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Careers in Data Engineering (Insight Fellows Program on Careers in Data & Tech)

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What exactly is data engineering, and how can I leverage my software engineering background to get into the world of Big Data? In this session, we’ll discuss whether this rapidly growing field suits your skills and career goals and how Insight's Data...

Transitioning to a Careers in Artificial Intelligence (Insight Fellows Program on Careers in Data & Tech)

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Join this session for an overview of the artificial intelligence landscape, as well as advice on transitioning into roles in AI. This session is designed for beginners interested in transitioning into deep learning and machine learning engineering roles...

The Academic Job Search: Preparing Your Materials

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This comprehensive, ideally interactive, presentation will teach you how to prepare and polish your materials (cover letter, CV), and how to write effective teaching, research, and diversity statements. Even if you're going on the job market this year...

Diversity: A Workshop and Forum of Ideas

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This workshop will consider why diversity and inclusion are important in both academia and industry, and explore how you can foster an inclusive environment in your classroom, your lab, or any future professional setting. The session will be both...

Diversity Statement Workshop

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This workshop, run by Alexis Stokes, will delve deeper into the writing of the Diversity Statement, which is part of the application package for a majority of Colleges and Universities in the United States. In the process, it will also cover important...

The Academic Job Search: Preparing Your Materials

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This comprehensive, ideally interactive, presentation will teach you everything you need to know about how to prepare and polish your materials (cover letter, CV), and how to write effective teaching, research, and diversity statements.

Finding Funding: How to Navigate Pivot and Foundation Directory Online

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This workshop, led by Jen Corby and Paige Belisle of FAS Research Administration Services, will introduce participants to two online funding opportunity databases Pivot and Foundation Directory Online. These systems provide information about funding...

Media Relations: How to talk to reporters and the Media?

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This presentation, led by Rachael Dane, Director of FAS Media Relations, seeks to offer background on media relations, including interview tricks and tools, information on “pitching" reporters, and information on how the FAS Media Relations Team can...

Perfectionism

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Perfectionism is very common in high achievers, and Harvard is full of perfectionists surrounded by other perfectionists. In some ways, it’s what helps them achieve. But after a point, it can become very limiting and hard to change, even when people know...

Exponent: Engineering & Scientific Consulting

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Information Session on careers at Exponent, a multi-disciplinary engineering and scientific consulting firm that brings together more than 90 different disciplines to solve engineering, science, regulatory, and business issues. If you are a Ph.D...

Community Conversations for Postdocs: Updates and conversations with Harvard's Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer

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Dr. Sherri Charleston, Harvard’s inaugural Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer (CDIO), is inviting Harvard postdocs to register to attend a Community Conversations event during which she will share her initial strategy and role related to diversity...

Practical Ideas for Improving your Teaching Goals & Strategies: Active Learning

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This seminar will be useful for all postdocs who are planning to apply for academic jobs, but especially those who have little or no formal teaching experience in the U.S. The objective of the seminar, led by Marty Samuel, former Associate Director for...