The IGE Hub is pleased to announce that three IGE projects were featured in a session at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston.
The session, titled “Preparing Future Scientists and Engineers to Solve Complex Global Challenges,” was held on February 14 from 4:00-5:00 p.m. ET. This session presented three novel approaches to preparing graduate students to solve pressing global challenges in science and engineering. Backed by data from program evaluations, presentations focused on tested and highly replicable strategies that can be used by faculty, university leadership, staff that support graduate student professional development, and scientific society leaders. By the end of the session, participants were able to identify specific skills associated with creative and interdisciplinary problem-solving in a global context; understand effective strategies for integrating opportunities to acquire these skills into curricula and professional development opportunities for graduate students; and develop strategies for making the case for new training models that transcend disciplinary boundaries and expand students’ international networks.
We are proud to see IGE grantees engaging others in their research!
About the Panelists
Rachel Brennan, Penn State University
IGE project: Stakeholder-Driven Sustainable Development Experiences for Enhancing STEM Graduate Education
Fraser Fleming, Drexel University
IGE project: Creative Interdisciplinary Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE)
Martha Ellen Thompson, MIT
IGE project: Enhancing Graduate Education in Systems Thinking and Multi-Stakeholder Design through a Co-Creation Toolkit
Moderator: Levon Esters, Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education at Penn State University
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The 2025 Joint March Meeting and April Meeting will now be called the APS Global Physics Summit.
This event is the largest physics research conference in the world, uniting 14,000 members of the scientific community across all disciplines of physics.
- Learn from your research areas of interest
- Explore cross-disciplinary educational sessions and collaborative events
- Unite to advance physics and create a bright future
- Early registration start: September 9, 2024 at 12:00 AM
- Abstract submission deadline: October 25, 2024 at 5:00 PM
- Early registration end: January 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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This joint meeting reflects the inclusivity and adjacency of many physics disciplines. Both in-person and virtual presentation and registration options will be available. Cross-disciplinary sessions and networking events will take place in all three venues and an outdoor plaza connects each. Registration will grant everyone access to all venues.
The 2025 ECEDHA Annual Conference will take place late March 20 – 24, 2025 at the Hilton Norfolk The Main.
The ECEDHA Annual Conference and ECExpo brings together the largest concentration of Electrical and Computer Engineering academia and industry throughout the United States and Canada.
This premier annual gathering will feature:
- An intensive conference program of Keynotes, Plenary Panels, and breakout sessions
- Specialized programming for ECE Lab Professionals and Students
- ECExpo technology exhibition
- Full-day Workshops
- Ample opportunity for networking
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Janis Bush, PI, University of Texas at San Antonio
With support from NSF, the Council of Graduate Schools hosted a meeting of IGE Principal Investigators in Alexandria, VA on February 29 and March 1, 2024.
Our distinguished guest and keynote speaker, Keivan Stassun, Stevenson Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University kicked-off the meeting by sharing insights with the community. See presentations below.
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- heard from seasoned PIs who are currently scaling their projects
- engaged with other IGE project representatives in small breakout groups
- had an opportunity to display their project posters in the in-person and virtual poster hall sessions
- shared strategies to advance, disseminate, diversify, and evaluate their projects.
Enhancing Diversity by Changing Institutional Culture and Scaffolding Student Success
Remarks by
Bridget Walsh, PI, Professor of Human Development and Family Science, University of Nevada, Reno.
Markus Kemmelmeier, co-PI, Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Dean of the Graduate School, University of Nevada, Reno.
Loren Pietsch, project contact, Director of Postdoctoral Affairs, Graduate Recruitment and Diversity Initiatives, University of Nevada, Reno.
Eric Vance, PI, University of Colorado Boulder
Diana Nicholas, CoPI, Drexel University