Last Day to Register---Writing Workshop Series---Module 1 of 6 on August 15

Deadline for Registration---Writing Workshop Series, Module 1: Writing as Process and Story. Please register if you plan to attend at least one of the modules in the series, which are open to all OIST members. 

おまけ回 大学職員向け勉強会 / Supplementary Study Session for OIST Staff (JPN)

*Japanese session. English sessions will be held from September to December.

第４回 大学職員向け勉強会 / #4 Study Sessions for OIST Staff (JPN)

第３回 大学職員向け勉強会 / #3 Study Sessions for OIST Staff (JPN)

第２回 大学職員向け勉強会 / #2 Study Sessions for OIST Staff (JPN)

第1回 大学職員向け勉強会 / #1 Study Sessions for OIST Staff (JPN)

Session: Tips and Tricks for Teaching on Zoom

This brownbag session will introduce educators to tools and practical tips for creating effective and engaging online learning environments using the Zoom platform. Attendees will leave this session with actionable suggestions that they can immediately implement into their own online teaching.

Workshop: Supporting Women in STEM: Looking Towards the Future

This interactive workshop will begin with Dr. Tan framing the current state of gender equity in STEM, including progress that has been made, challenges that remain, and efforts to support women in STEM. In the second part of the workshop, C-Hub Director Dr. Kathy Takayama will guide us in using a systems thinking approach to collaboratively identify concrete pathways towards change within the local OIST environment and beyond. Workshop participants will leave this session with stronger social and professional connections with colleagues and with greater awareness of local and global challenges and priorities for improving gender equity in STEM.

Talk: From Synapses to Students: One Neuroscientist’s Professional Journey Making Connections in STEM

During this brownbag session, Dr. Tan will describe her professional journey from graduate school studying neuroscience to her current position in higher education leadership. She will discuss some of the work that she does and will offer advice to trainees interested in further exploring career opportunities in the teaching / higher education administration space. Dr. Tan will be joined by Dr. Ian McLachlan, a Scientist at the Boston area-based Rgenta Therapeutics, who will similarly describe his career trajectory and his work in the biotech industry. Dr. McLachlan earned his PhD in Neurobiology at Harvard University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in neuroscience at MIT before beginning his current role at Rgenta.

Workshop: Designing Inclusive STEM Training Environments

This interactive workshop will introduce approaches to facilitate inclusion, equity, and belonging in classroom, laboratory, and institutional training contexts. Workshop attendees will leave this session equipped with knowledge of evidence-based practices to promote equity, inclusion, and belonging and ideas for how to implement some of those practices within their local training environments.