Careers Beyond Academia

Insight Fellow Program - deadline March 16
2020-03-16 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Apply to the Insight Fellows Program by March 16
The Insight Fellows Programs are fellowships for graduating students looking to transition to thriving careers as data scientists, engineers, and other cutting-edge professionals.
Insight Fellows:

The program is sponsored by top companies, with scholarships available for cost of living
Receive guidance throughout the entire process to meet, interview, and join top companies
Launch a cutting-edge career where the average starting salary is $127K
Join Insight from a wide range of backgrounds & education levels
Join a community of 3,000 alumni that support each other throughout their careers

Insight alumni are now working at Facebook, LinkedIn, The New York Times, Apple, Airbnb, Netflix, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Github, Slack, 23andMe, Twitter, Bloomberg, NBC, Pinterest, Microsoft, Wayfair and 700+ other top companies.
We’re now accepting applications from graduating students (must have completed all coursework by May 26th in order to participate full time) for our summer sessions.
Programs:

Artificial Intelligence
Data Engineering
DevOps Engineering
Decentralized Consensus
Security
Data Science*
Health Data Science*

*Please note that our programs are open to all degree levels, except our Data Science and Health programs, which have a PhD requirement.
Locations:

San Francisco
New York
Boston
Seattle
Toronto
Los Angeles
Remote Program

Upcoming Deadline & Start Date:

Next application deadline: March 16
Session begins: May 26

Want to learn more about Insight and our programs? Visit the Insight Fellows website.
Not ready to apply? Sign up for our notification list.
Questions? Email us at info@insightdatascience.com

Intergroup Dialogue Project – Grad/ Postdoc Short Course
2020-03-17 15:30 - 18:00
This is an invitation-only event open to those who applied by the November deadline and were accepted for Winter 2020. Please contact the IDP team at idp@cornell.edu with any questions.
Through an interactive process known as intergroup dialogue, this offering, hosted by the Intergroup Dialogue Project, provides participants with opportunities to explore how their social identities shape their professional choices and teaching/learning styles, how to build capacity to have meaningful dialogue and effective collaborations across social, cultural and power differences, and how to explore the power of alliances when seeking to create an inclusive environment.
This program offering for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars has been made possible through funding support from the Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement, CIRTL at Cornell, the Graduate School’s ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education, and the National Science Foundation-funded Cornell CIRTL AGEP Project under Grant No. 1647094.
This program could be for you if you want to:

Connect more effectively with students, faculty, and colleagues.
Prepare yourself to engage in diversity & inclusion processes in your future career as a scholar/professional.
Explore your own social identities and learn how they relate to larger structures.
Feel confident addressing power dynamics in your field.
Learn how to respond to uncomfortable comments and situations.
Engage in meaningful conversations about and across differences.
Communicate productively through conflict.
Collaboratively think about ways you can enact positive social change.
Get to know a diverse group of scholars who are interested in similar topics!

The Sounds of Silence - The role of science in shaping U.S. public policy
2020-03-18 13:00 - 14:00 | Webinar
The role of science in shaping U.S. public policy is being diminished. From environmental laws to healthcare regulations, scientists and other experts are being sidelined from the decision-making process. webinar presented by Chris Schaffer, Associate Professor of Engineering, Cornell University and Mark Bayer, President of Mark Bayer Strategic Consulting. To Register.

Overcoming "Alternative Facts" Advocating for Truth in Science, Society, and Your Startup
2020-03-18 14:30 - 15:30 | Webinar
Although the term is rooted in politics, “alternative facts” have moved beyond the political arena to weaken and warp decision-making across the economy. Whether spreading misinformation about vaccine safety or leading to false assumptions about women-led startups, alternative facts trigger unconscious action when cognitive reflection would be more productive. But believers of alternative facts aren’t necessarily lost causes — many people can still be persuaded by actual facts.
Brought to you by eCornell
Our guest is former U.S. Senate and House of Representatives Chief of Staff Mark Bayer, who has led working groups like Cornell’s Advancing Science And Policy (ASAP) student organization and has spoken before with Careers Beyond Academia at Cornell.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
– Explore the roots of alternative facts
– Discuss how to recognize the presence of fake news and other types of misinformation
– Learn effective strategies to combat alternative facts
– Hear strategies for bringing people to the truth from a self-professed “persuasion nerd”
– Understand how to distinguish between the lost causes and those who can still be persuaded by the truth
To Register for this Free Webinar

Careers Beyond Academia Information Session – Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
2020-03-18 16:30 - 17:30 | 170 Uris Hall
This event is CANCELLED. It will be rescheduled in Fall 2020.
Join us for an information session about how we can help you make informed decisions for career choices in government, non-profits and industry. Our program works with you to test-drive career opportunities through career panels, individual and group sessions, site visits and more.
For more events, please visit gradcareers.cornell.edu.

Sustainable Biodiversity Fellow Lunch - Postponed
2020-03-20 12:00 - 13:00 | 300 Rice Hall, 200 Rice Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
Event Postponed – new date will be announced later on.
Topical Lunches, a popular Atkinson Center program, bring together faculty and researchers from across campus in an informal setting to discuss coordinating major grants, to “test the waters” for future collaborations, to introduce new faculty to the sustainability community, and to explore emerging concepts with diverse faculty audiences. A key strength of Topical Lunches is the kind of unconstrained dialogue among faculty that leads to rich and wide-ranging discussions.
All events hosted and organized by Cornell Atkinson Research Fellows are open to graduate, professional and post-doctoral researchers interested in sustainability

Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship: A Mindset for Startup Success
2020-03-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Webinar
It’s no secret that most startups fail. Many assume that this is because they were unable to successfully create the product or service that they had in mind. In reality, however, the data shows that most startups actually succeed in creating their product. The problem is that the product they created was something nobody really wanted.

Often this is down to a misguided focus on hawking a solution without first truly understanding the problem. Although there are no guarantees in the startup world, applying evidence-based entrepreneurship principles can greatly increase your chances of creating a product or solution that truly addresses a customer need.
In this webinar, you will:

Learn how the right entrepreneurial mindset can increase your startup’s chances for success
Discuss the reasons most startups fail and how to learn from the most common mistakes
Understand the importance of leveraging customer insights by asking the right type of questions
Learn how to focus on the customer problem or need rather than your imagined solution
Hear real-life examples of how startups and inventors have used the entrepreneurial process to successfully identify their business opportunity

Speakers:
Ken Rother – Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
Tom Schryver – Cornell Center for Regional Economic Advancement
Register here
