Graduate Student Blog

The deadline for making RA and TA appointments for Summer 2020 is Tuesday, April 28.

A list of useful guidance and resources for staying calm and sane during the present COVID-19 pandemic.

April 30 is the last day to drop a spring semester course without a grade of W, and April 24/May 8 are the last days to defend/deposit a PhD thesis for a May 2020 graduation.

Important registration requirements for grad students for the Summer 2020 term.

May 18 and June 29 are very important dates for students planning a thesis defense in Summer 2020.

Are you looking for a summer internship or a full-time job in Champaign-Urbana? Join us March 10 for the 14th annual Research Park Career Fair to connect with some of the best job opportunities on campus.

PhD traineeships, with two years of full funding, are available through a new NSF NRT: Data and Informatics Graduate Intern-traineeship in Materials at the Atomic Scale (DIGI-MAT).

The 8th annual Communicating Science workshop will be held in Boston, MA, on June 11-13, 2020. Applications for ComSciCon 2020 are due on March 1 at 11:59 PM!

The Spring 2020 Physics Careers seminar series continues on Thursday, February 27, 2020 with alumnus Dr. Srinidhi Ramamurthy.

The Center for Statistics and Machine Learning’s DataX Fund supports hiring data scientists who will create and improve data-analysis software to operate at large scale, leading to faster discovery, wider impact and greater continuity.

The Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Research Program will be accepting applications January 6 – February 28, 2020.

Nominations are being accepted between February 5 - 21 for the Yee Fellowship Award.

There is an internship in Software Engineering/Machine Learning Engineering at PG&E this summer.

We are pleased to announce that registration has opened for the Hermes 2020 Summer school! You can sign up for your place here.

Social Media for Scientists is a fun, fast-paced webinar for scientists, science communication practitioners and researchers that provides actionable tips to improve your social media skills and reach.

Inprentus, Inc. -- a local late-stage technology company -- is seeking a predoctoral summer intern in the area of high-precision optics.