The Intersection

The January 2023 College of Science

Graduate Student Newsletter

USU offers several opportunities for graduate students to present and to fund their research. Note these upcoming application periods:

• Now Open; Deadline: TBA: Spring Runoff Conference & Poster Session
• Opens Feb. 1; Deadline Feb. 15: USU Student Research Symposium Poster & Oral Presentations
• Now Open; Deadline April 15: Student Sustainability Grants
• Opens June 1; Deadline June 15: Graduate Research & Creative Opportunities (GRCO) Grant

Planning to graduate this Spring 2023? Congratulations! Be sure to apply for graduation with the Registrar’s Office (TSC 246) by Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. All degree requirements must be completed by May 4, 2023. The University Commencement Ceremony is set for Thursday, May 4, 2023 (more details

available soon.) If you are graduating in Summer 2023 and wish to participate in the May 4 ceremony, contact your departmental GPC or Associate Dean Sean Johnson at sean.johnson@usu.edu.

Science Unwrapped, the college’s public outreach program, resumes Friday, Jan. 20 with “Predicting Snowmageddon: Using Data Science to Design Against Disaster” with USU statistician Brennan Bean at 7 p.m. in ESLC 130. All are welcome to this free event. 

USU’s annual Spring Runoff Conference, for all scholars interested in water-related research, will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, March 14-15, at the Eccles Conference Center on campus. Registration and Call for Abstracts are now open. Grad students are encouraged to participate.

Graduate Students in the Departments of Biology, Geosciences, and Mathematics & Statistics may apply for USU’s NSF-funded Climate Adaptation Science program for Fall 2023.

Student candidate declarations, including for the office of Graduate Studies Senator, are due by Monday, January 30, 2023. Student elections open February 22 for officers for the 2023-24 academic year. Make your voice heard!

The ETE Program, hosted by the USU Provost’s Office, offers the EXPLORE Canvas course specifically for graduate student teachers. Enhance your CV with an online program you can complete at your own pace. Questions? Contact Associate Dean Sean Johnson at sean.johnson@usu.edu.

USU students are saving money and benefiting from the use of open educational resources (OER).

All Aggies are invited to participate in HackUSU March 24-25, a FREE 24-hour hackathon featuring coding workshops, networking and free food in Huntsman hall on campus! No coding experience is necessary; the gathering features activities for all skill levels.

USU computer scientist Vladimir Kulyukin presents “Music, Traffic, Solar Harvests: Computing with Honeybees” at Science Unwrapped Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, at 7 p.m. in ESLC 130. All are welcome to this free event.

No need to re-invent the wheel! USU’s University Marketing and Communications Office offers attractive, effective, university brand-compliant poster templates (and templates for other communications materials) to aid your communications efforts.

All USU employees driving university vehicles must complete State of Utah Defensive Driving Training before operating state-owned vehicles. The training, which takes about 30 minutes, can be completed online on USU’s Institutional Learning System.

January 20

• Science Unwrapped: Predicting Snowmageddon @ 7:00 pm

February 10

• International Day of Women and Girls in Science Celebration @ 3pm in TSC (Details: TBA)

February 10

• Science Unwrapped: Computing with Honeybees @ 7:00 pm

February 20

• President's Day - No School

February 25

• Rock-n-Fossil Day @10 am to 3 pm

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