GSAS Welcomes AUGUST 28, 2013 SEE PAGE 8 FOR YOUR ORIENTATION PROGRAM AND GUIDE TO DUDLEYFEST! A special edition of the GSAS Bulletin for first-year students. The GSAS Bulletin HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES SEPTEMBER 2013 VOLUME XLIII, N o . 1
“Look with favor upon a bold beginning.” —Virgil
2013 2014 GSAS at a Glance ◗ Degree candidates: 4,259 (4,092 PhD; 167 master’s) ◗ Entering cohort: 727 (635 PhD, 92 master’s) ◗ Degree programs, The across all disciplines: 57 Extracurricular ◗ 44 percent of GSAS Guide to students are women ◗ 34 percent of Grad School GSAS students are international A comprehensive exit survey of GSAS graduates reveals that there are precisely two ways to succeed in ◗ 8 percent of graduate school. The first is to amass a bunker’s worth of canned goods, throw your cellphone into the GSAS students are Charles, and purchase a dependable pair of blinders to wear while jogging between home, class, and the underrepresented lab or library. The second is to achieve a healthy balance between academic and extracurricular pursuits. minorities For those interested in the second option, we present herein some of the indispensable things you’ll want to know about life off-campus. For more GSAS facts, Story by Nicholas Nardini n Photos by Lulu Liu ➻See Page 4 see page 2.
Getting in Touch A Guide to the Learning to Fail Welcome with GSAS Libraries (a Little) to Dudley Everything you What you need to know The surprising truth House need to know to make the most of about succeeding at Kick off the year about your Harvard’s Harvard. with Dudley’s new scholarly collections. biggest party! Friday, home. August 30, ❱❱ p. 2 ❱❱ p. 3 ❱❱ p. 6 7 p.m.-midnight! ❱❱ p. 8 Getting in Touch This is GSAS WITH GSAS Established in 1872, GSAS is the ONLY school at Harvard that grants the PhD.
GSAS offers the PhD and a select number of terminal master’s GSAS Dean Xiao-Li Meng establishes Graduate School degrees in 57 programs, departments, and divisions. policy, guided by the Committee on Graduate Education and the Educational Policy Committee. 16 of those PhD programs are INTERFACULTY, which is University Hall, 3 North; 617-496-1464 Harvard-speak for “jointly run by GSAS and another Harvard Xiao-Li Meng graduate school.” GSAS Administrative Dean Margot N. Gill implements Graduate School policy, supervising the Together with Harvard College, GSAS is part of the Faculty of day-to-day operation of the GSAS staff. Holyoke Center 350; 617-495-1814 Arts and Sciences, HARVARD’S LARGEST DIVISION. FAS also includes the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Margot N. Gill The GSAS Office of Student Affairs is responsible for the the Division of Continuing Education, and libraries and welfare of graduate students. It monitors their academic status, museums. progress, and discipline. Holyoke Center 350; 617-495-1814; [email protected] Is your program based at the Medical School, or at SEAS? Garth McCavana, Dean for Student Affairs The Design School, or the Kennedy School? PHD STUDENTS Garth McCavana Patrick O’Brien, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs ARE AMAZINGLY INTERDISCIPLINARY — YOU CROSS HARVARD BOUNDARIES WITH EASE! Dudley House is a hub of social and intellectual activities designed by and for graduate students. It also houses the GSAS received more then 12,000 APPLICATIONS last year. Dudley Café (the GSAS dining hall) and the Café Gato Rojo, a Patrick O’Brien If you’re reading this, you’re talented, motivated, and intellectu- student-run coffee shop. ally curious — some of the qualities that make GSAS great. Jim and Doreen Hogle, House Masters House Administrator Susan Zawalich, At Harvard, GSAS has the largest population of INTERNA- www.dudley.harvard.edu; 617-495-2255 TIONAL STUDENTS, representing at least 83 countries. Doreen and Jim GSAS students also come from each of the 50 US states. Hogle The GSAS Office of Student Services offers confidential assistance with any personal or academic concern, from adjusting to graduate school to forming an effective As a GSAS student, you will play a significant role in shaping relationship with an advisor to managing your time. Harvard’s unrivaled undergraduate educational experience. Dudley House B2; 617-495-5005; [email protected] 1,400 of you will be teaching fellows each term, and more then Ellen Fox, Director of Student Services 100 of you will be resident tutors in the Houses or proctors in Susan Zawalich the freshman dorms each year. YOU HELP KEEP The GSAS Office of Fellowships provides a range of HARVARD’S ENGINES RUNNING! services to assist graduate students with fellowship funding and professional development, including individual counsel- ing and group workshops. Holyoke Center 350; 617-495-1814 Ellen Fox Cynthia Verba, Director of Fellowships
