uncovering antibiotic resistance mechanisms in the gut pathogen, V. cholerae. Megan created a science blog to share her knowledge and experience, dissect the wonderful and diverse world of science, take deep dives into various relevant topics, and demystify a number of scientific subjects. As a staff science writer for The Cornell Daily Sun, she actively publishes articles relating to ongoing research across campus. Megan regularly volunteers in outreach programs, tables events and workshops to promote science literacy.
About ComSciCon
As part of a national organization, ComSciCon attendees have founded new science communication organizations in collaboration with other students at the events, published over 80 articles written at the conferences in popular publications with national impact, and formed lasting networks with student alumni and invited experts. Learn more about ComSciCon
Past Cornell hosted events and participant stories have garnered media coverage:
Science Communication Workshop Aims to Engage STEM Researchers Across New York February 4, 2019
ComSciCon at Cornell grows into 6th year August 12, 2019
Patients’ Waste is this Scientist’s Treasure November 2019
Reflecting on Year 2 ComSciCon-Cornell 2016
Reflecting on ComSciCon-Cornell, a regional workshop for upstate New York July 2015
How Gametes Came To Be. Natural History Magazine. 2014
Read about past events: ComSciCon-NY 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
