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The Grad Digest: Oct. 30, 2019
The Rice Grad Digest: fellowship wins beneath your wings
Updates and opportunities from the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.

Announcements  |  Funding & Fellowships  |  Opportunities @ Rice
Beyond the Hedges  |  Events @ Rice   |  Take a Break  |  News

ANNOUNCEMENTS

💫 Who should we recognize during GRADitude Week?
On Nov. 18 - 22, GPS is once again hosting GRADitude Week and we want to recognize our superstar students for the things they do inside and outside the lab (or stacks, or library!) Let us know who you think should be recognized for the amazing things they're doing here (or simply thank someone for going above and beyond). More.
🧁 It's Cake Walk Time! Won an external fellowship? Want a cake?
Also during GRADitude Week: we're honoring graduate students that were awarded major external fellowships during the past semester. Enter your information in the form and Dr. Kim Gonzalez Hohlt will contact you with more information. More.
December Graduation Deadlines Approaching
This Friday, Nov. 1 is the last day to file an application for degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar. Nov. 1 is also the last day to file the following in the Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies office: Thesis master's candidacy petitions, Certification of non-thesis master's, Form for candidacy master's, Ph.D. candidacy petitions. More.
Regalia for December commencement
You can pre-order regalia for December commencement at the link here through November 3. More information can be found on the site here. Questions? Email 1545mgr@follett.com.
Spring 2020 Course Schedule 
This Friday, Nov. 1, the spring 2020 Course Schedule will be published to courses.rice.edu. Check it out and plan for the spring!

FUNDING & FELLOWSHIPS

African American Religious Studies Forum Fellows Program
Nov. 1
Each Semester CERCL offers a fellowship program for graduate students whose research presents and promotes innovative scholarship related to the study of African American religion. A $2,500 stipend is offered. More.
Ford Fellowship & NDSEG Fellowship
Nov. 10 or Nov. 17
Interested in applying to the Ford Fellowships or NDSEG Fellowship? Check your eligibility for Ford here or NDSEG here. If you are eligible and interested, please email Dr. Kim Gonzalez Hohlt saying which one(s) you are interested in!
Charlotte Newcombe Dissertation Fellowship
Nov. 15
These fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, and particularly to help Ph.D. candidates in these fields complete their dissertation work in a timely manner. More.
GEM Fellowship
Nov. 15
Join the premier organization supporting qualified students from underrepresented communities pursuing graduate degrees in applied science and engineering funded by leading corporations, government laboratories, top universities and top research institutions. More.

OPPORTUNITIES AT RICE

Broader Impacts in STEM Panel
Broader impacts and your past involvement in outreach may impact whether your fellowship is funded. If you're also interested in just getting involved in the Rice or Houston community, come get lunch and listen to this panel of students and postdocs talk about how they got involved. Hopefully you take away strategies and ideas of how to start making an impact. RSVP (for food counts) here.
Developing Civic Scientist Leaders
Deadline - Nov. 8
This Spring 2020 course and trip to Washington DC is geared towards graduate (master's or PhD) students, and we have recently extended the application deadline (from this Friday to November 8). This is open to the graduate students in the schools of Natural Sciences and of Engineering here at Rice. More.
Food Pantry!
The Pantry is a campus food pantry initiative to combat food insecurity. The Pantry operates on a good faith basis and is an anonymous resource for all students, faculty, and staff. It is our goal to ensure The Pantry is a space where individuals feel welcome and that this is an accessible resource. We are currently accepting monetary and food donations! More.
Student Support Specialist open office hours!
Nov. 5, Brochstein Pavilion (look for the cookie jar)
Grad students, if you have a sensitive issue or concern to discuss, come see Pia Byrd, GPS’ graduate student support specialist, during her open office hours. Can’t make her office hours? Email her to set up a specific time to meet.
"I Support Diverse Ph.D. Careers"
Have you spotted one of these green placards in the wild yet? GPS distributed these to faculty and staff around campus this month in hopes of bringing awareness to the diverse range of career options available to Ph.D. graduates. Let us know if you've seen one of these cards by emailing us a photo or tagging us on Twitter!

BEYOND THE HEDGES

Kopchick Symposium
Nov. 4
Wondering how to navigate an early research career? Come hear talks from successful early-stage faculty and keynote speaker Dr. Matthew Spitzer. Networking opportunities, a reception, a panel moderated by Dr. Kopchick, and more. RSVP here.
Dental care for students
The UT Health School of Dentistry provides a dental care program at a reduced cost, and concludes a series of wellness appointments, assessments and x-rays. Interested in participating? Email Amber Lovatos or view the flyer here.

EVENTS AT RICE

RISE Nobel laureate Lecture Series
Oct. 30, 5 p.m.
Peter Diamond, recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Economics, will be visiting campus to talk about "The Future of Social Security. The event is free and open to the public, please RSVP at this link.
A night at the opera
Nov. 1 & 5, 7: 30 p.m., & Nov. 3, 2 p.m., Wortham Opera Theatre
The Shepherd School's Opera Studies Department will present not one, but two American operas — “Taking Up Serpents” by composer Kamala Sankaram and librettist Jerre Dye, and “Proving Up” by composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek — during its fall production.
It's time: we're falling back.
Nov. 3
It's time-change weekend, so set those clocks back one hour on Sunday. Downside: less light in the evening. Upside: Extra hour of sleep?
Collegiate EMS blood drive
Nov. 14, McMurtry College
Rice EMS is sponsoring a blood drive on campus as part of this year’s collegiate EMS week celebration. Click here to sign up to donate (walk-ins are also welcome). Free t-shirts will be awarded to all blood donors.

TAKE A BREAK

"Let's Talk Drawing and Painting in Printmaking"
Oct. 30, 5 - 6 p.m., Sewall 201
Artist and Rice Assistant Professor Natasha Bowdoin and guest artist Patricia Bellan-Gillan (CMU), with Patrick Masterson and Karin Broker will discuss the importance of drawing and painting in producing printed works on paper.
🎃 Come trick-or-treating at GPS!
Oct. 31, 1 - 4 p.m., GPS Office (323 Allen Center)
Celebrate Halloween with us! Come by the GPS office to say hi and get some candy (or a non-sugar treat!) Costumes welcome! We hope to see you tomorrow.
Looking for a fun and spooky way to spend Halloween night?
Thurs. at 7 p.m., Rice Cinema
Look no further, because Rice Cinema has you covered. On Thursday, they're hosting the Halloween edition of Low-Fi, showing analog deep cuts from the archive - unusual films screened on obscure formats. More.

NEWS

Signaling waves determine embryonic fates
Timing is everything for young cells waiting to determine their identities. Rice University graduate student Sapna Chhabra led a study that shows homogenous colonies of human embryonic stem cells use dynamic molecular signaling waves that pass from cell to cell and trigger them to differentiate. Once prompted, the cells begin to organize into the three germ layers that ultimately become an embryo. The findings directly challenge the application of a theory by British mathematician Alan Turing to cell signaling in embryos. More.
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