The GSAS Office of Admissions and Financial Aid oversees admissions and aid for the 57 departments, Did you know that GSAS alumni programs, and divisions of GSAS. Financial aid officers help Cynthia Verba students plan their budgets and coordinate their aid during contributed $2 million to the graduate school. Holyoke Center 350; 617-495-5315 annual fund last year? Russell Berg, Associate Dean These annual gifts have an immediate impact on all Russell Berg The GSAS Office of Diversity and Minority Affairs GSAS students, providing for fellowships and supporting helps guide recruiting and retention efforts for the Gradu- student-life activities. ate School, working to enroll and support a student body that reflects the diversity of contemporary society. You are not only starting a graduate career, you are joining Holyoke Center 350; 617-495-5315 an extraordinary community of leaders and scholars. Sheila Thomas Sheila Thomas, Assistant Dean The Graduate School Fund welcomes you. Harvard Integrated Life Sciences is a federation of Harard’s life sciences PhD programs, dedicated to creating points of connection and easy John McNally access across these programs. Holyoke Center 350; 617-495-9500 John McNally, Assistant Dean
2 GSAS BULLETIN I SEPTEMBER 2013 Widener Library of Science), and applica- tions for library services like Interlibrary Loan and requests from the Har- vard Depository.
Apply for a study 3 carrel. Make the li- brary your research base. Learn to use library 4 research guides. Harvard librarians create a variety of research guides to assist your in your work, ranging from guides for first-time library users to subject guides and course- Libraries, A–Z specific guides. Save time, get savvy. Did you know that there thing you’ll need, on any classes, term papers, the- 5 Learn to use research are more than 70 libraries subject you can imagine. ses, and dissertations. tools like Citation Linker, at Harvard, with com- Here are five tips to get the LibX toolbar, and bined holdings of more started: Learn to use the two citation management than 17 million items? As 2 library websites: tools. Learn to use the a GSAS student, you have Get to know your http://hcl.harvard.edu free scanners and the free direct access to all of 1 department’s Li- and http://lib.harvard. Scan and Deliver service. these amazing resources. brary Liaison. All FAS edu. You’ll find a wealth departments have one of information, including ➻To learn more, check Whether you are search- — a librarian who can help hours, locations, links to out the Library Grad ing for research materials you identify resources in HOLLIS (the online cata- Guidehttp://guides.hcl. or teaching aids, the Har- the libraries and devise log) and online databases harvard.edu/gradguide vard Library has every- research strategies for (such as JSTOR and Web
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SEPTEMBER 2013 I GSAS BULLETIN 3 The Extracurricular Guide to Grad School they do things with beets you won’t believe. The Apple Store décor at Clover (7 Holyoke St.) may not be so appetizing, but this foodtruck-made-good knows how to pack a pocket. Tamarind Bay (75 Winthrop St.) and 9 Tastes (50 JFK St.) offer excellent Indian and Thai lunch specials. The New England burrito chain Boloco (71 Mt. Auburn St.) sets itself apart by breaking every Mexican taboo there is (Thanks- giving burrito, QED); for the real thing, try Felipe’s (83 Mt. Auburn St.). With a cheap lunch menu and half-price dinner specials, Gren- del’s Den (89 Winthrop St.) is the Square’s best gustatory value. If Algiers Coffee House you can manage to findOrinoco (down an alley at 56 JFK St.), you’ll ◗ Caffeinate ◗ Eat be rewarded with unforgettable Café Gato Rojo in the basement Some people say newcomers The Apple Store arepas and bacon-wrapped dates. of Dudley House is a cozy and con- OTTO Pizza (1432 Mass. Ave.) décor at Clover If you’ve got someone to impress, venient source of $1 MEM teas and make the best slice in the square. may not be so try Henrietta’s Kitchen (1 Ben- dependable coffee and pastries. Those people are liars. Sure, give nett St., in the Charles Hotel); if On those days when you’d rather OTTO a try, but when you remem- appetizing, but not, stop by anyway for the amaz- not run into six members of your ber that farfalle and fiddleheads this foodtruck- ing local cheese and fruit plate, or department, though, Algiers Cof- belong in a salad bar, not a pizza, made-good the best desserts around. fee House (40 Brattle St.) boasts honor your stomach and your the Square’s indisputably best Cambridge pride and head for knows how to coffee and ambiance alongside Pinocchio’s (74 Winthrop St.), pack a pocket. homemade Middle Eastern treats; where thanks to the clipping- careful, you get what you pay festooned walls you can enjoy ($$$) for. The crowded-for-a-rea- some history along with your son Crema Café (27 Brattle St.) perfect square of Sicilian pizza roasts a hardy cup of George How- rossa. Since mom wouldn’t want ell Coffee, and the $1.50 English you eating pizza every day, be sure muffin with butter and jam may be to make time for the healthful ◗ Drink the single best deal in the Square. Veggie Planet (47 Palmer St.); If you dress up beforehand, maybe If you have time to travel, 1369 sharing a space with Club Passim, the beautiful people at PARK (59 (1369 Cambridge St. and 757 Mas- JFK St.) will assume you’re from sachusetts Ave.) is the quirky pride the Business School like everyone of the Cambridge community, and else. Forget how to tie a Windsor Area Four (500 Technology Sq.) knot? Charlie’s Kitchen (10 Eliot serves coffee and pastries so deli- St.) is home to an egalitarian mix cious, they must be engineered by of punk rockers and locals there one of Kendall Square’s biotech for the cheap drinks and delightful firms. If it’s late, the aircraft-car- lobster (ish) melts. Russell House rier-sized Starbucks (1384 Mass. Tavern (14 JFK St.) has a convivial Ave.) overlooking the T is open basement, friendly bartenders, and until 1 a.m. Bonus: Want to have probably the best beer menu and a chuckle with local superstars cocktails nearby. There’s a cozy cave Click and Clack of NPR’s Car Talk? and a breezy terrace down at Shays They’re at Crema in the afternoon Wine Bar (58 JFK St.). And for my and Algiers at night. All the time. money, Central Square’s Green Pinocchio’s Street (280 Green St.) is the best
4 GSAS BULLETIN I SEPTEMBER 2013 bar in Cambridge; maybe the world? if you’re tired of the beaten path, But the recent breakout star of you can find an old-school boxing Harvard Square’s boozing scene has gym and new-school capoeira been downstairs at Tasty Burger classes at Central Square’s YMCA (40 JFK St.), where you can prove (820 Mass. Ave.). to your friends that liquor improves your billiards game and then argue ◗ Unwind with twelve-year-olds about what Last year, Cambridge lost a movie to play next on the jukebox. Hey, theater and gained a nightclub. Narragansett tastes the same For most films you’ll now need to everywhere! head to the Somerville Theater (55 Davis Sq.) or Kendall Square ◗ Exercise Cinema (1 Kendall Sq.), but you Yes, you really did eat three chili can still catch art-house picks at The Sinclair Tasty Burgers last night. What the Brattle Theater (40 Brattle to do now? Technically the law St.) or Harvard Film Archive bowl-soaked weekend dance St.): the window that says they school’s, Hemenway Gymna- (24 Quincy St., in the Carpen- parties. Enjoy them while you can, have the world’s best ice cream sium (1515 Mass. Ave.) is the best ter Center, the only building in because after you start teaching may not even be exaggerating. gym for graduate students of all North America designed by Swiss the risk of catching your students Nearby Inman Square and disciplines, with a convenient, starchitect Le Corbusier!). And twerking becomes prohibitively Davis Square actually did get into compact facility, ample cardio ma- now your favorite klezmercore/ high. Luckily, you can still enjoy the Harvard, but they decided to go to chines, and an entire basement of dweebstep/metalgaze outfit will tastefully appointed space in its in- culinary school instead. When you free weights. Don’t be intimidated be playing right on your doorstep, carnation as The Comedy Studio, see what kind of cafés, restaurants by the litigator-lugs camping out at the brand-new Sinclair (52 a fantastic open-mic series hosted and bars