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R-Ladies RTP Book Club

What we’ll do
Join us as we work through the first section of R for Data Science in small groups. This is a great way for both new and experienced users to become more familiar with R.

All events are intended for women as leaders, mentors, members, and attendees. We are emphatically queer and trans friendly. Men are welcomed to attend as guests. This group was created so those who identify as women have a comfortable place to learn. If you would like to attend and feel excluded, please introduce yourself to an organizer.

• What to bring
Please bring your own laptop.

RSVP here

Policy Career Pathways Panel (for graduate and professional students) with Humanities & STEM Breakout Sessions (Science Policy Series – Session VI)

Master’s, PhD and postdoctoral trainees from any discipline will hear from new and seasoned employees on a range of topics related to pursuing careers focused on policy.

Schedule includes:

10:30-11:30a Panel Presentation combining STEM and Humanities/Social Science presenters
11:30a-12:30p Breakout session discussions
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Life after Academia: Scientific Careers in Industry

This workshop will focus on the many careers that individuals with a PhD can pursue in industry. A panel of local business leaders will talk about their positions in research and development, technical sales and marketing, business development and consulting. The panelists will be available to meet with students as part of the workshop.

UNC BIOS Masters Alumni Panel

This panel brings together a group of masters alumni to discuss a range of topics from
advice on worthwhile activities for current students to career options. This
seminar is designed to be interactive, so bring your questions!

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PHSLA Government and Public Health Roundtable

This roundtable discussion will focus on government and advocacy in public health with public health professionals currently in the field. Food will be provided. RSVP is required.

Please contact Claudia Pamanes, claupam@live.unc.edu, if you have any questions.

Working with web APIs in R by R-Ladies RTP

This meetup will feature three talks on working with three different web APIs in R:

– Twitter
– Zillow
– Google NGram

As always, if you’re interested in giving a 5-minute presentation featuring your work in R (ideally related to the workshop topic, but we’re flexible), please email [masked] and/or [masked] with your brief pitch.

Dinner and space will be provided by (TBA).

All events are intended for women as leaders, mentors, members, and attendees. We are emphatically queer and trans friendly. Men are welcomed to attend as guests. This group was created so those who identify as women have a comfortable place to learn. If you would like to attend and feel excluded, please introduce yourself to an organizer.

RSVP here

LaTeX Workshop

Crystal Nguyen will introduce you to the professional typesetting system LaTeX.

From Skills to Results: Demonstrating Your Value to Non-Academic Employers

After briefly telling her own post-PhD story, Dr. Chambers will unmask the real PhD career pipeline and reveal contrasting notions of “results” inside and outside the academy. Then she will lead attendees in a well-organized sequence of hands-on activities in which they will identify their own most valuable accomplishments from this new perspective and learn how to describe them in language that will resonate with non-academic employers.

Facilitator: Dr. Paula Chambers, founder and CEO of VersatilePhD

Register here

Academic Career Pathway Panels: STEM Faculty, Humanities Faculty, and Administration Careers

PhD and postdoctoral trainees will hear from new and seasoned faculty and administrators on a range of topics related to pursuing careers within higher education. Two concurrent STEM- and Humanities/Social Sciences-focused academic faculty panels will be offered. The event format will include 90-minute panel presentation with Q&A facilitated by student leaders on campus, lunch and networking and an afternoon panel on administrative careers.

Register: here

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