The Advancements in Interdisciplinary Research Panel introduces cutting-edge interdisciplinary research conducted by Harvard faculty, in fields ranging from biochemistry, biophysics, to physical chemistry. The panel also discusses the importance of and potential challenges facing interdisciplinary research nowadays.
This workshop will provide various perspectives about managing a career while maintaining an enjoyable family life. A diverse panel of speakers will provide brief descriptions of the challenges that they face in balancing their work and family lives and how they overcome these challenges. Students and panelists will then participate in a question and answer session.
Join admissions officers, current graduate students, and professors and get a taste of what graduate school will entail. Learn about the admissions process, graduate student lifestyle, and ways to prepare now as an undergraduate. Featuring Dr. Cherry Murray, Dean of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Have you ever ever had nightmares of being trapped in a lab for the rest of your life? Or are you deathly scared of the idea of working in cubicles in a non-academic environment? Trust us, you are not alone in considering the classic dilemma of going into industry or academia. Which work and intellectual environment is right for you? What is the transition like from academia into industry, and vice versa? Come have your questions about working in either industry and academia answered by distinguished speakers with experiences in both.
Panelists include Professor Federico Capasso, a Harvard SEAS professor with over 25 years of experience in industry, Scott Biller, Chief Scientific Officer of Agios Pharmaceuticals, and Will Smiley, Associate Director of College and Staffing programs at Genentech.
As campuses and institutions become increasingly multicultural and multiethnic, the issue of diversity presents itself as a reality and challenge for researchers of all backgrounds today. What does it mean to be a minority in a field historically dominated by people from another culture? What does diversity bring to the table? How can the perspectives that come from different backgrounds work together towards a common goal in the field, in the laboratory, or in the classroom? Chaired by Professor Robert Lue (pictured), whose work in education has enabled him engage on the issue of diversity on many fronts, the NCRC Diversity in Research Panel seeks to begin this conversation by bringing to light the questions and situations facing universities and other institutions.
While issues of diversity affects researchers at all levels, discussion on the matter is typically limited to administrators and educators. Undergraduates are often the subject of such discussion, yet are absent from the conversation. As a conference for undergraduate researchers, NCRC seeks to introduce an undergraduate voice as institutions face the realities of diversity today.