they have, you’ll under- in the squat racks; ask to switch Church St.) – or maybe a short by a former GSAS student. stand the decision. Davis’s Saloon in. There’s a pool at FAS’s Malkin T stop away, at the three-in-one (255 Elm St.) pulls off the “speak- Athletic Center (39 Holyoke venue The Middle East (472 Mass. ◗ Escape easy” thing without being cloying, St.), where we’re supposed to be Ave.). Folk mecca Club Passim The single best thing about Har- and Inman’s Druid (1357 Cambridge anyway. If distance running is (47 Palmer St.) is still going strong, vard Square is Central Square. St.) has everything you could ever your thing, the Charles Riverbank and classical lovers can choose Five minutes away by T, seven by want in an Irish pub, plus a veggie is a scenic, hallowed, Haruki between our own Paine Hall, bike, or fifteen by foot, Central burger better than the real thing. Murakami– and Junot Diaz– Sanders Theatre, or downtown’s didn’t get into Harvard, but that’s 33,000 BU students can’t be approved loop. To throw some Symphony Hall (301 Mass. Ave.). only because it was too busy wrong: the cumulative amount of hill intervals into your routine, At the opposite end of the musical perfecting skateboard tricks, fun being had in Allston at any given make your way up to Somerville, spectrum, the third floor of the working on its painting, and mess- moment is at least thrice that of where multiple running clubs can Hong Kong restaurant (1238 Mass. ing around with electronic music. Cambridge. Scoop yourself some of help keep your feet moving. And Ave.) is notorious for its scorpion- Don’t miss Toscanini’s (899 Main the free popcorn at the Silhouette Lounge (200 Brighton Ave.) and challenge a buddy to throw a dart without hitting a tattoo. And did you know that north- eastern metropolis Boston is just across the river from Cambridge? Your Harvard ID gets you a free ride on the M2 shuttle to the Back Bay, where you can stroll down posh Newbury Street on your way toward Boston Common and downtown. Don’t go a year with- out sampling the neighborhood charms of Chinatown, the North End, the South End, and South Boston — an old Irish enclave with a gorgeous new waterfront.
Davis Square Nicholas Nardini and Lulu Liu are (at Diesel Cafe) both PhD students at GSAS.
SEPTEMBER 2013 I GSAS BULLETIN 5 Wise Words: Take risks. It may mean that you fail sometimes, but that’s okay. You learn Learning to the most when you fail, and learning how to deal with failure is probably more important than learning how to deal with success.” —Sheila Thomas, assistant dean for Fail (a Little) diversity and minority affairs Graduate school will be a series of profes- THE SURPRISING TRUTH ABOUT SUCCEEDING AT HARVARD sional highs and lows. One week, you’ll get BY DAHIANNA LOPEZ your submission rejected from a journal, run a terrible discussion section, and slip on a banana peel. The next week, you’ll have a breakthrough on your disserta- tion, read a fantastic paper by one of your students, and get a paper accepted by a that you were chosen to come to Harvard for The faster you realize prestigious conference somewhere tropi- a reason, the more you will relax and become better able to learn. It took me a whole se- cal. If you’re in one of the rough periods, mester to get over the “imposter syndrome.” I kept asking myself, “Why am I here? Why remember that morale-raising things me? Do I have what it takes to cut it? What if I fooled them on paper?” I was so con- are probably around the corner.” cerned about this, that I didn’t sit back and just enjoy the ride. I didn’t smell the roses, —Liz Maynes-Aminzade, making it impossible to learn because I was stressing out so much. In fact, in a self-ful- PhD candidate, English filling prophecy, I failed my first exam in microeconomics. I cried for days. Luckily, the Be prepared to experience failure. In many professor (who was also my advisor and boss — oh no, how embarrassing!!) reassured ways graduate school at Harvard is an me that it would be ok and that I just needed a little tweaking in my study habits. He also exercise in extremes: the most advanced reminded me that Harvard’s been in the business of picking the best and brightest for a courses, taught by the most distinguished faculty, to a group of the most talented long time and that they know what they are looking for. students, in preparation for solving And he was right. I stopped worrying about