Planning for Career Satisfaction and Success
Date: February 28, 2013 (Th)
Time: 8:30-11:30AM
Location: Petteruti Lounge, Roberts Center
Register: http://bit.ly/14Qm3un
Presenter: Sharon Milgram, Ph.D. Director Office of Intramural Training & Education at National Institutes of Health
An overview of the career planning process: How your personal interests, skills, and values contribute to future career success. Tips on developing critical networking and career exploration skills. How to define your transferable skills. Where to gain the credentials needed to pursue a variety of career paths.

How I started a career in nonproliferation but never stopped thinking about conotoxins. 
Date: March 1, 2013 (F)
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Sidney Frank Hall 220, Marcuvitz Auditorium
Presenter: Andrew Castiglioni, PhD MCB, ’05, Nonproliferation Technical Specialist, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, IL. 

2012-13 Junior Faculty Roundtable:  NSF CAREER Award Workshop 
Date:  March 12, 2013 (Tu)
Time: 12:00-1:30 PM
Location: Sheridan Center, 96 Waterman Street
Register: http://bit.ly/XNRDml
Are you applying for an NSF CAREER award?  Successful CAREER proposals are expected to demonstrate creative and effective integration of research and education plans. In this workshop for junior faculty & postdocs in science, engineering & mathematics, recent CAREER awardees will discuss how to plan a proposal and OVPR, the Science Center and the Sheridan Center, will present resources on effective integration of research, teaching & outreach for writing an education plan.  Lunch provided.

Navigating the Publication Process: A Focus on Online Publishing
Date: March 13, 2013 (W)
Time: 12:30-2:00 PM
Location: J Walter Wilson, 403
Sponsored by: Office of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies and the CareerLAB
Register: http://bit.ly/UxLU7l
Presenter: Qing Lu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine (Research)
Discussion topics include traditional in print publishing, funding agency policies, traditional peer review vs open peer review, open access: pros/cons, and copyright.

Postdoc Career Panel: BioMed & Public Health
Date: March 22, 2013 (F)
Time: Noon-1:30 PM
Location: CareerLAB at 167 Angell Street
Sponsored by: Office of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies and the CareerLAB
Register: http://bit.ly/V9TaIN
Panelists: Havovi Chichger (Medicine), Jacquelyn Gill (ECI), Matthew Maccani (CAAS), Jordan Renna (Neuroscience), Kali Thomas (Gerontology)
Graduate students, join us for a conversation with current Brown postdocs volunteering their experiences, tips and suggestions. Come with the questions you’ve always wanted to ask: What were your considerations for doing a postdoc? What do you look for in a mentor, and how do you find one? What do you wish you knew then that you know now?