Graduate Student Blog

Friday, November 22, 2019 is the deadline to arrange your Spring 2020 TA appointments.

The Physics Department at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT has a tenure-track, assistant professor position open in the area of condensed matter physics.

Intel will be giving a technical talk on October 24th, 12 - 1:30 pm in Rm. 117 of Roger Adams lab, followed by an information conversation with food and drinks.

The Fall 2019 Physics Careers Seminar series continues on Friday, October 18 next week with a presentation by alumnus Dr. Man-Hong Wong from Lam Research.

The Transdisciplinary Research on Incivility in STEM Context Workshop will bring together scholars across the STEM fields, social sciences, and critical studies to discuss varying accounts of, and definitions of, academic workplace incivility. 

Sandia National Laboratories is now accepting applications for both the Harry S. Truman Fellowship and Jill Hruby Fellowship in National Security Science and Engineering. The deadline for applying is November 1, 2019.

The Fall 2019 Physics Careers Seminar series continues on Friday, October 4 next week with a presentation by alumnus Dr. Wathid Assawasunthonnet from Kite.

Applications for The Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science Postdoctoral Fellowship program are due October 1, 2019.

The September 25 Physics Careers seminar slides of Dr. Clark Snow from Sandia National Laboratory have been posted.

The September 19 Physics Careers seminar slides of Colleen McNamee (Engineering Career Services) on "Job Search Essentials for Grad Students" have been posted.

The Fall 2019 Physics Careers Seminar series continues on Sept. 25 next week with a presentation by alumnus Dr. Clark Snow from Sandia National Laboratory.

The I-MRSEC Career Seminar at 1 pm on Tuesday, Sept. 24, will feature Dr. Nerissa Draeger of Lam Research in 280 MRL.

Information about the 2019 Illinois Physics NSF graduate fellowship pre-competition for students interested in submitting 2020 NSF graduate fellowship applications.

The Fall 2019 Physics Careers Seminar series continues next week with a recruiting visit by Intel recruiters (Sept. 17) and Colleen McNamee from Engineering Career Services (Sept. 19):

Information about the 2019 NSF graduate fellowship workshop to be held from 6 - 8 p.m. on Sept. 18, 2019 in Rm. 204 Loomis (Interaction Room).

Prof. David Cahill will talk about navigating the faculty job search process -- from preparing for the job market, the application, and interview stages -- at 1 pm on Sept. 16.