failing and started focusing my en- the most challenging unmet research ergy on studying hard and going to office hours. In the end, I earned a B. During my problems. Somewhere along the way, second semester, I rolled with the punches. Some wins, some losses. But I survived. your aims are going to exceed your grasp I learned. I grew. And most importantly, I realized that I belonged — that I am an and you will fail. This is a good thing. This integral part of the Harvard family. is how you learn more about the problem you are studying and the current, hope- So, the best thing I can suggest is this: go into this knowing you will get your fully temporary, limits of your own abili- butt kicked by your courses. But that is a great thing. If it were easy, everyone would ties. In most cases, failure is a necessary get a degree from here. It would be a disappointment if you got here and didn’t feel prerequisite to success. challenged. —Allen Aloise, PhD ’04, director of The hardest part was getting in. Now you’re here, and an entire team of people — laboratories, co-director of graduate from professors to mentors to classmates — will not let you fail. But most importantly, studies, chemistry and chemical biology you will not let yourself fail. You never have. More words of wisdom: Dahianna Lopez is a PhD candidate in health policy www.gsas.harvard.edu/advice
A Source of Support at GSAS Welcome to graduate school, and welcome to Harvard. As you move through your degree, you will grow in many ways, both academically and personally, and you will confront challenges that will test you in various ways.
When you need help with any academic or personal problem, however big or small, I am available to talk. I serve in an advisory role, provide support, and make referrals to other sources of assistance, as necessary. Conversations with me are confidential. I invite you to make an appointment to talk.
➻ Contact Ellen Fox, Director of GSAS Student Services: [email protected], 617-495-5005
6 GSAS BULLETIN I SEPTEMBER 2013 DUDLEY HOUSE Don’t Miss! OUR DUDLEY HOUSE PICKS OF THE MONTH. FOR MORE EVENTS, OUTINGS, AND GATHERINGS, GO TO WWW.DUDLEY.HARVARD.EDU.
Welcome to Dudley House, now entering its 22nd year as the graduate student center at GSAS. Dud- ley House offers dozens of intellectual, social, and professional events every year —planned by GSAS students for GSAS students. ◆ We invite you to get to know Dudley at these early-fall events, arranged by program area. Is there a specific area you’re interested in? Subscribe toDudley’s program-specific email lists at www.dudley.harvard.edu. ◆ In each edition of the GSAS Bulletin, we’ll present a sam- pling of that month’s offerings. For a fuller list, visitwww.gsas.harvard.edu/dudleythismonth. Social Events n Orchestra: Aaron Kuan Upcoming events: a new exciting academic year! ◗ ◗ Welcome to Fabulous Dudleywood! ([email protected]) Sports Pub Contact Stephanie Sobek at dudley. n thursday, september 5, 8–9:30 p.m., A Discover Dudley Party World Music Ensemble: [email protected] Peter McMurray Dudley House game room. Learn friday, august 30, 7 p.m.–midnight, about our programs and sign up ([email protected]) Dudley House. Starting at 7, come for fall intramural teams. Food and Outings n find out what Dudley’s got in store Choir: James Blasina drink provided. ◗ Visit Ipswich, Massachusetts! for the 2013–2014 academic year, ([email protected]) saturday, september 21, meet meet the Dudley staff, and partake ◗ Bike Ride to Walden Pond on the front steps of dudley of Dudleywood-caliber snacks, Rehearsals: saturday, september 14, 10 a.m. house. We’ll travel to North Station n drinks, and schmoozing. Then, at Dudley Chorus rehearsals: (tentative, watch for confirma- together and take a train to Ipswich, 9, get groovy at the Dudleywood Tuesdays, 6 p.m., Common Room tion by e-mail). Join our annual a spectacular port town with well- dance party. Meet hundreds of Har- Rehearsals begin September 3 ride along the Minuteman Trail to preserved early-17th-century quar- n vard students in one fabulous night. Dudley World Music Ensemble Walden Pond in Concord. ters. We will visit Ipswich Museum Harvard ID for entry; state-issued rehearsals: Tuesdays, 6 p.m., and wander the picturesque streets. ID for alcohol. Hors d’oeuvres Graduate Student Lounge Public Service This is a wonderful opportunity and refreshments free; alcoholic Rehearsals begin