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June 18, 2015

Science career symposium stresses value of communication skills

Approximately 300 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows recently attended a symposium at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center to learn about “science careers that put your communication skills to work.”

By Vanderbilt Health News
Three adults pose in a classroom in front of a chalkboard; the woman in the center holds a small award presented by the woman on the left, while a man stands beside them.
May 7, 2015

Photo: Postdoc research awards

Ashley Stokes, Ph.D., postdoctoral research fellow in the Institute of Imaging Science, received the 2015 Postdoc of the Year award last week at the annual Postdoctoral Research and Shared Resources Symposium in Light Hall.

By Vanderbilt Health News
February 12, 2015

Career planning workshop for science trainees set

A half-day workshop for Vanderbilt University graduate students and postdoctoral research fellows on “building professional relationships” will be held from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, at the Student Life Center.

By Bill Snyder and Liz Conrad
A smiling woman in a white lab coat stands beside a short-haired woman in a white coat, with additional lab coats hanging behind them in an indoor reception area.
September 4, 2014

Science educations bloom from ‘Simple Beginnings’

Vanderbilt University welcomed 99 new doctoral students last Friday, Aug. 29, during the fifth annual “Simple Beginnings” ceremony in a Light Hall lecture room packed with family members and other well-wishers.

By Bill Snyder
Four BEST grant application participants stand outdoors near a building entrance, arranged left to right as Kimberly Petrie, Kate Stuart, Roger Chalkley, and Kathleen Gould.
September 26, 2013

Grant broadens graduate, postdoc training programs

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop “bold and innovative approaches to broaden graduate and postdoctoral training.”

By Bill Snyder
A doctoral student stands with his arms outstretched as a woman helps him put on a white coat during a university ceremony; another participant holding a coat stands in the background.
September 5, 2013

‘Simple Beginnings’ ceremony welcomes 98 doctoral students

By Bill Snyder