Are you interested in the cutting edge research on teaching and learning and how to apply this research to your teaching practice? Join Columbia University CIRTL Fellows for our "Wowza!" Discussion Series, where we take a closer look at educational literature and resources. Each session, we’ll look at one intriguing idea in educational research and focus on how we can use it to inform our own teaching practices.

Read a teaching-focused book with the CTL. Book clubs typically meet weekly and discuss the text as well as ways we can apply this understanding in our own classrooms and lives. Book clubs are open to anyone interested, including faculty, teaching professors, lecturers, graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and staff. 

Work with a community of peers to develop and improve your research mentoring skills in this 5-week seminar-style course. Students will develop their personal mentoring philosophy, learn how to articulate that philosophy across a variety of disciplines, and refine strategies for dealing with mentoring challenges.

Cap: 20. Registration opens Tuesday, January 16 at 11am Central Time and closes when capacity is reached; given the popularity of this topic, we expect registration to close within 1-2 days.

Develop strategies for self-care as an instructor in this one-part workshop. Working off of Tricia Hersey’s (2022) Rest is Resistance framework, participants will explore Hersey’s “Rest” component to identify tools for self-care, rest, and protection as an instructor existing and working in academic spaces. 

Cap: 15. Registration opens Tuesday, January 16 at 11am Central Time and closes when capacity is reached; given the popularity of this topic, we expect registration to close within 1-2 days.

Get an introduction to the academic cover letter: learn the basic structure of an academic cover letter, how to tailor it to your target institution, and how to include the information that will make you a compelling candidate. 

Event series for graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and early career scientists. 

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and the Masters of the Environment Program (MENV) are offering a series of seminars and workshops focused on developing equity-focused dialogic skills for graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and early career scientists.

All CU Boulder and NOAA graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and early career scientists are welcome to attend any of the events.
 

From Venture Partners, the I-Corps Starting Blocks Customer Discovery Workshop on Fridays, January 19, 26 and February 2, will offer postdocs essential tools for translating research into impactful, fundable innovations over a three-week program. The application deadline is January 12

The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, Postdoctoral Association of Colorado Boulder (PAC Boulder) and International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) invite CU Boulder postdocs to a webinar with Caplan & Earnest, a Boulder-based law firm focusing on immigration and employer compliance.

The most competitive proposals begin with a solid plan for narrative structure and content. This writing webinar will cover important considerations such as mindset, knowing your audience, storytelling and narrative arcs, the Heilmeier Catechism, and suggestions for outline and section construction to create a compelling narrative.

This workshop will help you understand how to effectively communicate your research to non-experts by transcending barriers in language and jargon and why it is necessary.