September 3 ◗ Public Service Fair to get a taste of the early history of n refreshments $2 (cash only). Dudley Jazz Band (and Jazz monday, september 23, 6–7 p.m., Massachusetts. Bring $10 for mu- Combo) rehearsals: Wednesdays, Dudley House Common Room. seum entrance fee plus train fare ◗ Get Your Grill On, 2013 6–10 p.m., Common Room Enjoy an ice-cream sundae and learn and lunch or lunch money. Contact The Official GSAS Cookout Rehearsals begin September 4 about volunteer options that suit [email protected]. saturday, september 7, 1–4 p.m. n Dudley Orchestra rehearsals: your interests and schedule! Repre- (rain or shine), 36 Oxford Street Sundays, 6:30 p.m., Main Dining sentatives from community organiza- Classic Films (Harvard Museum of Natural His- Hall tions will be present with informa- ◗ Royal Visits at Dudley in tory lawn). Bring your best friends, Rehearsals begin September 8 September new friends, family, and strang- tion about tutoring opportunities, ers to laze about on a Saturday elderly visits, shelter volunteering, friday, september 13, 6:30 p.m. afternoon; we’ll provide the food. Athletics environmental awareness, and many The King’s Speech (2010). The last Burgers, hot dogs, vegetarian fare, The Dudley Athletics program other service arenas. King George in England (George and cold drinks will abound. State- connects you to intramural sports VI) inspires the new Royal Baby issued ID for alcohol. and special recreational events, in- Intellectual and George — and the rest of us. cluding bike rides, hikes, and other Cultural Events Music activities. We also host viewing par- ◗ Language Table Mixer friday, september 20, 6:30 p.m. ties for major athletic events, and thursday,september 5, 7-8:30 The Princess Bride (1987). “Incon- ◗ Sing, Play, Keep the Beat our game room has a large-screen p.m. Graduate Student Lounge. ceivable!” “As you wish!” “My name Dudley House is home to four ac- TV and tables for pool, table tennis, Come meet other people interested is Inigo Montoya . . .” All those tive, high-caliber music ensembles, and air hockey. in joining in existing language classic lines, plus a visit to the fire and we welcome your participation See dudley.harvard.edu/athletics for tables, Dudley’s informal language swamp, screaming eels, and (sigh) and attendance at our events! details. conversation groups, or in starting Dread Pirate Roberts and Butter- new ones. Enjoy our multi-lingual cup. What a great movie! n Jazz Band: Sarah Politz mixer in a relaxed atmosphere with ([email protected]) light refreshments as we inaugurate
SEPTEMBER 2013 I GSAS BULLETIN 7 GSAS Welcomes ORIENTATION + DUDLEYFEST, AUGUST 28, 2013
Drew Gilpin Michael Smith Xiao-Li Meng Margot Gill Garth McCavana James Hogle Summer Shafer Christopher Faust Brown Welcoming Speeches DudleyFest
10:30 a.m. I sanders theatre 12:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. I dudley house
Margot Gill Information fair including: Offices serving GSAS students (athletics, ADMINISTRATIVE DEAN (MODERATOR) careers, parking, etc.), student organizations, Dudley House fellows and Drew Gilpin Faust activities, free food and raffle drawings, distribution of stipend checks PRESIDENT OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY Michael Smith n ID Cards and Photos DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Boylston Hall Xiao-Li Meng DEAN OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL n Distribution of Stipend Checks James Hogle Graduate Student Lounge, 2nd floor, Dudley House MASTER OF DUDLEY HOUSE
Christopher Brown n DUDLEY FELLOW Workshops Harvard Libraries Summer Shafer Common Room, 2nd Floor, Dudley House PRESIDENT OF THE GRADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL 1 p.m.–2 p.m., 2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Garth McCavana DEAN FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS Student Survival Guide: Getting to Know Harvard, Cambridge, and Beyond Offered by student leaders Lunch Fireside Room, 1st Floor, Dudley House 1 p.m.-2 p.m., 2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. 11:30 a.m. I science center plaza Staying Fit and Healthy at Harvard Join faculty, department administrators, Offered by the Dudley Athletic Fellows and colleagues for lunch under the tent on Game Room, 3rd floor, Dudley House the Science Center plaza. See your orienta- 1 p.m.-2 p.m., 2:30 p.m.- 3:30p.m. tion folder for seating chart.
