The UCI reactor is now accepting applications for its operator training course. All graduate and undergraduate physical sciences majors can apply. The course will be held from September 22nd to November 19th. For more details please visit the reactor website at https://sites.uci.edu/nuclearreactor/opportunities/operator-program/. You can email any course related questions to the training coordinator at tbabikia@uci.edu
Academic Training
Online SciFinder Training Session – Feb 23
CAS has an online training session for SciFinder scheduled for February 3rd at 1 pm.
SciFinder Classic Refresher Training for Academic Researchers
https://spaces.lib.uci.edu/event/7501647
Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Announcing DTEI 2021 Pedagogical Fellows Program and 2020 Fall Workshops
The Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation Fall 2020 Workshop Series is now open for registration. Please find the workshop series schedule and information below along with information on our 2021 Pedagogical Fellows Program.
Click here to register! Please contact Ashley Hooper at amhooper@uci.edu, if you have questions.
Creating More interACTIVE Classes: Implementing Active Learning Instruction In Your Classes
Facilitator: Ashley Harlow, Pedagogical Fellow
Date, Time, and Location: Friday, October 16th from 1:30 pm – 3 pm via Zoom
Description: In this workshop, participants will learn about active learning and different instructional strategies that they can use in their classrooms. Participants will learn practical activities that they can implement both virtually and face to face. Participants will also explore when to best use active learning in a lesson and why it is helpful for their students. ** This workshop partially meets the Active Learning requirement for the Certificate in Teaching Excellence.
Zoom Fatigue? Ways to Spice Up the Virtual Classroom
Facilitator: Emily Kan, Pedagogical Fellow
Date, Time, and Location: Tuesday, October 20 from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm via Zoom
Description: In this workshop, participants will learn about a variety of online instructional tools in Zoom as well as outside of Zoom and how to infuse these into their virtual classroom. We’ll explore ways to use Zoom breakout groups, Zoom polling, Kahoot!, mentimeter, Canvas peer review, and Google docs, in order to incorporate active learning activities throughout a virtual class or discussion section. By the end of the workshop, participants will 1) Practice using virtual tools to facilitate active learning activities, 2) Create a Kahoot! quiz and mentimeter slide, and 3) Identify where/when these tools and activities might be used effectively. ** This workshop partially meets the Instructional Technology requirement for the Certificate in Teaching Excellence.
Promoting Diversity and Inclusion Inside and Outside the Classroom
Facilitator: Nea North, Pedagogical Fellow
Date, Time, and Location: Monday, November 2nd from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm via Zoom
Description: In this workshop, we will discuss the principles of diversity, inclusion, and equity. We will look at ways to incorporate diversity into teaching and build an inclusive classroom. We will also explore UCI’s diverse populations and campus resources to support diverse student needs. After this workshop, you should be better prepared to embrace and support diverse students inside and outside the classroom. ** This workshop partially meets the Diversity requirement for the Certificate in Teaching Excellence.
2021 Pedagogical Fellows Program
The Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation invites graduate students who are passionate about teaching and mentorship to apply for the 2021 Pedagogical Fellows (PF) Program. The PF Program is a nationally recognized “preparing future faculty” program; selection is competitive, based on a record of excellent teaching, promising scholarship, and service. The Program is designed to provide Fellows with the following:
– Evidence-based teaching knowledge and skills
– Personalized assistance with preparing for the academic job market
– An interdisciplinary community that emphasizes professional and personal support
– A $2000 award
For more information about the program and the application link, visit http://dtei.uci.edu/the-pedagogical-fellowship/
If you have any questions, please email the Director, Dr. Danny Mann at dmann@uci.edu.
Application Deadline: October 23, 2020 by 6:00 PM Pacific Time.
NSF I-Corps Applications: Due Oct 16
Have a great idea?
NSF I-Corps is the perfect opportunity to focus on market research and quickly validate your idea. NSF I-Corps is a four week, immersive boot camp that guides researchers through the market research process to help them product-market fit. This program meets once a week (virtually unless circumstances change) and is designed for researchers doing work in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields.
I-Corps is designed to help you:
- Kick start your innovation with up to $2000 in funding for customer discovery
- Successfully translate university research to technologies in the market
- Obtain skills and training essential for professional development
- Explore alternative career paths (entrepreneurship, business, marketing)
October 7, 2020 – Virtual orientation (link) – learn about the program, eligibility, and why you should apply!
October 16, 2020 – Application deadline (link)
Cost: FREE!
For more information and dates: http://innovation.uci.edu/programs/i-corps/
Any questions, and if you schedule conflicts with the virtual orientation, please contact: sophia.lin@uci.edu or doug.crawford@uci.edu
ISC2020 @ Camerino
This year the COVID19 pandemic has largely devastated our world causing a painful and not yet ended chain of illness and death along its progressive diffusion all over the Earth. As a minor, but important, collateral effect of the pandemic, all university institutions and research centers worldwide have suffered a lot and our PhD students have not been able to carry out research in their laboratories for several months. Most of them will not be able to participate in any face-to-face high-level training activities in 2020.
In this frame, we do believe it is important to give them an opportunity that they may no longer have during their training course: attend webinars given by top-level scientists, be able to interact scientifically and, if they want, even present a small contribution in front of them.
For this reason, we have decided to organize a web edition of the Camerino summer school, one of the oldest School in Chemistry currently held in Italy, with a long-lasting tradition and high reputation in the international scientific community. The School this year has been named as the International School of Chemistry “Chemistry for everyday life”, which will be held between September 1st and 6th, 2020, The School has been thought and assembled as a general school of chemistry dedicated to present the views of a group of outstanding speakers delivering lectures on some of the Global challenges facing mankind and, therefore, affecting the everyday life of all of us with a genuine multidisciplinary approach where the word Chemistry is inflected through some of the hottest and actual topics like Health, Energy, Environment, Green economy and Innovative materials.
Hopefully, we anticipate a friendly atmosphere of the School with our young participants actively involved in stimulating discussions with the lecturers, flash-presentations and abstract submissions (3 ECTS will be assigned to the participant on the request) and able to bring back home a sound memory of an excellent vocational training path.