8 GSAS BULLETIN I SEPTEMBER 2013 GSAS Welcomes REGISTRATION, ID PHOTOS, AND DUDLEYFEST ACTIVITIES
DUDLEYFEST TO-DO LIST AUGUST 28, 2013 ❏ PICK UP ID OR HAVE ID PHOTO TAKEN (Boylston Hall for G1s, Dudley House Private Dining Room for Special Students and Visiting Fellows)
❏ LEARN ABOUT AND JOIN STUDENT GROUPS (Dudley House Courtyard)
❏ GET FREE FOOD (Dudley House Courtyard) ❏ WIN FREE STUFF Enter the Dudley House raffle! (Dudley House Lobby)
❏ BRUSH UP AT WORKSHOPS OFFERED BY THE LIBRARIES, STUDENT LEADERS, AND DUDLEY FELLOWS
❏ G1s: BE SURE TO PICK UP YOUR STIPEND CHECK (Dudley House Graduate Student Lounge, 2nd floor) Haven’t registered yet? Computer terminals are available in ❏ SPECIAL STUDENTS AND VISITING FELLOWS: Ask questions about billing, registration, your visa, health insurance, and more at the the Dudley House Dining Room. Special Students and Visiting Fellows table (Dudley House Private Dining Room, 1st floor) Go to my.harvard.edu and click on “campus resources” Study cards! Study cards must be submitted in person at Dudley House between 9 About ID Photos a.m.- 5 p.m. on September 10 If you... Then Email trouble? Have never been a student at Harvard Go to Fong Auditorium in Boyslton See Computer Services in the and never had your picture taken for a Hall for a photo, then follow the signs Dudley Dining Hall or visit the Harvard ID ➻to DudleyFest help desk in the basement of Have been a student at Harvard and Go to Ticknor Lounge in Boylston Hall the Science Center have had a picture taken but do not➻ to pick up your ID have a GSAS ID If your registration has been blocked Have submitted your photo online Go to Ticknor Lounge in Boylston Hall you may need to: ➻to pick up your ID Are a Special Student or Go to the Dudley House Private Dining n Visit Financial Aid Visiting Fellow Room; if your ID is not ready, then go (Dudley House Graduate Student Lounge) to Fong Auditorium in Boylston Hall to ➻ n Visit the Admissions Office have your photo taken. (Holyoke Center 350)
Note: to obtain a GSAS ID, all students will need a government-issued photo ID. n Visit the International Office (Dudley House Main Dining Room) Questions? n Stop by the Info Table at DudleyFest (at the foot of the Dudley House stairs)! Visit Harvard University Health Services (75 Mount Auburn Street)
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MEAD STREET March 2013 Funding Your Work EXPLORE THESE EARLY-STAGE FELLOWSHIPS TO BOLSTER YOUR CV Early-Term Calendar
There are a number of post-baccalaureate fellowships specifically fo- cused on students in the early stages of graduate study. Deadlines come Thursday, August 29 soon for these fellowships — for complete details, visit the Graduate Special Students and Visiting Fellows Reception Guide to Grants, at www.gsas.harvard.edu/fellowships. You can make 5-7 p.m., Faculty Club Reading Room an appointment to receive advice on how to write a winning proposal by Friday, August 30 calling the GSAS Office of Fellowships and its director, Cynthia Verba, Discover Dudley at 617-495-1814. 7 p.m.–midnight, Dudley House National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships Get to know your graduate student center at this always- Application deadline is in early November. popular opening-of-the-year party. Web: www.nsfgrfp.org Tuesday, September 3 Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships First day of classes (following a MONDAY schedule) Application deadline is early to mid-November. HILS Welcome Dinner Web: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/index.htm A gala dinner for new students in the Harvard Integrated Life Sciences program. 6 p.m., Radcliffe Gymnasium. Contact US Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies Matt Wallace ([email protected]) for information. Fellowships (FLAS) Application deadline is anticipated to be in mid-December. Thursday, September 5 Web: www.gsas.harvard.edu/current_students/graduate_flas.php 22nd Annual Minority Student Kickoff Reception and Dinner The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship 5:30–8:30 p.m., Fire & Ice, 50 Church Street Program RSVP to [email protected]. Application deadline is around October 30. Web: www.hertzfoundation.org/dx/fellowships/fellowshipaward.aspx Saturday, September 7 GSAS Cookout The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate 1-4 p.m., University Museum Lawn, Oxford Street Fellowship Program (NDSEG) Application deadline is anticipated to be in mid-December. Tuesday, September 10 Web: http://ndseg.asee.org Dessert Welcome Party in the Rez Halls 7:30 p.m., GSAS Residence Halls American Association of University Women (AAUW) International Fellowships Study Card Day Application deadline is anticipated to be around the December 1. Final study cards for GSAS and special students for the fall term are due in Dudley House between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Web: www.aauw.org/learn/fellows_directory/international.cfm
Monday, September 30 The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans Fall (or full-year) enrollment deadline for dependent health Application deadline is around November 1. coverage, and enrollment deadline for dental insurance. Web: www.pdsoros.org/competition/ Monday, October 14 Columbus Day: a holiday Monday, October 21 The GSC — Representing Last day to register for or add courses for the term. After this date students may add or register for TIME only. Your Interests! Last day for graduate students to add or change SAT/UNS The Harvard Graduate Student Council (GSC) represents the grading option for designated language courses. After this graduate students of GSAS. We hold monthly meetings among elected date a petition to add must be submitted to the GSAS Stu- departmental representatives and other student attendees in order dent Affairs office. to sustain an ongoing dialogue about the unique challenges graduate students face at Harvard. By coming together, the voice of graduate Tuesday, October 29 students grows louder. Last day to drop a course. After this date a petition to with- draw must be submitted to the GSAS Student Affairs office. We also award grants to students for travel and research, sponsor GSAS student organizations, and host events throughout the year on topics of concern to graduate students — from professional development to crisis management.
We highly encourage and look forward to your involvement, which begins on the departmental level! Learn more: www.gsc.fas.harvard.edu
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The Career-Minded Grad Student IT’S NOT TOO EARLY TO THINK ABOUT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Graduate school is about developing your intel- ◗ Subscribe to the GSAS Academic Career lectual interests and finding the essential research Listserv and/or the GSAS Nonacademic questions you want to answer. But these years are listserv for relevant career events and also about planning your career — and the earlier announcements. Linked Up you begin to trace connections between those two pursuits, the more productive your graduate ◗ And plan to attend these fall career events, Important web resources experience will be. which are perfect for students in the early stages That’s the advice of the GSAS counselors at of graduate study. Visit the website to register. ➻ Read the latest news: the Office of Career Services, a Faculty of Arts www.gsas.harvard.edu/news and Sciences team that works to educate, con- Etiquette 101: Manners, Meals, and nect, and advise students about career opportu- Mastering Conversation Handy links: nities and professional development. Thursday, September 5, 4 p.m. ➻ www.gsas.harvard.edu/quicklinks In the words of former GSAS dean Allan Brandt, Lamont Library Forum Room “Intellectual and professional development are fundamentally intertwined.” You can’t build a mean- Introduction to the I-Lab ➻ Follow HarvardGSAS on ingful life as a scholar, thinker, or leader without Thursday, September 12, 4 p.m. Twitter and Facebook. knowing how to write a fellowship proposal, how to Science Center D compose a CV, how to network, how to gain men- tors, how to communicate, or how to prepare for Arts & Entrepreneurship: Careers in an interview or job talk. Innovation OCS is a portal to all of that. Its counselors work Wednesday, September 25, 4 p.m. with students from all GSAS departments and offer OCS, 54 Dunster Street services and resources tailored specifically to the needs of graduate students, whether your career Big Data, Technology & Engineering plans lie within or outside of academia. Career Fair Visit ocs.fas.harvard.edu and click Friday, October 4, 2–5 p.m. “Students” to find a host of GSAS resources. SOCH, 59 Shepard Street